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“Playing in Australia is always a tremendous experience and the opportunity will allow me to play around the best players”
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has signed with the Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) season.
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“I have one year left on my contract and I would have thought that would be it after that”
Former England all-rounder and current Durham captain Paul Collingwood has hinted that he may retire from all forms of cricket when his contract with the county expires at the end of next season.
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England have only lost one Test match since the May Tests began in 2000
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has abandoned its traditional May Test matches, which has been going on since 2000, after deciding to move the national team’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka to June 2014 instead.
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Malinga and his wife are expecting a second child in the coming days
Sri Lanka pace maestro Lasith Malinga will miss the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), where he was supposed to represent the Mumbai Indians, and the national team’s tour of Zimbabwe next month due to personal commitments.
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Raina was India’s skipper the last time they toured Zimbabwe
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that the national team will be touring Zimbabwe in July-August, contrary to what they said earlier last month.
Porter believes the England players should be rewarded for their sacrifices
Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) chief executive Angus Porter believes England players are “substantially underpaid” and should receive higher wages, especially since they are restricted from taking part in lucrative domestic Twenty20 tournaments that have begun popping up all over the world.
Gayle will be one of the ‘franchise players’ in the CPL
The inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which is scheduled to begin on July 29, is set to feature six franchises with 90 signed players in total.
Ul-Haq will no longer be Pakistan’s batting consultant
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have decided to end Inzamam-ul-Haq’s tenure as a batting consultant and announced that he will not be travelling to South Africa, where the national team are currently 1-0 down in the ongoing Test series.
Giles will be looking to lead England to victory during their ODI series against India
Warwickshire’s director of cricket Ashley Giles has been appointed as England’s new ODI and Twenty20 head coach in a move to reduce the workload of Andy Flower.
Pietersen will have to continue playing the waiting game to see if he is selected for the New Zealand tour
After learning that he would be dropped for the upcoming tour of India, England batsman Kevin Pietersen announced that he hopes that he can represent his country when they square off against New Zealand next year.
