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S Sreesanth has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. The 39-year-old Kerala pacer who returned to competitive cricket, after the BCCI reduced the ban on him for his alleged involvement in 2013 IPL, last year announced his retirement through his social media handles. He thanked all the teammates he has played cricket with, the coaches under whom he has worked under and the fans who have supported him right throughout his cricketing career.
Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday hailed the Marylebone Cricket Club's (MCC) decision to remove run-out at non-striker's end from unfair play laws even as veteran England pacer Stuart Broad termed the move as "unfair". Custodian of cricket laws, the MCC has decided to move the law relating to run-outs at non-striker's end from its "unfair play" section. It relates to run-outs at non-striker's end when batters back up too far and have often triggered heated debates on the spirit of the game. Several players like India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have advocated for it as a fair mode of dismissal.
Australian cricket great Shane Warne will be honoured with a state funeral at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the evening of March 30, the Victorian state government said Wednesday.
Centurion Jonny Bairstow guided England past 300 for the first time since last summer before being last man out on the second morning of the first Test against the West Indies.
Murali Kartik was a happy man on Wednesday after custodian of the game's laws, the MCC, amended its code to "stop the criminalisation" of bowlers in the name of "spirit of cricket". One of the finest left-arm spinners of his era with 644 first-class wickets, Kartik, who represented the country in eight Tests and 37 ODIs, ran as many as five batters out at the non-striker's end across formats during his playing days.
Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket until April 30 after the star player sought to withdraw from the upcoming tour of South Africa. "Shakib told us he was mentally fatigued and physically stressed," Bangladesh Cricket Board operations chief Jalal Yunus told reporters in Dhaka. "He does not want to go to South Africa.
2011 ICC World Cup winner S Sreesanth has announced his retirement from India's domestic cricket. The Kerala fast bowler took to Twitter to make the announcement. Sreesanth has represented India in 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 10 T20Is. He was also part of the Indian team that won the 2007 ICC WT20.
Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been named as the replacement for England opener Jason Roy in Gujarat Titans' squad, confirmed IPL on Wednesday.