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
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News He missed Rishabh Pant’s record by five balls but powered Kerala to their first-ever win over Mumbai in any format Kerala’s Mohammed Azharuddeen smashed the second-fastest century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali, India’s domestic T20 tournament, getting to the mark in 37 balls against a Mumbai attack led by Dhawal Kulkarni. He missed the
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
News A decision on the matter will be taken during a meeting on January 17 The Indian cricket board is set to organise a curtailed Ranji Trophy tournament from next month, and in all likelihood, in the same six bio-bubbles created for the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A decision with regards to this will
It was clear communication between the two that both R Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari singled out as the backbone of their record stonewalling effort that denied Australia the Test victory in Sydney and the series lead. Although their alliance was only 62 runs, Ashwin and Vihari battled for 256 deliveries, the fourth-longest partnership recorded for
News Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Marnus Labuschagne and Kyle Jamieson moved up the tables Kane Williamson, who hit 238 in the Christchurch Test, consolidated his position at the top of the ICC rankings for Test batsmen by reaching 919 rating points – the highest ever by a New Zealand player. There was a switch just
Play 00:49 Tim Paine: I haven’t had many worse days In the moments after India secured an unlikely draw at the SCG, Australia’s captain Tim Paine privately conceded to R Ashwin that he had made himself “look the fool” by calling the touring spin bowler a “d*******” and then following up by dropping his third
News Wicketkeeper-batsman says Sri Lanka have a better chance of success against England than in 2018-19 Seventy Test innings in, Niroshan Dickwella is still hunting for that big one. Way back in 2014, when he had barely graduated from the Under-19 team, Dickwella began his Test career with a sparkling 72 off 116 balls, against
Welcome to our live report of the fifth day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. 5.35pm local time/12.05pm IST: Under 10 overs left in
News “I had a call last night from the BCCI secretary and he confirmed we are good to travel to Brisbane on Tuesday,” CA interim CEO Nick Hockley After much uncertainty, the final Test at the Gabba will go ahead after India confirmed they would travel to Brisbane. Over the last couple of weeks, various