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Cheteshwar Pujara's Birthday Wish For Pakistan Star Mohammad Rizwan Goes Viral

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan on Wednesday celebrated his 30th birthday. Rizwan, who enjoyed a lot of success with the bat in the year 2021, was also named men's T20I player of the year for his exploits with the willow. The 30-year-old also had a successful debut stint in the English County cricket, where he shared the dressing room with India batter Cheteshwar Pujara. Both Pujara and Rizwan made their debuts for Sussex in the same match, and the former had a special birthday wish for the wicketkeeper-batter.

Former England Cricketer Jim Parks Dies At 90

Former England wicketkeeper-batsman Jim Parks, who played 46 Tests between 1954 and 1968, has died aged 90, his county Sussex announced on Tuesday. At the time of his death, he was England's oldest living Test cricketer. "Sussex Cricket is deeply saddened to announce the death of Jim Parks at the age of 90," the club said in a statement. "Jim died in Worthing hospital this morning after a fall at home last week." Born in 1931, Parks made his debut for Sussex at the age of 18 and went on to play in 739 first class matches and 132 List A games for the county.

India's men and women teams leave for FIH Hockey5s in Lausanne

Lausanne 2022, scheduled to be held from June 4 to 5. While the men's team is set to play against Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland and Switzerland, the women's side will face South Africa, Uruguay, Poland and Switzerland in the round-robin stage. The top two teams will square off in the final on June 5. The Rajani Etimarpu-led Indian women's team will take on Uruguay in the opening match on June 4, followed by a match against Poland on the same day. They will then square off against hosts Switzerland and South Africa, respectively on June 5. "Hockey5s will be a different ball game altogether. Our skills, speed and everything will be tested. It will be challenging for sure, but I think it will really exciting format to play," Rajani said in a Hockey India (HI) release.

New Australia coach misses Sri Lanka tour start with Covid-19

New Australia cricket coach Andrew MacDonald has tested positive for Covid and was not on the plane on Wednesday as the country's T20 squad flew out to Sri Lanka.

England v New Zealand preview and predictions: Can Stokes and McCullum kick-start new era?

A new era for English cricket begins on Thursday as Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum’s team face world Test champions New Zealand at Lord’s.

Former England cricketer Jim Parks dies aged 90

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jim Parks, who played 46 Tests between 1954 and 1968, has died aged 90, his county Sussex announced on Tuesday. At the time of his death, he was England's oldest living Test cricketer. "Sussex Cricket is deeply saddened to announce the death of Jim Parks at the age of 90," the club said in a statement. "Jim died in Worthing hospital this morning after a fall at home last week." Born in 1931, Parks made his debut for Sussex at the age of 18 and went on to play in 739 first class matches and 132 List A games for the county. He was picked purely as a batsman for a single Test against Pakistan in 1954 but he only really made an impact once he took up wicketkeeping four years later. "It came about by accident," he once said. "I didn't keep wicket at the start of my career. I was a specialist batsman. A couple of years after that, Sussex were playing against Essex in a Championship game at Chelmsford, when our wicketkeeper, Rupert Webb got injured. Robin Marlar, the Sussex captain, looked at me and said 'You're doing it'."

Luke Wood earns maiden ODI call-up | Jos Buttler back from IPL

Lancashire left-arm seamer Luke Wood has earned a maiden England call-up as they named a 14-man squad for the three-match ODI series against the Netherlands.

Uncapped Payne, Wood in England squad for Netherlands ODI tour

Left-arm pacemen David Payne and Luke Wood are in line to make their England debuts in the three-match one-day international series against the Netherlands next month after being named in new coach Matthew Mott's 14-man squad on Tuesday.

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Cheteshwar Pujara's Birthday Wish For Pakistan Star Mohammad Rizwan Goes Viral

Former England Cricketer Jim Parks Dies At 90

India's men and women teams leave for FIH Hockey5s in Lausanne

New Australia coach misses Sri Lanka tour start with Covid-19

England v New Zealand preview and predictions: Can Stokes and McCullum kick-start new era?

Former England cricketer Jim Parks dies aged 90

Luke Wood earns maiden ODI call-up | Jos Buttler back from IPL

Uncapped Payne, Wood in England squad for Netherlands ODI tour