Month: January 2021

Dan Christian: 'I'd still love to be playing in that Australian side'

January 29, 2021
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News Allrounder has been key to Sydney Sixers’ middle order in one of his best BBL campaigns Dan Christian has not shut the door on representing Australia again after hitting what he believed was career-best form for the Sydney Sixers. Christian joined the Sixers from the Melbourne Renegades, whom he had helped win the title in the 2018-19 season. Although run tallies in the BBL are skewed by the growth…

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Nauman Ali five-for leaves Pakistan on cusp of victory

January 29, 2021
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The Pakistan fielders are jubilant after Nauman Ali snares one © Associated Press Pakistan 378 and 22 for 0 (Butt 12*, Abid 10*) need another 66 to win vs South Africa 220 and 245 (Markram 74, van der Dussen 64, Nauman 5-35, Yasir 4-79) Pakistan were on the cusp of a 1-0 lead after a spectacular South African collapse, supercharged by a five-wicket haul for debutant Nauman Ali, left them…

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Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers: how the BBL Eliminator could be won

January 29, 2021
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News Both teams have struggled for batting consistency this season while the Heat have been smart with the X-Factor Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers have to win four games in a row if they want to take out the BBL title and it starts with Friday night’s Eliminator at the Gabba. Both sides scraped into the Eliminator with the Heat winning their last two matches to qualify while the Strikers…

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No neutral umpires for India vs England Tests; Nitin Menon, Anil Chaudhary, Virender Sharma to officiate in Chennai

News Menon solitary Elite umpire, while pair of Chaudhary and Sharma to make Test debut Umpires Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon will be officiating during the first India vs England Test in Chennai   The trend of home umpires officiating in Tests during the pandemic will continue in the upcoming India-England series, with the ICC appointing the pair of Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma to stand alongside Nitin Menon in…

January 28, 2021
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'No magic answer, just relentless work' – Kagiso Rabada on his milestone of 200 Test wickets

January 28, 2021
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News The quick put his consistency at a level this demanding down to diligence and perseverance South Africa’s bowlers did not have as much success as they might have wanted on the third morning in Karachi as Pakistan’s tail plundered 70 runs in 12.2 overs, but one of them reached a special, personal milestone. Kagiso Rabada became the third-fastest and fourth-youngest bowler to take 200 Test wickets. Only Waqar Younis…

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Rory Burns plays the mental game in switch from daughter's birth to opener's birth

January 28, 2021
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If ever there was proof that cricket is a mental game, then Rory Burns is banking on showing it in the coming weeks in India, as he prepares to make his case for a return to England’s Test team following the birth of his first daughter Cora, despite not having played a first-class fixture since the beginning of September. Burns and his fellow late arrivals, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer,…

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Sourav Ganguly 'stable and under close observation' after undergoing another angioplasty

News BCCI president was admitted to a Kolkata hospital on Wednesday after complaining of “chest discomfort” Sourav Ganguly was admitted to the Apollo Gleneagles hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday   Former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is “stable and under close observation” after undergoing another angioplasty, this time at the Apollo Gleneagles hospital in Kolkata, on Thursday. Ganguly had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday after complaining…

January 28, 2021
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Dilhara Lokuhettige found guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

News An independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Lokuhettige guilty of three offences Former Sri Lanka allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has been found guilty of three offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Lokuhettige has been slapped with three corruption charges – these by the ICC’s own Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) – in April 2019, five months after the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) had also charged him. Lokuhettige was provisionally suspended by the ICC in…

January 28, 2021
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Umpire Bruce Oxenford calls time on 15-year international career

News The Australian was part of the ICC Elite Panel since 2012 Bruce Oxenford, 60, has decided to retire from all formats of the game, thereby bringing an end to a 15-year international umpiring career. The last of his 62 Tests was the recently-concluded Australia vs India match in Brisbane. He will, however, continue to officiate in domestic fixtures in Australia. Oxenford, who was inducted into the ICC’s International Panel…

January 28, 2021
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South Africa openers reach lunch unscathed after Pakistan's tail gives hosts 158-run lead

Report Elgar and Markram went into lunch with South Africa still 121 behind Yasir Shah hit a 37-ball 38 from No. 11   Lunch South AfricaPakistan 378 (Fawad 109, Faheem 64, Rabada 3-70, Maharaj 3-90) by 121 runs South Africa began day three just as despondently as they had capped a dismal second day, allowing Pakistan’s tail to not so much wag as hop, skip and jump all the way…

January 28, 2021
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