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“It’s a pretty nice wicket, taking a bit of spin and starting to break down with a bit of (foot) traffic, but still good to bat on,” Hazlewood told the host broadcaster during the drinks break. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon was brought into the bowling attack in the eighth over. He surprised Sarel Elway, who did […]
New Zealand declared their second innings ten minutes before closing on 277–5, with Michael Bracewell hitting a career-best 74 and Tom Blundell scoring 74 – the pair sharing a 127-run partnership for the fifth wicket Of. Bracewell, however, still feels that the match can go either way. “Obviously scoring 319 on the last day is […]
The red-hot Khawaja surpassed his previous highest score of 174 made against New Zealand in Brisbane in 2015. Smith more than played his part, surpassing Bradman’s tally of 29 Test centuries with a superb pullshot off Anrich Nortje over the boundary ropes to claim a hometown century off 190 balls. He was dismissed for 104 […]
Pakistan lost in-form opener Imam-ul-Haq before reaching 224-4 at lunch on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand in Karachi on Wednesday. The home side are now 225 runs behind the visitors’ 449 in their first innings and need to reach 250 to avoid the follow-on. At the break, Saud Shakeel and […]
In the morning, Pakistan’s three-pronged pace attack looked helpless until Naseem trapped Latham lbw in the sixth over after lunch. Latham, who scored 113 in the first match, hit nine fours in his 100-ball knock, his 24th Test half-century. Conway was lucky to get a big chance when Saud Shakeel failed to hold a mis-drive […]
Pant has suffered a prolonged absence from competitive cricket and is likely to miss the four-Test Australia series starting February 9 at home, a BCCI official was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency. A maverick batsman, Pant is a mainstay of the Test team and has played a key role […]
In the post-lunch session, Sodhi dismissed Sarfaraz, Agha Salman (six) and Haque, adding only 21 runs from 27 balls. Haque and Sarfaraz had put on 85 runs for the fifth wicket before Sodhi’s dismissal had given the home side hope of rescuing a draw. He caught Sarfaraz behind, bowled Salman, then got Haque stumped out […]
Flamboyant opener David Warner battled a searing heat to score an unbeaten 135 in his 100th Test on Tuesday, completing 8,000 Test runs in the process as Australia extended their advantage against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts were 231–2 at tea on the second day of the second Test, a 42-run […]
The visiting team was also defeated 3-0 by England in the last Test series. Teams: Pakistan: Babar Azam (Captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Agha Salman, Abrar Ahmed, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Wasim, Nauman Ali New Zealand: Tim Southee (c), Michael Bracewell, Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, […]
Australia’s men’s Test Player of the Year award will be renamed in Shane Warne’s honour, officials said on Monday, in a tribute to the late spin-king in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. Considered second only to Donald Bradman in sports-mad Australia, Warne died unexpectedly in March aged just 52. The Shane Warne Men’s […]
