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South Africa would welcome back Kolpak players: CSA director Graeme Smith

Dozens of South African cricketers have signed lucrative contracts with county cricket sides over the years but this automatically disqualifies them from playing for the national team

Covid-19: Cricket Australia is getting laid-off staff placed at supermarket

At the moment, Cricket Australia is not eligible for the federal government's JobKeeper support program

Australia considers expanded 5-match Test series vs India in Nov-Dec

India's tour of Australia will begin with a T20 tri-series in October and is scheduled to end with a four-match Tests series in December

England vs Australia series postponed till Sept over coronavirus: Report

England is scheduled to play three T20Is and three ODIs against Australia from July 3-16

Yuvraj and Kaif, heroes of 2002 Natwest Trophy, relive India's historic win

Chasing 326, India was struggling at 146/5 when both Yuvraj and Kaif got together at the crease. The duo put on a partnership of 121 runs to give India a glimmer of hope in the match.

ICC to discuss Test championship, ODI league in executive meet on April 23

The ODI league was to start in June but first series under it -- South Africa's away three-match rubber against Sri Lanka in the first week of June -- was cancelled on Monday due to the pandemic

Australian cricketers ready to take pay cut if situation arises: Hazlewood

With coronavirus outbreak halting all cricketing action, Cricket Australia has laid off 80% of its staff for the rest of the financial year which ends on June 30.

Coronavirus: Mushfiqur Rahim puts his maiden double-century bat on auction

Last week, Shakib-al-Hasan had called upon the players to auction their belongings like jerseys and cricket equipments

Ishant's 'thirst for knowledge', Pujara's work ethics impress Gillespie

It was difficult to get both of them out, but Sachin Tendulkar was a bit harder to dislodge than Brian Lara, says former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie

Srikkanth feels Rahul, Pant can edge out Dhoni for ICC T20 WC selection

Srikkanth said that if the IPL does not take place, it would really be difficult for Dhoni to make a comeback as he does not have any cricket behind him for almost a year

KKR could have won more IPL titles with Andre Russell: Gautam Gambhir

KKR became the IPL champions for the first time in 2012, defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final.

On this day 34 years ago, Javed Miandad struck final ball to stun India

The feat is remarkable as Pakistan needed four runs off the final ball to win the Austral-Asia Cup. Miandad did not succumb to pressure, giving the cricket fans a memory to cherish forever

On this day 12 yrs ago, Brendon McCullum gave a glorifying start to IPL

Now, the head coach of KKR McCullum recalled Sourav Ganguly saying 'your like changed forever'

Quinton de Kock won't be South Africa's Test captain, confirms Graeme Smith

Burdening De Kock by giving him the captaincy in all three formats will not be beneficial for the team, says Graeme Smith

CSA appoints Graeme Smith as director of cricket, to serve till Apr 2022

In December last year, Smith was appointed as the acting director of cricket until the Indian Premier League

Covid-19: ICC explores all options amid speculation over T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in Australia from Oct 18 to Nov 15 but with all sporting events either postponed or cancelled over coronavirus, the fate of the tournament remains uncertain

Covid-19 crisis: Lancashire cancels contracts of Watling, Maxwell, Faulkner

Earlier, New Zealand pacer Matt Henry's contract with Kent Cricket was also cancelled, while Nathan Lyon, Cheteshwar Pujara and Michael Neser too missed out on a stint in county cricket this year

A gripping book on T20 cricket and why it's the sport's default format

Two English cricket writers have written a brilliant and engaging history of the shorter form of cricket that explains why it has become the default format of the sport worldwide, says Dhruv Munjal

Ngidi praises bowling coach Langeveldt, says Proteas are in right direction

South African pacer Lungi Ngidi feels that he can still do a lot better than what he has done since making a return to the international arena.

Alex Carey feels IPL 2020 may not take place over coronavirus pandemic

The Australian wicket-keeper batsman also said that he would be disappointed if the ICC T20 World Cup does not take place due to Covid-19