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As they say "Nothing great will last forever" the dominance of Brendon Mccullum in t20 cricket ends with the former blackcaps captain putting curtains on his t20 career in franchise cricket, a tall muscular keeper with a tattooed body and chewing gum made him look different from rest of the keeper's in international cricket. Even before the inception of t20 cricket Baz showcased the glimpses of t20 style batting by Smoking sixes and fours from the word go. In cricket opening an innings means leaving good balls playing cautiously and building partnership making the job easier for the other batsmen to follow, but Mccullum gave opening a new definition as he would lead his team and start the innings in an explosive manner changing the way openers played the game in the previous times.                 Brendon Barrie  "Baz" Mccullum made his ODI and t20 debut against Australia...

It was on 29th December when the outcome of the boxing day test match between India and Australia was predicted , with 399 to chase and half of the side back in pavilion one would have easily thought that the test match would easily finish on day 4 but there was one player who being a bowler was playing the role of all rounder and was trying to take the attack to the opposition. It was none other than Patrick James Cummins who was batting on 60* after bowling a spell of 6-11 , he was doing everything that a captain could ask for, with Nathan Lyon supporting him at the other end the pair had almost snatched victory from the jaws of defeat but unfortunately hosts went on to lose the second test match.                                    The only positive for Australia from this tour was the phenomenal form of Nathan Lyon and Patrick James Cummins who took 14 wickets and scored 138 runs ...

The inaugural edition of wt20 in 2007 did not go down well with the other cricket associations as they considered t20 format as a comedy and not only did the teams but also icon players like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting also backed out from the tournament. But no one thought that the birth of this new t20 format would pave way for a domestic t20 league which would act as a platform for budding cricketers to show their talent.   It was in 2008 when the Bcci organized a domestic t20 tournament named “Indian Premier League” with a Sanskrit slogan Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi" it means “where talent meets opportunities”. It has been 10 years and the tournament is stepping into its 11th edition but not all looks good for the tournament as the Bcci has given some guidelines to stage the tournament with Lok Sabha elections and Icc cricket world cup in 2019.     The guidelines for hosting the tournament are:- • Host the entire tournament in South Africa • Host a par...

As they say "History Repeats Itself" no cricket pundit or expert would have ever thought that the shadows of Headingley test match in 1981 would haunt Kohli and Co. It was the 3rd day of the second test with visitors putting up a Mammoth score of 443-7. The declaration  raised eyebrows as Rohit Sharma was batting on 63 and was looking well set for another Hitman hundred. The overnight score of Australia was 8-0 as the day ended.                                       It was the 3rd day of the boxing day test and the Aussie batters wanted to start their run chase on a positive note but Jasprit Bumrah had some other plans . He ripped  the Aussie middle order and bagged a 6-fer for 33 runs became the first Asian bowler to take fifers or less in SENA ( South Africa , England, Newzeland and Aust...

Benjamin Thomas Foakes, born on 15th February 1993, in Colchester, Essex. His father was an English Football Premier League referee. This young lad was named in England's test squad for the 2017-18 Ashes series, though he did not end up playing a single match. I n October 2018, he was added to England's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, scoring a brilliant century in the very first innings of his career. He became the 20th English cricketer to score a century on debut in tests, Keaton Jennings being the 19th.

Jose Mourinho in a press conference refused to talk about any transfer plans this January. "I think at this moment we have to focus on ourselves and do better to get better results", Mourinho said. United are reportedly targeting Mat Ryan to replace David De Gea at Manchester United.  "I am not confident. I cannot find the word in English, but let's see what happens." , said Mourinho According to  The Sun , the Red Devils believe Ryan, who joined Brighton from Valencia for 5 million Euros, could be the man to replace him.