Category: Cricket

Australian captain Steve Smith’s incredible year continued as he notched his second Test double century on the third day of the third Ashes Test against England at the WACA Ground on Saturday. Smith and Mitchell Marsh carried the home side past the English first innings total with a massive fifth-wicket partnership that appeared to shatter the tourists’ resolve. Resuming on […]

Veteran speedster Lasith Malinga has not been picked in the Sri Lanka T20 squad for the three-match series against India, starting December 20. The first match will be played at Cuttack on December 20 followed by matches in Indore and Mumbai on December 22 and 24 respectively. Squad: Thisara Perera(c), Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Janith Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Niroshan […]

Former World Cup-winning captain Steve Waugh’s son Austin has been included in Australia’s 15- man squad for the Under-19 World Cup, to be held in New Zealand next month. The side led by Jason Sangha also includes Will Sutherland, son of Cricket Australia’s (CA) chief executive James Sutherland. Sutherland Jr is the vice-captain of the side. In 2016, Waugh had […]

Cricket Australia says it will cooperate with the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit investigation into a British newspaper report that bookmakers have offered to fix parts of the third Ashes test. The Sun newspaper in Britain published purported evidence of bookmakers offering to sell details of rigged periods of play for betting purposes, or so-called spot fixing, in the test […]

Rohit Sharma stepped into a realm few can hope to enter. His third One-Day International double hundred was a clinical exhibition of punishing batsmanship by a man under pressure to perform. He had lost his first match as captain, failed as a batsman, and had critics breathing down his neck. But one magical knock changed all that. It was cold […]

Rohit Sharma scored his third one day international double-century in the second match against Sri Lanka in Mohali on Wednesday, helping India surge to 392 for 4. Rohit is the only batsman in the world to score two or more double-tons in one day internationals. Rohit, also filling in as captain in Virat Kohli’s absence, smashed 13 fours and 12 […]