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Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne struck half-centuries on Monday to help Australia draw the fourth and final test against India, as the home side retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 series victory in Ahmedabad. India took a 91-run first innings lead on Sunday to put themselves in an unbeatable position heading into the final…
In an interesting conversation between Virat Kohli and umpire Nitin Menon, the former Indian skipper was heard saying, “Mai hota toh out tha,” during Day 5 of the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad. The incident took place just before the Lunch when R Ashwin bowled the fourth delivery of his 14th over to Travis…
Former Australian pacer Michael Kasprowicz said Australia picked the wrong team for the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad where the visitors retained three spinners taking the field with only one front-line pace bowler in Mitchell Starc. Speaking on on SENQ Breakfast program, Kasprowicz said,” I’m going to call it nose and toes. As a…
On Friday, pitches in Nagpur and New Delhi were rated “average” by the ICC while the pitch for the Indore Test was rated “poor” by match referee Chris Broad. Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar wasn’t happy with the verdict and called it a ‘harsh’ decision. Foaming at the mouth, Gavaskar gave a cruel reminder to…
If Women’s Premier League (WPL) could speak, those would have perhaps been its first words too. But Harmanpreet Kaur was particularly apologetic here for the hour-long delay in getting her scheduled pre-match media ritual underway. Not long after, she brought out her most candid self in a press conference, giving a lowdown on how the…
Despite a collapse that saw Australia lose their last six wickets for 12 runs, the visitors finished with a possibly pivotal lead of 88 runs, before the Indian openers cleared 13 runs from the deficit, at Lunch on the second day of the Indore Test. Starting the day with a lead of 47, Cameron Green…
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…
Smriti Mandhana’s 87 off 56 and rain together conspired to deny Ireland in Gqeberha and launched India into the semifinal of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup. Chasing a target of 156, Ireland were stopped in their tracks by inclement weather at St George’s Park. Then at 54/2 in the ninth over, Laura Delany’s side…
Devon Conway’s assured, unbeaten 72has helped New Zealand resurrect their innings and reach 138 for 5 at Tea on Day 2 of the first Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, on Friday. Resuming the second day on 37 for 3, Conway got going right away, cracking three boundaries off Stuart Broad in the first…
