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Covid-19: Zimbabwe Cricket annulled 2019-20 domestic season with no winners

Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30

Shane Warne suggests 'weighted' ball to avoid saliva and tampering

Warne feels it can help fast bowlers generate swing even on flat wickets and permanently eradicate ball-tampering

England board cancels players contract for inaugural edition of The Hundred

The new 100-balls-per-side format, to be played by 8 teams in separate men's and women's tournaments, was scheduled to be held between July 17 and August 15 but had to be postponed over coronavirus

Covid-19: Kookaburra develops wax applicator to shine ball without saliva

Kookaburra group MD, Brett Elliott is hopeful they would be able to deliver the product within a month even though testing in match conditions can only be done when the global health crisis subsides

Michael Holding slams 'ridiculous' ICC Test championship points system

England fast bowler Chris Woakes, who was also part of the roundtable, said the points system might need to be tweaked in future

Loved my battles with these two: Warne hails Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara

Wishing the West Indian legend Brian Lara on his 51st birthday today, former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne termed him as the 'best batsman' of his generation.Warne, who played 145 Tests and 194 ODIs for Australia, shared a picture with legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Lara and said he loved the intense rivalries with the duo during his cricketing career."Loved my battles with these two legends - unfortunately they won most of the time !!! But I hope our battles on the field entertained everyone & you all enjoyed them. Both @brianlaraofficial and @sachintendulkar were easily the best batsman of my generation. Ps Happy birthday BC, have a great day buddy," Warne captioned the picture on Instagram.Lara holds the record for the highest individual score ever in first-class cricket (501 not out).In 1994, playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, Lara scored 501 not out.Lara played a knock of 400 runs against England in the fourth Test of the four-match series .

Sanitised balls, players in facemasks: How coronavirus may change cricket

The umpire will need to monitor this and so rather than allowing any other material, the sanitiser usage on the ball after every over could be a good way to keep one sanitised and safe

Delhi court grants bail to bookie Sanjeev Chawla in match-fixing case

Special Judge Ashutosh Kumar granted the relief to Chawla on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh with two sureties of the like amount on April 30.

Cricket 'superfans' who share their hoard of old footage and photographs

Many of us are fans. A few of us record every ball of every single match played in international cricket. Dhruv Munjal on the custodians of archival treasures

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

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.

Football legend, first-class cricketer Chuni Goswami passes away at 82

The iconic sportsperson, who also played first-class cricket for Bengal, was 82 and breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata

'You don't need money, everyone else does': Akhtar's reply to Kapil Dev

On Wednesday, Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries

All sporting events are cancelled. Value them more when they return

As much as so many of us live and breathe sport, catastrophes such as these help put things into perspective

Umpired out

The Ranji Trophy dates back to 1934. Currently, the competition is played initially as a league, divided into three tiers.

Visa curbs over Covid-19 force foreign players to miss IPL till April 15

India has reported 60 positive cases in the outbreak which has led to over 4,000 deaths globally

IPL in the time of coronavirus: Stakeholders want closed-door matches

With the tournament just weeks away, the Health Ministry has already flagged its concerns to the Sports Ministry

Coronavirus: These sports events have been affected by Covid-19 outbreak

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto on Tuesday hinted that the Tokyo Games could be postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak

Mandira Bedi talks about life's curveballs and why she still feels grateful

Bedi has been very candid about battling what she now believes was undiagnosed and untreated depression in her thirties

Sachin Tendulkar to 'come out of retirement', face Ellyse for an over

While Australia women will take on England in a must-win encounter in the ongoing triangular series, Perry and her teammates will be on hand for the celebrity-laden Bushfire match, a 10-overs-per-side