Author: Sandip Pawar

The match no. 18 of the Big Bash League 2021-22 will have a clash between Jimmy Pierson’s Brisbane Heat and Peter Siddle’s Adelaide Strikers. On December 23, both teams will be desperate for a win after a slow start to the season. Brisbane Heat are placed seventh on the points table with only one win from four matches. They have four points to their name, courtesy of a win and a Bash Boost point, while their net run-rate reads -0.732. The Heat suffered back to back losses at the hands of Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers at the beginning of their campaign. They tasted their…

CSA’s 4-day franchise series has been postponed to 2022 amidst the fourth wave of coronavirus in South Africa. Cricket South Africa confirmed that the final round fixtures of South Africa’s premier domestic competition, four-day franchise series, have been postponed to 2022. CSA’s acting CEO, Pholetsi Moseki, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Sunday’s four fixtures had been postponed due to the increasing Covid-19 cases in the country over the past few weeks. “Ultimately these games being played outside a bio-secure environment made it difficult for us to continue with them,”he said.  Earlier, Division 2 matches between December 2 and 5 and December 16 and…

Sydney Sixers will host Adelaide Strikers in the 16th match of the BBL 2021-22 at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday (December 21). Sydney Sixers and Adelaide Strikers are all set to lock horns in match no. 16 of the Big Bash League 2021-22. The two teams will meet at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The Sixers, led by Moises Henriques, are sitting in the top two on the points table with 11 points from four matches and a very good net run-rate of +1.66. They started the season well with back to back victories over Melbourne Stars and Hobart…

India’s 17-year-old batting sensation Shafali Verma is well aware of her issues against the short-ball bowling type and has been training hard with India’s Under-25 bowlers to rectify it. Verma, who made her international debut for India at the age of 15, has become a superstar and has formed a reliable, explosive opening partnership in women’s cricket alongside Smriti Mandhana. However, Shafali has a chink in her armour, which was exploited by the opposing bowlers on the England and Australia tours. Verma was peppered with short pitch deliveries at her body, against which she didn’t look comfortable. To rectify her weakness, Verma has been facing…

We’re into the third week of the Big Bash League 2021-22 action, with the teams looking to charge towards the top spots on the points table. In this return fixture we will witness Sydney Thunder take on Brisbane Heat at the Gabba stadium in Brisbane on December 19.  Both teams have struggled to get their campaign off to a flying start and are reeling at the bottom three. Sydney Thunder defeated the Heat in the first game but then lost the next two against Melbourne Stars. In the last game, they could only manage 150 from 20 overs even with an…

The Aussies consolidated on their first day dominance over England as they stretched their first innings total to 473/8 on the second day of the Adelaide day-night Test. After declaring the innings and putting England in to bat under the lights for the last hour, Australia claimed 2 for 17 before the lightning stopped the play. Marnus Labuschagne, who was unbeaten on 95 overnight, completed his sixth century in the red-ball format. But the star of the day was Steve Smith, who returned back among runs with a sublime knock but unfortunately fell short of a hundred by seven. Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser picked…

After four days of a rather one-sided affair at the Gabba, the Ashes 2021-22 caravan moves to the Adelaide Oval for a day-night pink ball Test. England will take on Australia in a bid to bounce back and level the series in the second Test, starting from December 16. England’s tour down under got off to the worst possible start, getting dismantled for 147 in the first innings. The visitors had their moments, reducing Australia to 195/5 after a 156-run partnership from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. But Travis Head’s spectacular knock of 152 off 148 balls completely took the game away from the English side. Trailing by 278 runs in the second innings, England got themselves a…

After a hiatus of more than a couple of years, the Pro Kabaddi League will be back on December 22. The best players return to the mat, and it promises to be an exciting tournament with 12 teams fighting it out at the Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel and Convention Centre. In this article, 1x.news preview the most successful team in the league, Patna Pirates, along with the inaugural champions Jaipur Pink Panthers and underachievers Telugu Titans. Patna Pirates After winning a hat-trick of titles, the Pirates were lacklustre in the previous two seasons as they failed to qualify for the playoffs. They have…

The match no. 13 of the Big Bash League 2021-22 will have Sydney Sixers taking on Melbourne Stars at their own backyard Melbourne Cricket Ground. The two teams, who met in the season opener at Sydney, will battle it out in this return fixture on Wednesday. The two-time defending champions Sydney Sixers have got this season off to a good start, claiming 7 points from three matches with a net run-rate of +2.10. Moises Henriques’ men obliterated the Stars in the first game by 152 runs before registering a 14-run victory over Hobart Hurricanes. In the third game, however, they were defeated by…

The Indian team will be undergoing a three-day quarantine from Sunday, December 12 before flying out to South Africa for three Tests and three ODIs. The Indian contingent for the upcoming tour of South Africa will be put through a quarantine period of three days in Mumbai before they take off for Johannesburg. India are scheduled to play a three-match Test series, followed by a three-match ODI series in South Africa, starting December 26. According to reports, the players are instructed to check into a five-star hotel near the Mumbai International Airport by December 12. After completing the bio-security protocols, the squad will fly out to Johannesburg on December…