9:07 AM GMT So rushed was Glenn Phillips‘ call-up to the New Zealand squad that he didn’t have a numbered shirt when he took the field on the opening day. Dragged off the beach, having almost missed the phone call from selector Gavin Larsen, and racing through traffic to catch a plane across the Tasman, he was making his debut 12 hours later when Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls were…
Bumrah, Kusal Perera could be your trump cards (9:14) Sanjay Bangar suggests players whom you could pick in your fantasy XI (9:14) Jan 4, 2020 Sreshth Shah January 5: 1st T20I – India v Sri Lanka in Guwahati Our XI: Kusal Perera, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Avishka Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Isuru Udana, Dasun Shanaka, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini NOTE: We might not always be able to…
8:00 AM GMT Lunch New Zealand 3 for 141 (Latham 49, Lyon 2-26) trail Australia 454 by 313 runs Australia claimed three wickets on the third morning of the SCG Test as Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins struck for the hosts against a stubborn New Zealand top order. Lyon dismissed Tom Blundell and Jeet Raval before Cummins coaxed Tom Latham into a chip straight into the hands of mid-on, undoing…
Marcus Stoinis led the Melbourne Stars to victory © Getty Images Marcus Stoinis, the Melbourne Stars opening batsman, has escaped with a A$7,500 fine for an alleged homophobic slur directed at Kane Richardson during Saturday night’s BBL derby between the Stars and the Melbourne Renegades at the MCG. At the conclusion of the Stars’ victory, Stoinis was seen in lengthy conversation with Richardson and the umpires. Having pleaded guilty to…
5:38 PM GMT Dominic Bess has won praise from the players of both sides after providing a crucial contribution on the second day in Cape Town. While the figures – 1-62 from 27 overs – may not look outstanding, Bess’s control allowed England’s seamers to rotate throughout the day. With one end is offering bowlers significant amount of assistance from a crack just outside the right-hander’s off-stump, Bess was required…
Jan 3, 2020 England 262 for 9 (Pope 56*) v South Africa There is no precise antonym for the word “ruthless”: like “nonplussed”, “disgruntled” and “underwhelmed”, it is considered by linguistics scholars to be an unpaired adjective due to the lack of a word with a perfectly opposite meaning. But if academics can find a way to condense England’s batting performance on the first day of the Newlands Test into…
3:54 PM GMT April 6, 2014, Dhaka: Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulsekara combine to straitjacket India’s batting line-up. Kumar Sangakkara says he has never seen anything like it. Sri Lanka seal the World T20 title under Malinga. Nearly six years later, Kulasekara is no longer active in international cricket, but Malinga, now 36, is still around. He quit Test cricket nearly a decade ago and gave up ODIs last year,…
Prithvi Shaw was in good touch in his first competitive game in more than six months 3:41 PM GMT Shashank Kishore Prithvi Shaw has left the Mumbai camp midway through their ongoing Ranji Trophy fixture against Karnataka at Bandra Kurla Complex due to a left rotator cuff injury. He has been rushed to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru to assess the extent of damage. “He underwent an MRI scan…
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Not the race for No. 4? Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli lead Manish Pandey and Sanju Samson while warming up 1:30 PM GMT India’s captain Virat Kohli has said that having a strong pool of “game-ready” players has set the scene for their T20 World Cup campaign in Australia later this year. India will be without seamers Deepak Chahar (injured), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (injured) and Mohammed Shami (rested) for their upcoming…