Eoin Morgan hopes Alex Hales and Jos Buttler have to change their schedules for the off-season by gaining selection for the Ashes tour of Australia.
England lead the five-ODI series versus West Indies 1-0. The hosts hold the edge over the visitors as they are buoyed by their win in the first ODI.
The extreme conditions in Kolkata took a toll on several players as towels and ice packs came out frequently on the field.
Michael Bevan has stated that he would love to apply for the post of batting coach for the one-day side of Australia.
Narendra Hirwani believes that Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will only learn when they would get to play enough matches.
The New Area Development Programme (NADP) meeting took a decision about having an exchange programme between the BCCI Full Members and Associates with an eye to the development of the game in cricket hinterlands including the North-East.
Middlesex said on Friday that England pace bowler Toby Roland-Jones will miss the remainder of the domestic season with a stress fracture. Roland-Jones was a strong contender to be named in the national side for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, having taken 17 wickets in his first four Tests for England.
Indore has had rain for nearly two weeks now that has left the outfield wet, and the pitch shrouded under cover.
Gautam Gambhir offered to step down as captain so that he can focus on his batting and give a youngster a shot at captaincy.
Kuldeep Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar symbolise the quintessential shrewdness of their state. The chinaman bowler’s hat-trick was the theme in the 2nd ODI, but India might have struggled without Kumar’s opening spell.
The Sri Lankan players have called for an immediate inquiry into the match-fixing allegations made by former player Pramodaya Wickremesinghe against the current national team.
As has been the case for a better part of the County season, Kumar Sangakkara left the field having scored a century. He has scored a century against every team he has played throughout the season, including a double century against Essex.
Ajinkya Rahane received a special invite from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being a part of the Swachhata hi seva movement and the right-handed batsman came in support of the movement.
Kuldeep Yadav etched his name in record books after becoming the third Indian bowler to bag an ODI hat-trick when he scalped three consecutive wickets Australia in the second ODI of the five-match series in Kolkata.
The schedule needed a change after the Committee of Administrators had ruled that the six NE states - Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Bihar - will play the junior domestic tournaments barring Ranji Trophy.
An official of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) said the Indian and Australian teams reached Ahilyabai Holkar Airport by a special aircraft from Kolkata and were taken to a city hotel by buses under tight security.
Representatives of three firms -- D D Mudra, Reliance IMG and Baseline Ventures Pvt. Ltd. -- have given presentation to the Mumbai Cricket Association for the naming rights of the iconic Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai, it was learnt in Mumbai on Friday.
With the hat-trick on Thursday, Kuldeep Yadav became only the third Indian bowler, after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev, to register a hat-trick in an ODI. Incidentally, Kapil Dev also picked up his hat-trick at the same venue.
Rangana Herath has revealed that he is happy that in the upcoming series against Pakistan the duo of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan will not be playing.
India Blue got three points from their previous match, while India Red already had seven points from two games in their kitty with an outright win against the Green team in the opening fixture.
Virat Kohli engaged in yet another verbal duel with Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade during second ODI between India and Australia at Kolkata.
Rubel Hossain was unable to get the security clearance and was not allowed to go with the Bangladesh team on Saturday. The Bangladesh pacer was confused with another "Rubel Hossain" whose date of birth matches with the player and was barred from entering the country.
Haseeb Hameed's chances of making England's Ashes squad look bleak after he suffered a injury which playing for Lancashire.
India and Australia play the third ODI at Indore's Holkar Stadium. Australia have thus far struggle against the combination of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.Holkar stadium pitch Samandar Singh Chauhan said that the pitch will be dry and won't crumble.
Sachin Tendulkar inaugurated a gate named after Dungarpur, who was former selection committee chairman, at the Cricket Club of India (CCI)


