Far away from Karachi, in Brisbane, Travis Head scored 92 in 96 balls in the first Australia innings in a Test where 34 wickets fell well within two days, and that got him into the top five for the first time in his career. He is currently joint-fourth with Joe Root, who scored a duck
England 354 (Brook 111, Foakes 64, Pope 51, Nauman 4-126, Abrar 4-150) and 170 for 2 (Duckett 82*) beat Pakistan 304 (Babar 78, Salman 56, Leach 4-140) and 216 (Babar 54, Shakeel 53, Rehan 5-48) by eight wickets England needed 38 minutes to complete a resounding eight-wicket win on the fourth morning in Karachi, eventually
Ben Duckett iced his return to Test cricket by hitting the winning runs for England to complete a 3-0 series sweep in Pakistan, and then insisted he was not just a subcontinent specialist and could succeed as an opening batter in all conditions. Duckett had a brief taste of Test cricket in 2016, winning four
Big picture India will look for another all-round performance in Dhaka to give them a 2-0 series win and strengthen their chances of reaching the World Test Championship final. They crushed the home side in Chattogram, outperforming them at vital moments with someone or the other stepping up to keep them in front. Cheteshwar Pujara
Steven Smith has labelled the Gabba green-top as the toughest pitch he has played on in Australia and is hoping conditions at the MCG will be more suited to batting. South Africa were smashed in Brisbane as 34 wickets tumbled in just two days to open the blockbuster series, making it the shortest Test on
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Heather Graham became only the second woman cricketer from her country to take a T20 hat-trick as Australia crushed India by 54 runs in the final match to clinch the five-game series 4-1 on Tuesday. Graham (4/8 from 2 overs) was the star performer with the ball for Australia as she first dismissed Devika Vaidya
Brendon McCullum, England’s Test coach, says it is “scary” to think how good a leader Ben Stokes could become after his transformative influence in the year just gone, having secured a historic 3-0 clean sweep in Pakistan with a ninth Test victory in the space of ten games. Speaking to Sky Sports in Karachi, in
Brendon McCullum, England’s Test head coach, believes “it would be awesome” for Rehan Ahmed to be signed by an IPL franchise for the 2023 season in Friday’s auction in Kochi. Rehan became the youngest man to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut on Tuesday, running through Pakistan’s middle and lower order to return figures
Australia 196 for 4 (Gardner 66*, Harris 64*, Vaidya 1-26) beat India 142 all out (Deepti 53, Deol 24, Graham 4-8, Gardner 2-20) by 54 runs Ashleigh Gardner put in another all-round display while Grace Harris continued with her big-hitting heroics as Australia thumped India by 54 runs to seal a 4-1 series win at
The inaugural season of South Africa’s SA20 league will carry a total prize purse of Rand 70 million (upwards of USD 4 million). That, as a CSA media statement said, is “the biggest prize pool in the history of South African franchise cricket”. Graeme Smith, the SA20 commissioner, said, “We have worked hard to offer
Inexperience. That was the word Babar Azam kept returning to. In the wake of Pakistan’s fourth successive home Test defeat, and a 3-0 home series defeat – both unprecedented. “There have been several debutants this series,” Babar said. “You need experience in Test cricket, and our experienced players were either unfit or not in form.
Ashleigh Gardner, however, went up on all three lists. She rose nine places to 17th among bowlers, went past Amelia Kerr among allrounders to fourth place, and jumped a spot to ninth among batters. Gardner was the Player of the Match in the fourth T20I against India with her 42 off 27 and 2 for
Ben Stokes said he has never had more fun in an England shirt after guiding the men’s Test side to an historic series win in Pakistan. Victory in Karachi, achieved in 67 deliveries of day four of the third Test, confirmed a 3-0 scoreline. England have bossed at least 12 of the 13 days of
In total, only 866 balls were bowled in the match, which makes it the second-shortest Test ever played in Australia, and 34 wickets fell in that time. Bowlers took a wicket every 25.5 balls, the second-best strike rate in a Test match ever (with a minimum of 30 wickets), and South Africa captain Dean Elgar
Uthappa is a direct signing by Capitals, who are one of the six franchises in ILT20, which is sanctioned by the Emirates Cricket Board. The 37-year old is one of the first high-profile India players to retire from Indian cricket to take up the opportunity to play in in overseas T20 leagues. Uthappa said he
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File image of Virender Sehwag© Twitter Cricket fans around the world was in for a shock on Sunday as the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane ended in just two days. The Australians recorded a six-wicket win over the Proteas late Sunday after 19 wickets fell on the second day on a
India batters Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh will have set roles when they join the Youth team for the first Women’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in January. India’s acting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar revealed on Monday that the reason for sending two already established internationals to a U-19 tournament was to get them used
As if it wasn’t already dipping into the realms of fantasy for an English legspinner to claim five wickets on Test debut at the age of 18, Rehan Ahmed proved to be the embodiment of a second mythical being in a single remarkable day in Karachi, following his appearance as England’s first true “Nighthawk” in
It has been an overall productive 2022 for Bangladesh, with key wins in various series across formats against the likes of South Africa, India and New Zealand, but the team remains hungry for more success. Now, Bangladesh are starting to get used to the two captains they have, while also identifying future leaders. They will
Australia’s selectors are potentially facing one of their toughest calls for Boxing Day: in one corner you have Josh Hazlewood, 217 Test wickets at 26.16, and in the other you have new cult hero Scott Boland who has an average of 10.36 from five matches with a stunning record at the MCG. On one hand,
With Rohit unavailable, KL Rahul will continue to lead India, with Cheteshwar Pujara as his deputy. Rohit’s absence also means Shubman Gill, who hit his maiden Test century in India’s 188-run win in Chattogram, is expected to continue opening the batting with Rahul. Abhimanyu Easwaran is the reserve opener in the squad.
Innings break Pakistan 304 and 216 (Babar 54, Shakeel 53, Ahmed 5-48, Leach 3-72) lead England 354 by 166 runs Held back until the fourth hour of the third day by Ben Stokes, Ahmed tilted the third Test back in England’s favour when he broke a determined fourth-wicket stand between Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel,
Just over 12 months ago, Travis Head was a line-ball selection in Australia’s side at No. 5. Now, he has collected back-to-back Player-of-the-Match awards and has become one of the most destructive No. 5 batters in world cricket. But despite dominating in home conditions in both last summer’s Ashes and this summer so far, Head
South Africa’s pace spearhead, Kagiso Rabada has called for “patience and understanding,” for their misfiring batting line-up, while also admitting it is “frustrating as a team,” to accept their performances. Collectively, South Africa’s batters have had their worst Test year in 2022 and have been dismissed for under 200 eight times – the most in