[ad_1] Pakistan players congratulate David Warner as he walks off the field on the fourth day of their cricket test match in Sydney on Jan. 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP It wasn’t quite a fairy tale finish for David Warner, but it was very close. Warner scored 57 runs to help lead Australia to…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second Test at Cape Town on Thursday was the 25th instance when a Test match ended inside two days, dating back to 1882.This was also the third time India were involved in a two-day Test, with the other two being their match against Afghanistan…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj expressed delight at kicking off the 2024 cricket season with career-best figures in Test cricket. However, after the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town, the Indian pacer took even more satisfaction in addressing the mistakes he made during the series opener in Centurion. In…
[ad_1] It has been happening for a while but now it is out in the open, shorn of the veneer of normalcy that administrators like to put on things. South Africa favouring their domestic T20 tournament over a Test series in New Zealand is only the latest and least ambiguous step in a journey that…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian captain Rohit Sharma believes that safeguarding the sanctity of Test cricket is a collective responsibility for every ICC member, as it continues to be the ultimate format in the sport.Cricket South Africa‘s decision to include seven uncapped players, including the inexperienced Neil Brand, for the New Zealand tour to prioritise top…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australian Nathan Lyon is one of the finest off-spinners in the current lot and troubles the world’s best batters with his deceptive turn. The 36-year-old veteran recently became the eighth bowler to complete 500 wickets in Test cricket.After outclassing some of the top batters, Lyon selected the best batsmen he has faced…
[ad_1] Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh has slammed the International Cricket Council and top cricket boards, including the BCCI, for not caring about Test cricket after South Africa named a depleted red-ball squad for the tour of New Zealand, prioritising its T20 league over the…
[ad_1] SYDNEY: David Warner exits Test cricket this week as one of the best openers the world has known, but his exploits will forever be overshadowed by the role he played in the notorious ball-tampering scandal of 2018.The polarising 37-year-old Australian will pad up for an emotional farewell at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Cricket commentator and former Indian player Aakash Chopra has pointed out a “slight technical deficiency” in Shubman Gill‘s batting, suggesting that while this style may be effective on flat pitches and in white-ball cricket, it falls short in the challenging conditions of Test cricket.Gill has played 19 Test matches for India since…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar showered high praise on KL Rahul for his splendid performance on Day 2 of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park.Gavaskar expressed that he would rank Rahul’s eighth Test century, where he scored 101, among the top ten centuries in the history of Indian Test…
