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Cameron Green has declared himself fit for the third Test against India. The all-rounder missed the first two Tests recuperating from a finger injury. Australia had decided against pushing his return even though he was practicing in Delhi ahead of the second Test. “It was just a few instances in the nets where I’d maybe…
Harry Brook continued to make Test match batting look easy as the 24-year-old scored his fourth Test hundred in just his sixth appearance in the format on Day 1 in Basin Reserve. Brook was well on course for his maiden double ton but showers in the final session brought an early end to the day,…
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…
Harry Brook continued to show how special he was as he consolidated on his fifth successive Test fifty scored in the first session with a scintillating 107-ball 100 – fourth in just his sixth Test appearance – as England took control of the proceedings at Basin Reserve at Tea break on Day 1. Joe Root…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will move out of its headquarters in the Wankhede premises in South Mumbai. The shift has been necessitated as the BCCI has decided to go in for renovation of the Cricket Centre. It will vacate the building in about a week. Till the completion of the…
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…
Mitchell Perry claimed a second-innings five-fer as Victoria romped home to victory inside three days against South Australia, strengthening their push to make the Sheffield Shield final. Set a target of 368 in the fourth innings, the visitors collapsed for 190, succumbing to a big defeat. Perry took 5 for 64 in SA’s second dig…
Cricket makes atheists of South Africans. They have no faith that their teams will play properly when it matters, a belief buried deep from years of watching them lose important games. It’s not that the fans demand their teams win, just that they don’t crumble under pressure. That has been too much to ask too…
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…
Matthew Short followed up his first-innings 70 with a rapid 119 as Victoria extended their dominance over South Australia in another fast-moving day at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. At Stumps on Day 2, the hosts held an overall lead of 340 runs with two second-innings wickets still in the bag. Victoria had edged ahead…