By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The West Indies batsmen crumbled late on Sunday to leave their team teetering at 91-6 and staring at another humiliating defeat at the close of day two of the second test against Australia. The dramatic collapse in the final session left the tourists 261 runs short of making the […]
James Taylor and Nick Compton scored half-centuries to lead England to 179-4 on the first day of the test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Saturday.
The year 2015 saw some match saving knocks that oozed caliber & character which grasped their sides from defeat. Here's a look at some of these top knocks.
Global Warming is on a rise and so is the heat in the sporting arena of cricket. It seems that the aggression of senior players has started taking toll on them, leading to controversies both on-field and off-field. The year is about to end and when looked upon it, it was a year full of […]
REUTERS – Australia captain Steve Smith was named ICC Cricketer of the Year for 2015 on Wednesday after scoring a world leading 1,734 runs at an average of 82.57 with seven centuries over the voting period. The 26-year-old right-hander kept the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in Australia for the third straight year after pace bowler […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India named Mahendra Singh Dhoni as their limited-overs captain for next year’s World Twenty20 at home while also throwing a lifeline for batsman Yuvraj Singh’s international career by including him in the shortest format for the Australia tour. India lost the one-day international and twenty20 series against South Africa at home […]
South African test cricketers gave mediocre returns after being sent to play in domestic competition to find form before the first test against England.
