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Brisbane’s big wet looms as India’s best chance of saving the third Test against Australia, after the tourists slumped to 51-4 after a miserable day three for them at the Gabba.
In between seven rain delays, one aborted start and an early finish due to bad light, Australia were all out for 445 before Mitchell Starc stamped his authority with the ball.
Continue reading...Australia is in a dominant position in the Third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Brisbane but faces a task to beat the weather as well as India after another rain-marred day at the Gabba.
England have made a wretched start to their unrealistic chase of 658 to win the third Test on Monday, after a Kane Williamson century rammed home New Zealand’s advantage.
The Sixers are battling an early BBL injury crisis that has left two of their key players in severe doubt for Saturday’s Sydney Smash against the Thunder.
Jason Gillespie has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board in the wake of his stunning decision to walk away as the country’s Test coach.
Indian weapon Yashasvi Jaiswal flicked ball into the Australian huddle during his warm-up, and then was dismissed after playing an eerily similar shot off the bowling of Mitchell Starc.
The respected cricket commentator Isa Guha has issued an apology after she referred to the Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as a “primate” during the third Test against Australia.
Guha was commentating for Fox Sports during the first session of play on day two of the match in Brisbane when she made the remark.
Continue reading...Respected international commentator Isa Guha has directly addressed concerns about remarks she made in yesterday’s cricket coverage.
Brisbane’s dreary weather stands in the way of Australia taking a 2-1 lead over India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a miserable third day at the Gabba.
Rohit Sharma must be sick of the sight of Travis Head at this point.
Melbourne Stars all-round Hilton Cartwright has been cleared of serious injury after hurting his neck in a distressing incident in the Big Bash League season opener in Perth.
Steve Smith, Gabba, century. Not a surprising combination of words, for a player with a 10th of his career runs at the venue, one decent innings away from taking that number past 1,000. More surprising given the way that contemporary Smith has been grinding away for a long while without notable success, an engine revving that won’t turn over.
His hundred on day two of the third Test against India on Sunday was his fourth in Brisbane, and could not have been more different to the other three. India in 2014 and Pakistan in 2016 were breezy, boundaries flying, Smith in purple pomp. England in 2017 was a masterpiece of concentration, 326 balls faced, striking at barely 40, batting eight and a half hours to hold together an innings that was slipping away. Never had he worked harder, yet even at its toughest, it still never seemed that he would actually get out. He was so good that success seemed preordained.
Continue reading...Travis Head and Steve Smith demolished India’s bowlers on day two at the Gabba, combining for a 241-run partnership as Australia seized control of the third Test.
The Perth Scorchers opened their BBL14 account with a six-wicket win, but the match was marred by “awful” scenes amid an injury to West Aussie Hilton Cartwright.
New Zealand quick Matt Henry’s stranglehold on England opening batter Zak Crawley as the visitors’ hopes of a series clean sweep all but evaporated, capitulating on day two of the third Test to trail New Zealand by 340 runs.