News The allrounder returned a positive result when he was tested upon arrival at the team hotel in Karachi Pakistan’s selection frustrations in the Australia series are set to continue after allrounder Faheem Ashraf tested positive for Covid-19, days away from the second Test against Australia in Karachi. That rules out Faheem for another Test
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News This announcement brings the curtain down on a career that had just recently restarted S Sreesanth, the controversial right-arm swing bowler who won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup representing India, has called time on a career that began 20 years ago. The 39-year old, who represented his country
Report Australia’s lower order folded in the first 20 minutes of play on a docile deck Pakistan 476 for 4 dec and 76 for 0 (Imam 40*, Shafique 33*) lead Australia 459 (Khawaja 97, Labuschagne 90, Smith 78, Nauman 6-107) by 93 runs Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique confidently blunted Australia’s attack on a
News Absence of James Anderson and Stuart Broad won’t make hosts complacent, says coach West Indies will be focused on ensuring that their batters grind out enough runs for the bowlers to put England’s revamped Test side under pressure in Antigua, rather than worrying about who is or isn’t in the XI for the tourists.
News With 925 runs scored and only 11 wickets taken after four days, the first Test is on course to a tame draw Steven Smith said what had been evident to anyone watching any part of the Test match at Rawalpindi. He described the wicket as “dead” and benign”, and said it offered little to
Report Although the sun was out there was no play to push the Test further towards a draw Australia 271 for 2 (Khawaja 97, Labuschagne 69* Warner 68) trail Pakistan 476 for 4 dec by 205 runs A wet outfield has delayed the start of day four of the first Test, increasing the likelihood of
News Craig Overton likely to share new ball with Woakes after Robinson left out of 12-man squad Chris Woakes has spoken of his excitement about being given another chance in an England shirt after fearing he may have been dropped in the wake of their disastrous Ashes series. Woakes is set to share the new
News The offspinner ended a 156-run stand at a time when the Australia opener offered no real chances It’s hard to put any spin on it. Not the ball (though that, too), but the fact this Test won’t rank among Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium’s finest moments. The cricket hasn’t been especially engaging – even if the
Report Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch fell for a first-ball duck in a rare domestic outing Tasmania 6 for 295 (Wade 86, Silk 82) beat Victoria 156 (Siddle 4-22) by 139 runs Two brilliant 80s from Matthew Wade and Jordan Silk and a vintage four-wicket haul from Peter Siddle helped Tasmania vault into March Cup
Ben Stokes is bigger than you realise. Standing there at six foot aplenty, with his biceps glistening with sweat having just run a million laps of the boundary in about two-and-a-half minutes, and his shoulders set as wide as most people are tall, he is, by any metric, physically intimidating. “I would have liked to