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REVISED PLAYING CONDITIONS Michael Neser had taken a catch with multiple ‘bunny-hops’ in 2023 © Getty The International Cricket Council (ICC) proposes to change the rules of boundary line catching, particularly the ones with action taking place outside the boundary. The world body has written to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to review snares taken with multiple jumps and multiple airborne contacts with the ball before the catch is completed inside the boundary. Cricbuzz first wrote about the planned changes to boundary line catches recently These changes will come into effect next year but other amendments to the playing conditions…
INDIA CRICKET India will host New Zealand for three ODIs, five T20Is next year. © AFP Baroda, Rajkot and Indore have been confirmed as the venues for India’s ODI series against New Zealand at the start of next year while Nagpur, Raipur, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram will host the five T20Is. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule during the Apex Council Meeting on Saturday (June 14). New Zealand’s white-ball tour of India will kick off on January 11, 2026 with Baroda hosting the first ODI, followed by the next two matches on January 14…
INDIAN DOMESTIC CRICKET The BCCI announced several changes to the Indian cricket domestic structure © AFP The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made key changes to the Indian domestic season from the 2025/26 season and has also announced the schedule for the forthcoming season. Some of these changes include the Duleep Trophy reverting to zonal teams, selected by the zonal selectors, from last year’s format of the four Indian offshoot teams while for the Ranji Trophy only one team will be promoted/relegated from the Plate and Elite Groups respectively. The changes continue with India’s domestic T20…
LAHORE: The second day of competitions in the inter-division phase of the Chief Minister Punjab Summer Games was held at various venues of the Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Saturday. Events in hockey, volleyball, kabaddi, and badminton continued as part of the six-day sports gala. In boys’ hockey, Gujranwala dominated Dera Ghazi Khan with a thumping 10-0 victory at the National Hockey Stadium. Rana Ahmed scored a hat trick, Ehtasham netted two goals, while Adil, Asim, Iftikhar, M. Ali, and Abdullah contributed one goal each. The match between Faisalabad and Rawalpindi ended in a 3-3 draw. In the girls’ hockey…
LONDON: Aiden Markram’s magnificent century was the cornerstone of South Africa’s five-wicket victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Saturday as the Proteas ended decades of cricket heartbreak by at last winning a major global title. South Africa successfully chased down an imposing 282-run target before lunch on the fourth day, with opening batsman Markram falling for 136 after taking South Africa to within six runs of the title. It was an edgy finish, however, as they took 27.4 overs to slowly score the 69 runs needed to secure success on the fourth day with…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), under its Skills Development Programme, on Saturday called 15 players, out of a total of 47, for the first phase of the programme starting on Monday here at the National Cricket Academy under the newly-appointed director high performance Aaqib Javed. “The National Cricket Academy will host a 20-day Skills Development camp from Monday, June 16,” the PCB announced in its media release on Saturday. “A total of 47 men’s cricketers will undergo training and fitness sessions during the camp, with the first batch of 15 players participating until June 21,” the release added. “After…
LONDON: Aiden Markram’s magnificent century was the cornerstone of South Africa’s five-wicket victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Saturday as the Proteas ended decades of cricket heartbreak by at last winning a major global title. South Africa successfully chased down an imposing 282-run target before lunch on the fourth day, with opening batsman Markram falling for 136 after taking South Africa to within six runs of the title. It was an edgy finish, however, as they took 27.4 overs to slowly score the 69 runs needed to secure success on the fourth day with…
Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram gritted it out against the Australians at Lord’s ©Getty Aiden Markram did the wrong thing during Friday’s play in the WTC final at Lord’s. With the match on the line, he took his eye off the ball. “At about quarter-past-five, and the game had sort of slowed down,” Markram said on Saturday. “I had a bit of time to look around and see all the fans, the family, all the mates who are here, and to look at the changing room,” Markram said on Saturday. “And I was, like, ‘Yes, we’re here now. We’re getting…
Aiden Markram reflects on his player of the match performance in the WTC final Day 4 Wrap | Markram magic seals Test title for Proteas As he went to bed on 102 not out with South Africa on the cusp of the maiden cricket world title they so desperately craved, Aiden Markram’s mind flashed to back to Barbados on June 29 last year. With not even a sleeping tablet able to help him sleep with his side needing 69 runs to beat Australia in the World Test Championship final, the Proteas T20 captain relived the hopelessness he felt watching from…
MARK OF RESPECT The decision was taken by the two boards at the last minute to call off the grand launch for the time being. © Getty The proposed grand launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy – the new symbol of supremacy for the England-India bilateral Test series in England – has been postponed. The decision to defer the event (or perhaps cancel it altogether) comes in the wake of the solemn mood in India following the Ahmedabad plane crash. Cricbuzz can confirm that the trophy-naming ceremony was originally scheduled for Saturday (June 14), on the sidelines of the World Test…