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SOUTH AFRICA TAKE 1-0 LEAD AS SL FACE INNINGS DEFEAT IN FIRST TEST

December 30, 2020

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 45 runs in the first Test to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-match series here on Tuesday. Chasing South Africa’s lead of 225 runs, Sri Lanka were bundled out for 180 on Day 4 with the hosts’ pacers taking...

India win second Test by eight wickets, level series

December 30, 2020

MELBOURNE: India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The four-Test series is now level at 1-1. Australia had won the first Test in Adelaide, also by eight wickets. Shubman Gill plays a shot during the second Test match, in...

RAHANE’S TON ONE OF THE BEST OPPONENT CAPTAIN’S KNOCKS: SHANE WARNE

December 29, 2020

Melbourne: India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane hit a valiant hundred on Sunday in the Boxing Day Test against Australia and spin wizard Shane Warne has no hesitation in calling it one of the best knocks by an opposition captain on Australian soil. “One of the best oppositions captains knock on...

INDIA SUFFER BLOW AS UMESH LIMPS OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DAY

December 29, 2020

MELBOURNE: Indian bowling attack suffered another blow in the ongoing Test series against Australia when Umesh Yadav limped off the field just after dismissing opener Joe Burns in the second session of the third day’s play during the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The right-arm pace bowler, who...

SACHIN ASKS ICC TO REASSESS ‘UMPIRES CALL’ IN DRS

December 29, 2020

New Delhi: Former India skipper Sachin Tendulkar has questioned ‘Umpires Call’ clause in the Decision Review System saying that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to reassess it. “The reason players opt for a review is because they’re unhappy with the decision taken by the on-field umpire. The DRS system...

OUR FOCUS IS TO BOWL MAIDENS, DOT BALLS AND NOT TRY MUCH: SIRAJ

December 29, 2020

Melbourne: The India pace bowlers’ focus was to bowl dot balls and maiden overs and complement the spinners, said Mohammed Siraj after Umesh Yadav limped off the field early in Australia’s second innings depleting the team’s bowling on the third day of the second Test. “We were discussing in the...

INDIANS BOWLED PRETTY STRAIGHT, MAKING IT HARD TO SCORE: MATTHEW WADE

December 29, 2020

MELBOURNE: Australia opening batsman Matthew Wade praised Indian bowling attack saying they ‘bowled pretty straight making it quite hard to score’. “They were bowling pretty well, pretty straight making it quite hard for us to score so yeah we were tensed out there to go and score runs as a...

RIZWAN, ASHRAF HELP PAKISTAN AVOID FOLLOW ON AGAINST KIWIS

December 29, 2020

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Skipper Mohammad Rizwan (71) and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf (91) helped Pakistan avoid follow on after the two shared a 107-run partnership for the seventh wicket on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand here on Monday. The visitors were all out for 239 in their...

ANDY MURRAY AWARDED WILDCARD FOR 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

December 29, 2020

LONDON: Former world no 1 Andy Murray has been awarded a wildcard for the 2021 Australian Open. This will be the first time Murray will play in Melbourne since the 2019 event, where he said he was considering retiring from the sport after he tournament due to a chronic hip...

Kohli crowned ICC male cricketer of the decade

December 29, 2020

NEW DELHI: India skipper Virat Kohli has been named the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade and the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade while Australia batsman Steve Smith bagged the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Decade award. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan was named the ICC Men’s T20I...

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