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Tim Paine survived a close run out call before being outfoxed by Ravichandran Ashwin on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. Some hesitation between Paine and Cameron Green almost led to the former’s downfall. Green prodded the ball towards mid-off and set off for a run,
News The team had not taken a knee, or made any other gesture, when they returned to international cricket last month South Africa have confirmed that they would “raise our fists” at the start of the Test series against Sri Lanka in Centurion on Saturday “as a gesture to express our ongoing commitments” towards the
Report Pakistan have gone in with four quicks and the legspinner Yasir Shah Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs New Zealand New Zealand has lately been among the hardest countries for visiting teams to win Test matches in, but a weakened Pakistan team, shorn of their regular captain and batting talisman Babar Azam, has begun
News Bowler played four Tests for England in 1981-82, before moving into TV commentary Robin Jackman, the former Surrey and England seamer who went on to become one of the leading broadcasters in South African cricket, has died at the age of 75. Jackman, who made his Test debut in 1981 at the age of
Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour throughout the opening day of the second Test Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia verses India Test series from Adelaide. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at
News Coming back into the side were allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant Shubhman Gill and Mohammed Siraj will debut for India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Coming back into the side were allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. Gill replaced Prithvi Shaw at the top of the order while
News Wade will be after a strong display either to hang on to his opener’s spot or return to the middle-order berth currently occupied by Green Boxing Day’s MCG colosseum, limited capacity or not, looms as a vital stage for Matthew Wade and Cameron Green as they look for breakthrough performances as part of Australia’s
Big picture When India last played a Test series in Australia and sealed a historic win, an inevitable caveat was attached – Australia were without their key players Steven Smith and David Warner, and a team with a new captain and a shaky batting line-up. Without Virat Kohli in the middle, an unsettled opening pair,
Big picture At face value, do Sri Lanka really have a chance? Let’s look at the facts against them: They’ve not played international cricket since March. Most squad members have spent three weeks playing T20 cricket, and are now expected to make the substantial switch into Test mode. They’ve had no warm-up match due to
Big picture This isn’t the Boxing Day Test that’ll fill the most column inches, generate the greatest number of app notifications or create the most viral hashtags on Twitter. Mount Maunganui, sadly, is no match for Melbourne as New Zealand and Pakistan don’t quite stack up against their giant neighbours, Australia and India, who also
News Rahane says he had a conversation with Kohli after running him out in Adelaide One bad hour. Two good days. Back yourselves to keep doing the same things that brought you those two good days, and avoid that bad hour. That is the import from India’s stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who picked an XI
News Edrich played 77 Tests between 1963 and 1976, most often as a fearless left-handed opener John Edrich, the former England batsman who was renowned as one of the world’s doughtiest players of fast bowling, has died at the age of 83. He died of natural causes on December 23, at his house in north
A superb half-century from Jimmy Peirson almost snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as Adelaide Strikers prevailed by two runs in a Gabba thriller
Lasith Malinga grabs 5/44 vs England in the 2nd ODI at Dambulla. #LasithMalinga
Australia captain Tim Paine on Friday said a “proud” cricketing nation like India is not going to roll over in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and singled out KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant as potential threats. India go into the second Test, starting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from Saturday, on the back
News “We’ve had a lot of discussions about this and the guys have come up with a meaningful gesture,” says Boucher The South African Test team will make an anti-racism gesture when they take the field against Sri Lanka on Boxing Day. Coach Mark Boucher confirmed that the squad has decided to express their support
News Board to seek views of states during SMA on conducting further domestic tournaments In a positive development for India’s domestic cricket, the BCCI has not yet given up on hosting the Ranji Trophy despite the Covid-19 pandemic severely affecting the calendar. Recently the BCCI announced it would be conducting the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
News With Ngidi and Stuurman nursing niggles, Nortje could have a big role to play with the new ball Stereotypical as it may be, the question had to come up. Is South Africa’s plan against Sri Lanka to attempt to bounce them out based on the (these days outdated) assumption that batsmen from the subcontinent
News Captain acknowledges pressure of switching formats and conditions for his squad, and of no cricket for himself Rare is the Sri Lankan captain that arrives on foreign soil with greater trust in his seam-bowling stocks than his batsmen. But two days out from the Boxing Day Test, that is the situation Dimuth Karunaratne felt
Pat Cummins revealed he has at times been guilty of making hurtful “one liners” to players of colour © Getty Images Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine and vice-captain Pat Cummins have admitted to spending most of their professional lives in blissful ignorance of racism in the society around them. Cummins revealed he had at times
News The trio join Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh in the five-man panel, with Sharma set to be chairman Former India fast bowler Chetan Sharma, along with the fast bowling pair of Abey Kuruvilla and Debasis Mohanty, will be the three new men on the Indian selection committee. The trio will join the pair of
News Work usually takes the New Zealand captain away from his family during the holidays, but this time it’s all different Kane Williamson has long been used to being his team’s best batsman. As New Zealand captain, he is used to the spotlight. As an international cricketer, he is used to a great many things.
News Cricket Australia gives New South Wales more time to handle its unfolding covid-19 outbreak Sydney is clinging onto the third Test for now after the Cricket Australia (CA) board chose to give New South Wales (NSW) more time to handle its unfolding covid-19 outbreak. At the same time, they are holding fruitful discussions with
News There are three spots to be filled in the five-man committee that currently includes Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh The BCCI’s cricket advisory committee – led by former India fast bowlers Madan Lal and RP Singh and the former women’s cricketer Sulakshana Naik – has initiated the process on Thursday to appoint three new
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been confirmed as a back-up venue for the third Test between India and Australia, which is slated to be held in Sydney. Amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s northern beaches, Cricket Australia announced the MCG as a back-up venue for the third Test from January 7, even as they work
News Email to association president comes after decision to install statue of ex-president Arun Jaitley Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi has asked the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) to remove his name from the spectators’ stand at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, his home ground in domestic cricket, while also renouncing his membership
News From the losing side, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi make gains Tim Seifert and Tim Southee have both achieved career-best positions in the ICC T20I rankings following New Zealand’s 2-1 win over Pakistan at home. While Seifert has jumped 24 spots to No. 9 among batsmen, Southee gained six places to the