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Cricket Australia have confirmed that India will travel to Down Under starting October this year comprising four Tests, ODIs as well as T20 Internationals.  The tour will begin with a T20 match, on October 11 at Brisbane followed by other two games on October 14 (Canberra) and October 17 (Adelaide), the CA announced on its official website .  India are then scheduled to play a four-Test match series, beginning on December 3 at Brisbane. The second, third and fourth Tests will be held in Adelaide (December 11-15), Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3 to 7). The ODI series is set to begin in Perth on January 12 and it will be followed by matches on January 15 (Melbourne) and January 17 (Sydney).  Schedule: Australia v India 11 October: 1st T20I, Gabba, Brisbane 14 October: 2nd T20I, Manuka Oval, Canberra 17 October: 3rd T20I, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 3-7 December: 1st Test, the Gabba, Brisbane 11-15 December: 2nd Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 26-30 December: 3rd ...

This is a question every cricket fan would love to ask, but it is also a question we don’t want to hear the answer to. For those that have eagerly been waiting in anticipation for one of the biggest cricket events to take place every 2 years, there is a very good chance that you may have to wait another year before the tournament does indeed kick off. Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the sporting industry has taken quite the knock, yet there seems to be much hope according to hushed whispers and articles based on T20 World Cup winner tips , it is evident that there are sources that remain afloat with a positive outlook. However, as it currently stands, all matches have been postponed until further notice and all massive sport events have been put on hold. The worrisome question is when it will be possible to return to normal as only then will such events begin to become a reality again. So let's take a look at why it could be possible for the tournament to be call...

Australia and England have played out the fiercest rivalry in the sport of cricket since The Ashes began in 1882. The battles have been even throughout the history of the duel, with the Aussies edging the series won by one as a result of their 33 triumphs to the Three Lions’ 32. The Baggy Greens have been more successful in individual Test matches, boasting 136 wins compared to England’s 108 – the majority of which came in a dominant hold of the urn for 16 years from 1989 to 2005. There has been little between the teams in recent years, although the 2-2 draw between the sides in 2019 allowed Australia to retain The Ashes heading into the 2021/22 series down under. There will be no doubt be more classics to add to the number of matches that have been played over the years, but there have been some truly remarkable games to have occurred over the last 15 years. We’ll now look back at three of the best Tests that have been defining in the history of the Ashes. Headingley 2019 ...

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned for a period of three years from all forms of cricket on corruption charges the country’s cricket board on Monday. Umar Akmal handed three-year ban from all cricket by Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel Mr Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan. — PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 27, 2020 The PCB officials had charged the 29-year-old middle-order batsman in two separate cases for failing to report corrupt approaches in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 5. His last appearance for the national side was against Sri Lanka in October 2019. Akmal has played 16 Tests, 121 ODIs and 84 T20s for Pakistan.

The pandemic has already affected more than 1 million people across the globe. All kind of sporting events including cricket has been canceled. But apart from all this crisis, the pandemic has caused as many as eight Aussie cricketers have been forced to postpone their wedding functions. The eight cricketers are Adam Zampa, Jackson Bird, D’arcy Short, Mitchell Swepson, Alister McDermott, Andrew Tye, Jess Jonassen, and Katelyn Fryett. The situation down under has been quite bad recently. Everyone has been advised to stay at home to slow down the virus.

The 13th season of the Indian Premier League is on the verge of cancelation after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day lockdown to tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. The cancellation of IPL looks inevitable. BCCI had already postponed the star-studded eight-team league to April 15 earlier this month. However, the situation around the pandemic worsened since then with confirmed cases surging towards the 500-mark in India. Sporting events around the globe have been affected by the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympics 2020 has been postponed to 2021.

India have confirmed 60 positive cases in the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak which has led to over 4,500 deaths globally. The Indian government issued a fresh advisory with a ban on all foreign visas, except a few categories like diplomatic and employment, till April 15 amid the novel coronavirus scare in the country. As a result, No foreign player will be available until April 15 due to the aforementioned restrictions imposed by the Indian government. "The foreign players who play in the IPL come under the Business Visa category. As per the government's directive, they can't come till April 15," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity. The new edition of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to start on March 29.

South Africa Legends have announced their squad for the Road Safety World Series, gets underway on March 7. This squad includes a number of former legends including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Jonty Rhodes to lit up the competition. The first match of the eleven matches series will be played between India Legends and West Indies Legends on March 7 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Squad: Jonty Rhodes (c), Andrew Butch James, Andrew Hall, Garnett John Peter Kruger, J Rudolph, Albie Morkel, JJ Van Der Wath, Neil Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Martin Van Jaarsveld, Morne Van Wyk, Paul Harris, Ryan McLaren.

Bangladesh have announced their squad for the T20I series for the upcoming tour to Pakistan, starting later this month on the 24th of January. The left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal, who hasn't played international cricket since the ODI series against Sri Lanka in July last year, has made his return to the national set-up. Mosaddek Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam and Abu Hider have been dropped from the 15-member squad. The Tigers to play three T20Is, one ODI, and two Tests matches. Bangladesh T20I squad : Mahmudullah (C), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Najmul Hossain, Litton Das, MD Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahadi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.

Mark Boucher’s appointment as head coach of the Proteas enabled fans of the South African cricket team to finally breathe a sigh of relief after months of boardroom turmoil. The squabbles as the top table of South African cricket during 2019 have hurt the Proteas and couldn’t have come at a worse time given that they fell around the playing of the World Cup. The Proteas’ elimination from the 2019 World Cup in England had many in the cricket fraternity concerned about the future of one of the greatest sides of the international game. The fallout would then begin in earnest with one thing leading to another as Ottis Gibson was shown the door after his contract was not renewed, but the CSA board would wait until December to replace him, some four months after the West Indian was given his marching orders. JUST IN: Mark Boucher has been confirmed as the new head coach of the South African men's side. pic.twitter.com/EMuy3FETns — ICC (@ICC) December 14, 2019 By this tim...