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Nottinghamshire left-arm seamer Harry Gurney has been out of action in this year’s T20 Vitality Blast with a shoulder injury. The England international, who has become a regular on the T20 circuit in recent years, will go under the knife next month to get the problem rectified. The 33-years-old, who also has an IPL contract with the Kolkata Knight Riders this season, has claimed 115 wickets for the Notts, including 22 in 2019. The 2020 Vitality Blast is slated to begin on August 27. Breaking - Harry Gurney to miss Vitality Blast tournament with a shoulder injury. Requires surgery. Get well soon @gurneyhf — Dave Bracegirdle (@bracecricket) August 26, 2020 Harry Gurney, if ruled of #IPL2020 will be a blow to KKR. Felt he is the perfect bowler for UAE conditions. Likely to undergo shoulder surgery. — Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) August 26, 2020 Any one Think He is a Replacement for Injured Harry Gurney — 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒛 (@sathishklove007) August 26, 2020

Afghanistan is all set for their first-ever Test match in Australia later this year in December.  It will be Australia’s first international assignment of the summer after the World T20 was rescheduled due to the pandemic. The one-off Test match against Australia is slated to begin on December 7 at the new Perth stadium. However, it will not be a part of the ICC World Test Championship, as the league is restricted to the top nine nations.

Criticism-The love affair with Critics Continues MS Dhoni has had a long affair with critics. They have just jumped on him whenever he has gone through a hard face. In IPL 10 he was removed from captaincy of Pune. Also, the co-owner of the Rising Pune Supergiant team Mr Harsh Goenka didn’t have anything good to say about Dhoni back then. But whenever he tried to troll the legend it always backfired with the Fans of the great man trolling Mr Goenka badly which eventually made him clarify his trolls and accepting that there is no one better than Dhoni in the cricketing aspects. Dhoni for years has been adviced to retire and people always doubted his credibility. But the great man always replied with his brilliant game on the cricketing field. Though he finally retired from International cricket on 15th August, although, he will continue playing IPL. The progression of Dhoni from the carefree, spontaneous luminosity of a small-town youngster to the greatest finisher of all times for many

From being an under-19 world cup winning Captain to being a full-time Indian Captain Virat Kohli has been a supreme leader ever since he was part of the under-19 team and led the team from front to guide them to a glorious World Cup win in 2008. There was no looking back for him after this grand win and he just got better with time to become one of the greatest glories of Indian Cricket after the greats like Sachin Tendulkar, whom the country could rejoice and celebrate. He is now the full-time captain of the National Team across all formats and is setting high trends with every game which would be tough for other cricketers to match with. A legendary run machine hungry for more In his career so far, Kohli has shown India and the rest of the world that what a vital team player he is. He is a proven match-winner which can be seen in his two of the best ODI knocks-the 133* (86) against Sri Lanka in Hobart and the 183 (148) against Pakistan in Mirpur. His master performance in the T-20 wo

New Zealand Cricket has confirmed a full programme of international cricket tour, with 37 days of international cricket scheduled this summer. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic - West Indies, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Australia will tour to New Zealand as per the current (FTP) Future Tours Programme. "We are making tremendous progress. I was just on the phone to the West Indies, they're confirmed, Pakistan is confirmed, Australia and Bangladesh... so 37 days of international cricket," David White, the NZC CEO, told reporters in Auckland. "The White Ferns will tour Australia in September and then the Australia Women's team will tour New Zealand in February. We are just working through the content but probably five ODIs and three T20Is. "We'll just be held up for a week or two while we work with the government agencies on the managed isolation but they've been extremely supportive." NZC CEO David White also gave an update on the potential shape of the

Pakistan Cricket Board have announced their 16-men squad for the first Test against England, which begins on Wednesday, 5 August at Old Trafford. Squad:  Azhar Ali (captain) Babar Azam (vice-captain) Abid Ali Asad Shafiq Fawad Alam Imam-ul-Haq Kashif Bhatti Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Rizwan Naseem Shah Sarfaraz Ahmed Shadab Khan Shaheen Afridi Shan Masood Sohail Khan Yasir Shah