Author: Sandip Pawar

Having bagged an unassailable 3-0 lead, Australia will host England in the fourth Test of the Ashes at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 5. The much anticipated Ashes 2021-22 turned out to be a one-sided affair with little to no fight from England. Australia have continued their dominance over their arch-rivals at home and have already secured the Urn with an unassailable lead of 3-0. The series began with the hosts claiming a nine-wicket victory over England at the Gabba. In the second one in the Adelaide Oval day-night Test, Australia defeated the visitors by 275 runs despite missing two of their star pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.…

The three-match Test series between India and South Africa moves to Johannesburg, where the two teams will battle it out in the second match at the Wanderers Stadium from January 3 to 7. India will head into the Test with a series lead of 1-0 after a monumental victory at Centurion. Virat Kohli’s team registered a historic win in the first Test at Centurion, beating the hosts by 113 runs. KL Rahul’s 123 in the first innings helped India post a good total of 327 on a tough batting wicket. The Proteas, in response, were bowled out for 197, handing the visitors a lead of 130. Credit:…

Englan’s premier bowler James Anderson asked the ECB to redress the balance between the formats and to improve the pitches in county cricket. After losing the Ashes 2021-22 down under in just 12 days, the knives are out for the England cricket team. England have been abysmal in the first three Tests, and the Boxing Day Test was even more embarrassing for them, having been hammered in just over two days. Anderson feels the problem lies in the prioritisation of white-ball cricket and has asked the England and Wales Cricket Board to redress the balance. After the innings defeat at MCG, England captain Joe…

The former India head coach stated the need for the captain and coach to have a say in the team selection after his comments that he wasn’t happy with the 2019 ODI World Cup squad. Ravi Shastri has opened up on his stint as the head coach of the Indian cricket team, where they touched new heights of success in Test cricket. He had earlier made comments to the Times of India that he did not understand why the MSK Prasad-led selection committee picked three wicketkeepers in the squad for the ODI World Cup. Speaking on a Star Sports show, Shastri said…

SRH official Twitter handle took a potshot at David Warner after the player doubted they will have a good mega auction. The relationship between David Warner and his former IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad turned sour during the 2021 edition. The Australian has been vocal on social media about his mistreatment from the management, especially Tom Moody. The saga took an ugly turn when both parties had potshots at each other on social media. On Tuesday, after Moody tweeted about Australia’s dominant victory over England in the Ashes, an SRH fan requested him to have a good outing in the upcoming mega auction. Warner quoted that tweet and notoriously said,…

Ex-South Africa cricketer Morne Morkel heaped praises on Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 111 in the Centurion Test in the 2010-11 series. Sachin Tendulkar has 100 international centuries to his credit, and his twin centuries in South Africa rank as two of the most high-class knocks. The former Proteas pacer Morne Morkel feels Tendulkar’s unbeaten 111 at Centurion was almost a faultless knock.  Tendulkar scored a sublime century in the second innings of the first of the three Tests against Dale Steyn and Morkel, who were both at peak of their powers. Those were very seam-friendly conditions at Centurion, which for years has been a fortress for…

Virat Kohli’s wait for the 71st international century continues as he nicked a delivery to first slip in the first of three Tests in South Africa. The legendary SA player Shaun Pollock felt Kohli would be pretty disappointed with the way he got out. At the start of third session, he chased a wide outswinging delivery by Lungi Ngidi and handed an easy catch to Wiaan Mulder at first slip. The Indian skipper played a composed, controlled 35-run knock, in which he scored a couple of his trademark cover drives. But this delivery was almost on the 11th stump, and going after it proved…

The Ashes caravan has reached the prestigious Boxing-Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia and England will lock horns in the third Test from December 26. Joe Root’s men will be desperate to stay alive in the series while the hosts will be eyeing an unassailable lead. Australia at their home have always been dominant, and this Ashes series is no different. Pat Cummins-led side hammered the visitors by nine wickets in the series opener at the Gabba. In the following match – a day-night affair at Adelaide, Australia posted 473/9 in the first innings on the back of Marnus Labuschagne’s century…

India’s tour of South Africa will kick off with the Boxing Day Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. The two teams will compete from December 26 for a series victory as well as crucial points towards the World Test Championship. The Indian Test team has achieved remarkable feats such as twin series victories in Australia, a series win in the West Indies and leading the scoreline to 2-1 in England before the fifth Test was postponed. The SA tour is the next challenge for this team and an opportunity for them to truly cement their legacy as one of the greatest Test sides…

Jofra Archer to miss England’s winter tours to the West Indies in January and March after undergoing second surgery on his elbow. England’s premier fast bowler Archer doesn’t seem to be getting any respite as he has been further sidelined from action until the next summer. On December 11, he underwent a second surgery on his injured elbow in London to “address the long-standing stress fracture of his right elbow.” “A return to cricket will be determined in time, but Jofra will not be available for any of England’s remaining Winter series,”the ECB said in a statement on Tuesday.  Archer…