News The left-hand batsman scored 1296 Test runs at an average of 46.28 John Reid, the former New Zealand batsman, has died aged 64. The left-hand batsman played 19 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1979 to 1986, scoring 1296 and 633 runs in them respectively. His Test runs came at an average of 46.28, with
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News Updates, analysis and colour from the fourth day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne 2.50pm: India win by eight wickets Shubman Gill drives down the ground Getty Images Bowled out for 36. Virat Kohli goes home. Mohammed Shami out of the tour. Umesh Yadav limps from the attack. India had to overcome so much
Report The spinner picked up four wickets after the batsman had hammered 71 off 29 to set up a dominating win Sydney Thunder 7 for 219 (Hales 71, Ferguson 51, Zampa 3-49) beat Melbourne Stars 144 (Stoinis 27, Green 4-34, Sangha 2-17) by 75 runs Man of the Match Alex Hales sprinted to the fastest
News Fabian Allen and Shane Dowrich were unavailable because of personal reasons West Indies Test captain Jason Holder, limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard, and Test vice-captain Roston Chase are among ten players who have pulled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh amid Covid-19 concerns. Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron
News “Never faced a situation like this,” says Sri Lanka captain after losing three members of six-man attack Sri Lanka were in such a good situation in the early stages of the first Test they could even have dominated had multiple injuries not hit. This, at least, was the view of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth
News Country moved into level three restrictions but international sport still allowed to take place The ongoing series between South Africa and Sri Lanka will continue despite the country moving to a stricter level of lockdown. In the face of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections, the South African government has moved the country from
News New Zealand quick becomes third from his country, after Hadlee and Vettori, to pick up 300 Test wickets Tim Southee has become only the third from New Zealand, after Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori, to get to the 300-wicket milestone, which he achieved with Haris Sohail’s scalp in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday. “It’s a
Bowled out for 36. Missing three, arguably four, first-choice players. Losing another mid-Test. Spending months on the road and in mentally challenging bubbles. Losing the toss. Becoming only the third team to come back from a 0-1 deficit in the last 50 years in Australia. You might have accused India coach Ravi Shastri of hyperbole
News The decision preserves more than a century of unbroken summers with Test cricket at the SCG Sydney is set to retain the third Test between Australia and India as scheduled, after a hard line from Queensland health authorities over the Covid-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches forced Cricket Australia to the brink of dispensing
Stand-in India captain Ajinkya Rahane has filled Virat Kohli’s imposing shoes in impeccable style with his 12th Test century lifting the tourists to an 82-run first-innings lead over Australia in the second Test. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau
AUS vs IND: India beat Australia by 8 wickets at the MCG to level the four-match series at 1-1.© AFP India looked down and out after the humiliating loss in the opening Test in Adelaide. With talismanic captain and batting star Virat Kohli also returning home on paternity leave, few gave India a hope of
News Sri Lanka head coach on his side’s injury crisis and the difficulty of conditioning players for Test cricket Despite having made their highest ever total in South Africa, Sri Lanka have had an abysmal three days in Centurion, with Dhananjaya de Silva and Kasun Rajitha ruled out of the Test, and Lahiru Kumara also
Tom Blundell reacts after leaving one © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 431 and 98 for 0 (Blundell 59*, Latham 36*) lead Pakistan 239 by 290 runs Tom Blundell and Tom Latham stretched New Zealand’s lead to 290 during a wicketless first session on day four, leaving New Zealand with the question of when to
You’re not going to lose it in three weeks. That is the attitude Sam Billings is carrying into his first BBL match for the Sydney Thunder after 14 days quarantine in an Australian hotel room. Billings could be forgiven for showing some frustration at the Covid cricket world where isolation and bio-secure bubbles are the
Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour as the second Test heads for a conclusion Welcome to our live report of the fourth day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please
Jonty Rhodes is used to soaking in the sun back home in South Africa around Christmastime. This year, he’s in chilly Sweden, teaching amateur cricketers the finer aspects of the game. The Swedish Cricket Federation has ambitious plans of being among the top Associates and want to create pathways for cricketers, male and female. With
Faf du Plessis acknowledged that he has had more impressive performances than his 199 against Sri Lanka on Monday but hoped this innings will serve as a reminder that his international career is far from over. “In match situations, I’ve made a lot better hundreds – when attacks are at their hottest, when conditions are
Neil Wagner was carrying the pain of a fractured toe, sustained while batting in the first innings of the first Test against Pakistan, but he persevered through that injury and bowled 21 overs in Pakistan’s first innings because it would have ‘taken a stretcher’ to carry him off the field where he would be sitting
News The opener is batting without problems but it his overall mobility that remains an issue after the groin injury David Warner is still struggling to regain his former dynamism after a groin injury, meaning he is a doubtful starter for the third Test of the series against India even as Australia feel his absence
News Seamer has recovered from groin strain that ruled him out of Boxing Day Test Kagiso Rabada has been added to South Africa’s squad after recovering from a groin strain that saw him miss the Boxing Day Test. Rabada was set to enter the biosecure environment before the start of the second session on Monday
Report Temba Bavuma left to rue strange dismissal after walking on 71 South Africa 435 for 5 (du Plessis 112*, Bavuma 71) lead Sri Lanka 396 by 39 runs Faf du Plessis strode to a tenth Test century, Temba Bavuma brought up a fifty, and South Africa charged past Sri Lanka’s first-innings score, tightening their
News Faheem Ashraf “the potential to become the allrounder we need,” says Pakistan batting coach On a poor day for the Pakistan batsmen across in Mount Maunganui, the two bright spots were Mohammad Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf, who hit 71 and 91 respectively, and added 107 for the seventh wicket, to help their team just
News He walked off with a strain in the middle of his fourth over India are dealing with an injury scare to another bowler as they waited on scan results on Umesh Yadav‘s calf after he walked off with a strain in the middle of his fourth over on the third day at the MCG.
Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 6.00pm: Stumps – Australia 133
Eleven wickets fell on the opening day of the second Vodafone Test as India responded to their defeat in Adelaide by rattling Australia’s batters. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter:
Australia vs India: Umesh Yadav hobbled off the field on Day Three of the second Test.© BCCI/Twitter India fast bowler Umesh Yadav hobbled off the field after suffering a calf muscle injury during the third day of the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Monday and has been taken for scans. Umesh, 33, was in
News He suffered the injury while batting on 79 on the opening day of the two-Test series One day after retiring hurt on 79 in the opening day of the Test series against South Africa, Dhananjaya de Silva has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a “grade 2 tear” on his
Abid Ali looks back after being bowled by Kyle Jamieson © Getty Images Lunch Pakistan 62 for 5 (Rizwan 6*, Alam 5*, Jamieson 2-7, Southee 2-22) trail New Zealand 431 by 369 runs Twenty-six overs, 32 runs, four wickets. New Zealand are right on top at Mount Maunganui after a session in which their relentless
News The left-arm quick bowled four overs in the morning session today A fracture that Neil Wagner suffered while batting on the second day has not prevented him from taking part with the ball for New Zealand. The left-arm fast bowler was struck on the right foot by a Shaheen Afridi yorker late in the
Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 10.15am: Australia’s missed chances They