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Closed-door match vs Australia 'felt like a warm-up game': Ross Taylor

Taylor recalled the last international cricket match played between New Zealand and Australia at SCG before coronavirus-induced lockdown came into effect, bringing sports across globe to a standstill

On this day 25 yrs ago, Steve Waugh hit highest Test score of his career

Waugh's double ton was studded with 17 fours and one six

ECB postpones inaugural edition of 'The Hundred' to 2021 over coronavirus

Felt holding the tournament behind closed doors contradicts 'the competition's goal to attract a broader audience', says England and Wales Cricket Board

ICC Test rankings: India cedes top spot for first time since October 2016

India cricket team lost the top spot in the ICC Test rankings to Australia, dropping to third after its stupendous 2016-17 record was eliminated from the annual update as per rules

President Kovind, Bhutia, Chhetri mourn footballer Chuni Goswami's demise

AIFF President Praful Patel expressed grief over the demise of Goswami and said that the Goswami's 'contribution to Indian Football will never be forgotten'

Chuni Goswami: Indian football's first poster boy and a complete athlete

The former Indian skipper, who was popularly known as 'Chuni' Goswami, died on Thursday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 82 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

AB de Villiers denies reports of being approached to lead South Africa

AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018 but there has been talk of a return in the national team

Moeen Ali eager for 'fresh start' and regain spot in England's Test side

The off-spinning all-rounder was dropped by England following a poor display in last year's Ashes opener and then lost his England central contract

AB de Villiers wants to play ICC T20 World Cup only if he is in top-form

The former Proteas skipper played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20s for the national side before his retirement in 2018

Part of Umar's 3-yr ban could be suspended in spot fixing charges: Report

Umar has the right to appeal against the panel decision 14 days after he gets a copy of the detailed judgement. His appeal will be heard by an independent adjudicator to be appointed by the board

SC upholds tax liability of 1996 WC governing body: Here's the story so far

The apex court said that payments made to the non-resident sports associations for the cricket world cup tournament represented their income which accrued or deemed to have arisen in India

Labuschagne earns Australia central contract; Khawaja, Shaun Marsh axed

The 33-year-old Khawaja didn't feature in any Test for Australia since losing his place after the third Test against England in August last year

Match-fixing row: PCB legal advisor files defamation case against Akhtar

Akhtar had defended Umar Akmal in a YouTube video and criticised the three-year ban on him imposed by the Disciplinary Panel of the board

Brett Lee believes Tendulkar used to play 'cat and mouse' with Warne

Warne hated the way Tendulkar batted against him and would express anger after being unable to get the former Indian batter out, reveals Brett Lee

Pressure of replacing Dhoni behind wickets was immense, says K L Rahul

Notably, after a poor glovework and irresponsible shot selection by Rishabh Pant, Rahul has been doing the wicket-keeping duty for India in the limited overs format for some time now

Chris Gayle abuses Ramnaresh Sarwan, says you are worse than coronavirus

Sarwan wanted to take control of the franchise and that is why he engineered Gayle's ouster from the team, claims Gayle

Legalising ball-tampering: Here's what veterans Holding, Waqar, Donald said

The International Cricket Council, during its recent CEC meeting, considered the use of artificial substances on the ball instead of saliva

Closed-door IPL the last resort, live sports unlikely before Sept: Gavaskar

The way things are going we might not be able to see any live sport for maybe 4-5 months, says former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar

On this day 13 yrs ago: Australia lifted its fourth ICC ODI World Cup title

Ricky-Ponting led Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the rain-affected finals by 53 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis method

PSL fixing: PCB bans Umar Akmal for 3 years; harsh decision, says Kamran

Umar Akmal last played a Test for Pakistan in late 2009 but his last international appearance was in last October in the T20 home series against Sri Lanka