It is not just David Warner's numbers with the bat and his experience at the top of the batting order but also his energy that will boost Australia, batsman Marnus Labuschagne has said. The left-handed opening batsman was included in the Australia Test squad for...
In a rare case of guests waiting for the hosts, the Irish cricket team arrived in UAE for an away series well ahead of opponents Afghanistan, who are yet to arrive in their adopted home. The Afghan players haven't arrived yet as the Afghanistan Cricket Board hasn't ...
India batsman Rohit Sharma resumed training on Thursday, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) confirmed on its twitter handle. Rohit, who had been in a 14-day hard quarantine in Sydney after his arrival from India in mid-December, flew to Melbourne on Wednesday to join the team....
New Zealand pace bowler Neil Wagner, whose dismissal of Pakistan's Fawad Alam and Faheem Ashraf in Wednesday's last session sealed the first Test for the Kiwis, has been ruled out of the second Test that begins here on January 3. Wagner, who ended 2020 as the world's No. 4 ranked bowler, put up a brave show ...
Australia cricket players' stay in a bio-bubble zone throughout the Sydney and Brisbane Test matches will mean that they don't have to go for an additional isolation period for the Big Bash League (BBL) games after the India-Australia Test series. The last 16 matches of BBL, including the play-offs and final, will be played ...
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson called the World Test Championship (WTC) points 'a carrot' to win matches but refused to look too far ahead to the WTC final next year saying that he'd rather focus on the present. "Our focus is on the present. Absolutely, we want to play the World Test ...
David Warner will likely play the last two Test matches against India in the ongoing series after selectors named him in the Australia squad for the Sydney and Brisbane games and dropped out-of-form Joe Burns. Warner was excluded from the squad that featured in the first two Tests, in ...
India stayed in contention of playing the ICC World Test Championship final next year as they retained their second spot at year-end despite New Zealand beating Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. Australia lead the points table with 76.6 % (Percentage of points or PCT)...
Steve Smith getting bowled by Jasprit Bumrah down the leg-side with his leg-stump exposed on the third day of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground brought back memories of another Australian great Greg Chappell getting bowled by Karsan Ghavri down the leg during the 1981 Melbourne Test which was also won by India. ...
Not enough runs on the board and dropping a number of catches led to Australia's eight-wicket defeat in the second Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, said Australia skipper Tim Paine. Paine also credited the India bowlers saying they have been extremely disciplined ...
