Bengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) Despite Australia losing the T20I series to India 4-1, former cricketer Trent Copeland believes there are positives to be taken for the visitors’, like bringing in new talent who performed well during the series in the absence of first-choice players.
Canberra, Dec 4 (IANS) Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed acknowledged that Australia have good batters in Test cricket, but believes that his team’s batting order stands on par with any other line-up. Pakistan begin their three-match Test series against Australia at Perth from December 14, followed by games in Melbourne and Sydney.
Melbourne, Dec 4 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced that Amazon’s Prime Video has won the four-year rights deal to broadcast the global cricket tournaments for both men’s and women’s events in the country.
Johannesburg, Dec 4 (IANS) South Africa’s ODI captain Temba Bavuma and fast-bowling spearhead Kagiso Rabada have been rested from the white-ball leg of their all-format clash against India in order to play red-ball cricket and prepare for the two-match Test series against the visitors.
Hobart, Dec 4 (IANS) Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine said he agrees with certain pointers from ex-fast bowler Mitchell Johnson’s column, but added that him attacking chief selector George Bailey was a bit unnecessary.
Bengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) England test cricket team’s head coach Brendon McCullum highlighted the significant challenge that England will face in the upcoming test series against India and believes that series will serve as the ultimate litmus test for England's aggressive and attacking brand of Test cricket, often dubbed as Bazball.
Canberra, Dec 4 (IANS) Australia’s fast-bowling all-rounder Michael Neser has been withdrawn from the Prime Minister’s XI squad to face Pakistan after experiencing some soreness during his state Queensland’s recent Sheffield Shield fixture against Western Australia.
Bengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) After India won the fifth T20I over Australia by six runs, left-arm fast-bowler Arshdeep Singh said he was thinking that too many runs were conceded by him and admitted to thoughts of being the culprit of the game came in his mind, before conceding only three runs in the final over of the game.
Abu Dhabi, Dec 3 (IANS) Morrisville Samp Army marched past Delhi Bulls by four wickets in the 15th match while Bangla Tigers got the better of Northern Warriors in the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Bengaluru, Dec 3 (IANS) A brilliant comeback by pacer Arshdeep Singh, who defended nine runs in the final over, after a superb half-century by Shreyas Iyer and late hitting by Axar Patel helped India beat Australia by six runs in the fifth and final T20I match and win the series 4-1 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday.
