Play 01:54 Marnus Labuschagne talks about countering India’s bowling tactics The next 48 hours will be key in determining whether David Warner will be fit enough to take his place in Australia’s side for the third Test against India in Sydney with his ability in the field as important as what he can do with
News Casualty list to be felt at the Wanderers and beyond with several players doubtful for England series Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara and Dinesh Chandimal are all almost certain to miss Sri Lanka’s second Test against South Africa, due to injury. Dhananjaya de Silva had already been confirmed to be out of contention.
Temba Bavuma has acknowledged that walking after he played and missed on 71 in the Boxing Day Test “wasn’t the cleverest of things,” and hopes to complete “unfinished business,” in the second Test against Sri Lanka, which starts on Sunday. Bavuma, who has one Test hundred to his name, scored five years ago, was well
Report Late strikes from Central Punjab keep KP to 285 for 7 on opening day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 285 for 7 (Ghulam 76, Amin 75, Israrullah 61, Ali 2-57, Maqsood 2-49 v Central Punjab Half-centuries from Israrullah, Kamran Ghulam, and Adil Amin helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sail through the early exchanges on the opening day against defending
News Six-team franchise system to be dissolved as 75 cricketers set to lose contracts Seventy-five South African domestic cricketers will lose their contracts in a restructuring that will dissolve the six-team franchise system which has been in place for 17 seasons. A new set-up, which will consist of 15 first-class teams playing in two tiers,
News When the seamers were out of ideas, he stepped up to apply the finishing touches with his subtle variations Mitchell Santner‘s Test future seemed uncertain at the start of 2020 when he was dropped following the Australia tour as part of a spin overhaul. However, he returned and ended the year with a crucial
T Natarajan had stayed on in Australia as a net bowler after a successful white-ball international debut © Getty Images From being a net bowler in the original tour party, T Natarajan could return home an international in all three formats, after being named in India’s squad for the remainder of the Test series in
Jason Holder gave the Sydney Sixers the perfect parting gift with a 16-run final over to help them to a two-wicket win over the Melbourne Renegades
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Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has said that his team will have to be “very well prepared” for the third Test against India while admitting that in the previous games, they have “fallen into their trap a few times.” India secured an eight-wicket win over Australia in the Boxing Day Test. With no Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ishant
News Fast bowler Henry picked up a six-for in his most-recent first-class outing for New Zealand A A year after he last represented New Zealand, Matt Henry could add to his 12 Test appearances after being called up for the second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch starting January 3. Henry replaces Neil Wagner, who is
News R Ashwin points to the stand-in captain’s calming influence for giving the team stability at the MCG A single tucked to the leg side, no raised bat or arms, no plucking of stumps, no removing the helmet, just casually walking off knocking fists with others. Looking at Ajinkya Rahane, it might seem he had
Play 02:42 Australia’s Test batting skills on the decline? Marnus Labuschagne started 2020 with a double-century against New Zealand at the SCG. What Australia would give for even half that when they take on India in Sydney next week with the Test series locked at 1-1. In many ways, Labuschagne is lower down Australia’s list
News Coach Ravi Shastri said the medical team will look at Sharma’s fitness before the third Test Rohit Sharma joined the Indian team in Melbourne on Wednesday after completing his two-week quarantine in Sydney, bolstering the tourists who are on a high after scripting an incredible comeback in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia.
News Allrounder Kainat Imtiaz was recalled in the touring party of 17 for the three ODIs and T20Is each Pakistan have named Javeria Khan as the stand-in captain for the South Africa tour next month after regular captain Bismah Maroof pulled out for “family reasons”. A 17-women squad was announced for the three ODIs and
News Neil Wagner had bowled 49 overs across two innings in the first Test despite two broken toes Neil Wagner has been ruled out of the second Test in Christchurch against Pakistan and would need “probably five to six weeks of healing”, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said. The fast bowler played through the
News He had limped off the field during the second Test at the MCG Umesh Yadav has been ruled out of India’s last two Tests against Australia with a strained calf muscle, ESPNcricinfo has confirmed. Replacements for both Yadav and Mohammed Shami, who got injured in the first Test, are expected to be named shortly.
Josh Inglis and Mitchell Marsh celebrate Perth Scorchers’ win © Getty Images Perth Scorchers 3 for 147 (Roy 49, Inglis 44*, Marsh 38*) beat Adelaide Strikers 9 for 146 (Carey 82, Richardson 3-19) by seven wickets A sharp bowling spell from Jhye Richardson was backed up by a trio of brisk knocks from Jason Roy,
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News Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes finished the year as the No. 1 Test bowler and allrounder respectively On the back of his Man-of-the-Match performance against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson moved to No. 1 on the ICC Rankings for Test Batsmen in the final update of 2020. Williamson,
AUS v IND: Shardul Thakur made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2018.© AFP The Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul Thakur over left-arm pace sensation Thangarasu Natarajan in the third Test against Australia in place of injured Umesh Yadav. According to sources, senior pacer Yadav is heading home for rehabilitation after
News Assistant coach Andrew McDonald backs rookie opener Will Pucovski to put in a good show too David Warner could play the third Test against India even if he’s not back to full fitness while trust will be put in Will Pucovski to determine whether he is ready for a debut in Sydney. The pair
News With next month’s series postponed, India women continue to be without cricket since March Cricket Australia has said that the three-match ODI series between Australia women and India women has been postponed to “next season”, dates pending. The series was scheduled for late January. The announcement follows ESPNcricinfo’s report that the BCCI wasn’t keen
News The selectors will name a new captain for the tour on Thursday Pakistan Women captain Bismah Maroof has withdrawn from next month’s tour of South Africa due to family reasons. Maroof was part of the training camp that started on December 20 in Karachi before she returned to Lahore to join her family on
News The incident occurred during Pakistan’s first innings at Mount Maunganui Kyle Jamieson will part with 25% of his match fee and has been docked one demerit point after he threw the ball towards Faheem Ashraf on the third day of New Zealand’s first Test against Pakistan. The act fell foul of Article 2.9 of
Keeping Steven Smith quiet has been one of the key factors in India’s strong showing against Australia in their ongoing series, which is tied 1-1 after both teams registered eight-wicket wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. So tight have India been to him that he hasn’t crossed double digits yet, with scores of 1, 1*, 0
News “Joe’s returns haven’t been what he or the selectors would like or what we consider he is capable of” Joe Burns has been dropped from Australia’s squad for the last two Tests against India, with David Warner and Will Pucovski both included. Burns made scores of 8, 51*, 0 and 4 in the opening
News Migael Pretorius released but South Africa can still pick from eight pace-bowling options Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, who has played one Test for South Africa, has been added to their squad for the New Year’s Test at the Wanderers. Hendricks was part of the original 15-man squad that was announced on December 11 but
News Lahiru Kumara forced off the field as tourists’ injury problems continue in Centurion Sri Lanka’s coach, Mickey Arthur, is set to raise the issue of injury substitutions with the ICC after seeing two more of his players go down on day three of the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Sri Lanka had