Category: Cricket

South Africa narrowly avoided an 18-year low against Pakistan on Sunday to book their spot in the World Test Championship Final, with their tail successfully chasing a tedious fourth-innings target of 148.

Marnus Labuschagne believes Sam Konstas’s antics helped inspire the best of Jasprit Bumrah but the Australian No.3 has loved every moment of a Boxing Day Test heading for a thrilling finale on Monday in Melbourne.

A potentially match-defining partnership from Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland has thrown the Boxing Day Test right back on its head, on a day’s play where India once had one hand on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Superman may have been able to leap tall buildings in a single bound but we bet he didn’t have a wrist that could flick a cricket ball at 60km/h.

The Australian selectors at times have to make tough calls to drop players from the Test squad.

India captain Rohit Sharma has come under fire after directing his fury, rather than support, towards young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal after a key drop in Australia’s second innings in the Boxing Day Test.

The Perth Scorchers could be without Josh Inglis for the remainder of the Big Bash League after the wicketkeeper sustained a calf injury during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

After taking the world by storm in his Boxing Day debut innings, Sam Konstas’ on-field theatrics were matched Indian superstar Jasprit Bumrah after his dismissal on Sunday.

Records have tumbled in Bulawayo overnight, with batters guns Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi easily eclipsing Afghanistan’s highest ever Test partnership.

Australian captain Pat Cummins was left baffled after the hosts were denied a potential wicket on day four of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG following a “rushed” decision from the third umpire.

South African fast bowler Marco Jansen admitted that his team faced a challenge after Pakistan took three quick wickets late on the third day of the first Test at SuperSport Park on Saturday with the hosts chasing 148 runs for victory.

India will need to complete the highest successful run chase at the MCG in Test history to win the Boxing Day contest after Australia’s lower-order wagged on an enthralling fourth day in Melbourne.

Scott Boland has confirmed strike bowler Mitchell Starc is feeling a niggle around the ribs but is confident the star quick will do his utmost to secure Australia a Boxing Day Test triumph over the next two days in Melbourne.