Tag: Cricket

Former Australian Test cricketer all-rounder Eric Freeman passes away

December 16, 2020

• Former Australia Test all-rounder, Eric Freeman has passed away. He made his Test debut against India at the Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground) in 1968 during which his opening shot was a six, and he became the first player to attain the feat.

Parthiv Patel declares retirement from all forms of cricket

December 9, 2020

• India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has declared his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 35-year-old left-hander, who made his international debut in 2002, played 25 Tests, 38 ODIS and two T20Is for India.

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson took retirement from all forms of Cricket

December 6, 2020

• New Zealand all-rounder, Corey Anderson has declared his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• Anderson has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs and 31 T20Is for New Zealand, scoring 2277 runs with two hundred and 10 half-centuries and 90 wickets.

England’s Dawid Malan attains highest-ever rating points in T20I

December 4, 2020

• Dawid Malan of England has achieved the highest-ever rating points for batsman in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings.
• The 33-year-old Malan has attained 915 points, and thus became the first player to cross the 900-point mark in the format.

Virat Kohli fastest to complete 12000 runs in ODI cricket

December 3, 2020

• Virat Kohli became the fastest to complete 12,000 runs in One-day International cricket. Kohli breached the mark in the third ODI against Australia in Canberra.
• He got to the record in his 242nd inning thus bettering the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar, who got his 12000th run in his 300th inning.

Virat Kohli to be the fastest to reach 22,000 international runs

November 29, 2020

• Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli scripted one more record in the game. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record and became the quickest batsman to achieve 22,000 runs. He reached the milestone in his 462nd innings.

Sudeep Tyagi declares retirement from all forms of cricket

November 20, 2020

• Indian cricketer, Sudeep Tyagi has declared his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• The 33-year-old had played for the Indian national cricket team in four ODIs and a lone T20I as a fast bowler.

Umar Gul fast bowler announces retirement

October 19, 2020

• Pakistani pace bowler, Umar Gul has announced that he will retire from all forms of cricket.

Dean Jones, former Australian batsman passes away

October 17, 2020

• The legendary former Australian batsman Dean Jones passed away on September 24, 2020, due to cardiac arrest. He was 59.

Cricket commentator Kishore Bhimani passes away

October 16, 2020

• A leading Cricket commentator Kishore Bhimani passed away. He had received a lifetime achievement award for his decades-long contribution in the fields of media and commentary in 2013.