Batter says opening partner has paid his dues for Sandpaper-gateJohnson says he felt he ‘needed to write’ the newspaper columnUsman Khawaja has fired back at Mitchell Johnson’s criticism of Test teammate David Warner, declaring his opening partner is “…
Usman Khawaja has fired back at Mitchell Johnson’s criticism of Test teammate David Warner, declaring his opening partner is “a hero” who has paid his dues for the Sandpaper-gate scandal.
Former fast bowler Johnson said his old teammate Warner did not deserve to be given a farewell in the third Test of the summer series against Pakistan.
Continue reading...Batter says opening partner has paid his dues for Sandpaper-gateJohnson says he felt he ‘needed to write’ the newspaper columnUsman Khawaja has fired back at Mitchell Johnson’s criticism of Test teammate David Warner, declaring his opening partner is “…
Usman Khawaja has fired back at Mitchell Johnson’s criticism of Test teammate David Warner, declaring his opening partner is “a hero” who has paid his dues for the Sandpaper-gate scandal.
Former fast bowler Johnson said his old teammate Warner did not deserve to be given a farewell in the third Test of the summer series against Pakistan.
Continue reading...5th T20i: India, 8-160, beat Australia, 8-154, by six runsCaptain incensed by lack of wide call in final overAustralia captain, Matthew Wade, has been left fuming at a late umpiring blunder as India secured a dramatic six-run victory in the fifth and f…
Australia captain, Matthew Wade, has been left fuming at a late umpiring blunder as India secured a dramatic six-run victory in the fifth and final T20 clash in Bengaluru.
All-rounder Aaron Hardie (one for 21) and spinner Tanveer Sangha (one for 26) had produced strong displays with the ball as Australia restricted India to 8-160 on Sunday night (Monday AEDT).
Continue reading...Afghanistan were cruising to victory until batter’s astonishing double hundred sparks bewildering and exhausting run chaseSometimes, in any sport, all you can do is sit and look and ask: what the hell just happened? Sometimes, it defies any conventiona…
Afghanistan were cruising to victory until batter’s astonishing double hundred sparks bewildering and exhausting run chase
Sometimes, in any sport, all you can do is sit and look and ask: what the hell just happened? Sometimes, it defies any conventional understanding. Glenn Maxwell has produced more moments like this than most. This one, though, in Mumbai on Tuesday night, was the apogee. More than a moment, a string of them. An extended sequence of impossibility, one after the other spiralling off into the floodlights and the smog and the endless jubilant roar, sweat and bewilderment and metallic adrenaline in an impressionist smear.
For decades, nobody made double hundreds in one-day cricket. Belinda Clark took one off the might of Denmark, the anomaly that proved the rule. Sachin Tendulkar got the first in the men’s game, creeping to the mark in 2010. Nine others have done it since, but all in the first innings, beating up a team from well on top. They were brilliant exhibitions without the pressure. Nobody had ever done it in a run chase, from miles behind, needing to win a game on their own.
Continue reading...Australia, 293-7, beat Afghanistan, 291-5, by three wicketsVictorian blasts spectacular double ton from just 128 ballsGlenn Maxwell produced one of the most astonishing one-day innings of all time to rescue Australia from what appeared to be a certain …
Glenn Maxwell produced one of the most astonishing one-day innings of all time to rescue Australia from what appeared to be a certain defeat against Afghanistan and steer them home to victory by three wickets in Mumbai.
When Mitchell Starc was dismissed to reduce Australia to 91 for seven their cause seemed hopeless chasing the very competitive target of 292 set by Afghanistan.
Continue reading...Updates from the group stage game at Wankhede StadiumBroad not 100% sure what the spirit of cricket meansAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadamOne change for Afghanistan with Naveen-ul-Haq coming in for Fazalhaq Farooqi in the attack.Afghanistan: 1 …
One change for Afghanistan with Naveen-ul-Haq coming in for Fazalhaq Farooqi in the attack.
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Ikram Alikhil (wk), 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Noor Ahmad
Continue reading...Updates for the 8.30am GMT start in AhmedabadAny thoughts? Email or tweet @tjaldredEngland are unchanged. That means the now-retired David Willey retains his place.England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Jos Buttler (capt,…
England are unchanged. That means the now-retired David Willey retains his place.
England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 David Willey, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Adil Rashid
Continue reading...The last World Cup left almost no imprint beyond the giddy memories of a one-off team and a mind-bending finalIt lives. It breathes. It walks around. Although, it should be said, with a limp, and a wheeze, and a telling sense of glassiness behind the e…
The last World Cup left almost no imprint beyond the giddy memories of a one-off team and a mind-bending final
It lives. It breathes. It walks around. Although, it should be said, with a limp, and a wheeze, and a telling sense of glassiness behind the eyes.
As England’s World Cup staggers on into Ahmedabad for Saturday’s meeting with Australia there is a temptation to describe the remaining acts of their title defence – the defence that asked not to be called a defence; and which has now duly achieved its wish – as dead games, dead rubbers, a week long jazz funeral cortege for England’s age of white‑ball supremacy.
Continue reading...Defending champions have been ‘crap’ according to Ben Stokes as their arch rivals continue quest for a semi-final berth After an intense Ashes summer that ended with grumbles from the tourists about the lack of any post-series drinks at the Oval, perha…
Defending champions have been ‘crap’ according to Ben Stokes as their arch rivals continue quest for a semi-final berth
After an intense Ashes summer that ended with grumbles from the tourists about the lack of any post-series drinks at the Oval, perhaps it is for the best that England and Australia should meet again on Saturday in the dry state of Gujarat.
But while that encounter ended up two wins apiece, there is a yawning gap as regards World Cup fortunes. Third-placed Australia can move closer towards a semi-final berth with victory at the hulking great Narendra Modi Stadium, while bottom feeders England have only Champions Trophy qualification and pride to play for in their remaining games.
Continue reading...All-rounder expected to make a full recoveryMarcus Stoinis poised to step up for Australia on SaturdayThe Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will miss their World Cup match with England due to concussion after falling off a golf cart this week.Maxwell…
The Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will miss their World Cup match with England due to concussion after falling off a golf cart this week.
Maxwell was riding on the buggy after playing a round of golf ahead of their contest against the defending champions in Ahmedabad on Saturday, when he fell off the back.
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