and rightly saw the ball signalled a no-ball. Law 21.5 of the rules of cricket set by England's famous Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) mentions the following: "The bowler's back foot must land ...

But for the BCCI, red-ball cricket takes precedence. IPL generates huge interest in the country for youngsters and the BCCI steers them first through red-ball doctrine. "Red-ball requires hard ...

Playing only his second T20I, he brought up his maiden fifty in 27 balls by knocking the ball towards long-on. At the other end Rinku, who hit five boundaries and three maximums, also showcased ...

Japan face second-placed Saudi Arabia in Group C of Asia's third round of World Cup preliminaries in Jeddah on Thursday ...

Saud Shakeel was batting on a fluent 35 at stumps with nightwatchman Naseem Shah yet to open his account at the other end at the Multan Cricket Stadium ... to race to a 43-ball fifty.

Just as any scandal is now called this-gate or that-gate after the Watergate scandal over 50 years ago in the United States of America, this Indian batting approach was labelled this-ball and that ...

He came to the crease yesterday and suddenly he was on 25 off 20 balls. In modern cricket, there are a lot of power and muscular hitters. But Brook and Root both have such joyous rhythm and flow ...

A cricket presenter who branded Western leaders “racist” has accused the BBC of trying to silence him over the Gaza conflict. Qasim Sheikh, a former Scotland international who worked as a ...

Where is the Women's T20 World Cup - and what will the sides earn? The competition was due to be held in Bangladesh but has been moved to the UAE due to civil unrest. The tournament will offer a ...

Joe Root has a "great chance" of surpassing Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer, according to former England captain Michael Atherton. Root on Wednesday became England's ...