Melbourne, Dec 25 (IANS) Wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed makes way for Mohammad Rizwan as Pakistan on Monday announced a twelve players squad for the Boxing day Test against Australia from December 26-30.
Centurion, Dec 24 (IANS) On this tour of South Africa, there is a feeling of newness in the Indian Test batting line-up. Though Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are in the mix, India are without senior batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in South Africa.
Centurion, Dec 24 (IANS) Ahead of India’s Test series opener against South Africa, one question which has kept everyone guessing is who will occupy the wicketkeeper slot. With Ishan Kishan pulling out of the series due to personal reasons, head coach Rahul Dravid has seemingly all but confirmed that KL Rahul could be the wicketkeeper when the Boxing Day Test starts on December 26 at SuperSport Park.
Melbourne, Dec 24 (IANS) The Big Bash League (BBL) said on Sunday that the abandoned match between Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers will not be rescheduled, as the reasons behind the game being called off haven’t come out yet.
Melbourne, Dec 24 (IANS) Ahead of Australia’s Boxing Day Test match against Pakistan a the MCG, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected veteran opener Usman Khawaja’s request to put a dove sticker on his bat and shoes during the match.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Getting bundled out for 219 after electing to bat and allowing India to score 91/1 at the end of the first day of the match pushed Australia Women on the back foot, Australia captain Alyssa Healy said on Sunday.
Melbourne, Dec 24 (IANS) Despite Australia’s fast-bowling spearhead Mitchell Starc becoming IPL's most expensive player ever with a whopping payday of INR 24.75 crores at the recent auction, the left-arm pacer insisted that playing red-ball cricket is still his top priority.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Though she claimed seven wickets for 119 runs in two innings and also figured in a 50-run partnership in the first innings, which earned her the Player of the Match award, India women off-spinner Sneh Rana said the two wickets skipper Harmanpreet Kaur picked on the third day turned the match India's way at the Wankhede Stadium.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) A resilient Indian women's cricket team fought back both with the bat and ball to snatch the initiative back every time the World's top team tried to wrest back control as they recorded a historic first-ever Test win against the mighty Australia on Sunday.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) After clinching their first-ever win against Australia in women’s Tests in the one-off match at the Wankhede Stadium, India opener and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana felt batting wasn’t hard at the venue if the batters applied themselves and showed patience to make a mark with the bat.
