Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Pakistan Australia have opted to bowl on a cool MCG day after Pakistan handed ODI debuts to opening batter Saim Ayub and middle-order batter Irfan Khan. Related Australia’s ODI questions: Opening ‘fireworks’, filling Green’s spot and the back-up quicks ‘Final piece of information’ – Cummins makes ODI return Ayub and Abdullah Shafique will form a new opening combination in Pakistan’s ODI side despite a…
India will go from their 0-3 defeat to New Zealand to Australia in a couple of weeks’ time and they will face that challenge without the aid of any practice matches. This was their choice. They’ve scrapped a game they were supposed to play against India A at the WACA in favour of centre-wicket training with India A. This means the first game of any kind they will play during…
“I’ve seen a few things on Twitter asking if I actually exist,” jokes John Turner. Five England squads and 15 months after his first call-up, he finally earned his debut in Antigua this week. A first appearance came on Thursday and a first wicket arrived on Saturday, when Brandon King’s flashing drive was brilliantly caught by Jordan Cox at backward point. “It’s nice to have been involved in the last…
Rishabh Pant‘s dismissal in India’s fourth-innings chase has emerged as a potentially match-turning moment in the Mumbai Test. He was given out caught bat-pad, with DRS overturning the on-field umpire’s decision, and India captain Rohit Sharma is not sure if that was the right call. Pant stood between New Zealand and a historic 3-0 series sweep with 64 off 57 balls, and before his dismissal India were 106 for 6,…
India captain Rohit Sharma has admitted after a forgettable and India’s first ever 3-0 whitewash at home that he was “not at my best” as both captain and batter, and that his team “failed as a unit” because they made “lots of mistakes.” Chasing 147 to get any possible WTC points from a series already conceded, India crashed and burned to 121 all out against the spin of Ajaz Patel…
Captain Tom Latham was “very, very ecstatic” and stated being “a little bit more aggressive with the bat” was one of the reasons behind New Zealand’s historic 3-0 sweep of India, sealed by a 25-run victory in the third Test in Mumbai. That became the first instance of India being whitewashed in a home Test series of at least three games. “We spoke about it after each Test match. We…
Queensland 406 for 5 (Lovell 146*, McDermott 87, Hearne 58, Khawaja 58, Hadley 2-63) lead New South Wales 239 (Patterson 91, Edwards 88, Lovell 3-13) by 167 runs Queensland No.3 Angus Lovell‘s maiden first-class century has powered the Bulls to a commanding 167-run lead in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales. Lovell went to stumps on day three unbeaten on 146 after crafting a patient innings at Cricket…
Victoria 232 (Harper 89, Manenti 5-73, Conway 4-39) and 9 for 0 need 337 more runs to beat South Australia 307 and 270 for 8 (Manenti 62*, Lehmann 60, Siddle 4-63) Offspinning allrounder Ben Manenti starred with bat and ball to leave South Australia well placed heading into the final day of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria in Adelaide. Victoria’s openers got through six overs unscarred, requiring a further…
Tasmania 317 and 10 for 2 trail Western Australia 460 for 9 dec (Cartwright 153, Goodwin 94, Agar 74, Fanning 68, Kuhnemann 5-100) lead by 133 runs A superb century from Hilton Cartwright helped lift Sheffield Shield champions Western Australia to a near-unbeatable position against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. Cartwright, who survived a highly contentious caught-behind decision the previous evening on 38, struck 153 to lift WA to 460 for…
Big picture: Pakistan’s year-long gap amid chaos Australia’s top-order bat-off in Tests is front and centre. But before India arrive for the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the men’s international season begins with a white-ball tour by Pakistan. That includes three ODIs and T20Is each, and starts in Melbourne on Monday. For the hosts, this provides the majority of their preparation for the Champions Trophy, with just a one-off game in Sri…