It’s alive. Aliiiiiive. The Boxing Day Test has been a dead affair for years, but finally we’ve got one that counts.
The first eight days of this series were remarkably peaceful given the animosity of recent encounters between India and Australia. Now, Virat Kohli’s incessant sledging has lit the fuse.
It had been 288 days since Australia won a Test match – the 118-run defeat of South Africa at Durban, with Steve Smith at the helm.
Australia have squared up the Border-Gavaskar series with a commanding 146-run win over India in the second Test at Optus Stadium.
Australia have levelled the Test series with India at one match apiece, after a blistering second innings with the ball saw the visitors get rolled for 140 and steer the Aussies to a 146-run victory.
India’s blunder in not selecting a spinner for the second Test haunted them yesterday as Nathan Lyon bowled Australia to within striking distance of a rousing win in Perth.
The Hobart Hurricanes will be looking to go one step further in the 2018-19 Big Bash League after making the grand final last time around, but things don’t look quite as positive for BBL|08.
The best short-form cricket competition in the world is back, figuratively and literally bigger than ever. Each week we’ll be running through the games, power rankings style.
Australia’s fragile batting line-up was further undermined yesterday when Aaron Finch suffered a finger injury and Peter Handscomb’s technique was exposed yet again on a high-octane day of Test cricket in Perth.
In the universe of Indian cricket everything revolves around Virat Kohli. He is their leader on and off the field and undoubtedly their best batsman.
With the BBL firing up on Wednesday, 19 December, it’s time to look into each team’s chances for the tournament.
The Adelaide Test brought up many topics for discussion, but one that seems to have slipped through the cracks is a worrying trend that’s become more and more prevalent in recent years: The refusal of international umpires to call no balls.
If ever two wrongs made a right, it was the Test cricketing peach served up by Australia and India in the city of churches.
Not long after Virat Kolhi’s dismissal in the second innings of the Perth test, Aussie captain Tim Paine was heard sharing his opinion of the Indian skipper
Australia set India a monster target on an unpredictable wicket but the tourists got their run chase off to the worst possible start
On an unpredictable pitch, Nathan Lyon copped a vicious blow to the helmet from the unstoppable Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami put in a brutal shift after lunch on day 4
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread.
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread.
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Also you forgot Head!
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