Month: December 2019

4:36 PM GMT Zubayr Hamza knows how to hold a pose. He stood, in the final flourish of his drive, when he hit Jofra Archer through the covers. He stood even longer when he timed Archer sweetly down the ground. And he stood longest of all when he bisected extra cover and mid-off off Stuart Broad, feasting on the fullness and relishing the aftertaste. Hamza will likely be ragged about…

3:57 PM GMT Not so long ago, had an England team produced a performance like this at a moment like this, it might well have been blamed on the over-indulgences of Christmas. Indeed, a couple of decades ago, some members of an England team credited a memorable victory in Sydney, in January 2003, precisely to the manner in which they had celebrated over the previous days. There’s no question of…

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7:20 AM GMT New Zealand drew the MCG’s biggest non-Ashes Boxing Day crowd in cricket’s professional era as its chief executive David White suggested the Black Caps would happily be more regular guests for the showpiece day of the Australian Test match calendar after a 32-year wait for this opportunity. Australia last hosted New Zealand for a Test match on Boxing Day in December 1987, and despite that match’s healthy…

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3:52 AM GMT Sreshth Shah December 26: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers in Perth Our XI: Josh Inglis, Josh Philippe, Liam Livingstone, Daniel Hughes, James Vince, Cameron Bancroft, Mitchell Marsh, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Fawad Ahmed, Sean Abbott NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: Mitchell Marsh The Scorchers captain scored a sluggish 33-ball 32 against Sydney…

1:44 AM GMT Mitchell Swepson, the Queensland wrist spinner, is in line for a Test debut at the SCG and a place on next year’s tour of Bangladesh after he was added to Australia’s squad ahead of the final match of the series against New Zealand. Having first toured with Australia’s Test team to India in 2017, Swepson has been pulled out of the Brisbane Heat BBL squad in order…

8:00 AM GMT New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia New Zealand have taken the brave decision of bowling first on a well-grassed MCG pitch as they aim to level the series in their first Boxing Day Test for 32 years. There has been much focus on the MCG surface since the abandoned Sheffield Shield between Victoria and Western Australia earlier this month. The previous two…