Charith Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva makes Sri Lanka proud been elected to the ICC’s most valuable team – by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor – eLanka) After the conclusion of every International world cup tournament the governing body of cricket ,The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on the 15th Monday the probable team in the T 20 tournament concluded on Sunday in Dubai UAE. It is heartening to note that Batsmen Charith Asalanka and all-rounder ,worlds No 1 bowler/No 3 all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva have been included in this exclusive honoured X1…Players from other countries included are from Australia,England,Pakistan and New Zealand.It is pity that no Indian player had gained selection. . The list includes three Australian players, two each from Pakistan, South Africa and England as well as one player from New Zealand. The ICC has named Pakistan captain Babar Azam as the skipper of the side with ...
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Marsh, Warner powers Australia to T20 World Cup triumph over formidable KIWIS -their first T 20 WC Pride – by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor – eLanka) Williamson’s swashbuckling 85 in vain as New Zealand lose second consecutive global limited-overs final, but they were the Test Champions in year 2020 Australia 173 for 2 (Marsh 77*, Warner 53, Boult 2-18) beat New Zealand 172 for 4 (Williamson 85, Hazlewood 3-16) by eight wickets The T 20 WC eighth edition with a hectic schedule of almost a month culminated with the final between Australia and the new Zealand both teams having demolished the more fancied opponents Pakistan and England in exhilarating run chases in the semi-finals in the final three to four overs.This has been a tournament having presented with complicated, two-paced pitches, and, as a consequence, it has recorded with the team chasing winning more than ninety percent of the matches . Aaron Finch the ...
Cricket Australia Men’s International Fixture – It’s on! Dates, venues for India tour confirmed Source:Cricket The opening match of Australia’s highly-anticipated clash with India is less than one month away after details of the men’s international summer were finally confirmed by Cricket Australia today. The full schedule, which begins with limited-overs matches in Sydney and Canberra before the Vodafone Test Series starts in Adelaide with a first-ever day-night Test between the countries, comes after the NSW government last week approved CA’s strict biosecurity plans that will allow the 32-player India squad and the Australian players returning from the Indian Premier League to train while serving their 14-day quarantine period. ...
NEWS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD – FULL LIST OF CONTRACTED PLAYERS FOR 2018/19 Player State Age Ashton Agar WA 24 Alex Carey SA 26 Pat Cummins NSW 24 Aaron Finch VIC 31 Peter Handscomb VIC 26 Josh Hazlewood NSW 27 Travis Head SA 24 Usman Khawaja QLD 31 Nathan Lyon NSW 30 Glenn Maxwell VIC 29 Shaun Marsh WA 34 Mitchell Marsh WA 26 Tim Paine TAS 33 Matthew Renshaw QLD 22 Jhye Richardson WA 21 Kane Richardson SA 27 Billy Stanlake QLD 23 Mitchell Starc NSW 28 Marcus Stoinis WA 28 Andrew Tye WA 31 Well balanced list to represent Australia across all 3 formats ...
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, AUSTRALIA – By Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne) Australian Cricket hit new depths with the ball tampering scandal in South Africa and any excuse to cover up the happenings in the African sub-continent will only worsen the way the ‘gentleman’s game’ will be looked at from now on after their unsavory instigation that dragged the sport to its lowest ebb. By Stephen Smith’s and Cameron Bancroft’s own admission to using desperate and extreme measures to change the course of the game, there is now a storm enveloping one of the most popular sport in the world putting the ICC under the pump to deal with it with the full force of its power to ensure that it will never be tolerated in the future. The Australian ploy to gain unfair advantage over the South Africans is unforgivable as much as it will be a stain on Cricket for ...
