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[ad_1] New Zealand is on the cusp of ending a 31-year drought against Australia after completely dominating proceedings on the third day of the Test being held in Christchurch. The last time New Zealand defeated Australia in a Test match on home soil was in 1993 when Danny Morrison nabbed 6-37 in the opening innings … Read more
[ad_1] New Zealand has the lead but Australia marginally holds the upper-hand after an enthralling second day of the Trans-Tasman Trophy Test underway in Christchurch. The Kiwis did well to bowl Australia out for 256 after they started the day at 4-124, particularly as Nathan Lyon and Marnus Labuschagne had the upper hand early. Labuschagne … Read more
[ad_1] Indian cricket supremo Roger Benny says England only has one man to blame after another spectacular capitulation on Day 1 of the Fifth Test. England collapsed to 218 all out on day one in Dharamsala, as Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav ripped through the opposition top and middle-order after the tourists elected to bat in … Read more
[ad_1] Australia has claimed a dominant 172-run victory over New Zealand in the opening Test of the series with Nathan Lyon producing a superb bowling performance on the fourth morning of the match in Wellington. Lyon claimed his first five-wicket haul in New Zealand, and the 24th of his decorated career, to help Australia bowl … Read more
[ad_1] A brilliant century from Cameron Green has helped Australia to a decent position on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington, with the tourists reaching 9-278 at stumps in testing batting conditions. The 24-year-old finished with a phenomenal flourish, striking three fours in the final over of the day … Read more
[ad_1] Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets as India bowled England out for 145 on day three of the fourth Test on Sunday to set up a chase of 192 to clinch the series. India reached 40-0 at stumps, needing another 152 to win their third straight match and the five-Test series. Skipper Rohit Sharma … Read more
[ad_1] Formula 1 returns to Sakhir for the third and final day of pre-season testing (from 5.50pm AEDT). Reigning champion Max Verstappen led the field on the opening day in his drastically new-look Red Bull, before Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz set the fastest time on Thursday. Now the teams will be desperate to complete their scheduled … Read more
[ad_1] Many expected Red Bull Racing to set the time sheets alight on the second day of testing. Instead the fire it set was internal. Sergio Pérez’s day had barely got going before a front-right brake fire locked him into his garage. It was ultimately only a minor delay. His mechanics had the corner changed … Read more
[ad_1] India’s Ravichandran Ashwin withdrew from the ongoing third Test against England on Friday due to “a family medical emergency”, just hours after becoming only the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets. “Ravichandran Ashwin has withdrawn from the Test squad, effective immediately due to a family medical emergency,” said Jay Shah, the … Read more
[ad_1] Sri Lanka veteran Angelo Mathews has been involved in another bizarre dismissal, caught nine runs short of a fourth 150-plus score at Test level. Nearly three months after he was controversially ‘timed out’ at the World Cup, Mathews on Saturday was dismissed hit wicket after a delivery from Qais Ahmad that, surely by the … Read more