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United States Makes Deal on Professional Cricket ​One of the World’s Most Viewed Sports Will Arrive in US  United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) licenses exclusive rights of Franchise T20 Cricket League to Global Sports Ventures, LLC; bringing professional Cricket to the United States. New York, NY​ (Sept. 29, 2016) – Today, the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) announced exclusive licensing rights for a Franchised T20 Professional Cricket League to Pennsylvania­based sports development company Global Sports Ventures, LLC; bringing and professionalizing the world’s second most popular sport...

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is all set to tie the knot with model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in December this year. Yuvraj's mother Shabnam Singh has revealed that the wedding will be before December 12, which is also the 34-year-old’s birthday. The couple, who opted for a low-key engagement in Bali, Indonesia, have been dating for quite some time now. Hazel Keech, who is a model-turned-actress - has acted in the bollywood movies like Billa and Bodyguard. The wedding function will be held in New Delhi followed by the reception.

Somerset have announced the signing of former England wicketkeeper Steve Davies, that will keep him at the County Ground, Taunton until 2019. The 30-year-old, who played for his nation five years ago, has only 13 limited-overs caps and has scored more than 10,000 first-class after starting a career at Worcestershire. Davies said : "I have made no secret of my desire to play for England again and I hope that a new challenge, along with a return to wicketkeeping, will help kick my career on to the next level. BREAKING: Somerset sign @SteveDavies43 on a 3 year deal! #WeAreSomerset pic.twitter.com/0rCKUvjCKt — Somerset Cricket 🏏 (@SomersetCCC) September 15, 2016 "(Somerset) are a strong club across all formats and I hope to fully contribute in the seasons to come "I would like to thank Surrey CCC for all their help and support over the last six years and wish them well in the future." Somerset director of cricket Matt Maynard added: ...

The wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler is reportedly set to lead the England's one-day international team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, with Eoin Morgan expected to withdraw from the tour for security reasons. Should Morgan's withdrawal be confirmed, Buttler will reportedly set to take over as England’s captain for the first time in 50-over cricket. The 26-year-old has captained England just once in a Twenty20 international against Pakistan last year. Buttler has scored 2072 runs in 78 ODIs at an average of 38.37. England to play three ODIs and Two test match, starting on October 7. Complete Fixture: October 7– First ODI (D/N), Dhaka October 9 – Second ODI (D/N), Dhaka October 12 – Third ODI (D/N), Chittagong October 20-24 – First Test, Chittagong October 28-November 1 – Second Test, Dhaka

The Pakistan Cricket Board have announced their 13-man squad for the one-off Twenty20 International match against England at Old Trafford on September 7. The wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed will lead the squad, while the right-handed batsman Mohammad Rizwan has earned a recall after missing out on the World T20 earlier this year. Two uncapped players in the sharp of Babar Azam and Ammad Butt could make their T20I debuts in Manchester, while the pacer Sohail Tanvir returns to the squad for the first time since November 2015. The opener batsman Ahmed Shehzad and the middle-order batsman Umar Akmal, who were part of the squad in the World Twenty20 were also not selected. Pakistan T20I squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Ammad Butt.

Achieving a hundred in the T20 format isn't easy task but Lokesh Rahul, who plays for India national cricket team joined the elite company with his maiden T20 hundred against West Indies on Saturday. West Indies’ Evin Lewis and India’s KL Rahul both scored their maiden T20I hundreds in fastest time.  Both were fast enough to make it into the list of 5 fastest centuries in Twenty20 format..! Here are the fastest five centuries in T20Is: 5. Chris Gayle vs South Africa, Brendon McCullum vs Australia and Babar Hayat vs Oman - 50 balls 4. Evin Lewis vs India - 48 balls 3. Chris Gayle vs England and Aaron Finch vs England - 47 balls 2. KL Rahul vs West Indies and Faf du Plessis vs West Indies - 46 balls 1. Richard Levi vs New Zealand - 45 balls

Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell has been recalled into the squad for the next month's two-match Twenty20 internationals series against Sri Lanka. The 27-year-old was into a shock when the 15-man ODI squad was announced last month but now the Victorian has held his place for the T20 matches to be played next month. However Usman Khawaja, Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Marsh are all three has been ruled out of the squad that played in the World T20 earlier this year. First T20 – Pallekele Stadium, 6 September. Second T20 – R. Premadasa Stadium, 9 September. Australia T20 squad : David Warner (capt), Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.

India’s stunning performance in the fourth test against the West Indies at St. Lucia leads them a remarkable victory.. The proactive style of strokes from the Indian batsman with the likes of Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane helped the Tourists to post a decent target for the hosts.  Eventually, India have won its third consecutive Test series in the Caribbean Island. Indian tests skipper Virat Kohli has gone a step further as the 27-year-old became the first Indian captain ever to win two tests in the West Indies. This is also India’s third back to back victory under Kohli’s captaincy, after a 2-1 win against Sri Lanka, followed by a 3-0 massacre of South Africa at home, and now, a surprising 2-0 lead over the West Indies in a four match tests series. Here is the table showing the record of Indian captains in the West Indies. Margin Tests Year Captain Wins at venue(s) 1-0 5 1971 Ajit Wadekar Port of Spain 1-0 4 2006 Rahul Dravid Kingston 1-0 3 2...

Indian batsman Wriddhiman Saha scored his first Test century on way to a 213-run 5th wicket partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin. India's number 6 and 7 batsmen have never scored hundred in the same innings in Tests. Ashwin and Saha set to change the history. #IndvWI — Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 10, 2016 Focus.. Patience.. Grinding. First Test Century from Saha is filled with all the ingredients which is needed for Test Cricket! — Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 10, 2016 1st test hundred for Saha. Typical Sahaesque knitty & gritty innings. Slowly proving his critics wrong with some solid batting! #IndvsWI — Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) August 10, 2016 Yahi hai right choice baby, Saha ! West Indies Se surely ab Saha nahi jaata ! Well done @Wriddhipops #WIvIND — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 10, 2016 Indian keepers scoring Test 100s away from home: V Manjrekar, Kingston, 1953 Ratra, St John's, 2002 MSD, Faisalabad, 2006 SA...

India will host their neighbour country Bangladesh for a one-off Test match in February next year, marking the Tigers’s first official Test trip since 2000. India, who are currently 2nd in the ICC Test rankings have visited to Bangladesh, but the Tigers have never played with a red ball on Indian soil because of scheduling clashes. "India will play Bangladesh in a historic one-off Test match from February 08-12, 2017 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The Test match will mark Bangladesh's first official visit to India since attaining Test status in 2000," BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke said in a statement. Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan said the one-off Test match would be a elated experience for players and fans of both countries. "For the cricketers who will be representing Bangladesh and India, this will be a much anticipated game and given the competitive nature of their limited overs matches in th...