Given that the England and Wales Cricket Board, for the first time, offered multi-year contracts, many expected star cricketer Ben Stokes to commit beyond a single-year contract, just like his teammates. While Joe Root, Harry Brook, and Mark Wood secured three-year contracts, Ollie Pope and Jofra Archer signed on for two years, Stokes did raise […]

Kane Williamson has stepped down as the skipper of New Zealand’s white-ball teams and has also declined a central contract from the board for the 2024-25 season. The New Zealand Cricket Board announced Williamson’s decision on their official website, stating that the star batter made this choice to extend his international career. Williamson’s decision comes […]

The conclusion of the BCCI Apex Council Meeting has turned out to be contrary to the initial speculations suggesting that Team India’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2022 will be reviewed after their disappointing performance. The apex council meeting didn’t discuss senior men’s team performance. The council will rather wait for the formation of […]

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has released Martin Guptill from the national men’s central contract, the country’s board announced. The news surfaced after the veteran opener was not included in the T20I and ODI series against India. Guptill also didn’t play a single match in the T20 World Cup on Australian soil as the Black Caps […]

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has suffered another setback as the star all-rounder Jimmy Neesham has decided to decline the New Zealand central contract. Neesham joins the likes of Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme, who had also decided to decline a central contract earlier. Jimmy Neesham wasn’t offered a contract initially and hence decided to […]

New Zealand Cricket has agreed to release their star fast bowler Trent Boult from the central contract. The veteran speedster made the request for this, and after a lot of conversations with the NZC, the board has agreed to release him as well. Boult made the request as he wanted to spend more time with […]

The BCCI will seek an explanation from veteran keeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha about his recent outburst targetting the head coach, Rahul Dravid, and the board president Sourav Ganguly. The outburst came to the limelight when Saha was dropped from the Indian team as it feels he violated the protocols for centrally-contracted cricketers. It is learned that […]

On Tuesday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is going to suspend the contract of medium-pacer Shehan Madushanka after he was arrested for possessing heroin. Madushanka’s arrest was the first time a contracted player was reprimanded over a drug charge. He and his friend were arrested on May 23 for possessing heroin. Describing the same, SLC CEO […]

Amidst all the debates and discussions regarding the exclusion of MS Dhoni from the list of the central contracts created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the board President, Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on Dhoni’s exclusion from the list. Dhoni has been on a sabbatical from competitive cricket ever since […]