Report Sri Lanka bat after delayed start due to rain Toss Sri Lanka elected to bat vs West Indies Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and the rest of the Sri Lanka side wait for the weather to clear AFP/Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and – unsurprisingly – chose to bat first, after the toss
Month: November 2021
News He is the favourite to join Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje in the Test squad to face India in December Duanne Olivier has made himself available for an international comeback but is not allowing himself to think too far ahead. Olivier, who returned to South African cricket following the end of the Kolpak system
Preview Some senior side aspirants will be hoping to make an impression before the three Tests in South Africa Cooped up in a bio-bubble while a new Covid-19 variant causes panic, the India A team will take on South Africa A in the second unofficial Test from Tuesday in Bloemfontein with some senior side aspirants
News England captain reiterates claim that he did not witness any instances of racism in the Yorkshire dressing-room Root’s initial statement on the subject earlier this month led Rafiq to claim he was “incredibly hurt” by his former team-mate’s failure to back up his claims of discrimination during their shared time at Yorkshire. And though
News Head coach bemoans ‘silly mistakes at crucial stages’ that, he says, cost them positions of dominance against Pakistan in the Chattogram Test Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo was left frustrated by his players giving away strong positions in the Chattogram Test. Twice in the match the home side bounced back from difficult positions but just
Central Stags wicketkeeper-batsman Dane Cleaver has registered one of New Zealand’s fastest T20 century against Otago in the second match of the Ongoing Super Smash 2021-22 at University Oval in Dunedin. He scored unbeaten 114 runs and led his team to victory by five wickets over Otago. Cleaver’s maiden T20 century came after he smashed
IND vs NZ: Rachin Ravindra faced a total of 91 balls.© Instagram Former India batter VVS Laxman was all praise for New Zealand youngster Rachin Ravindra after the all-rounder helped his side draw the first Test against India at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Ravindra put on a gritty show after the Indian spinners
Wasim Jaffer was at his hilarious best again on social media Thefirst Test between India and New Zealand at Kanpur ended in a draw with the Blackcaps managing to hang on with just 1 wicket left. The seeds of this result were sown in the first session as overnight batsmen Tom Latham and William Sommerville
IND vs NZ: Shane Warne was baffled by India’s tactics on Day 5© Twitter After the first Test between India and New Zealand ended in a pulsating draw, Australia spin legend Shane Warne questioned the Ajinkya Rahane-led side’s tactics at the Green Park Stadium on Day five. With India picking five wickets in the final
Rahul Dravid gave Green Park groundsmen Rs 35,000 for preparing a sporting pitch© AFP Rahul Dravid has always been different from the rest and India’s new head coach proved it once again by giving Green Park’s groundstaff, led by Shiv Kumar, Rs 35,000 for preparing a sporting pitch for the first Test against New Zealand.
IND vs NZ: R Ashwin surpassed Harbhajan Singh in the list of top-wicket takers for India in Test cricket.© Instagram India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin kept a calm head and played down the hype surrounding his incredible feat of surpassing Harbhajan Singh in the list of top-wicket takers for India in Test cricket. Ashwin went past
India failed to bowl out New Zealand on a deteriorating track on day five of the first Test but skipper Ajinkya Rahane praised his players saying they tried their best and couldn’t have done anything different. Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel (2 not out off 23 balls) and Karnataka-born Rachin Ravindra (18 not out off 91 balls)
Openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique each hit an unbeaten fifty to put Pakistan in a commanding position in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Monday. Set a target of 202, the visitors reached 109-0 at stumps and need only 93 runs on the final day on Tuesday. Ali was batting on 56
New Zealand‘s last pair of Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel held their nerve to earn Black Caps a dramatic draw in the first Test against India at Green Park in Kanpur on Monday. New Zealand started the final day on a positive note by not losing any wicket in the first session. The pair of
Former India batter Aakash Chopra hails Ravichandran Ashwin© AFP Former cricketer Aakash Chopra on Monday congratulated India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on becoming the country’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. Ashwin achieved the feat during New Zealand’s second innings of the ongoing first Test at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. He surpassed spin great Harbhajan
Ravichandran Ashwin (3/35) and Ravindra Jadeja (4/40) almost found a way past New Zealand’s strong resolve, but debutant Rachin Ravindra played out 91 deliveries and remained unbeaten on 18 to guide New Zealand to a draw in the first Test at Kanpur. Last man Ajaz Patel remained unbeaten on 2 off 23 deliveries as the Blackcaps survived
Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Tom Latham on Monday to go past Harbhajan Singh.© AFP Indian spin great Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter on Monday to congratulate Ravichandran Ashwin after the latter became India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket on Monday. Ashwin dismissed Tom Latham in the second session to go past Harbhajan’s tally of 417 wickets
Adelaide Strikers – Stinkers more like To win title: 7/1To reach final: 3/1To finish bottom: 9/2Last 2 years: 5-32020 Batting run rate: 7.72020 Bowling economy: 7.6Boundary % rating: 8 Squad: Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Travis Head (c), Spencer Johnson, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Peter Siddle, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall,
The final day of the ongoing first Test between India and New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur witnessed a brilliance in the field by Indian star Shubman Gill. The 22-year-old exhibited acrobatic efforts to take a low diving catch of New Zealand tailender William Somerville. Somerville, who was sent in as the nightwatchman on
Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Tom Latham on Monday to go past Harbhajan Singh.© AFP Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday became India’s third-highest all-time wicket-taker in Test cricket, surpassing veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the elite list. He achieved this feat on Day five of the ongoing first Test between India and New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium
Six Sri Lanka women’s cricket team players have tested positive for Covid-19.© AFP Six players who were part of the Sri Lanka squad for the Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe have tested positive for Covid-19, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Sunday. It wasn’t immediately known whether the positive tests were for the newly-identified
Dinesh Karthik was all praise for Ravichandran Ashwin© Twitter Wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has drawn a parallel between legendary India all-rounder Kapil Dev and modern-day great Ravichandran Ashwin, claiming that the two legends “should be spoken of in the same breath”. Karthik’s comments came after Ashwin took three wickets in the first innings, and played impressive
News The uncapped wicketkeeper is in the running alongside Alex Carey to replace Tim Paine Frustration over his own inability to convert starts into big scores was the catalyst for Josh Inglis‘ rapid rise towards Test selection for the Ashes. Inglis is likely to find out in the coming days if he has bolted into
India fast bowler, Shardul Thakur, got engaged with his girlfriend Mittali Parulkar on Monday in a short family function in Mumbai. Shardul Thakur is engaged 🥳💛#WhistlePodu | @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/XPG6TpEbuB — CSK Fans Army™ (@CSKFansArmy) November 29, 2021 The Palghar-born pace-bowling all-rounder is currently on a break and has been rested from the ongoing home series
As Indian bowlers failed to find a breakthrough on the first session of Day five of the ongoing Test in Kanpur, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull analysed the reason behind Indian bowlers failing to breach the defences of the Kiwi batters. William Sommerville, who came as a nightwatchman ahead of stumps on Day four,
With Indian cricket fans calling for a Women’s IPL, former India captain Anjum Chopra feels the BCCI needs a “structured plan” for starting such a competition. During a conversation with Hindustan Times, the 44-year-old stated that the concept is in a “very interesting stage” currently and feels that the Indian cricket board “needs to lead the way”.
News The players had taken part in the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe; unclear whether the positive tests were for the new Omicron variant Six Sri Lanka women cricketers who took part in the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe have tested positive for Covid-19, the SLC said on Sunday. The ICC had called off the
News Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute, although he won’t be allowed to keep wickets Debutant Yasir Ali was taken for scans at a local hospital in Chattogram after being stuck on the back of his helmet during Bangladesh’s second innings on the fourth morning. Nurul Hasan was named as Yasir’s concussion substitute,
Report India wicketless in the first session of day five as NZ look to save the Kanpur Test Lunch New Zealand 296 and 79 for 1 (Somerville 36*, Latham 35*) need another 205 runs to beat India 345 and 234 for 7 dec Obdurate batting from Tom Latham and nightwatchman Will Somerville kept India wicketless
Report Overnight batter Yasir Ali was taken for scans after a delayed concussion Lunch Bangladesh 115 for 6 (Yasir 36, Liton 32*, Afridi 3-18) and 330 lead Pakistan 286 by 159 runs Liton Das survived a stumping before digging in AFP/Getty Images Bangladesh dragged their lead to 159 runs on a busy morning that included
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