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Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne are the pivotal figures behind a new Twenty20 league for former international players, including Jacques Kallis, according to reports.
Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne are the pivotal figures behind a new Twenty20 league for former international players, including Jacques Kallis, according to reports.
Here are the latest statistics ahead of Friday’s match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Morne Morkel picked up a wicket for the Kolkata Knight Riders but his side ultimately fell six runs short to the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, to leave the tournament wide open.
The England and Wales Cricket Board’s reasons for barring Kevin Pietersen’s return to the national team were undermined when Ian Bell said he had not witnessed any breakdown in trust between the exiled batsman and his England teammates.
The sub-continent has the Indian Premier League, Australia has the Big Bash League, the West Indies has the Caribbean Premier League and England has the NatWest, which is also laden with South Africans…
Here are the latest statistics ahead of Thursday’s match between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Kevin Pietersen was not permitted to bat, but his spirit of adventure infused Surrey as they set about securing a most remarkable seven-wicket win over Leicestershire in the English County Championship at the Oval on Wednesday.
Kevin Pietersen’s return to the IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad has suffered a setback after he picked up a calf injury while making triple-century for Surrey.
Kings XI Punjab broke their seven-match losing streak after they beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore comfortably by 22 runs in a rain-affected contest in Mohali on Wednesday.
Here are the latest statistics ahead of Wednesday’s match between the King’s XI Punjab and the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris says he refuses to believe they will not face Kevin Pietersen in this years Ashes series until the teams are actually named.
Kevin Pietersen has slammed the ECB for shutting the door on his international future with England, saying he he was ‘devastated’ at the decision.
Albie Morkel took two wickets for 21 runs to help the Delhi Daredevils beat the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the IPL on Tuesday.
If nothing else, Surrey are unlikely to need Kevin Pietersen to bat again, despite the efforts of Leicestershire to scale the mountain, built almost exclusively by the snubbed and angry batsman’s 355.
The door to Kevin Pietersen’s England career was firmly closed today with director of cricket Andrew Strauss saying that the player was not part of the plan going forward. Here is some reaction from Twitter on the day Pietersen finished on an unbeaten 355 for Surrey.