Big Picture And so it all comes down to this. The ultimate decider for a series that has had drama, excitement, extraordinary swings in fortune, a dose of controversy and even uncertainty over where the next match would be played. India only need a draw to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but the Gabba is usually
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In the midst of so much Covid uncertainty, with county budgets slashed as the game reels from the £100 million losses incurred in the 2020 season, it is a tribute to the unequivocal good-eggery of Graham Onions that he has been handed a chance for a brand-new beginning, so soon after the cruelly abrupt end
News Three-match Test series against Australia begins on February 18, four days after the Pakistan tour ends South Africa could be forced to field a second-string T20I side on their upcoming tour of Pakistan as the bulk of the squad will have to return home to prepare for three Tests against Australia. Although the fixtures
News Mohammed has captained West Indies in similar circumstances before, when a number of players pulled out of touring Pakistan Jason Mohammed has said that his comeback into the West Indies team after more than two years, with the added bonus of being named the ODI captain, is his opportunity to get his place back
News Mahmudullah XI claim victory in 40-over-per-side game against Tamim Iqbal XI Hasan Mahmud led the way with a four-wicket haul in Mahmudullah XI’s five-wicket win over Tamim Iqbal XI in Bangladesh’s first inter-squad practice match at the BKSP on Thursday. Tamim’s side were bundled out for 161 runs in 37.2 overs in the 40-overs-per-side
News Hosts’ batting coach at a loss to explain how they were all out for 135 The worst he’s seen. That was batting coach Grant Flower‘s summation of Sri Lanka’s first innings at Galle, where they were all out for 135, against an England attack that were far from unplayable. Among Sri Lanka’s worst shots
Australia’s captain Tim Paine has implored spectators at the Gabba this week to do what he says, rather than what he did on the final day at the SCG – treat the tourists with respect and refrain from the abuse that India faced in Sydney. “In terms of crowd behaviour – we don’t condone the
News Prithi Narayanan reveals the extent of Ashwin’s back ache going into the fifth day of the SCG Test R Ashwin was crawling on the floor in pain, and unable to get up or bend, on the morning of the fifth day of the Sydney Test. His wife Prithi Narayanan, writing in the Indian Express,
News Offspinner returned his best Test figures as Sri Lanka collapsed If Dom Bess‘ bowling analysis on the first day of the Galle Test teaches us anything, it’s probably that individual statistics can be deeply misleading in a team game. Bess claimed 5 for 30, his best Test figures, as England bowled Sri Lanka out
News Last year, CSA made public a decision to give preference to consultants of colour as part of their transformation drive, effectively ruling Kallis out of roles within the structures South Africa will look to re-engage Jacques Kallis in a batting consultancy role as early as next month, ahead of their three-Test series against Australia,
Report England give debut to Dan Lawrence, prefer Stuart Broad to James Anderson Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs England Sri Lanka have been hit by injury to their captain, Dimuth Karunaratne, on the opening morning of the Test series against England. Karunaratne is understood to have sustained a broken thumb in training and
News Left-arm spinner is still recovering from a calf injury while Mitchell Marsh could return as a batsman-only Perth Scorchers spinner Ashton Agar is unlikely to be available for the BBL finals, which could jeopardise his availability for Australia’s T20 tour of New Zealand in February, as the rehab from his calf injury is taking
Injured wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant played a breath-taking, swashbuckling innings on the fifth day of the SCG Test until Nathan Lyon struck with the Indian just three short of his century. 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
News India’s batting coach says the team management wants to give as much time to the players to prove their fitness as they can In the last three Tests of the series, India named their XI before Australia, a day before the match. Going into Brisbane, they don’t even know if they will have 11
Sri Lanka 135 (Chandimal 28, Bess 5-30, Broad 3-20) vs England Stuart Broad could have been forgiven if, in the early moments of this Test, he reflected on the wisdom of the phrase ‘careful what you wish for’. For by then, England had lost what was anticipated to be an important toss and been sentenced
India batting coach Vikram Rathour said on the eve of the Brisbane Test that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is being assessed by the medical team and a call on his participation in the fourth Test will be taken on the morning of the Test. “The medical team is working with Bumrah, we have to see
News Former captain scripts open letter to the team in Bangladesh, urging the inexperienced players to believe in themselves In 1966, 22-year-old Guyanese youngster Clive Lloyd made his international debut in the first Test of the India tour, played in what was then Bombay. Lloyd, the tall and bespectacled left-hander, was told he was playing
Meg Lanning scored an unbeaten century against New Zealand in October © AFP Australia’s women’s team will return to action in late March on a tour of New Zealand which includes three T20Is and three ODIs. The T20I series will be held in Hamilton on March 28, 30 and April 1 followed by the ODIs
News The opener, who made a half-century on debut at the SCG, has been sidelined with a shoulder injury Will Pucovski has been ruled out of the final Test against India due to the shoulder injury he sustained at the SCG with Marcus Harris, the Victoria left hander, confirmed as his replacement. Pucovski landed heavily
News Players restricted to hotel-ground loop but allowed to mingle in the team room at the hotel Making the bed. Cleaning the toilet. No room service. Ordering food on apps. No access to the swimming pool. Not only will Ajinkya Rahane’s India have to deal with the mounting injuries on the field, they will also
News Former great lends expertise to England batsmen in Sri Lanka, and is open to further work Jacques Kallis has admitted he is “sad” to be unable to use his experience to help the next generation of South African cricketers, but is enjoying his time working with England instead. Kallis, arguably the greatest cricketer South
News The stand-in Test captain says they reviewed their 2018 defeat to find out where they could improve A day after coach Phil Simmons raised optimism for the West Indies ODI side, Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite said the side has learnt from the mistakes made during their 2018 tour to Bangladesh. Brathwaite’s own miserable form
Joe Root hopes that the know-how gleaned by his twin spinners, Jack Leach and Dom Bess, on conducive surfaces at Taunton will help England to overcome their lack of match preparation when the first Test against Sri Lanka gets underway in Galle on Thursday. With England’s match practice limited to two days of intra-squad warm-ups
England captain Heather Knight and Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy have called on the ICC to create “more centralised funds” that could help accelerate and spread the professionalisation of the women’s game. Knight and Healy, two of the world’s premier all-format stars in the women’s game, underlined the need for the ICC to widen its role in
News “If what I have heard about the episode is true, it is indeed shocking and disheartening” Former India seamer Irfan Pathan threw his weight behind Deepak Hooda after the player stormed out of Baroda camp alleging misbehaviour by captain Krunal Pandya, saying such incidents can have “adverse effects” on a player. Hooda, who has
News With tourists missing several players from 2018 whitewash, skipper senses ‘clear advantage’ for home side England rested Ben Stokes for this series, left Keaton Jennings out, and have lost Moeen Ali to Covid-19. Although Dimuth Karunaratne sympathises with Moeen in particular, he’s pretty sure all this confers an advantage to his team. Although Karunaratne
Big picture If form in South Asian conditions is difficult to discern ahead of this series, with so little Test cricket having been played here in the past year, Sri Lanka are throwing predictions into further disarray with their wounded and their injury returnees. A day out from the first Test, (there’s still time to
News Bodies are aching and tensions are frayed, but Justin Langer believes it makes for a great finale to the series Nathan Lyon‘s departure from 99 previous Test matches says an awful lot about the state Australia find themselves in entering the decisive final encounter of the Border-Gavaskar series. “Out of 99 Test matches, it’s
Cameron Green posted his highest Test score and Steve Smith impressed again before Australia removed both openers as India look to stave off defeat in the third Vodafone 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 Follow us on Instagram: