Matthew Hayden said that he is not a fan of Michael di Venuto for his work as Australia batting coach, emphasising that it was not a personal attack.
Brevis is the most expensive player in the history of the SA20 auction. He was bought for R16.5 million by the Pretoria Captials
Match referee Jeff Crowe has said the pitch was “unsatisfactory”. “The MCG pitch was too much in favour of the bowlers,” Crowe said
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She hails from Andhra’s rural landscape, had little sporting forebears or systematic guidance in childhood, but the hurdles melted in her quest for achieving her dream
With the promoted Travis Head taking his opening spot, Khawaja batted at number four in the third Adelaide Test and number five in the fourth match in Melbourne.
A veteran of one Test, 30 ODIs, 18 T20Is and 45 T20 games in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), Kristen Beams joined Mumbai Indians as spin-bowling coach.
With 133 needed off 106 balls at that stage, Australia would've sensed a chance to close in.
Jacob Bethell played a crucial role in the second innings chase of England scoring 40 runs as they won the fourth test by six wickets in Melbourne.
Six teams in the Elite groups and one team in the Plate group remain unbeaten in Vijay Hazare Trophy after third round.
The 24-year-old, who has been batting at number three in the competition, walked out to bat in the 15th over and stayed right till the end, powering his side to 369/7 after 50 overs.
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Down-in-the-dumps England have called up 27-year-old Matthew Potts to come into the team for the fifth Test which starts from January 4.
Cricket: CA’s chief of cricket, James Allsopp, was confident that the stadium would bounce back and deliver a better pitch for the centenary Test between England and Australia to be held in March 2027
"I am talking about the hypocrisy. The match ended in two days in Perth. The ICC rates it a very good surface," noted Chopra
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Renuka Singh Thakur and Harleen Deol trace their development to the facility specialising in women cricketers coming from around the state and beyond
"Whatever happens, it will happen on an equal footing with India," said Naqvi
Gavaskar also slammed the double standards of the match referees, saying that if the batters manage to score more runs, pitches are rated poor, and if the bowlers pick wickets, they are good. “
Harmanpreet was seen worked up towards the end while instructing her teammates towards the end of Sri Lanka's innings in the second half of the game.
Nortje has played just two games for South Africa in the last 18 months and was out of action from October 2024 to April 2025 and from May to November this year while recovering from his injuries.
Smriti Mandhana produced her best innings of the series, and Vaishnavi Sharma impressed again as India maintained their winning run in the series.
Since his test debut in the Ashes opener in Perth, Weatherald's average is under 21 and it has been dragged down by scores of 10 and 5 in the loss against England on a tough pitch in the fourth Test in Melbourne.
India, who had already sealed the series, made two changes to the XI: Jemimah Rodrigues and Kranti Gaud are out while Harleen Deol and Arundhati Reddy come in.
Alastair Cook slammed the surface that was used for the 2025-26 Ashes Test, calling it ‘sub-standard’, citing how batters like Joe Root and Steve Smith had found it hard to bat on that surface.







