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Blocked back to the bowler for no run? Wild cheers. Four whipped through square leg? A hollow moan. The first two deliveries of the T20 World Cup final on Sunday, bowled by Nonkululeko Mlaba to Alyssa Healy, captured Newlands’ heaving heartbeat for all to see, hear and feel. Whatever else would happen to the only senior South…
Rarely in the long and winding annals of bat-throwing has a specimen been hurled with as much vitriol as Harmanpreet Kaur unleashed at Newlands on Thursday. Her respiratory tract infection still stuck in her throat, her helmet ripped off her head, her eyes ablaze, she let fly with visceral anger. Rather than a scene from…
Literally a second before Pat Cummins walked out to bat, he received a nod of deep resignation from Peter Handscomb as the two crossed paths in the dressing-room tunnel. It almost had a tinge of ‘I tried my best skipper’. To be fair, amidst all the chaos and the poor shot selection, Handscomb had been…
Ashton Agar, the Australian left-arm spinning all-rounder, is set to return home from the ongoing tour of India to play domestic cricket for Western Australia. Australia haven’t named a replacement for Agar ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, set to begin on March 1. Agar, who was a part of the squad…
David Warner has been ruled out of the final two Tests of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series with a fractured left elbow. The Australia opener was struck by a Mohammed Siraj delivery on the opening day of the Delhi Test and although he batted to score 15 in Australia’s first innings, subsequent scans revealed a hairline…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has flown home to attend to a ‘serious family illness’ but will return later this week in time to partake in the preparations for the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series in Indore. Although unlikely, in the event that Cummins has to miss a Test, his deputy Steve Smith will…
The opening day of the Delhi Test continued to race forward at a brisk pace, with Australia continuing to score at well over three runs an over. But their improved batting show led by Usman Khawaja’s 81 was still kept in check as India chipped away, adding three more to the wickets column to restrict Australia to…
Grace Harris’s game-changing 2-7 followed by Megan Schutt’s four-fer and unbroken century opening stand helped Australia post a statement 10-wicket win, ending Sri Lanka’s unbeaten run in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2023, in Gqeberha on Thursday (February 16). Despite a promising start from their openers, Sri Lanka were tied down to a lowly 112/8 after Harris’s…
Ahead of his 100th Test match in Delhi against Australia, India’s No. 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, the 13th Indian to get to the landmark, recollected some of the most challenging knocks and bowlers that he’s faced over his 13-year career. Without sticking to just a couple, Pujara preferred to identify a few knocks that were close…
Australia have given themselves the luxury of some more time as they weigh up the inclusions of Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green for the Delhi Test starting on Friday (February 17). The two players, both recovering from their respective finger injuries, were notable absentees in Australia’s defeat at Nagpur and with the visitors seeking a quick…
