Ben Foakes shows class on debut

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. In 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.

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The Little Leggie !

India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal soared into the top-10 ODI bowlers list at the back of a fairly successful ODI series against the Windies, where he picked up five wickets in his three appearances. Chahal has entered the top-10 for the first time in his career by rising three places to eighth. Here is how the table looks like :) Position Player Rating 1 – Jasprit Bumrah INDIA 841 2 – Rashid Khan AFGHANISTAN 788 3 – Kuldeep Yadav INDIA 723 4 – Trent Boult NEW ZEALAND 699 5 – Josh Hazlewood AUSTRALIA 696 6 – Kagiso Rabada SOUTH AFRICA 691 7 – Imran Tahir SOUTH AFRICA 685 8 3 Yuzvendra Chahal INDIA 683 9 ...

Mourinho answers transfer questions.

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.

The journey of IPL

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...

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