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South African veteran legspinner Imran Tahir has pulled out of the Big Bash League due to personal reasons. The Melbourne Renegades have suffered another blow with after the 41-year-old spin bowler withdrawing from the ongoing tournament for personal reasons. The Renegades coach Michael Klinger expressed his disappointment with the unavailability of Pakistani-born South African cricketer. “He’s a great player so it is a loss. But at the same time we’ve seen Noor Ahmad a couple of games ago, a bowler who people haven’t seen that much, it might actually work in our favor. He’ll now be able to play a fair chunk of that back end of the season, with Imad Wasim. Nabi has to go home for international duty. It is a loss but at the same time what a huge opportunity for young Noor to come in and have a huge impact on the BBL,” Klinger said as quoted by ESPNCricinfo . South African international Imran Tahir has informed the club he will not be able to join the team this season due to personal rea

Australia and India are set to battle it out in the second Test of the four-match series on Saturday at the MCG.  India will miss their star batsman and skipper Virat Kohli who is on paternal leave and seamer Mohammed Shami who picked up the injury during the first Test.  India’s playing XI : Ajinkya Rahane (C), Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj. ALERT🚨: #TeamIndia for 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia to be played in MCG from tomorrow announced. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/4g1q3DJmm7 — BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2020

Glamorgan vice-captain David Lloyd has committed his future to the County club after signing a new two-year contract that promises to keep him at Sophia Gardens until 2023. The 28-year-old batsman has spent his entire professional career at South Wales, playing 168 matches across all formats. “I’m really happy to be signing a new deal at Glamorgan,” said the allrounder. “Being Welsh and playing for the only Welsh first-class county is something I’m very proud of, and to have been capped and captain Glamorgan was something I could only dream about. Lloyd, who made his Glamorgan debut in 2012, and has since gone on to score 4,970 runs and remains an integral part of Matthew Maynard's squad. David Lloyd signs contract extension! 📰 The all-rounder and vice-captain has signed until at least the end of 2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣ 💪 Congrats, @lloyddl2010 ! #GoGlam 🏏 Read more 👇 https://t.co/XD9LdQWnij — Glamorgan Cricket 🏏 (@GlamCricket) December 21, 2020

Warwickshire have confirmed England Under-19s batsman Dan Mousley has penned a new three-year contract until 2023. The 19-year-old, who made his County Championship debut for the Bears in July 2019, is now tied to Edgbaston until at least the end of 2023. "Dan is one of the most exciting young batsmen in the county game," said Bears director of cricket Paul Farbrace. "He broke through to the senior ranks in both formats last season and made a notable contribution in each fixture. "He now has a great opportunity to firmly establish himself across all three formats and become a mainstay of this Warwickshire team for many years." Mousley has made two appearances in this year’s Bob Willis Trophy and three in the Vitality Blast, smashing 250 runs across both formats.  𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 | 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 💬 “Dan is one of the most exciting young batsman in th

Sri Lanka have announced their squad for the Test series against South Africa and England. The 33-year-old allrounder Angelo Matthews will miss the Proteas' Tests through injury though he could yet return in 2021. South Africa to host Sri Lanka for Test series on December 26-30 and January 3-7 at Centurion and The Wanderers. England's postponed two Tests in Sri Lanka which will take place in Galle on January 14-18 and 22-26. Sri Lanka squad : Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Oshada Fernando, Dhananjaya De Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Embuldeniya, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Santhush Gunathilake, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

Northamptonshire Cricket County Club have announced the signing of Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi for the 2021 edition of the T20 Blast. The 35-year-old has impressive numbers under his belt in the shortest format of the game.  The middle-order Afghan has featured in 78 T20 Internationals for his nation, scoring 1347 runs at an average of over 22 and strike rate of 145.3. In addition to that, the allrounder also has 69 scalps to his name. Northants will be Nabi's third county, after previous spells at Leicestershire and Kent in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Introducing your newest Steelback... @MohammadNabi007 ! 🤯 The world's top ranked T20 all-rounder joins the club for the entire 2021 Vitality Blast. 💪 — Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) December 16, 2020

England to play two Test match series in Sri Lanka at the beginning of 2021. The series was scheduled to take place in March 2020, which was called off in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The two Tests match series will be held behind the closed doors, and both matches will be played at Galle International Stadium in Colombo. The last time England travelled to Sri Lanka two years ago when Joe Root had led the side to a 3-0 whitewash under tough conditions. Schedule: January 14: 1st Test in Galle, Colombo January 22: 2nd Test in Galle, Colombo

Australia beat India in the final T20I to avoid 3-0 sweep. The hosts won the third Twenty20 international by 12 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground to prevent the team India from claiming a series sweep. List of award winners from the match and T20I series. Man of the Series: Hardik Pandya Man of the Match: 1st T20I: Yuzvendra Chahal 2nd T20I: Hardik Pandya 3rd T20I: Mitchell Swepson.

England's ODI series against South Africa will go ahead from Sunday after the hosts have tested negative for Covid-19. The opening match of the 50-over leg takes place from 8am GMT (10am local time) in Paarl on Sunday. The final two day-night matches to be held on December 7 and 9 at Cape Town. Eoin Morgan's side will be hoping for a clean sweep in the three-match ODI series after winning all three Twenty20 Internationals. CONFIRMED: Cricket South Africa and @ECB_cricket confirm the postponement of the first #BetwayODI of the three-match series to Sunday, 06 December 2020. #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/wRXpr7YYA9 — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) December 4, 2020 South Africa ODI Squad : Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, JJ Smuts, Junior Dala, George Linde, Lutho Sipamla, Kyle Verreynne, Glenton Stuurman, Beuran Hendr

Pakistan allrounder Imad Wasim has joined Melbourne Renegades for the second half of the 10the edition of Big Bash League. The 31-year-old will join the Renegades from Boxing Day onwards after the completion of T20I series between Pakistan and New Zealand in New Zealand.  "Imad is one of the best T20 players in the world with his ability to impact games with the ball and to finish the innings with the bat," Renegades coach Michael Klinger said . "He's an experienced player with recent title success, he's capable of bowling in the powerplay and he'll strengthen our middle-order batting." The BBL is scheduled to begin on December 10. The signings just keep on coming! And this one is currently ranked in the top 10 T20I bowlers in the world. Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim is now officially a Renegade. He'll join us from Boxing Day onwards #GETONRED — Melbourne Renegades (@RenegadesBBL) December 3, 2020

Melbourne Stars have announced the signing of fast bowler Dilbar Hussain for the 10th edition of the Big Bash League. The 27-year-old, who hails from Pakistan, will be available for the entire campaign, starting on 10 December. Hussain played for the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League alongside Stars wicket-keeper batsman Ben Dunk. “I’m very happy to be coming back to the Melbourne Stars for the Big Bash,” Hussain said . “In the short time I was with the club last season I learnt so much. I’d like to thank David Hussey who was incredibly supportive and encouraged me to keep working on my craft.” Hussain is currently completing the mandatory two weeks quarantine in West Australia and will be available for the Stars' on December 11 in Canberra. Fast bowler Dilbar Hussain will return to #TeamGreen in #BBL10 ! 🇵🇰 💚 — Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) December 1, 2020