Author: Sandip Pawar

England captain Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett completed the formalities on the fourth day of the Karachi Test to complete what was one of the most dominant away series wins. The visitors thrashed Pakistan by eight wickets in the third Test as they became the first team to register a clean sweep on Pakistani soil. Chasing only 167, England were in a hurry to finish the match on the third day itself but they were 55 runs short. It took Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett just 38 minutes to mow that down on the fourth day morning. Duckett remained unbeaten on a superb 82…

England seamer Ollie Robinson revealed he was struggling to get on the field 12 months back and feared he might not play cricket again due to injuries. The 29-year-old played a crucial role in England’s famous Test series win in Pakistan as the right-arm seamer picked eight wickets in two matches so far, including 4 for 50 in the fourth innings of the Rawalpindi Test. Robinson spent almost 10 months on the sidelines due to recurring back issues. He was ruled out of March tour of the West Indies and then missed a major chunk of County cricket with Surrey. Speaking to Sky…

Team India veteran Dinesh Karthik reflected on why the national can’t replicate England’s Bazball brand of Test cricket at present. England’s refreshing positive brand in Test cricket ever since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, having taken over as the captain and coach respectively earlier this year, has been fetching them strong results since. The side have won eight of the nine Tests in the period, which includes the first two games of the ongoing three-match series in Pakistan. Credit: BCCI KL Rahul, who is captaining India in the ongoing first of two Tests in Bangladesh, had said that India would play aggressive cricket with…

India women collapsed from 106/2 to 123/6 inside three overs as they failed to chase 173 against Australia at Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur felt that playing too many dot balls was the reason they lost to Australia in the third T20 international on Wednesday. Chasing 173, India played 55 dot balls as they fell 21 runs short of the target and conceded 2-1 lead to the visitors at Brabourne Stadium. “After getting them on 170-odd runs, we really thought we can chase this total. We played too many dot balls in the middle. After getting a boundary,…

England fast bowler Mark Wood said he wondered at one point if he would have to focus on white-ball cricket only, with the amount of injuries hampering his career. Wood produced one of his best performances in red-ball cricket in the Multan Test against Pakistan to hand England a historic series win. However, things haven’t been easy for the speedster with plenty of injuries to deal with, and admitted that he had concerns he would have to play white-ball cricket only. He was exceptional on the final day of the Multan Test by 26 runs, where he broke open the match with…

If there is one team Steve Smith – arguably best after Donald Bradman – hasn’t conquered in his glorious Test career, it is South Africa. The Proteas bowling coach Charl Langeveldt believes his men can continue having an edge over Australia’s premier batter when they take on the hosts in the upcoming Test series. Smith scored his first Test versus the Proteas in 2014, but hasn’t had a great run since. Smith’s average of 41.53 in nine matches against South Africa is his lowest against any country, barring Bangladesh, against whom he has played only two Tests.  Speaking ahead of the…

Australia will miss the services of one of their premier seamers Josh Hazlewood in the series opener against South Africa, which begins on December 17 at the Gabba. The 31-year-old had to miss the second Test versus the West Indies at Adelaide due to side strain. Meanwhile, skipper Pat Cummins, who also had to miss the pink ball Test, is expected to fully recover from quad strain before they take on the Proteas. The selectors announced a 14-member squad on Monday morning, with Lance Morris retaining his spot after he received a maiden call-up for the second Test against the Windies. …

India wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik thinks there is a good chance the Bangladesh series could be the end of Shikhar Dhawan in Indian colours. The veteran cricketer thinks Dhawan could be dropped for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka in the wake of the series loss to Bangladesh. The 37-year-old Dhawan has had a forgettable time in One-Day Internationals this year, scoring 688 runs at an average of 34.40 while striking at just 74.21. He has been dismissed in single digits in three of his last four innings.  Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Rohit Sharma (@rohitsharma45) Kishan…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has revealed its initial plan for the women’s IPL. The window they have earmarked is March 3 to 26. The WIPL could start a week after the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup final, which is set to be played on February 26 in South Africa. The men’s IPL is likely to begin on April 1, with both tournaments to be played in India. The board announced the media-rights tender for the first five seasons of the tournament on Friday, with the deadline for picking up the tender being December 31. The board…

Veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said while England are playing well in Test cricket with an attacking approach, doing that in varied conditions could prove to be a stiff challenge. England have taken world cricket by storm since Ben Stokes took over the captaincy with Brendon McCullum as the coach. With their mantra of ‘Bazball’, England have gone on to do unthinkable things in Test cricket. On the ongoing tour of Pakistan, Stokes’ team produced a win when a result looked nearly impossible for the first four days. On a Rawalpindi pitch where bowlers had hardly anything to work with, England managed to claim a…