Ireland 260 (McBrine 90 *, Adair 78, Muzarabani 7-58, Ngarava 2-65) Trail Zimbabwe 72 for 1 (Welch 33 *, Kaitano 26 *, McCarthy 1-25) by 188 points What started as a potentially unilateral day in Bulawayo was anything but. Ireland Zig-Zag has crossed several ups and downs, however, Zimbabwe ended up dominating the day. In … Read more
But even his legion of admirers in the west could not have foreshadowed to test the cricket would be so fast. After only four first class games, Connolly, 21 years old Second test against Sri Lanka in Galle. He became the fourth beginner in Australia in as many tests. With her emotional parents standing nearby, … Read more
Lunch Sri Lanka 75 For 3 (Mathews 34 *, Starc 1 -11, Lyon 1-17) and 165 (Chandimal 72, de Silva 22, Kuhnemann 5-63, Lyon 3-57) Trail Australia 654 for December 6 by 414 races The mood of Australia clarified considerably under a clear sky in Galle as they headed for a first test victory after … Read more
Pakistan 194 (Babar 58, Rabada 3-55, Maharaj 2-14) and 213 for 1 (f/o) (Masood 102*, Babar 81) trail South Africa 615 by 208 runs Pakistan posted their highest opening score against South Africa as Shan Massoud And Babar Azam putting up a solid resistance to the hosts on a flat track. Masood passed 30 for … Read more
India 141 for 6 (Pant 61, Boland 4-42) and 185 lead Australia 181 (Webster 57, Smith 33, Prasidh 3-42, Siraj 3-51) by 145 runs During the lunch break on the second day, Rohit Sharma purified the airsaying he had not played in the Sydney Test and was not retiring from Test cricket yet. Soon after … Read more
Williams’ hundred and fifth wicket stand of 163 runs is with the captain Craig Ervine propelled Zimbabwe to its highest test score in 30 years, and he hopes it will instill a sense of confidence in a team that has not won a Test since March 2021. “If I can lead by action, and not … Read more
South Africa 82 for 3 (Markram 47*, Shahzad 2-28) trail Pakistan 211 (Gulam 54, Paterson 5-61, Bosch 4-63) by 129 runs South Africa did to Pakistan what they always do to Pakistan at Centurion, hitting them with the ball in the second hour of the first session before bowling them out for 209. Corbin Bosch … Read more
Sam Konstas will make his Test debut for Australia on Boxing Day while Travis head will face fitness test on injured quad but trainer Andrew McDonald is confident his star left-handed hitter will be fit to play. Konstas will become the fourth youngest Australian to make his Test debut at 19 years and 85 days … Read more
Just six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I ran into Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. It was September 2022 and Mudryk was then an emerging talent for Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s main attacking threat in a shock 4–1 victory for Shakhtar … Read more
“This will be my last day as an Indian cricketer in all formats at the international level,” Ashwin said after the Brisbane Test at a press conference. “I feel I have some oomph left as a cricketer, but I would like to express it and probably show it in cricket at club level, but it … Read more
Overview: A banger for the holiday season We’re back where we started with the series level and two teams with both promise and flaws clashing once again on legendary terrain. The cricket was compelling, sometimes unpredictable. There was even a little warmth between players. THE Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 comes dangerously close to classical territory. Imagine … Read more
England 280 (Brook 123, Pope 66, Smith 4-86) and 427 for December 6 (Root 106, Bethell 96, Duckett 92, Brook 55) beat New Zealand 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46) and 259 (Blundell 115, Stokes 3-5) by 323 points The winds howled over Wellington, off Cook Strait, but they only blew one way. England cruised through … Read more