Australia will square off against South Africa for the Boxing Day Test at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from December 26 onwards. For the same, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins has named his starting XI. Local star Scott Boland has retained his place in the team with an ‘underdone’ Josh Hazlewood set to miss another
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Pakistan Cricket Board’s newly appointed interim selection committee has added three players to their Test squad for the upcoming two-match series against New Zealand. The selection committee, headed by former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, made the call on the very first day of their office. Shahnawaz Dahani, Mir Hamza and Sajid Khan are the players
Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli lost his cool during the second innings of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday. Mehidy Hasan Miraz dismissed Kohli on Day 3 of the second Test, being played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. India’s top three batsmen were dismissed cheaply in their
On the opening day of the first Test match between South Africa and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, the Australian vice-captain Steve Smith hit a couple of boundaries against the Proteas pacer Anrich Nortje but was castled by an absolute jaffa in an apt revenge. It all happened in the 33rd over of Australia’s
Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed has become England’s youngest men’s Test cricketer after being handed his debut cap in the last game of the three-match series against Pakistan in Karachi on Saturday (December 17). The Leicestershire player is 18 years and 126 days as the final Test begins at the National Stadium, beating the record of
Australia have named their playing XI for the first Test against South Africa, scheduled to start on Saturday (December 17) at the Gabba in Brisbane. Skipper Pat Cummins, who sat out of Australia’s second Test against West Indies due to a quad strain, has been deemed fit for the upcoming match. The fast bowler will
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that New Zealand tour to Pakistan has been brought forward by a day. The first Test of the two-match series will now kickstart on December 26 in Karachi and the second game is scheduled to be held in Multan from January 3, 2023. The Black Caps had to play
England have named their playing XI for the first Test of the three-match series against Pakistan. The opening Test is scheduled to start on Thursday (December 1) in Rawalpindi. All-rounder Liam Livingstone is all set to make his debut in red-ball cricket, while middle-order batter Ben Duckett has received a long-awaited recall against Pakistan. Livingstone,
The Ben Stokes-led England team have arrived in Islamabad ahead of their first Test series on Pakistan soil in 17 years. They were given a warm welcome by the local authorities ahead of their three-match series against Babar Azam & Co., starting on Thursday, December 1. Notably, England were due to visit Pakistan last year,
Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi will miss the three-match Test series against England in December. He has not been named in Pakistan’s 18-man squad for the home series, which includes uncapped leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed and fast bowler Mohammad Ali. England will play a Test match in Pakistan after 17-long-years. They last toured the country
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced a 16-man squad for the upcoming three-match Test series against Australia, which begins at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 17. The Proteas side will leave for Australia on December 1. Eight day’s after their arrival Down Under, Dean Elgar’s side will play an unofficial four-day match against Cricket
South Africa’s fiery attack dented the much-talked-about ‘Bazball’ concept as England failed to score with the bat in both the innings, being bowled out for 165 and 149 with visitors taking a lead of 161 runs in the first essay. With an inning and 12 runs victory, the Proteas have not just taken a 1-0
The All-India Selection Committee on Sunday picked India’s Test squad for the fifth rescheduled Test against England to be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, from July 1-5. Top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has made his return to the national team after delivering stupendous performances for Sussex in the County Championship Division Two. Earlier, he was dropped from
The Rohit Sharma-led Team India whitewashed Sri Lanka in the two-match Test series by triumphing the pink ball game in Bengaluru with a massive margin of 238 runs. The hosts, earlier, won the first Test in Mohali by a heavy margin of 222 runs and an innings. Following India’s clean sweep in the longest format,
India wicketkeeper batter Wriddhiman Saha has slammed BCCI after being dropped from the Test team for the two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting on March 4. Saha, who had earlier pulled out of the ongoing Ranji Trophy, has now revealed why he took the decision. The Bengal cricketer said that the Indian team management headed
England have added Sam Billings to their Ashes squad as a back-up wicketkeeper for the fifth and final Test in Hobart. Billings has been drafted as cover for the injured Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Friday evening. Buttler suffered a blow on his left hand’s index
The Indian cricket team will have a bumper home season this year apart from their several away tours, one ICC tournament in form of T20 World Cup, and the Asia Cup. Apart from this, there will also be a ten-team Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2022. Currently, the team is in South Africa and they
The fourth Test of the ongoing five-match Ashes series between Australia and England will begin on January 5 at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The hosts have already retained the urn will big wins in the previous three games and will be looking to add more misery to the hapless English side in the
KL Rahul has been named India’s Test vice-captain for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. Rahul replaces Rohit Sharma as Virat Kohli’s deputy, with Rohit being ruled out of the red-ball leg owing to a hamstring injury. Though Rahul missed the recent home Test series versus New Zealand due to a muscle strain,
India have suffered a massive blow ahead of their upcoming tour of South Africa as vice-captain and opening batter Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the three-match Test series due to a finger injury. He suffered an injury while batting in the nets at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai on Sunday. Confirming the
After facing an embarrassing defeat against Australia in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba, England have now been fined 100 per cent of their match fees and see a deduction of five ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over-rate. The ICC on Saturday confirmed that match referee David Boon found
England’s campaign for the Ashes 2021-22 got off to the worst start as Joe Root and his men were bundled out for a paltry 147 against Australia on the opening day of the first Test in Gabba. Getting in on the banter, Queensland Police trolled England with a savage tweet after their collapse in the
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has named his India squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa, starting December 26 in Centurion. In his formidable troika, Chopra left out vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and young gun Shubman Gill, who was the third-highest run-scorer for his side in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka thrashed West Indies in the second Test Match by a big margin of 164 runs at the Galle International Stadium on Friday. The Islanders’ registered a clean-sweep against the visitors in the two-matches series. The chief contributor in the Sri Lankan victory was off-spinner Ramesh Mendis, who took 11 wickets in the match.
Pakistan opening batters Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique smashed individual half-centuries to help visitors register an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chattogram. Bangladesh scored 157/10 and gave the target of 203 runs in the second innings, which was easily gunned down by Pakistan. Ali scored 91 off 148 balls, and Shafique
England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who took an infinite break from cricket in July to focus on his mental health and recover from finger surgery, is currently preparing for the five-match Ashes series against Australia. Stokes is a part of England’s squad for the Ashes and likely to make his comeback after almost five months in
Dhananjay de Silva put on a good batting display for Sri Lanka in the ongoing first against West Indies at the Galle International Stadium in Colombo. He played a handy knock off 61 runs on Day 2, before getting out in a bizarre fashion. The incident took place in the 95th over of Sri Lanka’s
Sri Lanka have announced a 22-man squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against West Indies, starting on November 21. The Galle International Stadium will host both the Test matches, which is a part of the 2021-23 ICC World Test Championship. Charith Asalanka, who was Sri Lanka’s highest run-scorer in the recently concluded T20 World
Cricket Australia has announced a 15-man squad for the first two Tests of this summer’s Ashes. Left-handed datter Usman Khawaja has earned a recall along with right-arm pacer Jhye Richardson. The Ashes series will begin from December 8 on Khawaja’s home ground at the Gabba in Brisbane. The 34-year-old was last seen in action for Australia
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced the squad for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. The two-match Test series will begin on November 26. The selectors have recalled opener Imam-ul-Haq, off-spinner Bilal Asif and middle-order batter Kamran Ghulam to the national side, whereas experienced leg spinner Yasir Shah ruled out the squad after failing to