The right-arm pacer’s participation in the upcoming tournament remained uncertain following a back injury he suffered during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Despite being ruled out of the England white-ball series, Jasprit Bumrah was included in the preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy 2025. However, Indian media outlets reported that the Indian pacer could not recover from […]
The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who – along with his former defense minister and a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas – is wanted by the ICC over the war in the Gaza Strip. It was unclear how quickly the U.S. would announce the names […]
The team, led by Temba Bavuma, will face New Zealand in the first ODI match on February 5. The squad includes uncapped players Eathan Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Mihlali Mpongwana, Senuran Muthusamy, Gideon Peters, and Meeka-eel Prince. Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee makes a return to the team after recovering from a left hamstring strain. Notably, top […]
Hundreds of athletes fled Afghanistan after the Taliban reclaimed power in 2021 and effected sweeping restrictions on women in the country. Of the 25 Afghan women contracted by the country’s cricket board in 2020, most have settled in Australia and played their first match on Thursday. The MCC’s global refugee cricket fund, which aims to […]
Pakistan suffered a 120-run defeat in the second Test of the two-match series against the West Indies earlier this week. Noman Ali claimed bowling figures of 6-41, including a hat-trick, in the first session of the second Test to bundle West Indies for 163 in the first innings. He took four more wickets in the […]
After serving as the company’s CEO for four years, he announced his intention to “pursue new challenges” in his resignation. Geoff Allardice took over as temporary CEO and was officially named CEO in November 2021. After a stint with Cricket Australia, he began his career with the ICC in 2012 as the general manager of […]
Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai won the top honor following his leading role in four out of Afghanistan’s five ODI series wins in 2024. The 24-year-old ended 2024 as his national team’s second-highest run scorer (behind Rahmanullah Gurbaz) and second-highest wicket-taker (behind AM Ghazanfar). Azmatullah Omarzai scored 417 runs in 14 ODIs for Afghanistan while he […]
Singh was in competition against former Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Australia’s batter Travis Head, and Zimbabwean all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award. The 25-year-old left-armer played an essential role in India’s triumph at the T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and USA in June last year, with his […]
Led by Rohit Sharma, who captained the Indian side which lifted the T20I World Cup 2024 trophy, the team has as many as four Indian cricketers. Rohit Sharma enjoyed success in the shorter format throughout 2024 as he scored 378 runs in 11 matches at an impressive average of 42, and a strike rate of […]
The International Cricket Council on Friday announced the ODI Team of the Year for 2024 as the first announcement of the ICC Awards 2024. Pakistan opening batter Saim Ayub, who enjoyed a breakout year, was picked as the opening batter in the team. In his nine ODI appearances for Pakistan in 2024, the left-handed batter […]
