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The bio-bubble is the mantra for cricket boards around the world, trying to create an environment that will ensure the protection of players and other stakeholders in the times of COVID-19.
Cricketers have never quite had such a prolonged break from the sport, and to some, like English Test captain Joe Root, the layoff was an opportunity to tie up loose ends.
We now take a look at wicketkeepers in the five-day format. The first part of this series analyses performances as a keeper-batsman.
Discrimination, subtle though it maybe, is seen in English as well as Australian cricket. In South Africa, too, where the apartheid regime was thrown out almost 30 years ago, a remnant is still around.
The England-West Indies three-Test series, starting on July 8, will see many firsts — bio-secure venues, no fans, no saliva on the ball and more.
A lot of sports writing in India, even before the pandemic, was overly reliant on cricketers’ tweets and Instagram pictures. This, despite the fact that readers have access to the same platforms.
A semblance of normalcy returned in early June, when the Indian players in the core probables group resumed basic sporting activities on the hockey pitch. The chance to go outdoors couldn’t have come soon enough.
In Clutch Chess, the matches are played over two days, a bit like a football game’s two halves. Six games are played on day one, and six on day two.
The first Test of the England-West Indies series in July will be the first official cricket match amid the COVID-19 situation, but there is still no clarity on Irani Trophy and the BCCI domestic season.
It’s potentially dangerous to imitate workouts just by looking at them. In the current situation where everything is under lockdown, it’s even more advisable to be judicious. Be a voice, but not an echo.
Eleven of the original 22 races have either been cancelled or postponed, and F1 is going ahead — for now — with a shortened eight-race season.
An umpire, by description, is a neutral person, whether he is home-grown or a foreigner. No umpire takes sides. Mistakes happen. The idea is not to repeat those mistakes.
Though sporting action in New Zealand returned in the form of rugby, the cricketers will have to wait a bit longer to get into the groove.
Ally Mohamedi, who plays for Namungo FC in Tanzania, shared his experience of playing football in the post-coronavirus times in a chat.
“We are hoping the professional football league can start from July as scheduled,” says Gerard Williams of St Kitts and Nevis.
Over the last couple of years, the associate nation has taken a giant leap and as the cricketing world eyes some sort of normalcy, even Papua New Guinea hopes tell its own story.
The singing, the cheering, the jeering and the swearing from a live audience add to the theatre of a football-watching experience both from the stadium and when broadcast to our homes.
After celebrating his 100th birthday — a century, in the great game’s parlance — on January 26, Raiji, a walking compendium of Indian cricket, departed for the Elysian Fields on June 13.
From professional football in Europe to the golf and tennis tours, here are the major sports that have restarted.
England’s 2019 World Cup triumph is a tribute to its amazing resilience and self-belief and is presented in a thrilling form by Nick Hoult and Steve James.
"A player may test negative before the match, but pick up symptoms in a couple of days and in the process expose the others to infection. This Covid substitution would allow the team to carry on with the match," said the ICC cricket committee chairman Anil Kumble.
New Zealand Sports Minister Grant Robertson assures cricket will resume in summer, requests fans to cough in their elbow at Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Roach is looking forward to a memorable outing against England and is confident that West Indies will regroup before the first Test, starting July 8.