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Preview: England aim to dethrone test kings South Africa
By Mark Gleeson DURBAN (Reuters) – South Africa’s status as the top-ranked test-playing nation has been dented after their crushing defeat in India last month and is in danger of being eroded completely by England over the next month or two. The two nations begin a four-match test series in Durban on Saturday, which is […]
Team India: Selection Blues!
Yuvraj Singh is back in Indian colours and so is Ashish Nehra. Yet, their journeys could not be more different. Yuvraj’s last innings in the Indian jersey was the painstaking 21-ball 11 in the WorldT20 final against Sri Lanka in 2013. Some ignorant cricket fans might blame him for that defeat and still feel agony […]
Boland replaces injured Coulter-Nile in Australia squad
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Uncapped pace bowler Scott Boland has been called up to the Australia squad for the second test against West Indies after Nathan Coulter-Nile dislocated his shoulder in a domestic Twenty20 match, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. Boland joins Josh Hazlewood, Peter Siddle and James Pattinson as the pace options for the Boxing […]
No place like home for McCullum’s final bow
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The romance of finishing his career by leading New Zealand into one last battle against Australia on home soil persuaded Brendon McCullum to bow out of international cricket before next year’s World Twenty20. The 34-year-old announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring from all forms of international cricket after the two-test […]
Factbox: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum
REUTERS – Factbox on New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who on Tuesday announced his decision to retire from all forms of international cricket in February: * Brendon Barrie McCullum was born on Sept. 27, 1981 in Dunedin, Otago and hails from a cricketing family. His father, Stuart, played first-class cricket for Otago while his brother, […]
New Zealand captain McCullum to retire from internationals
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Brendon McCullum, who led New Zealand through an exhilarating two years of success, will retire from international cricket in February after the two-test series against Australia, the 34-year-old batsman said on Tuesday. McCullum told a news conference in Christchurch that the second test against Australia, which starts at Hagley Oval on Feb. […]
Phillip Hughes kept the wickets too
Phillip Joel Hughes, the talented batsman from New South Wales, Australia was a child prodigy. No one ever doubted his technique and playing style. He announced his arrival in the big stage when he scored two hundred in two innings in the test match against South Africa which made him the youngest batsman ever to […]
Tons for Cook, Root as Hales boosts test hopes
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Alastair Cook and Joe Root scored centuries and Alex Hales a timely knock of 56 as England piled on the runs against South Africa A in their last warm-up game before the first test. Cook reminded the hosts of his ability with a solid knock of 126, bringing up his […]
Worst leave by a batsman in history of cricket
Leaving a ball is as important as any other shot in the manuals of cricket. Every coach teaches his player to leave a ball out side the line of stumps for which he doesn’t have full confidence to play. With the advent of T20 cricket modern day batsmen tend to strike each and every ball […]
West Indies spinner Bishoo in frame for Melbourne start
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies are considering a recall for leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo as they look to fight their way back into the series in the second test against Australia later this week. The tourists’ bowlers were flogged to all parts of the Bellerive Oval during the innings and 212 run defeat in Hobart which […]
Second innings collapse cost us the match – Mathews
REUTERS – There was no great surprise in Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews’ analysis of his side’s five-wicket loss to New Zealand before lunch on the fourth day of the second test in Hamilton on Monday. Any side that loses 10 wickets for 62 runs is odds on to go on and lose the match […]
Khawaja seals test spot with Twenty20 ton
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja proved his fitness with an unbeaten century in the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League at the weekend to secure his place in the Australia team for the second test against West Indies. Australia coach Darren Lehmann had said the top order batsman’s place in the team for the Melbourne test, […]
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