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“Even someone like Cam basically started in Shield cricket as a bowler but has not had to bowl heaps in Test matches,” Pat Cummins said. | Photo Credit: AP Australian skipper Pat Cummins said that the bowling workload of all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh will be raised more during the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series…
Australia’s Nathan Lyon, left, hands the ball to teammate Josh Hazlewood on the second day of their cricket test match against the West Indies in Adelaide. | Photo Credit: AP Ace off-spinner Nathan Lyon has already started his homework on rising batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal with England spinner Tom Hartley’s inputs on the southpaw safely…
Pat Cummins of Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Australia Test captain Pat Cummins has taken an eight-week break to re-energise himself in his quest to lift the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India later this year. Cummins, who recently returned from the United States following his maiden stint in Major League Cricket, was rested for…
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Former Australian opener David Warner in action during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Warner, in his instagram post, said “I am also open to playing for Australia in the Champions trophy if selected.” | Photo Credit: Reuters David Warner has declared his international career a “closed chapter” but at the same time, the Australian batting…
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A still from ‘The Test’ Around halfway of the second episode of the latest season of The Test, drama erupts. English batter Jonny Bairstow ducks a bouncer, the ball goes to the keeper and the batter walks out of the crease. Pretty much a normal thing that happens during a Test match, you’d think. But…
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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s skipper Pat Cummins with the IPL 2024 trophy during a press conference on the eve of the Indian Premier League (IPL) final match, in Chennai, on May 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI While the Indian Premier League is all about the big Indian names and international stars earning the big bucks, the…
Last December, when Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins went for over ₹45 crore collectively at the auction, it looked like the Indian Premier League market had gone berserk. Recency bias was the oft-cited explanation, for the two speedsters had played an instrumental role in Australia’s 50-over World Cup win just a month earlier. It didn’t…
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A splendid bowling effort, masterminded by left-arm spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday and march into its third Indian Premier League final. Needing 176 to win, RR seemed on course at 65 for one, only for Shahbaz (4-0-23-3) and…
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Watch | Nathan Lyon interview | On batting on one leg, ‘The Test’ and IPL 2024 Nathan Lyon hobbles and limps gingerly as he walks out to bat to a cheering audience at the Lord’s Cricket Ground. Batting on one leg and visibly in discomfort due to a calf injury, Nathan would go on to…
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Captain Hardik Pandya’s pace and veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla’s craft put the brakes on Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting line-up before Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma’s scintillating display with the willow gave Mumbai Indians a rare win this season. Riding on Suryakumar’s 51-ball unbeaten 102, studded with 12 fours and six sixes, and his unbroken third-wicket association…