Melbourne, Jan 31 (IANS) Australia’s premier batter Steve Smith said he has enjoyed the first few weeks of being the Test opener, in what was his response to the critics who questioned the move.
Melbourne, Jan 31 (IANS) Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has noted a technical change in Marnus Labuschagne’s batting and has backed the top-order batter to rectify it and be back to scoring ways for the tour of New Zealand.
Melbourne, Jan 31 (IANS) Former Australia captain Aaron Finch believes that the side's bowling attack has been bailing the team out of tough situations in their Test matches of the international home summer, adding that the numbers of the middle-order batters don’t make for a great look.
Brisbane, Jan 31 (IANS) Former Australia fast-bowler Rodney Hogg said he was glad the West Indies used his comments of them being 'hopeless and pathetic' as inspiration for securing a magical eight-run win at the Gabba.
Visakhapatnam, Jan 31 (IANS) England wicketkeeper-batter Ben Foakes has credited a key change in mindset under captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum helping the team in dealing with Indian pitches ahead of the second Test at the ACA-VDCA stadium, starting on February 2.
Johannesburg, Jan 30 (IANS) Former champions Pakistan and West Indies started their respective campaigns in the Super Six stage with hard-fought identical three-wicket wins in the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 in South Africa on Tuesday.
Bloemfontein (South Africa), Jan 30 (IANS) Top-order batter Musheer Khan scored his second century of the competition and left-arm spinner Saumy Pandey claimed 4-19 as former champions India thrashed New Zealand by 214 runs in their opening match of the Super Six stage of the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 being played in South Africa on Tuesday.
Nagpur, Jan 30 (IANS) Teams from Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh registered wins on Tuesday in the Super 8 stage of the ongoing Nagesh Trophy - Men's National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2023-24 here.
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) Indian cricketer Mayank Agarwal has suffered a major health scare on board a flight to Surat from Agartala and has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a local hospital in the Tripura capital. Agarwal has reportedly consumed a poisonous liquid during the flight from a bottle he believed contained drinking water.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) England Test coach Brendon McCullum expressed his delight at the team's "educated punt" on left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, who went from being belted around the park in the first innings to spearheading the team to a historic victory against India, marking a remarkable debut in Test cricket.
