Rahul and Pujara dig in on testing morning

Lunch India 64 for 1 (Rahul 31*, Pujara 22*) trail Australia 300 by 236 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul played out the morning session, ending on 31 not out off 75 © Associated Press India’s top order withstood fiery new ball spells from Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to put the hosts in a steady position in reply to Australia’s first-innings 300 at lunch on day two of…

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NZ openers solid after South Africa 314

New Zealand 67 for 0 (Latham 42*, Raval 25*) trail South Africa 314 (de Kock 90, du Plessis, 53, Amla 50, Henry 4-93) by 247 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Tom Latham prepares to take a stunning catch to dismiss Faf du Plessis © Getty Images Injured ten…dun, dun, dunnnn. The liability New Zealand might have hoped to exploit became a blaring irritant to their hopes of levelling the series as…

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Brathwaite lets go of pressure of expectation

Carlos Brathwaite: ‘You’ll fail more times than you perform, I think I’ve come to grips with that’ Ryan Pierse / © IDI/Getty Images Carlos Brathwaite. Remember the name? By the time West Indies’ upcoming T20I series against Pakistan is done, it will be a year since that evening in Kolkata, when Brathwaite slammed four sixes in the final over to snatch the World T20 title from England. Since then he…

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Rahul and Pujara dig in on testing morning

Lunch India 64 for 1 (Rahul 31*, Pujara 22*) trail Australia 300 by 236 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul played out the morning session, ending on 31 not out off 75 © Associated Press India’s top order withstood fiery new ball spells from Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to put the hosts in a steady position in reply to Australia’s first-innings 300 at lunch on day two of…

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NZ openers solid after South Africa 314

New Zealand 67 for 0 (Latham 42*, Raval 25*) trail South Africa 314 (de Kock 90, du Plessis, 53, Amla 50, Henry 4-93) by 247 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Tom Latham prepares to take a stunning catch to dismiss Faf du Plessis © Getty Images Injured ten…dun, dun, dunnnn. The liability New Zealand might have hoped to exploit became a blaring irritant to their hopes of levelling the series as…

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Brathwaite lets go of pressure of expectation

Carlos Brathwaite: ‘You’ll fail more times than you perform, I think I’ve come to grips with that’ Ryan Pierse / © IDI/Getty Images Carlos Brathwaite. Remember the name? By the time West Indies’ upcoming T20I series against Pakistan is done, it will be a year since that evening in Kolkata, when Brathwaite slammed four sixes in the final over to snatch the World T20 title from England. Since then he…

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Rahul and Pujara dig in on testing morning

Lunch India 64 for 1 (Rahul 31*, Pujara 22*) trail Australia 300 by 236 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul played out the morning session, ending on 31 not out off 75 © Associated Press India’s top order withstood fiery new ball spells from Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to put the hosts in a steady position in reply to Australia’s first-innings 300 at lunch on day two of…

Read More >>

NZ openers solid after South Africa 314

New Zealand 67 for 0 (Latham 42*, Raval 25*) trail South Africa 314 (de Kock 90, du Plessis, 53, Amla 50, Henry 4-93) by 247 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tom Latham prepares to take a stunning catch to dismiss Faf du Plessis © Getty Images Injured ten…dun, dun, dunnnn. The liability New Zealand might have hoped to exploit became a blaring irritant to their hopes of levelling the series…

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Brathwaite lets go of pressure of expectation

Carlos Brathwaite: ‘You’ll fail more times than you perform, I think I’ve come to grips with that’ Ryan Pierse / © IDI/Getty Images Carlos Brathwaite. Remember the name? By the time West Indies’ upcoming T20I series against Pakistan is done, it will be a year since that evening in Kolkata, when Brathwaite slammed four sixes in the final over to snatch the World T20 title from England. Since then he…

Read More >>

Rahul and Pujara dig in on testing morning

Lunch India 64 for 1 (Rahul 31*, Pujara 22*) trail Australia 300 by 236 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul played out the morning session, ending on 31 not out off 75 © Associated Press India’s top order withstood fiery new ball spells from Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to put the hosts in a steady position in reply to Australia’s first-innings 300 at lunch on day two of…

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