Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Kumar Mangalam Birla’s son Aryaman Birla to play for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2018

Rajasthan Royals bought Aryaman Vikram Birla, son of industrialist and the chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, at the IPL auction for Rs 30 lakh. The mega-auction had quoted a base price of Rs 20 lakh for the player. The 20-year old Aryaman failed to attract any bidders in the first round of

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Interesting and Unknown Facts about Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta

Bubbly, Brave and Bold – this is what we can call the owner of Kings XI Punjab and Bollywood starlet Preity Zinta, who celebrates her 43rd birthday today. Though she is now restricted to only blink and miss roles on celluloid, Preity was once the reigning queen of Bollywood. From playing unconventional characters to being

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VIDEO: Chris Gayle does a ‘bhangra’ after being picked up by Kings XI Punjab

Chris Gayle’s late bid by the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) franchise in the mega-auction for the IPL has created a lot of sensation and taken the internet by storm. While at one point it seemed like the swashbuckling left-hander would go unsold in the auctions, a late bid by KXIP co-owner Preity Zinta meant IPL

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Rohit Sharma wants breaks during overseas tour

Team India is touring overseas after a long home season in 2017. The Test match series between India and South Africa ended on Saturday with the six ODI series starting from February 1. This ODI tour will be a build-up for the ICC ODI World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. Nine players of the

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

IPL 2018: Preity Zinta is heartbroken after failing to retain a key player for Kings XI Punjab

In order to build Kings XI Punjab team from scratch, its franchise had to let go some of their key players from the previous squad. Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle are some of the key players who will represent KXIP team in the 11th edition of the cash-rich tournament. After the IPL

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IPL 2018: LPG delivery man’s son makes it to KKR squad

This happens to be a classical rag to riches story! The 20-year-old Rinku Singh is the newest recruit of the Kolkata Knight Riders. With a base price of Rs 20 lakh, the explosive left-handed opener was lapped up by KKR for Rs 80 lakh. Though it is not the first time that young Rinku has

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Kings XI Punjab franchise picks Virender Sehwag’s nephew Mayank Dagar for IPL 2018

Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta actively participated in the IPL 2018 auction held in Bengaluru. Among the first round unsold players, KXIP picked Mayank Dagar for INR 20 Lakhs, who apparently is Virender Sehwag’s nephew. Sehwag is the mentor and Director of cricket for Punjab. Mayank Dagar was a key member of India Under-19

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Preity Zinta reveals the person who gave KXIP co-owner a “run for her money”

Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, was part of the bidding at the mega IPL 2018 auction. Her competitive bidding not only gave owners of other teams a hard time but also she made her fans on Twitter frenzy. Had it been a man, they’d call him driven, but we are here to talk

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Twitter comes up with hilarious jokes and memes after India bowls out Pakistan for 69 in U19 World Cup semi-final

India thrashed Pakistan by 203-runs in the ICC U-19 World Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Riding on high-class performances by Shubman Gill and bowler Ishan Porel, Prithvi Shaw-led team posted 272/9 and then bundled out arch-rivals Pakistan for just 69 runs. While Shubam lifted India to a fighting total from 166/5, it was bowler Ishan Porel

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IPL 2018: Chris Gayle shows the victory sign after a successful bid by Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab almost splurged the entire amount from their purse at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 auction, signing some star cricketers for the 11th edition of the cash-rich league. KXIP have never won an IPL title and their team mentor Virender Sehwag believes that the year 2018 belongs to the Punjab outfit. After

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Monday, January 29, 2018

MCG to host men’s and women’s World T20 final in 2020

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the venues for the men’s and women’s World T20 tournaments in 2020, which for the first time will be played as standalone events in the same host country. The women’s competition will run from February 21 to March 8, while the men’s will be held from October 18

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Twitter user exposes the anti-Indian side of Rajasthan Royal’s new recruit Jofra Archer

Past never fades away! The phrase aptly suits Jofra Archer, the Barbadian born English cricketer, who was sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for a whopping Rs 7.20 crore in the recently concluded mega auction for the IPL 2018. The Sussex cricketer is most likely to face the wrath of Indian fans who have come to

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Preity Zinta disappointed over departure of these 4 players from Kings XI Punjab squad

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, remained the most entertaining person during the mega-auction event in Bengaluru as she kept bidding for every possible player. From the moment IPL auctioneer Richard Madley started the proceedings, Preity started her war to purchase every possible marquee player that came

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IPL Auction 2018: Nita Ambani disappointed over absence of Harbhajan Singh from Mumbai Indians squad

Three-time IPL champion Mumbai Indians remain to be one of the most balanced squads after the mega-auctions which saw them lose some of their biggest names. Ahead of the auctions, Mumbai Indians retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. Going into the auctions, they were possibly very clear about the players they want to

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Preity Zinta reveals about the one player she really wanted in KXIP side

Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta was on a shopping spree in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 auction, buying a total of 25 players including the West Indies swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle. But more than Gayle, Preity is happy for picking the 16-year-old Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb Zadran in her side. Zadran was

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IPL 2018: Rajasthan Royals complete squad

Returning to the IPL after a span of two years, Rajasthan Royals made an instant impact at this year’s auctions when they went on to buy England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes for a whopping amount of Rs 12.5 crore, making him the costliest player of the season. Royals also used their first RTM card for

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IPL 2018: Sunrisers Hyderabad complete squad

Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise went into the auction after having retained David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. With three RTM options, they chose to bring back Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Hooda and Rashid Khan to the side. List of players bought by SRH at the IPL 2018 auction: Manish Pandey – INR 11 crores Rashid Khan – INR

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IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore complete squad

If there is any team in the IPL that has almost always struck the right balance it has to be Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). However, despite the near-to-perfect team composition, RCB has never won an IPL title. The Virat Kohli-led side ahead of the auction retained the captain, AB de Villiers and Sarfaraz Khan. At

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

IPL Auction 2018: Here’s why KKR didn’t bid or use RTM for Gautam Gambhir

India veteran Gautam Gambhir returned to Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he was bought for Rs 2.80 crore during the mega-auction in Bengaluru on Saturday. Kolkata Knight Riders decided not to bid or use their Right to Match to retain Gambhir, who spent 7 years with the Bollywood star Shah Rukh

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IPL’s youngest bidder, Jhanvi Mehta reveals about the one player she really wanted in the KKR line-up

Bollywood actress and co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Juhi Chawla, is a proud mother and she has every reason to be. Her 17-year-old daughter, Jhanvi Mehta, made history by becoming the youngest member to sit at the IPL auction table ever. In an interview with IPL Juhi’s husband, Jay Mehta revealed that Jhanvi is

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IPL 2018: Kolkata Knight Riders complete squad

Kolkata Knight Riders’ choice of players proved that the franchise was most calculative at the IPL 2018 auction. KKR, which is co-owned by actress Juhi Chawla, made sure that they have the right composure and balance as they picked some of the most talented players, which include both, experienced players as well as youngsters with

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IPL 2018: Delhi Daredevils complete squad

Delhi Daredevils went into the auction after having retained three players namely Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Chris Morris. They used both their RTM options on world-class pacers – Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Shami. Daredevils even managed to get back Gautam Gambhir for the upcoming IPL season. Along with Gambhir, DD bought a total of

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IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab complete squad

Perennial underachievers in the IPL, the Kings XI Punjab were a determined lot in the tournament, motivated to erase their previous failings and start off on a fresh note. It started by retaining only one player, Axar Patel, and ended with the prized catch of Chris Gayle in the final leg of the auction. Between

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IPL 2018: Mumbai Indians complete squad

The defending champions Mumbai Indians were selective in picking up the players at IPL 2018 auction but they did shed out big money for the players they desperately wanted to buy or retain. MI is one of the few franchises who were successful in keeping their core intact and retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and

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IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings complete squad

Chennai Super Kings, who are returning to the Indian Premier League (IPL) after serving a ban of two-years, tried to retain their core again. MS Dhoni, the former Indian skipper, who had won two IPL titles for the side, was the first player who was retained by CSK, along with Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina

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Twitter erupts as Suresh Raina makes a comeback in T20I squad against South Africa

Left-handed batsman Suresh Raina was on Sunday rewarded for his recent domestic performance with a recall to the Indian T20I squad for the three-match series against South Africa starting February 18. Raina has also overcome fitness issues to make to the 16-man squad led by Virat Kohli. The southpaw played his last international match for

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

IPL 2018 Players Auction: Players Sold & Unsold On Day 2

The Day 2 of IPL Auction 2018 auction started in Bengaluru on Sunday at 9:30 am (IST) The eight franchises – Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad picked the players and added them to their line-ups after buying a few

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India retain no.1 ranking after dramatic 63-run win in 3rd Test against South Africa

Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar sparked a dramatic collapse as India beat South Africa by 63 runs on the fourth day of the third and final Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The win means India have retained the ICC Test Championship mace and have also won an award of $1million

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Yuvraj Singh expresses his delight after being picked by Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta

After a long time, Yuvraj Singh returned to his old franchise, Kings XI Punjab, as the India veteran was snapped up by the Punjab outfit for his base price — Rs. 2 crore. While Sunrisers Hyderabad decided not to use the Right to Match Card, the Bollywood actress Preity Zinta co-owned outfit decided to get

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Twitter goes berserk to India’s historic win in the third Test against South Africa

After losing the series 2-0, Virat Kohli-led Team India came back in the best possible manner and defeated South Africa by 63 runs in the third and final Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday. After choosing to bat first, India managed to score 187 runs in their first innings on a seaming track

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IPL 2018: All you need to know about Jhanvi Mehta, the girl on the KKR auction table

Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla and industrialist Jay Mehta’s daughter, Jhanvi Mehta, has become the youngest person ever to ever at an IPL auction table. A key member of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise at the IPL 2018 auction table, the 17-year-old looked quite into the number game. Though the major focus remained on the players

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IPL Auction 2018: Ben Stokes, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey Win Big

Ben Stokes was the star performer for the second consecutive year in the IPL auction as he was taken for Rs 12.5 crore by Rajasthan Royals. The Indian players also had a field day, with Manish Pandey and KL Rahul going for Rs 11 crore each for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab respectively. Krunal Pandya and Ishan

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Preity Zinta gets annoyed of teams using the RTM option in IPL 2018 auction

Cricket in India is not just a sport but a religion. The entertainment of watching the players showcase their skills on the field has increased manifold with the inception of the IPL. The amalgamation of players from different countries has increased the appeal of the game so much that we dread missing even a minute

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Gautam Gambhir has a heart-winning message for his fans after being roped in by Delhi Daredevils

When Kolkata Knight Riders released Gautam Gambhir earlier this month, it was perhaps the biggest development in the cricketing circles. There was, however, speculation that KKR may bring its captain using the Right to Match card. But on Saturday, the Indian discard batsman, who has had a decent outing at the domestic level this time,

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Preity Zinta is all over the moon as Yuvraj Singh returns to Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab hit the ground running when the IPL Auction began on Saturday with owner Preity Zinta bidding for almost every marquee player in the early going. At one point, KXIP had bought five consecutive players including India veteran Yuvraj Singh. Preity was a happy person after grabbing Yuvi for the 11th edition of

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Friday, January 26, 2018

Twitter erupts as India posts a fighting total against South Africa in 3rd Test

India displayed tremendous resolve as they batted on the Wanderers pitch that offered unpredictable bounce and movement off the surface from multiple cracks and indentations. Excellent knocks from captain Virat Kohli (41), Ajinkya Rahane (48), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (33) and Murali Vijay (25) took India to 247 in the second innings of the third and final

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IPL 2018 Auction: Players for whom Rajasthan Royals could use RTM card

Along with Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will also make their comeback in this years IPL. Promoting raw talents and make the most of them has always been the specialty of RR and their retention shows the same indication in the future as well. Royals retained only Australia captain Steve Smith from their past

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IPL 2018 Auction: Players for whom Kolkata Knight Riders could use RTM card

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

IPL 2018 Auction: Players for whom Kings XI Punjab could use RTM card

The mega Indian Premier League (IPL) auction is just around the corner, and teams have been working on strategies to assemble the much-talked-about “core group” of players ever since the retention policy was confirmed by the Governing Council. Ahead of the auction, Virender Sehwag, the Mentor and Head of Cricket Operations of Kings XI Punjab

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Jacker

Between 1893 and 1905 Stanley Jackson played twenty times for England. All his Test caps were against Australia and all at home. Only once over that period did he miss a match, the third Test against Australia in 1893. He was invited to play then but, Test matches not being treated with the importance they are today and Yorkshire being on the verge of clinching the County Championship, he preferred to play for his county rather than his country.

Jackson’s record at the highest level is an excellent one. He averaged 48.79 with the bat. Only Ranji of his contemporaries comes close, and to do this day a mere ten Englishmen can boast a higher career average. That he played at his best when faced with Australian opposition is clear when that figure is compared with his overall First Class average of 33.83. If his batting alone justifies his reputation Jackson was also a top class bowler. He took a while to warm to the task, barely bowling and not taking a wicket in the first two of his five series, but by the end of 1905 he had the creditable record of 24 wickets at 33.29. His bowling record throughout his First Class career was 774 wickets at 20.37.

The Jackson story is however much more than a cricketing one, as he had business, military and political careers as well. Jackson’s father, William Lawies Jackson, was a peer of the realm, but was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. At 17 Jackson senior inherited the family tannery business on his father’s death. The firm was in a mess and all but bankrupt, but hard work turned its fortunes round. It was first stabilised and then expanded and became an extremely successful and profitable concern. Jackson’s father was also a prominent conservative politician and entered Parliament in 1880. He served as an MP until the Baronetcy of Allerton was created for him in 1902. That elevation made his younger son The Honourable FS Jackson, although on his father’s death the title passed to his elder brother and from there to Jackson’s nephew. The title died with the third Baron in 1991.

The family fortune meant that Jackson was educated at Harrow, from where he went to Cambridge. He was a gifted sportsman and a good enough student to emerge with a degree, albeit without honours. On the cricket field he was outstanding. Those who saw him invariably commented on his immaculate appearance on the field, and the extraordinary maturity with which he played, so much so that he was considered to be the finished article right from the start.

As a batsman Jackson was a right hander. He was, as befits his status as one of the stars of the ‘Golden Age’, a fine stroke maker and was particularly comfortable against fast bowling. Anything short of a length would be cut or pulled to the boundary, and if over pitched an imperious drive would be unfurled. At the same time Jackson was quite capable of displaying the sort of tenacity that those from his county are often renowned for, and he could be dour and defensive, particularly on difficult surfaces.

With the ball Jackson was also a right armer, and bowled at fast medium. He was not a bowler of extravagant movement, and relied more on subtle changes of pace and direction, but had a good off cutter that surprised many batsmen. Contemporary writers and players also talked of deliveries gathering pace off the wicket, what is now commonly referred to as a heavy ball.

After captaining Harrow Jackson went up to Cambridge in 1890. Initially he was a greater success with the ball than the bat, his stroke play being rather more extravagant in those days. By the time he made his Test debut, during his last year at Cambridge in 1893, he had begun to lay the foundations of his reputation for being a difficult man to dismiss, particularly on tricky surfaces. His first Test innings however was the fluent Jackson. England were in a tricky position when he went into bat, at 31-2 after stand in skipper Drewy Stoddart had chosen to bat on winning the toss. Jackson’s partner was Arthur Shrewsbury. The wily old Notts pro dug in whilst Jackson attacked the Australian bowling, and when he was dismissed after the pair had added 137 Jackson was just nine runs short of his century.

In the end the match was drawn but both Jackson and England went one better in the second Test. Coming in at number seven Jackson top scored with 103 as England scored 489 to win by an innings. In the third and final Test at the Oval England drew to take the series, but as noted Jackson was fifty miles away on the south coast at Hove, helping Yorkshire to the County Championship.

It was 1896 before Jackson played for England again. He missed the 1894/95 tour of Australia for business reasons, believing there would be other opportunities in the future. In the end there weren’t. Jackson was invited to tour Australia again in 1897/98, and in 1903/04 he was offered the captaincy, but he had to decline both invitations. In the final analysis the only tour he ever went on was whilst a student at Cambridge, when Lord Hawke took a team of fourteen amateurs to India and Ceylon in 1892/93.

England won the three match series of 1896 by two Tests to one. Jackson failed in the lost second Test. He contributed a useful 44 in the first Test at Lord’s getting out in unusual circumstances. He lofted a delivery from George Giffen towards Joe Darling at long off. It was a high swirling ball but due to crowd encroachment onto the outfield, the catch could not be taken. Jackson had started to walk off. A few words passed between him and Albert Trott as he walked back to his crease. Afterwards Jackson denied that what followed was a sporting gesture, but he spooned the very next delivery towards Darling who completed the catch.

In England’s victory at the Oval Jackson also made a major contribution. Opening the innings for the first time he scored 45, the highest England score of the match. It was a dreadful wicket, ruined by rain and Australia were all out for 44 in their second innings. Even that failure was something of a recovery from 25-9.

The last two seasons in which Jackson played ‘full time’ were 1897 and 1898. In the second of those summers he recorded his only double. In 1899 Australia were scheduled to play the first ever five Test series in England. The first match was drawn by England thanks to a fighting innings by Ranji who was still at the crease on 93 when time ran out for the Australians. Jackson had scored just 8 and 0, although he had taken the first three wickets of his Test career in the Australian first innings. The play itself however paled into insignificance when it became clear that the Test had been the last of WG Grace’s career.

The pressing subject became the identity of the next England captain. Jackson was disappointed not to get the job. He was the senior amateur and undoubtedly worth his place in the side. He was not, thanks to Lord Hawke, Yorkshire’s captain, but did not lack experience of leadership. The man who got the nod was a county captain, Lancashire’s Archie MacLaren. In addition MacLaren had led England, in Australia in 1897/98. On the debit side for MacLaren was the 4-1 reverse his side suffered and that he had yet to play a First Class match that season. In addition it would certainly not have been lost on those involved in making the decision that Jackson had been MacLaren’s captain at Harrow.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the captaincy debate MacLaren was a popular choice with the public so there was little disquiet in the press. Unfortunately for MacLaren however England continued the run of failure under his command the batting, with the notable exception of Jackson (73 and 37) performing poorly at Lord’s and Australia took a 1-0 lead. As the remaining Tests were all drawn that was the final result. Jackson contributed a fine century in the final Test, England’s best showing of the series.

The new century saw Jackson in South Africa. The rebellion of the Boer republics had begun in October of 1899 and Jackson volunteered. He was commissioned into the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment in January 1900 as a Captain and left for the Cape. He was back by late summer having contracted enteric fever. After a long voyage home Jackson had recovered sufficiently to allow himself to be persuaded to turn out for the Gentlemen against the Players at the Scarborough Festival, the closing act of the English season. Despite his long lay off and not yet being fully recovered he scored 134 and 42, virtually a lone hand in the Gentlemen’s innings defeat.

Jackson missed the whole of the 1901 season after returning to South Africa where his regiment were responsible for guarding communication lines. The British did not cover themselves in glory in the Boer War and the Jackson who left Cape Town at the end of January 1902 was older and wiser and, to the end of his days, chose to speak very little about his South African experiences.

Australia were in town again in 1902. MacLaren had led England to defeat the previous winter but it was no surprise when he was reappointed for the home series. For Jackson there was a century on his return to action, which meant he had completed an unusual treble in reaching three figures in his last game of 1899, his only one of 1900 and his first in 1902. The summer was dominated by Victor Trumper and Australia won a compelling series 2-1. The Old Trafford match will forever be known as ‘Fred Tate’s Match’ – had the Sussex debutant scored those four runs at the end it would doubtless be known as ‘Jacker’s Match’. In England’s first innings on an under prepared wicket and in damp conditions Jackson had scored 128 out of 262.

In 1903/04 England, led by Pelham Warner, had unexpectedly returned home triumphant. Jackson was no longer a regular for Yorkshire and even the prospect of the captaincy had not tempted him away from his business and political ambitions. For their attempt to regain the urn in 1905 Joe Darling was persuaded to return to lead the Australian side. He had chosen to miss the 03/04 campaign and after successfully leading Australia in each of the four previous series, including those in England in 1899 and 1902, he was seen as the man to take back the Ashes. There was some suggestion that his other commitments might mean that Jackson was not even going to be available to play. In the event however this time an offer of the captaincy of his country was not one he could resist.

What was to become one long summer of achievement for Jackson started badly. He won the toss in the first Test and batted, as he was to do in each of the five matches. He must have been regretting his decision when he went out to bat at 40-3, the more so when he had to trudge back to the pavilion at 49-4 after the Australian fast bowler ‘Tibby’ Cotter had beaten him with a very fast rising delivery that went on to the stumps via the handle of the bat.

Disaster was averted by the lower order, although 196 all out did not look too impressive once Australia reached 129-1 in reply, even if Victor Trumper was by then sidelined with an injury. At that point however the mood of the game changed. Jackson himself was responsible when, in the same over, he dismissed both of the established batsmen, Monty Noble and Clem Hill, who had each reached their half century, and then skipper Darling. The visitors still managed a first innings lead of 29, but England batted much better the second time round, former skipper Archie MacLaren leading the way with 140. Jackson himself, with an unbeaten 82, ensured that he could declare on 426-5. There were doubtless some observers who felt that he should have declared earlier, and that a target of 402 in five hours would simply result in a draw, but the Australians had no answer to Bernard Bosanquet’s googlies and his 8-107 spun them to defeat by 213 runs.

The Lord’s Test was spoiled by the weather and ended as a draw half way through the third innings. England were in charge again though having taken a first innings lead of 101. Jackson’s contributions with the bat were 29 and 0, but he did take another four wickets in Australia’s disappointing all out total of just 181.

The third Test, on familiar territory at Headingley, began badly for Jackson much like the first had as England slipped to 64-4. The difference this time was that Jackson was not one of the four, and he went on to record his highest Test score, an unbeaten 144. Once again Jackson left Australia a fourth innings target of 402 in around five hours. There was no repeat of Bosanquet’s triumph at Trent Bridge however, and although Kent’s orthodox left arm spinner Colin Blythe briefly threatened something similar in the end Australia batted out time with three wickets in hand.

From Headingley the series crossed the Pennines to Old Trafford where the Ashes were retained. England scored 446 with Jackson again top scoring with 113. He didn’t need to bat again as Australia subsided to defeat by an innings and 80 runs. The series ended at the Oval and after England scored 430 in their first innings (Jackson 76) there were hopes of a 3-0 win. In the event Australia batted much better than previously and comfortably secured the draw. It had been a magnificent series for Jackson. He had topped both the batting and bowling averages and his captaincy had been such that his side had been on top throughout the series, and those early collapses at Trent Bridge and Headingley apart the Australians had never looked like they might win.

For Jackson it was a case of going out at the top as he effectively retired at the end of the 1905 summer. He was persuaded to play four times after that. In 1906 he turned out for the Gentlemen at Lord’s in the centenary of the encounter and for Yorkshire in benefit matches for Walter Lees of Surrey and for JT Tyldesley at Old Trafford. His last hurrah was in 1907 for the Headingley Roses match, played for the benefit of his old Yorkshire teammate David Denton. There were no big scores for Jackson, but he did make a valuable contribution to each match, particularly for the Gentlemen as he showed his amateur teammates how to deal with the Kent fast bowler, Arthur Fielder, who became the first man to take all ten wickets in an innings in the fixture and went on to get 14 for the match in a losing cause.

The MCC certainly didn’t forget Jackson after 1905. He was asked to captain England against South Africa in 1907 and once more against Australia in 1909, despite no appearances at all for two years. He declined both offers.

In 1913 Jackson’s father sold the family business and Jackson was free to concentrate on other matters of business and his political career. Those ambitions were however interrupted again in 1914 by the Great War. He became a Lieutenant Colonel and raised the Leeds Rifles Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. He left for France with his men in January 1917, but did not lead them in the field. Ill health forced the 46 year old back home, and unlike in the Boer War he did not regain fitness in time to return. Had he done so he would, with his men, have been involved in the Battle of Arras, the Cambrai Offensive and the Battle of the Hindenburg Line. Despite the impression modern popular culture has created senior officers in the Great War did not habitually occupy grand surroundings many miles behind the front. The man who ultimately replaced Jackson as Lieutenant Colonel of the Leeds Rifles was killed in action in May 1918.

It will come as no surprise to anyone that, given his background in business, Jackson’s politics were of the Conservative variety. He became MP for the Howdenshire Division in Yorkshire in 1915. There was a family connection as the previous incumbent had been his father in law. His time in the House of Commons lasted until 1926. Jackson was a hard working back bencher but he did not have the talent for politics that he had for sport. One thing he seems never to have been criticised for on the field was a lack of sportsmanship, and if he ever did aspire to high office his integrity would have cost him dearly.

The most senior position Jackson did have was the important one of Chairman of the Party. He had his successes, most notably his role in persuading his former fag from Harrow, Winston Churchill, to cross the floor and become Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was a job that Churchill did not make a success of, his decisions leading directly to the 1926 General Strike, but he was eventually to make perhaps the greatest comeback of them all.

The most forgettable, for Jackson anyway, aspect of his political career was the affair of the ‘Zinoviev letter’. There had been a general election in 1922 which had returned a Conservative government under Jackson’s fellow Harrovian Stanley Baldwin. One of the great issues of the day was tariff reform and Baldwin was persuaded by party colleagues, one of whom was Jackson, to call a snap election on the issue for 1923. As for their modern day counterparts the decision was not a wise one and with, for the last time in British politics, the three main parties split Labour’s Ramsey MacDonald formed a minority government.

A loose coalition between MacDonald and the Liberals lasted just a few months and there was another election in 1924. In the run up to that the Daily Mail, then as now a mouthpiece for the Conservatives, published a letter allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, a leading Russian political figure, exhorting the Labour Party and Trade Union Congress to engage in seditious activities with a view to bringing down the capitalist system.

The letter was undoubtedly a forgery but the resultant publicity helped bring about a Conservative victory at the polls, albeit more by causing the Liberal vote to collapse than by having any significant effect on support for the Labour Party. It was Jackson as Party Chairman who was responsible for passing the letter, received from the Secret Service, to the Daily Mail without anything more than a cursory investigation into its authenticity. One suspects he was pressed by others to take the action he did, but he must have had his doubts. Two years later he was out of Westminster, Baldwin having found a position for him as Governor of Bengal.

Having enjoyed himself in India thirty years previously Jackson was happy to go to Bengal where he spent five years. He was no better equipped than anyone else to curb the unrest in the region but we can be certain that he took his task seriously and tried his best. There was one particular demonstration of courage and humour from Jackson. Shortly before he left he was addressing an audience at the University of Calcutta when a young female assailant fired five shots at him with a handgun from close range. All five missed, prompting Jackson to quip to those around him that it was the quickest duck he had ever made, before continuing with his speech.

Back in England after his stint in Bengal Jackson was effectively retired, but he nonetheless led an active life. He took on another thankless task as Chairman of Selectors for the 1934 Ashes series. Without Douglas Jardine or Harold Larwood England were never likely to be successful but, implacably opposed to Bodyline bowling, Jackson was clearly a safe pair of hands. In time he was President of Yorkshire (he had been President of the MCC in 1921) and of the Board of Governors at Harrow. His luck held too. His London home was bombed in the blitz, but Jackson wasn’t in at the time. He spent much time in Yorkshire, and often visited the nets. He was a great believer in nurturing home grown talent and was always happy to encourage the youngsters. With the assistance of a furled umbrella in place of a bat he was often seen engaging in impromptu coaching sessions.

In the end however Jackson’s luck ran out when, as a pedestrian, he was struck by a taxi in 1946 and sustained some nasty injuries. He made a recovery of sorts, but never properly regained his health and he died a few months later in March 1947. He was 76.



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Deepika Padukone reveals the name of her favourite cricketer

There has always been a strong connection between Bollywood and Cricket, right from the old days to the modern era of the game. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta are the owners of the teams which has given Cricket and the film industry a whole new

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A fangirl meets Suresh Raina after a wait of nine-years

A second-year BSC student, Akansha Ghosh, who calls herself the biggest fan of Suresh Raina, had a dream come true when she met her cricketing idol during the ongoing Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy at the Jadavpur University Salt Lake campus on Wednesday. Akansha waited for long nine years to meet Raina. “I have been following

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South Africa announce squad for first three ODIs against India

Cricket South Africa have announced a 15-member squad for the first three ODIs of the six-match series against India. Faf du Plessis will continue to lead the Proteam team, with regulars like Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and David Miller in the side. Surprise inclusion is that of Wayne Parnell and Khayelihle Zondo. Quinton de

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KKR had ‘solid reasons’ for not retaining me: Gautam Gambhir

While Chennai Super Kings (CSK) sprang no surprises and retained former India skipper MS Dhoni, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) decided to let go Gautam Gambhir when all the eight Indian Premier League (IPL) sides announced the names of retained cricketers in Mumbai on January 4. Gambhir will now be a part of the IPL 2018

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

IPL 2018: Indian players with a base price of 2 crores

13 Indian players have kept their base price as Rs 2 crore for the mega-auctions of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) season 11. The list includes marquee players namely Ravichandran Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Yuzvendra Chahal and

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IPL is a big part of our lives, normal to get distracted: Faf du Plessis

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has admitted that it is normal to get distracted by the weekend’s IPL auctions as the cash-rich T20 event “plays a big part in their lives” The mega auctions of the IPL will be held in Bengaluru on February 27 and 28, the last two days of the third

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Twitter showed mixed reactions after Ajinkya Rahane gets out cheaply on Day 1 in Johannesburg

In the third and the final Test of the ongoing series between South Africa and India in Johannesburg, Ajinkya Rahane was finally picked by India skipper Virat Kohli in place of Rohit Sharma. Rahane was surprisingly omitted from the Indian lineup from the first two Tests. This had come as a big surprise for many

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Twitterati cheers for Cheteshwar Pujara’s unique half-century in Johannesburg

Cheteshwar Pujara, one of India’s most dependable Test cricketer, gave Twitter users a reason to make memes on him. The batsman took 53 balls to score a run during the ongoing third Test match at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The right-handed batsman is known for his defensive approach. One does not expect

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Sourav Ganguly gave a perfect reply to Graeme Smith’s criticism of Virat Kohli’s captaincy

India captain Virat Kohli is under the scanner for Team India’s poor performance in South Africa. To add to it, the reaction of Kohli to the questions asked by journalists during the press conference did rest of the work, and once again, he is the talk of the town for all the bad reasons despite

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

IPL 2018 Auction: Players for whom Mumbai Indians should use RTM cards

The defending champions Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the IPL. MI has won the title for three times, more than any other team. Mumbai Indians is the perfect example of the word “Team”; they do have big names like from Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma but their balance in the team brought

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IPL 2018 Auction: This overseas star could topple Virat Kohli as most expensive player

With the player auctions for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) just around the corner, the think tanks of all the 8 franchises are almost ready with the list of players they want to get into their squads. The IPL Governing Council on Monday announced the date when the tournament will begin.

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IPL 2018 Auction: Players for whom Chennai Super Kings should use RTM cards

One of the most loved and successful teams in the IPL history is all set to make their comeback after the ban of two years and their retentions have already impressed cricket fans. Where other franchisees were more inclined to experiments, Chennai Super Kings have straightaway took some strong decisions and made the most of

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Steve Smith tagged a wrong girl instead of his fiancee; gets hilariously trolled

The Australian captain Steve Smith, apart from playing phenomenal innings on the field, is very active on social media. In the recently concluded Test series against England, Smith displayed a great performance with the bat and guided his side to regain the Ashes. He clubbed a whopping 687 runs in the series. Apart from playing

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Arjun Tendulkar reveals why he became a fast bowler and the secret he learnt from Wasim Akram

Ever since the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has retired from the game of cricket, his son Arjun Tendulkar is in the spotlight. The youngster has been performing exceedingly well and interestingly, he is an all-rounder. He has recently played some good cricket in the various arena. The junior Tendulkar has impressed everyone with his skills.

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IPL 2018: Dates, opening ceremony, match timings, broadcasting channel

The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on April 7 and the tournament will go on till May 27, the IPL governing council said on Monday. It is going to be a 52-day carnival of T20 cricket in India. This year the IPL extravaganza is going to have a grand opening

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Twitter goes ‘aww’ after Sarah Taylor hilariously trolled Quinton de Kock

Many of the girl’s room wardrobes have posters of the likes of Brett Lee, Virat Kohli, etc. while Sarah Taylor enjoys such following among boys. She is one of the most charming women cricketers in the world. The 28-year-old wicket-keeper was once wrapped in the clutches of depression but she fought her way out and

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Twitter erupts as Suresh Raina smashes 126 off 59 balls at Eden Gardens

Suresh Raina roared back to form in style at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The left-hander blitzed his way to a century in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. The 31-year-old left-hander has endured a torrid time with the bat. He has found it difficult to get runs in recent times, in Ranji Trophy

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IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab hope to build new kingdom under Faf du Plessis

As the auction dates of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are inching closer, franchises are busy chalking out strategies over their team combinations. Most of them have managed to retain their core members around which the team will revolve. But, there are some franchises, who are looking forward to an entire

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Sunday, January 21, 2018

IPL 2018 Auction: Date, Time, Players And RTM cards list

The mega-auction for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is around the corner and the franchises would have figured out on what their team needs ahead of the event. There will be a total of 578 players including 360 Indians and 218 overseas players up for grabs in the auction. But as

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Alan Kippax – The Style Was The Man

In cricket as in many things rankings and statistics don’t always mean a great deal. By way of example the legacy of Victor Trumper is an enduring one. There may not have been a flood of publications to greet the centenary of his death in 2015, but it was a very substantial trickle. Purely in terms of batting average however, traditionally the measure used for comparisons, there are as many as 69 batsmen who are “better” than Trumper, and that is just amongst Australians.

Trumper played his last Test in 1912 and was only 37 when he died three years later. After the Great War the Australian public yearned for a new Trumper in much the same way as in the 1950s they longed for a new Bradman. The weight of expectation on men like Neil Harvey and Norm O’Neill was too great, and they were set an impossible goal. A generation earlier some Australians believed they had their new Trumper, but Archie Jackson was taken from them at just 23. Another who attracted comparison with the legend was Alan Kippax.

Like Trumper, Kippax’s Test average is modest, 36.12 as against Trumper’s 39.04. Outside the Test arena Trumper’s average moved up a little to 44.57 but there the pair did differ. In an era of tall scoring generally Kippax ended his career with an overall average of 57.23.  Another difference is that there was a degree of unorthodoxy in the way Trumper batted that Kippax never sought to replicate. Unlike his illustrious predecessor Kippax only used strokes that were in the coaching manual, but he played them with an elegance and a style that few could match. He shaped at the wicket like Trumper as well, rolling up his shirt sleeves in an identical manner. Kippax was always immaculately turned out.

Aged 17 when the Great War began Kippax undoubtedly matured rather later than many. Although he did make his debut immediately after the war it was four years later, in 1922/23 at the age of 25, that he finally made a real impact. Not having previously recorded a century he went through that Sheffield Shield summer averaging over 90. His impressive form continued through the following year and by the end of the 1924/25 Ashes series Kippax was elevated to the Test side, making his debut in the final match at the SCG. The series was already won by then, and the Australians went on to win the match and the series 4-1, but they were wobbling on 103-5 before Kippax joined Ponsford and contributed 42 to a partnership of 105.

Much is made of the omission of Kippax from the 1926 party that toured England. Former captain Monty Noble wrote that; no player ever did more to justify his inclusion in the 1926 team, yet the selectors, with that lamentably stupid and visionless disregard of the future which has characterized so many of their actions, passed him over. The words used are strong ones, particularly for the time as they appeared in Noble’s account of the 1928/29 series. Perhaps tellingly there is no such strident criticism in the book Noble wrote on the 1926 series.

The problem the Australian selectors set themselves in choosing the 1926 team was to name twelve members of the party after a trial match and before the Sheffield Shield campaign concluded. By that time there was just one place left for a specialist batsman, and that went to Bill Woodfull. Of the batsmen who were selected only the 40 year old Charlie Macartney, with 88.33, bettered Kippax’ season’s average for 1925/26 of 83.57 and that, coupled with the lack of youth in the party (only Bill Ponsford at 25 was younger than Kippax) were the main causes of complaint.

In the final analysis Jack Ryder (who along with skipper Horseshoe Collins and Clem Hill made up the three man selection panel) shouldn’t have toured. Looking back the best part of a century later and the claims of Tommy Andrews seem shaky but, if as seems to have been the case, the place Kippax might have got was Woodfull’s it is difficult to criticise the selectors. Unlike Kippax, Woodfull was uncapped, and the single year difference in their ages would not have mattered. What surely would have been the pertinent consideration was the fact that, , Woodfull, unlike Kippax, was an opener and whilst his average for 1925/26 might have been 20 points lower than Kippax’s the latter’s figures were bloated by an unbeaten 271 he took from what appears to be a fairly anodyne Victoria attack. In the final analysis the words of Plum Warner on the subject of the Kippax omission seem apposite; the men chosen were one and all most able cricketers, the great majority of whom had experience on English wickets.

After four draws England won a famous Test at The Oval at the end of that 1926 summer to regain the Ashes for the first time since the Great War. There were inevitably going to be new men needed when the old enemies met again in 1928/29. Collins, Warren Bardsley, Andrews, Johnny Taylor and Macartney were all gone within months. In 1926/27 Kippax had another outstanding season, averaging 86.58,; he was barely less effective the following year, his average slipping only marginally to 84.18. In the course of that season, against Queensland, he recorded what was to remain his highest First Class innings, an unbeaten 315.

At the end of the 1927/28 summer Kippax was a member of a strong side that toured New Zealand. His personal form dipped alarmingly as he averaged barely 20, although his teammates were much more successful as the team won four of the six First Class matches and had much the better of the two draws. As a result Kippax still had a bit of work to do in order to make sure of his place in the Test side the following season.

In the trial match that began the Australian summer of 1928/29 Kippax was chosen for an Australian XI that met The Rest. A young Donald Bradman, playing in his sixth First Class match, could not save The Rest from an innings defeat at the hands of the senior side. With 34, Kippax was probably still not certain of a place in the starting line up against England, but he then made 64 and 136* for New South Wales against the tourists.

In the first Test, won by England by 675 runs, Kippax scored 16 and 15 but, unlike debutant Bradman, he kept his place for the second Test. Innings of 9 and 10 in another heavy defeat were disappointing and Kippax also became embroiled in controversy as a result of his dismissal in the first innings. He essayed a sweep shot at George Geary and the bails were dislodged. Believing the ball had rebounded onto the stumps from the pads of wicketkeeper George Duckworth Kippax stood his ground. He was given not out by the umpire at the bowler’s end.

England and Jack Hobbs in particular were furious. Hobbs led an orchestrated appeal to the square leg umpire which, contrary to the laws of the game, was acceded to. Some in the Australian dressing room felt their skipper, Ryder, should intervene although he chose not to. It was an unpleasant incident at the time but Kippax left the crease on getting the second verdict and Hobbs later apologised to him for his unusually intemperate behaviour. To put a lid on the incident as a potential flashpoint a photograph was later widely circulated that appeared to confirm that Kippax had indeed been bowled, and there was no lasting ill will generated.

Between the second and third Tests Kippax put his name indelibly in the record books and probably saved his Test place. The match was the Sheffield Shield match between traditional rivals New South Wales and Victoria at the MCG, not generally Kippax’s happiest hunting ground. He only ever scored two centuries at the famous old ground in 22 matches. Curiously they were achieved in successive appearances, this game and the third Test that followed it.

Victoria won the toss and batted. Skipper Ryder made 175 out of a total of 376 and in the pre lunch session on day three New South Wales were, at 113-9, almost down and out. Kippax, who had come in at 46-2, was 20 not out and joined by Hal Hooker, a man with just two double figure scores in six previous appearances. By lunch the last pair had moved the score on to 170 at which point the story, possibly apocryphal, is that Ryder asked the old international, Hugh Trumble, whether he should enforce the follow on. Trumble is said to have advised Ryder to get the last wicket before he started thinking about that. Victoria did take that wicket, and indeed Ryder was the man who caught Hooker. By then however there was no question of New South Wales following on. In fact it was a day later and the visitors were 44 in front, Kippax unbeaten on 260 whilst Hooker had scored 62. Their tenth wicket partnership of 307 might not be a record quite as impregnable as Bradman’s 99.94, but it still stands almost 90 years later and the second best is, at 249, a long way short.

Three days later Kippax made exactly 100 against England. He added 161 for the fourth wicket with Ryder and the doubters were finally silenced. His 41 in the second innings was not enough to prevent England winning by three wickets. Nor was a Kippax half century in the fourth Test sufficient to stop a 12 run defeat. Australia did get a consolation win in the final Test with Kippax contributing 38 and 28.

In 1929/30 Kippax’s average was at its lowest since 1920/21, but still 62.00, and he was selected for the 1930 trip to England. The Australians regained the Ashes by a 2-1 margin, and in the Tests Bradman scored 974 runs at an average of 139.14. No one could possibly have matched that, and Kippax didn’t manage a single three figure score in the Tests, but he showed solid consistency in making a half century in each of the first four Tests. His overall tour average of 58.04 had only been exceeded once, apart from Bradman this tour, by Macartney in 1921.

In an appreciation of Kippax written shortly after his death Ian Peebles told an interesting story concerning his first Test against Australia, the fourth of the 1930 series. Peebles was a Scottish leg spin bowler who played for Middlesex and, briefly, was touted as the man to tame Bradman. At Old Trafford Peebles dismissed the great man for a mere 14 and, with the wicket giving him considerable assistance he was expecting more success. Kippax replaced Bradman and his first ball cannoned into his pads giving rise to a huge appeal. The same happened from the next delivery and, the wicketkeeper being local man Duckworth, renowned for his stentorian appeals, the whole ground was on edge. When the next delivery also struck Kippax in front the English appeal was a deafening exhortation. The only calm people on the ground were umpire ‘Old’ Joe Hardstaff, who turned the appeals down, and Kippax, who stood his ground, unmoved and unruffled throughout. Peebles playing career never quite took off in the way it was hoped, and he became a distinguished writer and raconteur, and the story does give the impression it probably grew in the telling. Its being referenced in Bradman’s 1950 autobiography does however confirm Peebles’ account.

The following Australian season, 1930/31, marked the first visit to Australia by a team from the West Indies and there was a full five Test series. Australia won the first four comfortably before the visitors raised their game in the final Test and just edged out their hosts. Kippax played in all five matches and recorded his second, highest and last Test century in the first encounter. It was an important innings because although the Australians eventual winning margin was ten wickets when Kippax began his innings of 146 his side were still 232 behind West Indies with Ponsford, Jackson and Bradman all back in the pavilion. The only account of the tour in book form, published 60 years after the event, proclaimed that; the graceful New South Wales batsman had played an innings of incalculable value, highlighted by delightful late cuts and flowing drives.

South Africa were Australia’s visitors in 1931/32. Before the First Class season began Kippax took his own side on a country tour. In the second game, at Parkes, around 220 miles from Sydney, Kippax’s nose was broken by a lifting delivery. It was no fault of Kippax that the accident occurred as an inspection revealed the presence of a spike beneath the mat being used for the game. It was however almost certainly the beginning of the end of Kippax’s international career.

A few weeks after the accident in Parkes, New South Wales travelled to Brisbane. The New South Welshmen won convincingly by an innings and 238 runs, but it is not the result that the match is remembered for. This was the famous occasion when Eddie Gilbert’s bowling knocked the bat from Bradman’s hand before having him caught at the wicket for a duck. Kippax replaced the Don. He saw Gilbert’s fiery opening spell off, but then went to hook the fast medium bowling of ‘Pud’ Thurlow. Although he was no slouch Thurlow was not in the same league as Gilbert in terms of speed, and Kippax had completed his shot before the ball reached him and was struck on the side of the head. He retired hurt and did not appear again in the innings.

Dizziness was a recurring problem for Kippax after the Parkes/Gilbert incidents and he missed the second Test as a result of it. The series did not stretch the Australians. In the only Test in which they were dismissed twice they still won by 169 runs. It was that game, the third at the MCG, where Kippax made his two half centuries for the series, although he also top scored with 42 in the Australian innings in the final Test at the same venue. In a remarkable game the Australians were all out for a mere 153. The wicket however was a Melbourne sticky, and the South Africans were shot out for 36 and 45.

The next Test action Kippax and Australia were involved in was the famous Bodyline series of 1932/33. Kippax made the side for the first Test despite not having made runs against the tourists for New South Wales. He was hit on the hand early on in his first innings by Voce before falling lbw to Larwood for 8. In the second innings he was clean bowled by the same bowler for 19. On his return to the pavilion he is said to have conceded that Larwood was too fast for me, and there is no suggestion that he was in any way disappointed to play no further part in the series.

It must be the case that his injuries the previous summer affected Kippax’s confidence against the quick men. Cowardice is certainly not something he can be accused of, and the best illustration of that comes from his only Test century against England, in the third Test of the 1928/29 series. It is true to say the wicket at the MCG for that match seems not to have been the quickest, and that nothing of the fast leg theory school of tactics was being attempted. It is certainly also true the Larwood who returned to Australia four years later was a little faster than the one on show in 28/29. That much conceded, Larwood realising that Kippax was going to take him on, peppered him with plenty of short pitched bowling. Eventually Larwood succeeded and, of all people, Douglas Jardine took a catch from a mishit hook, but before the strengthening of the leg field Kippax had repeatedly struck Larwood to the pickets.

Once the Bodyline series ended Kippax became the only Australian who took part in to write a contemporary book about it. He worked with writer Eric Barbour to produce Anti-Bodyline, perhaps better described as a treatise than a mainstream book. By contemporary standards it is fairly tame, but certainly contained some trenchant opinions. His starting point is the Bodyline bowler relies on intimidation. He has to hit the batsman from time to time to get results. From there he describes those who practiced the tactics thus; the “body-liner” seems to me to be exactly on a par with the footballer who “puts in the boot”. A film that circulated during the series, filmed in England and of the Middlesex pace bowler Jack Durston bowling what the English establishment then believed was Bodyline, Kippax described as laughable to the point of absurdity.

After averaging less than 30 in that Bodyline summer it seemed likely that at 36 Kippax’s career was coming to an end, so perhaps putting his views into writing was cathartic. In any event in 1933/34 Kippax scored four centuries, averaged 71.92 and was selected for the 1934 tour of England. Unfortunately for his prospects of a return to the Test side there was a bout of flu early on followed by a throat infection and Kippax seldom got going. That he ended up with an average of over 50 for the visit was due in large part to what proved to be his seventh and last double century, 250 in less than five hours against Sussex in the match that followed the final Test.

His health problems ruled Kippax out of the early Tests but he was selected for the fifth. As the series was locked at 1-1 the last game was to be played to a finish. Australia won by the huge margin of 562 runs. For Kippax there were scores of 28 and 8. In the first innings Australia were already nearing 600 when he arrived at the crease, and in the second the lead was already 593, so he was under no real pressure.

Back in Australia Kippax stepped down from the New South Wales captaincy for 1934/35, a position he had held since 1927/28. He had a moderate season, but did manage 139 against South Australia, his final century. In 1935 he played twice against an MCC side that stopped off in Australia on its way to New Zealand. He did not play First Class cricket again.

Outside cricket Kippax also represented New South Wales at baseball, and after he retired became an accomplished golfer and also excelled at lawn bowls. In 1926 he started a sporting goods store in Sydney and that served him well in later life. In 1972 heart disease claimed Alan Kippax at the age of 75. He left his widow a substantial estate. Sadly their marriage had not been blessed with the gift of children so there was no succeeding generation able to grace the art of batsmanship in the way Kippax had done.



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Bollywood stars wish Team India for lifting the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup

India clinched the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup in Sharjah after defeating the arch-rivals Pakistan by two wickets. The Men in Blue chased the target of 308 runs set by Pakistani team in 38.2 overs. Sunil Ramesh’s 93-run scintillating knock pushed India towards the total, after Badar Munir, Risayat Khan and Nisar Ali scored 57,

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Cricket fraternity congratulates Team India on winning the Blind World Cup 2018

India scripted history after beating Pakistan by two wickets to lift the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup title in Sharjah on Saturday. Batting first, Pakistan amassed 307 for eight in 40 overs, courtesy some useful contribution by Badar Munir (57), Risayat Khan (48) and captain Nisar Ali (47). For India, Deepak Malik and Rambir picked

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Fan interrupts love chat between Ishant Sharma & his wife; got a mouth-shutting reply from the pacer

Ishant Sharma is in South Africa as a part of the India Test team which is competing against the Proteas in three-match series. Recently, Ishant’s wife Pratima Singh who is a national level basketball player, uploaded a photo of her on Instagram while going for the practice session. She captioned the picture as, “Thats the

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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Shikhar Dhawan asks for Shoaib Malik’s health on Twitter; gets trolled by Indian fans

On numerous occasions, the friendship between India and Pakistan cricketers has become a topic of discussion among fans. Both of the team players share a deep respect and warm relationship with each other and it is no secret. On the cricket stadium, they are rivals but on Twitter, they shower praises for each other and

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These 2 franchise to battle for Jason Roy in the IPL 2018 auction

Bengaluru, usually just another Indian city, for most people barring techies of course, will turn into a temple for over 500 cricketers across the globe on January 27 and 28, as Richard Madley will once again lift his hammer for IPL auction 2018, a platform where destinies of many capped and uncapped players are decided

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IPL 2018: Marquee Players list announced for the auction

The Board Of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) on Saturday released the much-anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 Players Auction list.

The list has 16 marquee players from India and overseas headlining the big pool of 578 players that will go under the hammer on January 27 and 28 in Bengaluru.

A total of 62 capped Indians and 298 uncapped Indian cricketers will vie for the available slots with 182 capped overseas cricketers, 34 uncapped overseas players and 2 cricketers from Associate Nations.

The marquee players include Ravichandran Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Root, Mitchell Starc, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Shakib Hasan. They have all set their base price at Rs 2 crore.

The 16 marquee players have been bracketed into M1 and M2 categories. Current India players Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane are in the top marquee list along with Stokes, who is again expected to trigger a bidding war. Currently, the world’s premier fast bowler Mitchell Starc and T20 legend Chris Gayle are also in the M1 category.

Some of the veteran internationals in the second tier of the marquee list (M2) are Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh.

Here’s the list of marquee players for the auction:

List M1:

  • Ravichandran Ashwin
  • Mitchell Starc
  • Ajinkya Rahane
  • Shikhar Dhawan
  • Chris Gayle
  • Ben Stokes
  • Kieron Pollard
  • Faf du Plessis

List M2:

  • Yuvraj Singh
  • Gautam Gambhir
  • Glenn Maxwell
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • Joe Root
  • Shakib Al Hasan
  • Dwayne Bravo
  • Kane Williamson


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Sarah Taylor found this meme on her and Quinton De Kock very funny

England’s women cricketer Sarah Taylor has always been known to have a great sense of humour and can take a joke pretty well.

Sarah, after taking a year break from cricket because of anxiety issues made a strong comeback in ODIs during ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 and played a crucial part in her side’s win in the final at the Home of Cricket- Lords.

Several memes come out daily as is the trend nowadays on social media but one was really funny. Even Sarah found it funny and shared it on her Twitter handle.

The 28-year-old Sarah closely resemble South Africa’s male cricketer Quinton De Kock in looks. And Sarah also found it the same way. While uploading the meme on her Twitter, she captioned it as “Secrets out…”

Interestingly, both Sarah and De Kock are wicket-keepers and bats in middle-order for their respective sides in Test matches.



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IPL 2018 Auction: 578 players to go under the hammer

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has announced the complete list of 578 players that will go under the hammer in the auction scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28.

Out of the 578 players, 360 are Indians and the other 218 players are from all the major cricketing nations from around the world.

Some of the most prominent names in the list are India veteran Yuvraj Singh, England all-rounder Ben Stokes, Windies T20 superstar Chris Gayle, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, Australia’s hard-hitter Chris Lynn among others.

Here is the list of the players released by IPLT20.com:

Sr. No Name Country Specialization C/U/A Base Price (in Lacs)
1 Ravichandran Ashwin India All-Rounder Capped 200
2 Shikhar Dhawan India Batsman Capped 200
3 Faf du Plessis South Africa Batsman Capped 150
4 Chris Gayle West Indies Batsman Capped 200
5 Kieron Pollard West Indies All-Rounder Capped 200
6 Ajinkya Rahane India Batsman Capped 200
7 Mitchell Starc Australia Bowler Capped 200
8 Ben Stokes England All-Rounder Capped 200
9 Dwayne Bravo West Indies All-Rounder Capped 200
10 Gautam Gambhir India Batsman Capped 200
11 Shakib Hasan Bangladesh All-Rounder Capped 100
12 Glenn Maxwell Australia All-Rounder Capped 200
13 Joe Root England Batsman Capped 150
14 Harbhajan Singh India Bowler Capped 200
15 Yuvraj Singh India All-Rounder Capped 200
16 Kane Williamson New Zealand Batsman Capped 150
17 Hashim Amla South Africa Batsman Capped 150
18 Aaron Finch Australia Batsman Capped 150
19 Martin Guptill New Zealand Batsman Capped 75
20 Chris Lynn Australia Batsman Capped 200
21 Brendon McCullum New Zealand Batsman Capped 200
22 David Miller South Africa Batsman Capped 150
23 Vijay Murali India Batsman Capped 200
24 Karun Nair India Batsman Capped 50
25 Manish Pandey India Batsman Capped 100
26 KL Rahul India Batsman Capped 200
27 Jason Roy England Batsman Capped 150
28 Moeen Ali England All-Rounder Capped 150
29 Stuart Binny India All-Rounder Capped 50
30 Carlos Brathwaite West Indies All-Rounder Capped 100
31 Colin De Grandhomme New Zealand All-Rounder Capped 75
32 James Faulkner Australia All-Rounder Capped 200
33 Kedar Jadhav India All-Rounder Capped 200
34 Colin Munro New Zealand All-Rounder Capped 50
35 Yusuf Pathan India All-Rounder Capped 75
36 Marcus Stoinis Australia All-Rounder Capped 200
37 Shane Watson Australia All-Rounder Capped 100
38 Chris Woakes England All-Rounder Capped 200
39 Jonny Bairstow England Wicketkeeper Capped 150
40 Sam Billings England Wicketkeeper Capped 100
41 Jos Buttler England Wicketkeeper Capped 150
42 Quinton De Kock South Africa Wicketkeeper Capped 200
43 Dinesh Karthik India Wicketkeeper Capped 200
44 Naman Ojha India Wicketkeeper Capped 75
45 Parthiv Patel India Wicketkeeper Capped 100
46 Ambati Rayudu India Wicketkeeper Capped 50
47 Wriddhiman Saha India Wicketkeeper Capped 100
48 Sanju Samson India Wicketkeeper Capped 100
49 Robin Uthappa India Wicketkeeper Capped 200
50 Pat Cummins Australia Bowler Capped 200
51 Josh Hazlewood Australia Bowler Capped 200
52 Mitchell Johnson Australia Bowler Capped 200
53 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 100
54 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand Bowler Capped 100
55 Kagiso Rabada South Africa Bowler Capped 150
56 Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh Bowler Capped 100
57 Mohammed Shami India Bowler Capped 100
58 Ishant Sharma India Bowler Capped 75
59 Tim Southee New Zealand Bowler Capped 100
60 Umesh Yadav India Bowler Capped 100
61 Rashid Khan Arman Afghanistan Bowler Capped 200
62 Samuel Badree West Indies Bowler Capped 100
63 Yuzvendra Chahal India Bowler Capped 200
64 Piyush Chawla India Bowler Capped 100
65 Amit Mishra India Bowler Capped 150
66 Karn Sharma India Bowler Capped 200
67 Ish Sodhi New Zealand Bowler Capped 50
68 Imran Tahir South Africa Bowler Capped 100
69 Kuldeep Yadav India Bowler Capped 150
70 Adam Zampa Australia Bowler Capped 100
71 Mayank Agarwal India Batsman Uncapped 20
72 Ricky Bhui India Batsman Uncapped 20
73 Shubman Gill India Batsman Uncapped 20
74 Ishank Jaggi India Batsman Uncapped 20
75 Siddhesh Lad India Batsman Uncapped 20
76 Himanshu Rana India Batsman Uncapped 20
77 Prithvi Shaw India Batsman Uncapped 20
78 Rahul Tripathi India Batsman Uncapped 20
79 Manan Vohra India Batsman Uncapped 20
80 Surya Kumar Yadav India Batsman Uncapped 30
81 Jofra Archer West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 40
82 Shivam Dube India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
83 Deepak Hooda India All-Rounder Uncapped 40
84 Kamlesh Nagarkoti India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
85 Krunal Pandya India All-Rounder Uncapped 40
86 Harshal Patel India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
87 Nitish Rana India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
88 Vijay Shankar India All-Rounder Uncapped 40
89 Darcy Short Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
90 Rahul Tewatia India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
91 Ankush Bains India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
92 Prashant Chopra India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
93 Sheldon Jackson India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
94 Ishan Kishan India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 40
95 Ben McDermott Australia Wicketkeeper Uncapped 30
96 Nikhil Naik India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
97 Abhishek Sharma India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
98 Jitesh Sharma India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
99 Aditya Tare India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
100 Vishnu Vinod India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
101 Syed Khaleel Ahmed India Bowler Uncapped 20
102 Aniket Choudhary India Bowler Uncapped 30
103 Rajneesh Gurbani India Bowler Uncapped 20
104 Siddharth Kaul India Bowler Uncapped 30
105 Avesh Khan India Bowler Uncapped 20
106 Kulwant Khejroliya India Bowler Uncapped 20
107 T Natarajan India Bowler Uncapped 40
108 Ankit Singh Rajpoot India Bowler Uncapped 30
109 Navdeep Saini India Bowler Uncapped 20
110 Basil Thampi India Bowler Uncapped 30
111 Iqbal Abdullah India Bowler Uncapped 30
112 Murugan Ashwin India Bowler Uncapped 20
113 Tejas Baroka India Bowler Uncapped 20
114 KC Cariappa India Bowler Uncapped 20
115 Rahul Chahar India Bowler Uncapped 20
116 Shivil Kaushik India Bowler Uncapped 20
117 Gowtham Krishnappa India Bowler Uncapped 20
118 Shahbaz Nadeem India Bowler Uncapped 40
119 Sai Kishore India Bowler Uncapped 20
120 Jagadeesha Suchith India Bowler Uncapped 20
121 Alex Hales England Batsman Capped 100
122 Travis Head Australia Batsman Capped 150
123 Colin Ingram South Africa Batsman Capped 200
124 Evin Lewis West Indies Batsman Capped 150
125 Shaun Marsh Australia Batsman Capped 150
126 Eoin Morgan England Batsman Capped 200
127 Lendl Simmons West Indies Batsman Capped 150
128 Mandeep Singh India Batsman Capped 50
129 Saurabh Tiwary India Batsman Capped 50
130 Manoj Tiwary India Batsman Capped 50
131 Corey Anderson New Zealand All-Rounder Capped 200
132 Daniel Christian Australia All-Rounder Capped 100
133 Ben Cutting Australia All-Rounder Capped 100
134 Rishi Dhawan India All-Rounder Capped 50
135 Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan All-Rounder Capped 50
136 Moises Henriques Australia All-Rounder Capped 150
137 Pawan Negi India All-Rounder Capped 50
138 Gurkeerat Singh India All-Rounder Capped 50
139 Washington Sundar India All-Rounder Capped 150
140 Jayant Yadav India All-Rounder Capped 50
141 Trent Boult New Zealand Bowler Capped 150
142 Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia Bowler Capped 150
143 Dhawal Kulkarni India Bowler Capped 50
144 Vinay Kumar Ranganath India Bowler Capped 100
145 Sandeep Sharma India Bowler Capped 50
146 Mohit Sharma India Bowler Capped 150
147 Mohd Siraj India Bowler Capped 100
148 Dale Steyn South Africa Bowler Capped 100
149 Shardul Thakur India Bowler Capped 75
150 Jaydev Unadkat India Bowler Capped 150
151 Fawad Ahmed Australia Bowler Capped 50
152 Nathan Lyon Australia Bowler Capped 150
153 Pragyan Ojha India Bowler Capped 50
154 Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa Bowler Capped 50
155 Mujeeb Zadran Afghanistan Bowler Capped 50
156 Sachin Baby India Batsman Uncapped 20
157 Manjot Kalra India Batsman Uncapped 20
158 Anmolpreet Singh India Batsman Uncapped 20
159 Rinku Singh India Batsman Uncapped 20
160 Apoorv Wankhade India Batsman Uncapped 20
161 Pravin Dubey India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
162 Shivam Mavi India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
163 Bipul Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
164 Ankit Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
165 Swapnil Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
166 Sayan Ghosh India Bowler Uncapped 20
167 Anureet Singh Kathuria India Bowler Uncapped 30
168 Ishwar Pandey India Bowler Uncapped 20
169 Pradeep Sangwan India Bowler Uncapped 30
170 Nathu Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
171 Alex Carey Australia Wicketkeeper Capped 30
172 Johnson Charles West Indies Wicketkeeper Capped 75
173 Niroshan Dickwella Sri Lanka Wicketkeeper Capped 50
174 Robbie Frylinck South Africa Wicketkeeper Capped 50
175 Glenn Phillips New Zealand Wicketkeeper Capped 50
176 Nicholas Pooran West Indies Wicketkeeper Capped 50
177 Chadwick Walton West Indies Wicketkeeper Capped 50
178 Kedar Devdhar India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
179 C.M Gautam India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
180 Srikar Bharat Kona India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
181 Jagadeesan Narayan India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
182 Anuj Rawat India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
183 Yuvraj Chudasama India Bowler Uncapped 20
184 Mihir Hirwani India Bowler Uncapped 20
185 Mayank Markande India Bowler Uncapped 20
186 Zahir Khan Pakteen Afghanistan Bowler Uncapped 20
187 Akshay Wakhare India Bowler Uncapped 20
188 Darren Bravo West Indies Batsman Capped 75
189 Joe Burns Australia Batsman Capped 50
190 Anton Devcich New Zealand Batsman Capped 50
191 Faiz Fazal India Batsman Capped 50
192 Reeza Hendricks South Africa Batsman Capped 50
193 Tamim Khan Bangladesh Batsman Capped 50
194 Usman Khawaja Australia Batsman Capped 75
195 Michael Klinger Australia Batsman Capped 150
196 Aiden Markram South Africa Batsman Capped 50
197 Abhinav Mukund India Batsman Capped 50
198 Ashton Agar Australia All-Rounder Capped 50
199 Hilton Cartwright Australia All-Rounder Capped 50
200 Jean-Paul Duminy South Africa All-Rounder Capped 100
201 John Hastings Australia All-Rounder Capped 50
202 Chris Jordan England All-Rounder Capped 100
203 Rovman Powell West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
204 Adil Rashid England All-Rounder Capped 75
205 Parvez Rasool India All-Rounder Capped 50
206 Mitchell Santner New Zealand All-Rounder Capped 50
207 David Willey England All-Rounder Capped 200
208 Peter Handscomb Australia Wicketkeeper Capped 150
209 Tom Latham New Zealand Wicketkeeper Capped 50
210 M Shahzad Mohammadi Afghanistan Wicketkeeper Capped 50
211 Kusal Perera Sri Lanka Wicketkeeper Capped 50
212 Dinesh Ramdin West Indies Wicketkeeper Capped 50
213 Luke Ronchi New Zealand Wicketkeeper Capped 75
214 Shafiqullah Shafaq Afghanistan Wicketkeeper Capped 50
215 Varun Aaron India Bowler Capped 50
216 Sreenath Arvind India Bowler Capped 50
217 Jason Behrendorff Australia Bowler Capped 100
218 Lockie Ferguson New Zealand Bowler Capped 75
219 Ben Laughlin Australia Bowler Capped 50
220 Tymal Mills England Bowler Capped 100
221 Adam Milne New Zealand Bowler Capped 75
222 Barinder Sran India Bowler Capped 50
223 Billy Stanlake Australia Bowler Capped 50
224 Andrew Tye Australia Bowler Capped 100
225 Michael Beer Australia Bowler Capped 50
226 Akila Dhananjaya Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
227 Keshav Maharaj South Africa Bowler Capped 50
228 Aaron Phangiso South Africa Bowler Capped 50
229 Lakshan Sandakan Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
230 Sachithra Senanayake Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
231 Rahul Sharma India Bowler Capped 50
232 Tanmay Agarwal India Batsman Uncapped 20
233 Ankeet Bawane India Batsman Uncapped 20
234 Harpreet Bhatia India Batsman Uncapped 20
235 Unmukt Chand India Batsman Uncapped 20
236 Tom Cooper Australia Batsman Uncapped 40
237 Hiten Dalal India Batsman Uncapped 20
238 Armaan Jaffer India Batsman Uncapped 20
239 Amandeep Khare India Batsman Uncapped 20
240 Samarth Kumar India Batsman Uncapped 20
241 Virat Singh India Batsman Uncapped 20
242 Baba Aparajith India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
243 Deepak Chahar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
244 Cameron Delport South Africa All-Rounder Uncapped 30
245 Tajinder Dhillon India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
246 Shreyas Gopal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
247 Akshay Karnewar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
248 Akshdeep Nath India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
249 Atit Sheth India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
250 Shashank Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
251 Hanuma Vihari India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
252 Arun Karthick Basker India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
253 Eklavya Dwivedi India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 40
254 Abhimanyu Easwaran India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
255 Chintan Gaja India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
256 Shreevats Goswami India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
257 Abhishek Gupta India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
258 Smit Patel India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
259 Mahesh Rawat India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
260 Jaskaranvir Singh Sohi India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
261 Hamza Tariq Canada Wicketkeeper Associate 20
262 Rahul Yadav India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
263 Abu Nechim Ahmed India Bowler Uncapped 20
264 Rishi Arothe India Bowler Uncapped 20
265 Ben Dwarshuis Australia Bowler Uncapped 20
266 Asif K M India Bowler Uncapped 20
267 Ravi Kiran Majeti India Bowler Uncapped 20
268 Chama Milind India Bowler Uncapped 20
269 Ishan Porel India Bowler Uncapped 20
270 Pawan Suyal India Bowler Uncapped 20
271 Aditya Thakare India Bowler Uncapped 20
272 Vikas Tokas India Bowler Uncapped 20
273 Harmeet Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
274 Bhargav Bhatt India Bowler Uncapped 20
275 Sarbjeet Singh Ladda India Bowler Uncapped 20
276 Sandeep Lamichhane Nepal Bowler Associate 20
277 Mohan Prasath India Bowler Uncapped 20
278 Pradeep Sahu India Bowler Uncapped 20
279 Abhishek Sakuja India Bowler Uncapped 20
280 Ashok Sandhu India Bowler Uncapped 20
281 Mitchell Swepson Australia Bowler Uncapped 40
282 Pravin Tambe India Bowler Uncapped 20
283 Parikshit Valsangkar India Bowler Uncapped 20
284 Dean Elgar South Africa Batsman Capped 50
285 Cheteshwar Pujara India Batsman Capped 75
286 Venugopal Rao India Batsman Capped 50
287 Ross Taylor New Zealand Batsman Capped 75
288 Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka Batsman Capped 50
289 Cameron White Australia Batsman Capped 200
290 Najibullah Zadran Afghanistan Batsman Capped 50
291 Ravi Bopara England All-Rounder Capped 150
292 Tom Curran England All-Rounder Capped 100
293 Andre Fletcher West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
294 Asela Gunarathne Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
295 Jason Holder West Indies All-Rounder Capped 150
296 Ryan Mclaren South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
297 Irfan Pathan India All-Rounder Capped 50
298 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
299 Dwayne Smith West Indies All-Rounder Capped 100
300 Jon-Jon Smuts South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
301 Sean Abbott Australia Bowler Capped 50
302 Sheldon Cottrell West Indies Bowler Capped 50
303 Marchant De Lange South Africa Bowler Capped 75
304 Ashoke Dinda India Bowler Capped 50
305 Matt Henry New Zealand Bowler Capped 50
306 Abhimanyu Mithun India Bowler Capped 50
307 Morne Morkel South Africa Bowler Capped 75
308 Lungisani Ngidi South Africa Bowler Capped 50
309 Joel Paris Australia Bowler Capped 50
310 Jhye Richardson Australia Bowler Capped 50
311 Shivam Chauhan India Batsman Uncapped 20
312 Paras Dogra India Batsman Uncapped 20
313 Ruturaj Gaikwad India Batsman Uncapped 20
314 Christiaan Jonker South Africa Batsman Uncapped 30
315 Sharad Lumba India Batsman Uncapped 20
316 Priyank Panchal India Batsman Uncapped 20
317 Sarthak Ranjan India Batsman Uncapped 20
318 Shubham Singh Rohilla India Batsman Uncapped 20
319 Vishnu Solanki India Batsman Uncapped 30
320 Paul Valthaty India Batsman Uncapped 20
321 Jay Bista India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
322 Mayank Dagar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
323 Milind Kumar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
324 A. Ashish Reddy India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
325 Anukul Roy India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
326 Kanishk Seth India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
327 Shivam Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
328 Dhruv Shorey India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
329 Vivek Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
330 Lalit Yadav India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
331 Harvik Desai India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
332 Gitansh Khera India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
333 Sadiq Kirmani India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
334 Anmol Malhotra India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
335 Kyle Mayers West Indies Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
336 Dhruv Raval India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
337 Rohith Ravikumar India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
338 Mohammad Nazim Siddiqui India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
339 Mayank Sidhu India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
340 Sandeep Kumar Tomar India Wicketkeeper Uncapped 20
341 Subodh Bhati India Bowler Uncapped 20
342 Stephen Chipurupalli India Bowler Uncapped 20
343 Amit Mishra India Bowler Uncapped 20
344 Ronit More India Bowler Uncapped 20
345 Yarra Raj India Bowler Uncapped 20
346 Rahul Shukla India Bowler Uncapped 20
347 Jaskaran Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
348 Oshane Thomas West Indies Bowler Uncapped 20
349 Athisayaraj V India Bowler Uncapped 20
350 Sandeep Warrier India Bowler Uncapped 20
351 Zeeshan Ansari India Bowler Uncapped 20
352 Vinay Choudhary India Bowler Uncapped 20
353 Siddharth Desai India Bowler Uncapped 20
354 Shadab Hussain Jakati India Bowler Uncapped 20
355 Jiyas K India Bowler Uncapped 20
356 Varun Khanna India Bowler Uncapped 20
357 Alexandar Rama Doss India Bowler Uncapped 20
358 Rahil Shah India Bowler Uncapped 20
359 Gurvinder Singh India Bowler Uncapped 30
360 Rajwinder Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
361 Ankit Soni India Bowler Uncapped 20
362 Farhaan Behardien South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
363 Jonathan Carter West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
364 Joe Denly England All-Rounder Capped 75
365 Rayad Emrit West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
366 Mohammed Mahmudullah Bangladesh All-Rounder Capped 50
367 Dawid Malan England All-Rounder Capped 50
368 Wayne Parnell South Africa All-Rounder Capped 75
369 Andile Phehlukwayo South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
370 Vernon Philander South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
371 Dwaine Pretorius South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
372 Ronsford Beaton West Indies Bowler Capped 50
373 Steven Finn England Bowler Capped 150
374 Shannon Gabriel West Indies Bowler Capped 50
375 Manpreet Grewal India Bowler Capped 50
376 Harry Gurney England Bowler Capped 150
377 Dane Paterson South Africa Bowler Capped 50
378  Liam Plunkett England Bowler Capped 200
379 Pankaj Singh India Bowler Capped 50
380 Kesrick Williams West Indies Bowler Capped 50
381 Mark Wood England Bowler Capped 150
382 Mohammed Asaduddin India Batsman Uncapped 20
383 Rajesh Bishnoi Sr India Batsman Uncapped 20
384 Ravi Teja Dwaraka India Batsman Uncapped 20
385 Chirag Gandhi India Batsman Uncapped 20
386 Abhinav Manohar India Batsman Uncapped 20
387 Rohan Marwaha India Batsman Uncapped 20
388 Rajat Patidar India Batsman Uncapped 20
389 Akshath Reddy Produturi India Batsman Uncapped 20
390 Yash Sehrawat India Batsman Uncapped 20
391 Rassie Van Der Dussen South Africa Batsman Uncapped 20
392 Akash Bhandari India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
393 Kunal Chandela India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
394 Kevon Cooper West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 40
395 Aamir Gani India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
396 Chris Green Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
397 Mahipal Lomror India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
398 Yogesh Nagar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
399 Riyan Parag India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
400 Jalaj Saxena India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
401 Himmat Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
402 Baltej Dhanda India Bowler Uncapped 20
403 Armaan Jain India Bowler Uncapped 20
404 Mohsin Khan India Bowler Uncapped 20
405 Javed Khan India Bowler Uncapped 20
406 Prasidh Krishna India Bowler Uncapped 20
407 Lukman Hussain Meriwala India Bowler Uncapped 20
408 Domnic Muthuswamy India Bowler Uncapped 20
409 Veer Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
410 Mukesh Kumar Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
411 Arshdeep Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
412 Scott Kuggeleijn New Zealand All-Rounder Capped 50
413 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 200
414 Wiaan Mulder South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
415 Dilshan Munaweera Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
416 Ashley Nurse West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
417 Seekkuge Prasanna Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
418 Daren Sammy West Indies All-Rounder Capped 75
419 Marlon Samuels West Indies All-Rounder Capped 50
420 Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
421 David Wiese South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
422 Kyle Abbott South Africa Bowler Capped 150
423 Parvinder Awana India Bowler Capped 50
424 Dushmanta Chameera Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
425 Beuran Hendricks South Africa Bowler Capped 50
426 Nuwan Kulasekera Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
427 Praveen Kumar India Bowler Capped 50
428 Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka Bowler Capped 50
429 Neil Wagner New Zealand Bowler Capped 50
430 Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan Bowler Capped 50
431 Shapoor Zadran Afghanistan Bowler Capped 50
432 Jiwanjot Chauhan India Batsman Uncapped 20
433 Ravi Chauhan India Batsman Uncapped 20
434 Samit Gohil India Batsman Uncapped 20
435 Marcus Harris Australia Batsman Uncapped 20
436 Daniel Hughes Australia Batsman Uncapped 30
437 Manprit Juneja India Batsman Uncapped 20
438 Ankit Lamba India Batsman Uncapped 20
439 Alexander Ross Australia Batsman Uncapped 30
440 Mayank Siddana India Batsman Uncapped 20
441 Ramandeep Singh India Batsman Uncapped 20
442 Abhijeet Tomar India Batsman Uncapped 20
443 Mehdi Hasan India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
444 Pankaj Jaswal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
445 Kishore Kamath India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
446 Rohan Prem India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
447 Deepak Punia India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
448 Kshitiz Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
449 Manan Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
450 Pratyush Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
451 Amit Verma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
452 Vyshak Vijay Kumar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
453 Aswin Crist India Bowler Uncapped 20
454 Royston Dias India Bowler Uncapped 20
455 Nidheesh M D Dinesan India Bowler Uncapped 20
456 Thomas Helm England Bowler Uncapped 40
457 Ashish Hooda India Bowler Uncapped 20
458 Umar Nazir Mir India Bowler Uncapped 20
459 Kushang Patel India Bowler Uncapped 20
460 Shelly Shaurya India Bowler Uncapped 20
461 Aaron Summers Australia Bowler Uncapped 20
462 Kartik Tyagi India Bowler Uncapped 20
463 Sikandar Butt Zimbabwe All-Rounder Capped 50
464 Graeme Cremer Zimbabwe All-Rounder Capped 50
465 Solomon Mire Zimbabwe All-Rounder Capped 50
466 Samit Patel England All-Rounder Capped 75
467  Shabbir Rahaman Bangladesh All-Rounder Capped 50
468 Abul Raju Bangladesh All-Rounder Capped 50
469 Dhananjaya Silva Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
470 Paul Stirling Ireland All-Rounder Capped 50
471 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka All-Rounder Capped 50
472 Vaughn Van Jaarsveld South Africa All-Rounder Capped 50
473 Malcolm Waller Zimbabwe All-Rounder Capped 50
474 Scott Boland Australia Bowler Capped 50
475 Ben Hilfenhaus Australia Bowler Capped 50
476 Gulbadin Naib Afghanistan Bowler Capped 50
477 Duanne Olivier South Africa Bowler Capped 50
478 Munaf Patel India Bowler Capped 50
479 Seth Rance New Zealand Bowler Capped 50
480 Peter Siddle Australia Bowler Capped 75
481 Jerome Taylor West Indies Bowler Capped 75
482 Sudeep Tyagi India Bowler Capped 50
483 Ben Wheeler New Zealand Bowler Capped 50
484 Indrajith Baba India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
485 Rajat Bhatia India All-Rounder Uncapped 40
486 Sohraab Dhaliwal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
487 Saurabh Kumar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
488 Vignesh Moorthy India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
489 Arjun Nair Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
490 Michael Neser Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 40
491 Roshon Primus West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 30
492 Karanveer Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
493 Jack Wildermuth Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
494 Ajit Chahal India Bowler Uncapped 20
495 Ishwar Chaudhary India Bowler Uncapped 20
496 Deepak Chaudhary India Bowler Uncapped 20
497 Pradeep Dadhe India Bowler Uncapped 20
498 Tushar Deshpande India Bowler Uncapped 20
499 Shubek Gill India Bowler Uncapped 20
500 Babasafi Pathan India Bowler Uncapped 20
501 Monu Singh India Bowler Uncapped 20
502 Pradeep Thippeswamy India Bowler Uncapped 20
503 Kuldip Yadav India Bowler Uncapped 20
504 Chaitanya Bishnoi India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
505 Nikhil Gangta India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
506 Kuldeep Hooda India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
507 Ankit Kaushik India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
508 Ashok Menaria India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
509 Ryan Ninan Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
510 Ninad Rathva India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
511 Siddhant Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
512 Mrinank Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
513 Milind Tandon India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
514 Manjeetkumar Chaudhary India Bowler Uncapped 20
515 Junior Dala South Africa Bowler Uncapped 20
516 Karan Thakur India Bowler Uncapped 20
517 Tanveer Ul Haq India Bowler Uncapped 20
518 Anurag Verma New Zealand Bowler Uncapped 20
519 Lizaad Williams South Africa Bowler Uncapped 20
520 Lalit Yadav India Bowler Uncapped 20
521 Fabid Ahmed India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
522 Vinod C V India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
523 Manzoor Dar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
524 Akhil Herwadkar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
525 Anirudha Joshi India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
526 Aman Khan India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
527 Shamss Mulani India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
528 Salman Nizar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
529 Mandeep Singh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
530 Sagar Trivedi India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
531 Imtiaz Ahmed India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
532 Puneet Datey India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
533 Antony Dhas India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
534 Sidhant Dobal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
535 Thomas Kaber South Africa All-Rounder Uncapped 20
536 Midhun S India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
537 Shaurya Sanandia India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
538 Odean Smith West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 20
539 Shamar Springer West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 20
540 R.Sanjay Yadav India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
541 Shubham Agrawal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
542 Sumanth Bodapati India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
543 Writtick Chatterjee India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
544 Yomahesh Kumar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
545 Anustup Majumdar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
546 Sumit Ruikar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
547 Dinesh Salunke India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
548 Jatin Saxena India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
549 Javon Searless West Indies All-Rounder Uncapped 30
550 Shreekant Wagh India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
551 Mohammed Bilal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
552 Arun Chaprana India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
553 Pulkit Narang India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
554 Rajat Paliwal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
555 Abhimanyu Rana India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
556 Vaibhav Rawal India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
557 Sarang Rawat India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
558 Rajesh Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
559 Arjun Sharma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
560 Akash Sudan India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
561 Sandeep Bavanaka India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
562 Aryaman Vikram Birla India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
563 Khizar Dafedar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
564 Pavan Deshpande India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
565 Gaurav Gambhir India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
566 Karan Kaila India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
567 Akash Parkar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
568 Govinda Poddar India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
569 Shubham Ranjane India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
570 Sumeet Verma India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
571 Cameron Gannon Australia All-Rounder Uncapped 20
572 Patrick Kruger South Africa All-Rounder Uncapped 20
573 Amit Mishra India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
574 Diwesh Pathania India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
575 Aditya Sarvate India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
576 Jaydev Shah India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
577 Amish Sidhu India All-Rounder Uncapped 20
578 Shadley Van Schalkwyk South Africa All-Rounder Uncapped 20


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