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Tony Lewis of 'DLS method' used for limited over cricket passes away

Tony, alongside fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the Duckworth-Lewis method which was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the International Cricket Council in 1999

2011 WC final: Gambhir loses his cool on Twitter for glorifying Dhoni's six

Gambhir and MS Dhoni have stitched a match-winning 109-run partnership. Gambhir perished after playing a knock of 97 runs, but in the end, Dhoni and Yuvraj took the team over the line by six wickets

Revisit India's historic 2011 ICC World Cup win on Star Sports today

The 2011 World Cup was Sachin Tendulkar's last chance to win a World Cup before he retired from ODI's

On this day, 9 years ago, Dhoni's six helped India win the second ODI WC

India won its first World Cup in 1983 and then had to wait for 28 years to again lift the title

India-Aus Tests a bit like 'Ashes'; Smith, Warner to make difference: Paine

Under the captaincy of Paine, Australia for the first time in 71 years lost a home Test series against India 1-2 in the 2018-19 bilateral contest

Coronavirus: ECB announces 61 mn pound package; no pay cut for cricketers

There were no plans to cut the pay of centrally contracted England players, though there would be more problems ahead if coronavirus caused the majority of summer to be wiped out, says ECB CEO

IPL 2020: Team owners turn to WhatsApp groups to answer player queries

some of the youngsters who were to play their first season of IPL this year have time and again been checking the status of the league and creating a group was the perfect solution, says a franchise

Jos Buttler auctions World Cup-winning shirt to raise funds for hospitals

Buttler also tagged a number of cricketers across the world including India skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, Australian Steve Smith and teammate Eoin Morgan, to spread the message

Cricket South Africa to advertise for selection convener, national coaches

CSA revealed its four-point plan to play it part in countering the Covid-19 or coronavirus pandemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives to date and brought the globe to a standstill

No ICC member asking for change in dates of ICC T20 World Cup 2020: Report

The ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played between October 18 to November 15 at seven venues across Australia

England board bans cricketers from wearing smartwatches in field of play

England and Wales cricket board hoped the decision will ensure that the integrity of players are not in doubt

On this day 21 yrs ago, Sachin became 1st batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs

Sachin Tendulkar achieved the feat against Australia at the Nehru Stadium in Indore

David Warner shaves head to support workers fighting coronavirus pandemic

The International Cricket Council (ICC) currently has the WTC final marked down for June 2021, and Paine has suggested there could be scope to rearrange cancelled Test series before then

BCCI can hold IPL 2020 in Oct-Nov if ICC T20 World Cup deferred: Report

Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts had earlier said that he was hoping that the T20 World Cup could be played as per schedule in normal circumstances

Pay cut to no cricket: Here's what England Test captain Joe Root said

With all professional cricket coming to a halt till May 28 in the United Kingdom and more delays expected, speculation is rife that the ECB is mulling pay cuts for its centrally-contracted player

Will retire from international cricket after ICC T20 World Cup 2020: Hafeez

Hafeez has already retired from Test cricket and only plays the white-ball format

Coronavirus crisis: Bangladesh tour in June unlikely, says Tim Paine

one does not need to be 'Einstein' to figure out what will happen to Australia's tour to Bangladesh, says Aussies skipper Tim Paine

On this day 4 yrs ago, Russell, Simmons broke India's heart in 2016 T20 WC

Chasing 193 at the Wankhede Stadium, West Indies got off to a bad start as the side lost Chris Gayle (5) and Marlon Samuels (8) by the third over of the innings and the side was restricted to 19/2

Warne's fresh take on 'all condition batsman' Sachin vs 'aggressive' Lara

Tendulkar played 200 Tests and scored 15,921 runs with an average 53.78 while in 463 ODIs he amassed 18,426 runs with an average 44.83

On this day 4 yrs ago, Meg Lanning guided Australia to fourth T20 WC final

Australia defeated England by five runs in the semifinal and secured a spot in the summit clash