The Indian Cricket Board has reported that it will earn 58% more per match over the next four years after tying up a new sponsorship deal. Paytm has decided to extend its commercial partnership until 2023 and it will pay 3.27 billion rupees (R690 million) for the privilege of doing so.
Australian batsman Steven Smith downplayed the threat posed by England fast bowler Jofra Archer, ahead of next week’s fourth Ashes series Test at Old Trafford in Manchester.
South African Marais Erasmus and Sri Lankans Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Kumar Dharmasena will be the umpires for the remaining matches in a what is become a riveting Ashes series.
Former captain Kevin Pietersen has implored England to back batsman Jason Roy, despite a challenging lack of form in the ongoing Ashes series in the United Kingdom.
The Proteas will be hard-pressed to fire on the batting front when they tour India in the coming months, writes JON CARDINELLI.
West Indies tailender Miguel Cummins collected a 45-ball duck on day three of the first Test against India in North Sound, Antigua, on Saturday.
South Africans Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram have climbed to sixth and seventh position, respectively, in the latest International Cricket Council’s rankings for Test batsmen released on Monday.
The second Ashes series Test ended in a draw at Lord’s on Sunday, but not before England fast bowler Jofra Archer left another near indelible impact on the longest format.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid has likened Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn to the late Malcolm Marshall.
Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has lavished praise on Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn, who retired from Test cricket this week.
Twitter was abuzz with praise for Dale Steyn after the news filtered through that the Proteas’ all-time leading Test wicket-taker was retiring from the long format of the game.
Dale Steyn leaves the Test arena as one of the greatest ever to play the game. Here SA Cricket magazine looks at his career in numbers.
Dale Steyn has called time on his Test career in a bid to prolong his involvement in the shorter format of the game.
Former Test cricketers Shane Warne and Nasser Hussain have heavily criticised umpires Joel Wilson and Aleem Dar on day one of the Ashes series opener at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has reiterated sending text messages to some of the Proteas players during the 2012 series was an error in judgement.
