Greater Noida, March 11: Afghanistan will look to continue their winning spree when they take on Ireland in the third and final Twenty20 International here on Sunday. Ireland, who was outplayed by Afghanistan in the last two games will be looking to make amends across departments to win the last match of the series, according to the International Cricket Council’s official website.
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Stokes, Woakes, Buttler to miss Ireland ODIs
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Ben Stokes and Tymal Mills astonished after bagging ‘life-changing’ IPL deals
Ben Stokes has bagged a “mental” A 1.7million deal to play for Rising Pune Supergiants at this year’s Indian Premier League auction. Stokes and Tymal Mills will become this country’s highest ever IPL earners, after the all-rounder was sold at a record price for any overseas player in the 10-year history of the world’s most lucrative cricket tournament and his England Twenty20 team-mate was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for A 1.4million.
ICC starts ‘Big Three’ rollback despite BCCI opposition
The International Cricket Council had agreed in principle to rollback the ‘Big Three’ domination in the game’s finances and administration process which was decided in 2014. A new executive committee was decided to form in 2014 which comprises of Board of Control for Cricket in India , Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board to make most of the key executive decisions.
ICC confirms league plans but faces BCCI opposition over ‘Big Three’ scale-back
Dave Richardson said the ICC chief executive’s committee “explored a whole range of solutions to the future structure of bilateral cricket” The International Cricket Council has confirmed radical plans to introduce leagues to Tests and one-dayers, but its hopes of phasing out the controversial ‘Big Three’ model has been met with resistance from the Board of Control for Cricket in India. In an effort to give international cricket significant structure, a meeting of the ICC’s chief executives’ committee in Dubai has yielded an agreement to put forward plans for a nine-team Test league to run over a two-year period from 2019.
CRICKET: Davey denied T20 glory by former Somerset teammates
Somerset bowler Josh Davey missed out on taking home a winners medal from the inaugural Desert T20 challenge after seeing his Scotland side defeated by Ireland in Friday’s semi-final. Having starred in the win over the Netherlands earlier in the week , Davey was in fine form going into the match but ended up seeing ex-Somerset duo George Dockrell and Kevin O’Brien progress to the final in Dubai.
England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler hails ‘revolutionary’ captain Eoin Morgan
Jos Buttler hailed England captain Eoin Morgan as a “revolutionary” in a ringing endorsement of his leadership ahead of the second one-day international against India. When Morgan traded his native Ireland eight years ago he was seen as an expansive, contemporary cricketer with bright ideas and a creative arsenal of strokes at his fingertips.