Play 02:36 Hussey: Question marks in Australia batting apart from Smith, Labuschagne National selector Trevor Hohns has hinted that Australia’s pace bowlers could be rotated during the series against South Africa after conceding they might have been better served doing so against India. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood – alongside Nathan Lyon and
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News The Pakistan batsman looks back at his time in the wilderness and his road forward Between 2009 and 2020, Pakistan have had as many as seven chief selectors. The common strand: none deemed Fawad Alam good enough to be picked for the national team despite his stellar domestic performances, season after season. During this
News Auction scheduled for the day after India’s second Test against England The 2021 IPL player auction will be held on February 18 in Chennai, the league announced with a tweet on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the IPL Governing Council meeting on January 6, where it was decided that the 2021 edition of the
Matthew Wade had a disappointing Test series against India © AFP Matthew Wade has been dropped from Australia’s Test squad for the series against South Africa, and will instead tour New Zealand with the T20I side when the concurrent trips are due to take place in February and March, while Tim Paine has been given
Report Hits 48 and picks up four wickets as Afghanistan make ideal start to World Cup Super League campaign Afghanistan 266 for 9 (Rashid 48, Young 3-61, Singh 3-37) beat Ireland 230 (Stirling 118, Rashid 4-29) by 36 runs Rashid Khan top-scored with 48 off 40 balls from No. 9 before ripping out Ireland’s middle
Report South Africa will take confidence from the fact this wasn’t a session Pakistan’s bowlers threatened to overwhelm them Lunch South Africa 94 for 2 (Elgar 46*, du Plessis 14*) vs Pakistan The tactical battles of a Test match are often compared to chess, and the opening moves in Karachi signalled a balanced game so
News Negotiations have resumed between players union, ECB and counties over potential pay cuts James Harris has admitted that the English game still faces “a huge challenge” in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic upon his election to the role of chair at the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), but said that he is confident that
News Sri Lanka “let it slip in one disastrous session”, says coach, after second Galle defeat Sri Lanka threw it away. Their hyper-aggressive approach to the second innings wasn’t part of the plan. And their 126 all out ruined three days of good work. These were Mickey Arthur‘s takeaways after the dispiriting 2-0 loss against
Report Dliruwan Perera removes Jacks Leach with 11th ball of fourth day Innings break England 344 (Root 186, Buttler 55, Embuldeniya 7-137) trail Sri Lanka by 37 runs Sri Lanka secured themselves a useful 37-run lead on first innings early on the fourth day of the second Test at Galle. Jack Leach was the last
Ajinkya Rahane has credited the collective leadership that he shared with vice-captain Rohit Sharma and senior players Cheteshwar Pujara and R Ashwin for India being able to come back from behind in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli and take the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 series win in Australia. All four players, Rahane