Report New Zealand, meanwhile, were unchanged as they look to wrap up the series 3-0 Toss: Pakistan choose to bowl vs New Zealand Shadab Khan continued to dominate the tosses in this series, winning a third one in a row, and this time, he decided Pakistan needed a change. There were three in terms of

News Patel’s lack of game-time a “concern for the selectors,” says coach Stead Ajaz Patel has been left out of New Zealand’s Test squad for the upcoming two-match series against New Zealand despite having recovered from a calf injury. New Zealand instead leaned towards the all-round abilities of Mitchell Santner who retained his place in

News The Australia opener emerged from a form slump with a half-century to secure victory It was one shot that made a world of difference to Joe Burns. When he latched onto a short ball from Umesh Yadav in the seventh over of Australia’s chase in Adelaide, it rocketed to the square-leg fence like few

File photo: Both Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam had fractured their thumbs while training in New Zealand © Getty Images Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq have been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand, starting December 26 in Mount Maunganui as the duo is yet to recover from their respective thumb injuries. In Azam’s absence,

News R Ashwin is now the top-ranked Indian bowler and the only spinner in the top ten Josh Hazlewood has climbed to the fifth spot in the ICC Test bowling rankings following his astonishing 5 for 8 against India in the second innings of the day-night Test in Adelaide, which Australia won by eight wickets.

News Fast bowler sustained injury while batting on day three in Adelaide Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the rest of India’s tour of Australia. It is understood Shami has suffered a fracture on his right forearm, which was revealed after he underwent scans immediately after the Adelaide Test ended. The news

News All the news snippets in the run-up to the 2020-21 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Tamil Nadu opening batsman M Vijay has pulled out of the upcoming edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament citing “personal reasons”, while K Vignesh, the medium-pacer, was not up for selection after testing positive

A post shared by KaneWilliamson (@kane_s_w) While bowling coach Shane Jurgensen also joined Guptill and Taylor in embracing Williamson at training, head coach Gary Stead said he was “pleased” for Williamson and Sarah. “He’s quite tired, so a bit bleary-eyed, I think,” Stead said. “But, overall he’s hitting them well. Just normal Kane – gets

Big picture Just four white-ball internationals into New Zealand’s home summer and two fringe players have delivered record-breaking performances. Glenn Phillips became New Zealand’s fastest T20I centurion, while more recently on Friday, Jacob Duffy returned the best T20I figures by a New Zealander on debut. Duffy will now reunite with his domestic side Otago, but

India began the day with a lead of 62. Then the wickets started falling. They wouldn’t stop falling. From looking like favourites to win the Adelaide Test, they crumbled to their lowest score in all of Test history. All thanks to some spectacular seam bowling from Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. Here is how the