Sledging helps Bavuma knuckle down for maiden test ton
Bavuma scored his maiden century against England as a fitting reply to sledging.
Fit-again Shami keen to hit stride after long wait on sidelines
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – A fit-again Mohammed Shami is relieved to find he has not lost his sharpness and the India fast bowler prays he never suffers another setback like the knee injury which kept him out of action for eight months. The 25-year-old played through pain the last time India toured Australia […]
Australia T20s chance to test combination, says Dhoni
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is glad India will play three Twenty20 matches in Australia and hopes it will help the team identify the right combination
Bavuma’s rapid fifty halts England revival
England grabbed three wickets in 23 balls to inject life back into the second test but Bavuma had other plans.
Australia T20s chance to test combination, says Dhoni
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is glad India will play three Twenty20 matches in Australia and hopes it will help the team identify the right combination before the World Twenty20 at home in March. A lone T20 match is mostly the norm for an Indian team in a bilateral series […]
Twitter reacts to Pranav Dhanawade’s record-breaking knock
Maharashtra schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade rewrote the record books on Tuesday, hammering an epic 1009 not out in an inter-school cricket tournament to register the highest individual score in an innings in any form of the game. The 15-year-old smashed 129 fours and clobbered 59 sixes in his staggering 323-ball knock played over two days before […]
Indian schoolboy,Dhanawade, breaches 1000-run mark in an innings
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Maharashtra schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade rewrote the record books on Tuesday, hammering an epic 1009 not out in an inter-school cricket tournament to register the highest individual score in an innings in any form of the game. The 15-year-old smashed 129 fours and clobbered 59 sixes in his staggering 323-ball knock played over […]
Australia withdraws from u-19 World Cup in Bangladesh
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia have withdrawn from the under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh later this month because of concerns over the “safety and security” of the squad, Cricket Australia said in statement on Tuesday. Australia postponed a test tour of Bangladesh in October for similar reasons and Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive James Sutherland said […]
Gayle fined A$10k for ‘disrespecting’ TV reporter
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been fined A$10,000 ($7,197) by the Melbourne Renegades Twenty20 team for asking an Australian TV reporter out on a date and directing personal comments at her during a televised pitchside interview. Gayle had earlier suggested Monday’s incident was a “simple joke” that had […]
Henry takes five as NZ win Sri Lanka ODI series
(Reuters) – Matt Henry took the second five-wicket haul of his career to bowl New Zealand to a 36-run victory over Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international and seal a 3-1 series victory at Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui on Tuesday. Henry, who took four-wicket hauls in two other appearances in the series, finished […]
Determined Amla returns to form as England toil
Determined South Africa captain Hashim Amla made returned to good form as he toiled to keep his team afloat against England.
Amla makes century, De Villiers falls for 88
CAPE TOWN, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Captain Hashim Amla scored an unbeaten century on the third day of the second test against England and AB de Villiers made 88 as South Africa reached tea on 290 for three on Monday. Amla scored his first hundred for more than a year and De Villiers reached 8,000 […]
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