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Some lesser known facts about Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the legendary Caribbean batsman, known for his unorthodox stance, technique and shots has said goodbye to the game.
Team India’s continuing woes
With the Australia tour a major disaster, the Indian team faces many woes with the T20 World Cup approaching. Here's what went wrong.
Fastest to 7000 runs
Recently, Virat Kohli became the quickest batsman to reach 7000 ODI runs. So, we, at Essentially Sports, bring to you top 10 batsmen fastest to reach 7k runs. 10) Ricky Ponting It took Ricky Ponting 192 innings to reach this milestone. He achieved it vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla in 2004. Also known as the […]
Australia coach Lehmann taken to hospital with thrombosis
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been taken to hospital suffering from deep vein thrombosis, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Saturday. Lehmann, 45, reported a swollen left calf to team medical staff before the fifth one-day international against India in Sydney on Saturday and was sent for a scan. He was admitted to […]
Hales falls cheaply in England’s reply
By Mark Gleeson PRETORIA, (Reuters) – England lost opener Alex Hales cheaply and were 29 for one at tea after bowling South Africa out for 475 on the second day of the final test at Centurion Park on Saturday. Captain Alastair Cook (14) and Nick Compton (0) were not out after Hales continued his unconvincing […]
Pandey’s debut ODI ton helps India avoid whitewash
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Manish Pandey struck his maiden one-day century in a high-scoring thriller to secure India a pride-salvaging six-wicket victory against Australia in the fifth and final ODI in Sydney on Saturday. Staring at a series whitewash after four defeats, India rode Pandey’s scintillating 104 off 81 balls to chase down a 331-run victory […]
Unbeaten 85 from de Kock takes S Africa to 421-8 at lunch
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock scored an unbeaten 85 to help South Africa reach 421 for eight at lunch after England claimed three wickets on the second day of the fourth and final test at Centurion Park on Saturday. Dane Piedt was not out on 10 as South Africa added 92 runs to their […]
Twitter reacts to India’s win down under
Here's what the Twitter world has to say about India's brilliant win in Sydney, thus avoiding a 5-0 whitewash.
Twitter reacts to Indian bowling down under
After a series of terrible Indian bowling in Australia, here's what Twitter has to say!
Dhawan replaces injured Kumar in India’s T20 team
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar will miss India’s three-match Twenty20 series in Australia with a thumb injury and will be replaced by all-rounder Rishi Dhawan, the country’s cricket board said on Saturday. India also brought in Gurkeerat Singh Mann, part of their one-day side in Australia, as cover for Ajinkya Rahane, who split the […]
Windies’ Chanderpaul retires from internationals
REUTERS – West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has officially retired from international cricket, seven months after selectors opted to discard the veteran and push for a youth-oriented policy. Chanderpaul, who was dumped before the home series against Australia last June, said at the time he felt he deserved the opportunity to play one final series […]
Shivnarine Chanderpaul announces his retirement from International Cricket
West Indies veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul announced his retirement and ended his 22 year old international career today. He ended up as the second highest run scorer(11,867) in Tests for West Indies, only 86 runs behind Brian Lara(11,953). Chanderpaul also ended as the seventh highest run getter overall in test cricket after playing 164 test […]
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