Zimbabwe bowler Prosper Utseya continues to be cleared to bowl in international cricket yet again, providing he doesn’t bowl whirl.
The 29-year old was suspended by the International Cricket Council in October but the verdict has been overturned enabling him to play in the World Cup which begins in February.
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Australia will stage several tributes to the late Phillip Hughes as of this week’s first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval.
The Australian players will wear Hughes’ Evaluation cap amount 408 on their playing tops for the match, while players and team direction will even wear black armbands in honour of the former teammate.
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Australia will stage several tributes to the late Phillip Hughes as of this week’s first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval.
The Australian players will wear Hughes’ Evaluation cap amount 408 on their playing tops for the match, while players and team direction will even wear black armbands in honour of the former teammate.
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Sir Ian Botham is backing England to square the series with Sri Lanka with success in Sunday’s fourth ODI in Colombo.
England trail 2-1 in the seven-match series but stopped a losing run using a five-wicket triumph in Hambantona on Wednesday.
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Defending champs India have contained just four of their 2011 World Cup winners in their 30-man preliminary squad for next year’s tournament.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin are the sole survivors in the squad that beat Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai.
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Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny maintained career-best bodies as Bangladesh went 2-0 upward in their ODI series against Zimbabwe.
Sunny chose 4-29 to help Bangladesh to a 68-run triumph after they won the toss and elected to bat first.
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Shakib Al Hasan played a starring role as Bangladesh cruised to an 87-run win over Zimbabwe in their opening one-day international in Chittagong.
The all-rounder became only the 12th player in ODI history to score a century and claim four or more wickets in a match.
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Bangladesh eased to a 186-run victory over Zimbabwe in the third and final Test in Chittagong on Sunday to sweep the series 3-0.
Resuming the day on 71-1 and chasing a formidable target of 449, the tourists were bowled out for 262 in their second innings just before tea on the fifth day, with Regis Chakabva (89no) the only batsman to offer much resistance as wickets tumbled around him.
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Middlesex have declared that former Zimbabwe captain David Houghton will be to replace Mark Ramprakash as their new batting coach.
Houghton, who held the exact same place at Somerset last season having formerly been head coach at Worcestershire and manager of cricket at Derbyshire, has signed a two-year contract and can begin work on January 1.
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Former Zimbabwe skipper Dave Houghton would be to step down as the batting coach for Somerset.
The county’s new manager of cricket Matthew Maynard has chosen to take accountability for the job himself.
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Bangladesh have included uncapped leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in their 14-man squad for the first home Test match against Zimbabwe.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned to the Test side after he missed the West Indies tour in September because of suspension, while batsman Marshall Ayub and medium-pacer Shahadat Hossain have also been recalled.
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Two more international spin bowlers have been banned as the ICC crackdown on illegal actions continues.
Zimbabwe off-spinner Prosper Utseya and Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi are the latest to be suspended after their actions were examined in Cardiff.
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