Azhar Ali: Worcestershire sign Pakistan batter to replace Matthew Wade
Worcestershire have brought in Pakistan batter Azhar Ali as a replacement for the unavailable Matthew Wade for the 2022 County Championship season.
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Ranji Trophy: Ajinkya Rahane Slams Century To Keep Himself In Contention For India Spot
His Test career at stake, beleaguered India batter Ajinkya Rahane compiled a much-needed century to keep himself in India reckoning while guiding Mumbai to 263 for three against Saurashtra in their Ranji Trophy opener in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Choosing to bat after winning the toss, Mumbai were also boosted by Sarfaraz Khan's unbeaten 121 off 219 balls on the first day of their elite group D match. The focus was, however, firmly on Rahane who ended the day at an unbeaten 108 from 250 deliveries.
Lucknow Super Giants Share Epic Throwback Photo Featuring KL Rahul, Manish Pandey. See Pic
Newly-formed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) recently shared a throwback photo featuring two of their star recruits ahead of their debut season - team captain KL Rahul and experienced batter Manish Pandey. Taking to Twitter, LSG shared an old image of the duo showing both of them holding each other with one arm and raising the other arm up. "Ye un dinon ki baat hai (this is a story from those days)," wrote LSG in the text accompanying the photo, in reference to a popular Hindi song by the same name.
From bad to worse as Proteas crumble, then fumble: 'Guys don't do it on purpose'
On all fronts, the first day of the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Thursday was one to forget for the Proteas.
Crafty Marnus home training for Pakistan
Renowned for doing things differently, run-machine Marnus Labuschagne has revealed his quirky special home-training methods to counter spin on the sub-continent.
Happy that I let my son play cricket: Ravi Bishnoi's father
Ravi Bishnoi's career graph has seen a steady rise. On Wednesday at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, he started another chapter of his rising career with a dream debut for India during the first T20I of the three-match series against the West Indies. The 21-year-old leg-spinner recorded remarkable figures of 4-0-17-2 that also earned him the Man of the Match award. His twin strike in the 11th over where he removed Roston Chase and Rovman Powell, dented the tourists' prospects of putting up a big score and it was his googlies which did the trick. The moment Ravi received his India cap from Yuzvendra Chahal, exuberant celebrations broke out in Mangilal Bishnoi's house in Jodhpur, as friends and neighbours dropped by to congratulate him for his son's achievement. "Poora ghar bhar gaya tha (the entire house was full with guests). Together we all watched Ravi bowl. It was such a wonderful night and to see my son in an India jersey was a very proud moment," shared Mangilal, who is a government school teacher.
Cricket Australia Shares Massive Throwback From First Ever T20 International. See Pics
The first ever T20 international match was played between Australia and New Zealand at Auckland on February 17, 2005. On Thursday, exactly 17 years since that day, Cricket Australia shared some throwback photos from that match. The match was won by Australia by a margin of 44 runs, with Ricky Ponting scoring an unbeaten 98, to bag the player of the match award.
Chance to Shine closes on 6million participants at difficult time for cricket
Chance to Shine is closing in on its sixth millionth participant but the charity is also keen to help cricket through the racism crisis in 2022 and continue to make the sport accessible for all.