Cricket
What's the big deal with the Nagpur pitch?
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Wednesday, 08 February 2023 04:04
Surface tensions seem to erupt almost every time India host a major Test series - Nagpur 2015, Pune 2017 and Ahmedabad 2021 are three recent examples of matches that came to be defined by the pitches they were played on. There's a distinct chance, now, that Nagpur 2023 could join that list, with charges of pitch doctoring, and rebuttals to…
'We are ready to play horses for courses' - Rohit Sharma on selection calls
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Wednesday, 08 February 2023 03:56
Are India about to unleash Suryakumar Yadav on Test cricket? It's impossible to say, with Rohit Sharma remaining tight-lipped about specific selection calls on the eve of the Nagpur Test, but the India captain has promised a horses-for-courses approach through the four Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.The course in Nagpur is expected to be a pitch that heavily favours spinners…
Asif Afridi banned for two years for anti-corruption offences
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Tuesday, 07 February 2023 06:20
Asif Afridi has been banned for two years for two separate breaches of the PCB's Anti-Corruption Code. The ban will come into effect on the date the left-arm spinner was provisionally suspended - September 12, 2022, meaning his period of ineligibility ends two years after that date. The offences are understood to have occurred in the 2022 Pakistan Cup, where…
FICA report: Chance for women to earn a living from international cricket up by 75% from 2020
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Tuesday, 07 February 2023 08:19
Opportunities to earn a living from playing international cricket as a woman have grown by 75% since 2020, with a total of 207 central contracts spread among 11 national sides. That was the major finding from FICA's third women's professional cricket global employment report, which also forecast a 30% increase in T20 league contracts for 2023, thanks largely to the…
Ballance 137*, Mavuta 53 help Zimbabwe fight back before sporting declaration
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Tuesday, 07 February 2023 08:27
West Indies 447 for 6 dec and 21 for 0 (Brathwaite 11*, Chanderpaul 10*) lead Zimbabwe 379 for 9 dec (Ballance 137*, Kaia 67, Mavuta 53, Joseph 3-75) by 89 runsGary Ballance marked his second coming in Tests - this time for Zimbabwe - with a composed and crucial century that helped his team go from being at risk of…
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