CricTalk

30/06/2024

Happy Retirement For Two Super Hero 🇮🇳🙏

23/06/2024

Bangladesh will have to win one more match against Afghanistan with much needed ran rate for qualifying semi final stages match 👀

22/06/2024

West Indies' net run rate is now miles ahead of South Africa's and England's in their Super Eight Group.

21/06/2024

19/06/2024

None of the Fab 3 are captain anymore.The era has come to an end 😔 💔

19/06/2024

Kane Williamson, New Zealand's current T20I and ODI captain, has declined a central contract for 2024-25. He will also step down from white-ball captaincy to prolong his international career.

"Helping push the team forward across the formats is something I'm very passionate about and something I want to keep contributing towards," Williamson said in a New Zealand Cricket (NZC) release. "However, pursuing an overseas opportunity during the New Zealand summer means I'm unable to accept a central contract offer." ( Kane Williamson)

19/06/2024

Tanzim Hasan Sakib accepted the sanction, and so there was no need for a formal hearing ...

18/06/2024

Shanto's batting form, however, is a cause for concern. His three innings at this World Cup so far have brought him scores of 7, 14 and 1, and he has not scored a half-century in his last 16 innings across international formats, averaging 13.43 in this period. His form has worsened since his arrival in North America in mid-May: he has passed 14 just once in five T20I innings over the course of Bangladesh's 2-1 defeat to USA last month and this World Cup.

Shanto's North America tour began with his getting stumped off the USA part-timer Steven Taylor as he looked to hit his way out of trouble with Bangladesh stuck at 51 for 2 in the eighth over. He looked in better shape in the next innings, scoring 36 off 34 balls before a mix-up with Towhid Hridoy got him run out.

In Bangladesh's first match at the T20 World Cup, Shanto scratched around for 12 balls before hitting a drive straight to cover. It was a similar story against South Africa: he scratched around for 22 balls before he got rushed by Anrich Nortje, caught at short square-leg trying to pull a 146kph delivery. Shanto had been dismissed in similar manner against India in the warm-up game in New York.

Against Netherlands, Shanto reverse-swept offspinner A***n Dutt straight to slip. He was facing just his third ball.

18/06/2024

"Oh, I don't know," he said,( Kane Williamson )when asked if he'd still be involved in New Zealand's T20I set-up in 2026. "There's a bit of time between now and then, so it's about regrouping as a side. We've got red-ball cricket over the next year basically, so it's back into some other international formats, and we'll see where things land."

18/06/2024

"As a guy, he's got such a big appetite to keep getting better, trains hard... very fit, and very clear with how he wants to operate. He has held himself in great stead across formats, sticks his chest out and performs well"
Kane Williamson on Trent Boult.