Joe Root has backed Gus Atkinson to play a key role in shaping England’s fast-bowling attack following James Anderson’s emotional farewell at Lord’s. Anderson played his final Test for England after a glittering career that featured 704 wickets in the five-day format – more than any other quick in history. England batter Root labelled Anderson …
Former Australia captain Kim Hughes has lashed out at the team management and selectors for elevating Steve Smith to the role of Test opener and ignoring Cameron Bancroft in the squad. After David Warner’s retirement, Australia will play their first Test match on Wednesday against West Indies as Smith is expected to open the innings …
The entire buildup to the 2023 Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has been about one man in Australia. Approaching a probable retirement from the longest format of the game, David Warner has been the name on everyone’s lips in the ongoing three-match Test series against Pakistan. The end of day one of …
NEW DELHI: After a tepid performance in the series opener, the young Indian bowling unit is gearing up to face the formidable Australian batting line-up in the second T20 on Sunday. Despite securing a narrow two-wicket win in the first game at Visakhapatnam, India’s bowlers, with the exception of pacer Mukesh Kumar, struggled to contain …
In the midst of the silence that engulfed the arena stood Virat Kohli, his vacant stare wandering into the skies, with the forlorn look of someone betrayed. He puffed his cheeks out in anguish and ruffled his hair, in unusual disorder, with long cold fingers, as he waited impatiently for the torture of collecting the …
News Sports Cricket India vs Australia: Suryakumar Yadav to lead Indian team in T20I series at home vs World Cup champions Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru. India’s Suryakumar Yadav during the Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium …
News Sports Cricket World Cup 2023 Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell’s wife Vini Raman hits back at trolls over ‘hateful vile DMs’ Meanwhile, Australian cricketer David Warner apologised to Indian fans on social media. (LEFT) Vini Raman with her toddler during the World Cup final; (LEFT) Australia’s Glenn Maxwell celebrates with his medal after winning the …
EMOTION ran high among the Indian players as they walked back to the dressing room after coming second-best by a distance to Australia in the World Cup final. It was a feeling of disappointment at not realising the dreams of more than a billion people. The trophy that had eluded them since 2011 remained out …
Just as the sun shed its scorch, with the afternoon drifting to the evening, swathes of schoolchildren in white uniforms began their flag-spreading drill rehearsals. Four of them held onto one side of the flag — those of all 10 nations in the World Cup were unfurled, first with enthusiasm and then with lethargy, The …
If there is a defining shot of this World Cup, it’s the imperious down-the-pitch charge to seamers by India captain Rohit Sharma. If there is one defining ball from the 2015 World Cup final, it’s Mitchell Starc’s devilish yorker that clattered the stumps of the advancing Brendon McCullum, New Zealand’s talisman. Rohit versus Starc could …