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[ad_1] England is aiming to become the first touring team to win two Tests on a tour of India since 2012 and Ben Stokes is confident his team can challenge the hosts yet again in the series finale. Despite having already lost the series, Stokes dismissed suggestions England has gone backwards. In fact, he claimed … Read more
[ad_1] Black Caps coach Gary Stead has confessed New Zealand’s misreading of home pitches is becoming a concern, admitting the hosts got their selection “wrong” for the first Test against Australia in Wellington. New Zealand picked four fast bowlers for last week’s series opener at the Basin Reserve, sidelining strike spinner Mitchell Santner. However, the … Read more
[ad_1] Australia is in a commanding position to claim the first Test of the series against New Zealand in Wellington despite enduring a testing second innings on an entertaining day of cricket. Nightwatchman Nathan Lyon got the tourists off to a strong start on Saturday when scoring 41, but that proved to the best performance … Read more
[ad_1] Australia ventures across the Tasman for its final assignment of the Test summer, a two-match campaign against New Zealand. The sporting rivalry between the two nations is fierce, but one-sided — the Black Caps have not won a Test match against Australia on home soil since 1993, suffering nine defeats and a loss since. … Read more
[ad_1] England spinner Shoaib Bashir has received his visa for India and will join the touring team this weekend, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Britain-born Bashir, a 20-year-old Muslim of Pakistani heritage, was unable to join the rest of the squad flying to India from a training camp in Abu Dhabi and remained … Read more
[ad_1] England is about to embark on quite possibly the most daunting task in competitive sport – a Test tour of India. The subcontinent juggernaut’s dominance on home soil is well-documented, with India winning 16 consecutive Test series since the start of 2013, suffering just three defeats in 47 matches. India has only lost one … Read more