Mitchell Starc withdrew from the upcoming Champions Trophy as Cricket Australia (CA) announced its final squad for the ICC tournament on Wednesday. This means that the pace troika of Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood will be missing out on the competition which is set to begin on February 19 in Pakistan. “Starc, who will … Read more
Australia captain Pat Cummins was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy along with pacer Josh Hazlewood, Cricket Australia announced on Thursday. Cummins had suffered an injury after the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy and was not a part of the Australia side touring Sri Lanka for two Test matches. He faced a race against time to … Read more
Three pacers in Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears and Nathan Smith have been handed their maiden senior call-up for an ICC tournament as New Zealand announced its squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy edition. The Blackcaps are set to depart for Pakistan on February 3 to play a tri-series against CT host Pakistan and South Africa … Read more
The suspense over the fate of the Champions Trophy continues as the International Cricket Council board met briefly on Friday to discuss the issue, but a decision on the issue will be taken only in the next few days. Contrary to reports claiming that the meeting was postponed, Sportstar understands that the ICC board did … Read more