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With cricket betting on the rise, it’s worth making sure you keep an eye out for the rising stars of the sport to make sure you have an edge when placing bets. The following ten players are all ranked high for various reasons and well worth looking out for. 10. Ben Stokes Ben Stokes is a great all-rounder who bowls right-handed and bats left-handed, as well as being England’s vice-captain under Joe Root. He’s currently ranked 5 th in the ICC Player Rankings for All-rounders, which might sound low, but he’s been setting a lot of records lately with the fastest ever Test double century and the highest ever score for a Test batman batting at six, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he was ranked a little higher in a few years! 9. Cheteshwar Pujara The 4 th best Batsman by the ICC Player rankings, but very nearly the third. Kane Williamson is sneaking ahead by just 8 points. Though Cheteshwar Pujara could well make it back quite quickly. After all, this February in a one-off Test ma...

Durham have signed New Zealand batsman Tom Latham, who will join up with the north-east county next season, subject to international duties. The 25-year-old has scored 139 runs in his five NatWest T20 Blast matches after arriving to the county for the second half of the season with an average of 63.66 in four Specsavers County Championship games. Latham is likely to miss Durham's final Division Two matches of the campaign as he prepares for New Zealand's ODI and T20 series which is to be held in India but will make a return to Chester-le-Street for the rest of the 2018 tournament. Durham head coach Jon Lewis is delighted with the signing and is hopeful that the club will be benefitted by the player’s return. “Tom has made a fantastic contribution on and off the field during his time here at Durham,” said Lewis. “His performances with the bat have been excellent and he is a big influence in the dressing room. “Myself and the players are delighted that he will be...

Perth Scorchers received huge boost over the top when Mitchell Marsh decided to continue his association with the club for the seventh edition of the Big Bash League. The 25-year-old, who was recently appointed Western Australia's new captain, is currently underwent a reconstruction of his right shoulder, but is set to return on the ground for the upcoming season of KFC Big Bash League, starting December 20. "I literally cannot wait for Big Bash to start," the all-rounder told perthscorchers.com.au on Sunday (September 17). "My body and shoulder feel really good, I've been taking it slowly but ticking all the right boxes so it'll be good to get back out there. "The BBL has grown into an amazing tournament. Playing with the Scorchers for the last six years, we've had some awesome success and we're hoping we can maintain that winning culture this summer, too." The Australia international, who made his Test debut against Pakistan i...

Adelaide Strikers have announced the signing of Afghanistan spin sensation Rashid Khan for the seventh edition of the Australia's domestic T20 Big Bash League. Rashid becomes the first Afghan cricketer to be played in Australia's domestic T20 league and the second overseas player for Strikers. "I am very happy to have signed with the Strikers for the BBL," the 18-year-old leg-spinner said . "It is a huge honour to be a part of such a great tournament and even more of an honour to be the first Afghanistan player to participate on the BBL stage. I look forward to linking up with my Strikers teammates and backroom staff." The Right-arm leg break bowler had an impressive season in his maiden Indian Premier League for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he claimed 17 wickets. Adelaide Strikers squad: Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Jono Dean, Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Jake Weatherald, Colin Ingram (overseas), Rashid Kha...

Indian captain Virat Kohli scored an amazing half-century as team India won the one-off Twenty20 international by seven wickets in Colombo on Wednesday. The tourists remained unbeaten in their nine matches against the hosts Sri Lanka as they won the three match Test series, five one-day internationals and the only T20. "Very special, it (whitewash across formats) hasn't been done before. Credit to all the hard work that the boys have put in over the past couple of months in all formats of the game," said Kohli. Here is how Indian fans came out and expressed their delight over a great win. That's a complete sweep by India @BCCI winning the Test, ODI and T20 series vs Sri Lanka. Well done team 👏🏻👏🏻. Good work and consistency 👍🏻 — Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) September 6, 2017 India completed whitewash in all format Tests 3-0 ODI 5-0 T20 1-0 Clean sweep from team India. Australia next from Sep 17. #IndvsSL — Film Distributor TN (@RangaSubrama...