by [email protected] | Feb 16, 2024 | CRICKET, eng tour of ind, Lates News, Test
Due to a family issue, India’s off-spinner R Ashwin has withdrawn from the third Test against England, which is now underway in Rajkot. After the second day’s play, which saw the 37-year-old claim his 500th Test wicket, the announcement was made late on...
by [email protected] | Feb 16, 2024 | CRICKET, eng tour of ind, INDIAN TEAM, Lates News, Test
The 500th wicket of R Ashwin in the current Rajkot Test hints at the inevitable. It was unexpected and against the game’s flow that the milestone was reached in just his second over of the innings. With centurion Ben Duckett leading the assault against the...
by [email protected] | Feb 16, 2024 | CRICKET, Lates News, Test
At the very least, Kane Williamson performed the last rituals. If you have to lose a Test and be saddled with an unwelcome record that you have avoided for over 92 years, the kindest man in cricket should deliver the killing blows, not some smug aggressor.Against...
by [email protected] | Feb 10, 2024 | INDIAN TEAM, Lates News, Test
Shubman Gill played a variety of sweep strokes in the Vizag nets, including the full-blooded one in front of the square, the aerial one behind, the lap sweep, and the reverse sweep. Playing a half-squat, half-sweep, half-pull to find the boundary, he had not quite...
by [email protected] | Feb 9, 2024 | Lates News, Test
On the opening day of the first Test match against South Africa at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday, February 4, Kane Williamson went over the combined total of 29 Test hundreds held by Don Bradman and Virat Kohli. Williamson now has the second-highest number of...
by [email protected] | Feb 9, 2024 | Lates News, Test
Pacer James Anderson suggested that although India held the upper hand for most of the Vizag Test, their clumsy third innings could have been caused by England’s previous success with their hyper-aggressive style of play. On a very benign field that...
