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Hockley's job like a rookie spinner facing Kohli on Debut: Former ICC CEO

Roberts resigned on Tuesday and was replaced by T20 World Cup chief executive Nick Hockley in an interim role amid the financial crisis faced by Cricket Australia in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

DK Jain gets one year extension as BCCI ethics officer and ombudsman

DK Jain was appointed by the Supreme Court in February 2019 as BCCI's first-ever ombudsman

Premier League resumes today: Check schedule, live streaming details here

Liverpool would be waiting to wrap up its first league title in 30 years as the club needs only two wins

Bayern Munich wins 8th successive Bundesliga title with two games to spare

The win on a wet night in Bremen put Bayern 10 points clear of second-place Borussia Dortmund, which can earn a maximum nine points from its three remaining games

Messi, Fati score as Barcelona beats Leganes 2-0 in return to Camp Nou

Fati opened the scoring just before halftime and Messi converted a 69th-minute penalty for his league-leading 21st goal. It was also his 699th career goal for club and country

Sports Ministry to turn 8 facilities into Khelo India Centre of Excellence

In the first leg, the ministry has identified state-owned sports facilities in Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala, Telengana, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland

Whole world would watch England vs West Indies Test series: Chris Jordan

Whole world would watch England vs West Indies Test series: Chris Jordon

Gambhir attributes Virat's success in T20s to fitness, strike rotation

Kohli has also been successful in the Indian Premier League, having scored 5,412 runs from 177 games

Kumar Sangakkara feels Test cricket shouldn't be treated like a cash cow

ICC came up with World Test Championship to reinvigorate the format in white-ball era but Sangakkara feels sustaining such tournaments will be difficult

Wasim Akram picks 1999 India tour as favourite, says enjoyed pressure

It was the first time the likes of him and Waqar Younis were playing against the great Sachin Tendulkar in Tests despite the Little Master making his debut in 1989

Franchisees predict an increase in IPL viewership amid Covid-19 crisis

I am sure BCCI is putting all its efforts towards a full IPL but we have no issues even with a curtailed one, says Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia

Windies pace attack can challenge any team in world, reckons bowling coach

Team has worked on its fitness, which was a key in success of West Indies pace attack of '70 and '80s, but insisted the current crop needs to forge their own identity, says bowling coach Roddy Estwick

Mohammad Amir most skillful bowler I have ever faced, reckons Steve Smith

Lifting the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup is the best moment of his career till now, says Steve Smith

Babar Azam's calmness gives him an edge over Virat Kohli: Saqlain Mushtaq

Babar Azam has been compared with Kohli a lot in recent times due to their consistent performances with the bat and ability to lead the team from the front.

2001 Eden Garden Test: Felt like whole country was celebrating, says Laxman

Australians had arrived in India on the back of 15 consecutive wins and beat India in Mumbai, the hosts then snatched victory from the jaws of defeat at Eden and then won in Chennai to bag series 2-1

Families can't accompany players, officials during England tour: PCB

The English and Wales Cricket Board will reportedly spend around half a million pounds on the special chartered flight, which will fly 29 players and 14 officials from Pakistan to England

ICC Test Championship: Riaz ready for Test return if needed in England

Wahab Riaz took an indefinite break from test cricket last year just before Pakistan toured Australia

Mohammad Hafeez to delay his retirement if ICC T20 World Cup gets postponed

Hafeez also said India cricket team did not show intent during their 2019 World Cup game against England and he was let down as a cricket fan

Assam government nominates boxer Lovlina Borgohain for Arjuna award

Hima Das has been nominated for the prestigious Khel Ratna award

Imran Khan approves Pakistan's tour of England for Tests, T20 series

Pakistan team is scheduled to reach England by the end of this month to play a three Test and three T20 series in August and September