Sunday, December 31, 2023

Naseer, Jawadullah four-fors help UAE level series 1-1

Lakra, Waseem fifties set up UAE's total of 166 before Jawadullah and Naseer derail Afghanistan's chase

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Warner retires from ODIs but leaves door ajar for Champions Trophy

Opener says he has officially retired from ODIs to play T20 leagues but will make himself available for 2025 Champions Trophy if needed

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Stoinis sets off the fireworks on New Year's Eve as Stars mow down 206

His unbeaten 55 off 19 balls turns a challenging chase into a cruise

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Hathurusinghe wants Shanto to be considered for full-time captaincy

"The environment in the dressing room is much better" with Shanto in charge, says the head coach

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

Gavaskar: Gill 'playing a bit too aggressively in Test cricket'

Gavaskar feels Gill has to adjust to the demands and nuances of red-ball cricket

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Shardul Thakur hit on the shoulder at India's nets session

Allrounder continues batting after hit, but skips bowling stint to ice his shoulder

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Stuart Broad awarded CBE in New Year's honours list

Marcus Trescothick recognised with OBE for work in area of mental health

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Australia bat; Mandhana returns and Shreyanka debuts for India

The visitors made one change with Kim Garth replacing Megan Schutt

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Friday, December 29, 2023

Coetzee ruled out of second Test against India

The fast bowler developed a pelvic inflammation during the first Test

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Hafeez says 'inconsistent umpiring' and 'technology curse' cost Pakistan the MCG Test

Pakistan team director was particularly unhappy with Rizwan's dismissal, saying "there was no conclusive kind of evidence" for the umpire's initial not-out decision to be changed

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Pakistan played better than Australia, says Mohammad Hafeez

Team director rues mistakes with bat, ball and in the field that cost Pakistan a rare Test win in Australia

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Avesh to join second Test squad to replace Shami

Avesh is already in South Africa and took a five-for in the second four-day game on Thursday

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Shamim in for injured Litton as Bangladesh bowl chasing historic series win

New Zealand go in unchanged and look to launch a come-from-behind series win after going 1-0 down in Napier.

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All-round Maxwell lifts Melbourne Stars to fourth

He picked up three wickets and then scored an unbeaten 35 off 18 balls to take his side home in a rain-curtailed match

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'We are in the game' - Hamza fulfils his dream, and keeps Pakistan's alive

"What I hope is we win and my performance is crucial to it"

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Warner set to miss West Indies white-ball matches for ILT20

The opener has a deal with Dubai Capitals but will play for Sydney Thunder next month

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Smriti Mandhana unwell as India bat in first ODI against Australia

Left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque made her ODI debut for India, while Darcie Brown made a comeback from injury for Australia

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Shafique rues Pakistan's batting collapse: 'As a batter you have to take your chances'

"Someone like Cummins will not give you loose deliveries so you have to create them. He was planning something for me because I was playing well there"

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Henriques adamant he took controversial catch cleanly

The Sydney Sixers captain took a spectacular grab on Boxing Day but replays suggested, under the laws, he had grounded the ball

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Bangladesh bowl first in opening encounter of T20I series against New Zealand

Two full-time spinners in both XIs with the visitors aiming for their first victory in three attempts at Napier

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Hamstring strain puts Bavuma's participation in Centurion Test in doubt

Dean Elgar appeared to have taken over leadership duties after Bavuma left the field

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Cartwright ensures Stars overcome controversial catch to down Sixers

Moises Henriques made a spectacular grab at mid-off but replays appeared to show the ball grounded when he landed

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Optimistic Hasan Ali reckons Pakistan are ahead after shackling Australia

David Warner, meanwhile, credits Pakistan's bowling attack for bowling "unbelievable channels"

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Warner picks Warner's replacement: 'Harris has always been next in line'

"He's put his statement out there that he believes in" - Warner bats for opening partner Khawaja

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Monday, December 25, 2023

'Everybody has that desperation' - Rohit still keen on playing and winning T20 World Cup

The India T20 team has slowly taken a younger look, but Rohit says he is "batting as well as I could"

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India look to conquer final frontier as South Africa wait at Fortress Centurion

Rabada and Ngidi are fit and should make the playing XI, while India have the Ashwin vs Thakur question to answer

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Ghosh, Patil, Renuka come in as India name strong squad for Australia ODIs

The squad for the T20Is is unchanged, despite India losing the series against England at home recently

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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Arafat named Pakistan's high-performance coach for New Zealand T20Is

He replaces Simon Helmot, who will leave the team because of personal commitments

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Hardie named stand-in Perth Scorchers skipper

Coach Adam Voges confirms Hardie was preferred over vice-captain Inglis in part because of the "limitations" of a wicketkeeper talking to bowlers under time pressure

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

'I'm really worried' - Waqar questions where Pakistan's pace has gone

The former Pakistan quick is particularly concerned about the form of Shaheen Shah Afridi

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Sams and Zaman give Thunder first win despite Webster's all-round heroics

Webster became the first to hit a half-century and pick up four wickets in a BBL match

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Harris makes most of his opportunity to push case as Warner's replacement

Opener scored a brisk hundred on the second day against Pakistan

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Friday, December 22, 2023

Back at MCG, Carey will look to end year of up-and-down fortunes on a high

Carey isn't focusing on red-ball cricket alone, but opportunities in the Australia white-ball teams might not be too frequent

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Elgar to retire from Tests after India series

Former South Africa captain hopes to finish his Test career in Cape Town, his "favourite stadium in the world"

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Ashton Turner ruled out of BBL after knee surgery

Defending champions Perth Scorchers will need to find a new captain

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Mitchell Johnson hits out at Cricket Australia for awards invite

The fast bowler was stood down from speaking engagements in Perth following his outspoken column

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ZC suspends Madhevere, Mavuta for breaching anti-doping rules

They tested positive for a banned recreational drug, and will appear for a disciplinary hearing soon

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

South Africa level series despite Fargana 102

Bosch, Wolvaardt and Brits hit half-centuries as the hosts eased their way through a chase of 223

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West Indies include seven uncapped players for Australia Tests

Holder and Mayers have opted out to play T20 franchise cricket while Seales is also unavailable due to a shoulder injury

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Debuts for Richa, Cheatle as Australia bat in only Test against India

Shubha Satheesh fails to recover in time from fractured finger; no place in the Australia side for Darcie Brown

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Sarkar 169 in vain as Nicholls, Young power New Zealand to series win

Bangladesh batter rescued his side from 80 for 4 to help post 291, before the hosts' top five combined to win with ease

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Devine to miss start of Super Smash for 'wellbeing break'

She took the decision along with NZC and Cricket Wellington after a heavy workload over the last year

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Salt calls IPL auction snub 'confusing': 'I expected to be picked up'

He was expected to be in high demand following a successful debut season with Delhi Capitals and his current England form

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Sarfaraz Ahmed could be replaced as Quetta Gladiators captain

Gladiators are hoping to turn their form around after finishing in the bottom two of the PSL in each of the last four seasons

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Pant 'really excited' to sit on IPL auction table for Delhi Capitals

He says the support he has received during recovery has been "crazy", and hopes to be playing again in a "few months' time"

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Pakistan's Fatima Sana joins Canterbury for Super Smash

She enters the competition on the back of a Player-of-the-Series performance in the recently-concluded T20Is against New Zealand

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ILT20 bans Naveen-ul-Haq for breaching agreement with Sharjah Warriors

Naveen will instead take part in the SA20 league, which runs almost concurrently with the ILT20

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Aliya Riaz and Sadia Iqbal rule Super Over to give Pakistan consolation win

Amelia Kerr's impressive all-round show goes in vain, but New Zealand still take the series 2-1

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'Matter of adapting on the run' - Australia ready to embrace the Indian spin challenge

Coach Shelley Nitschke is wary of the unknowns but does not want Australia to look to far ahead of themselves

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Sunday, December 17, 2023

'I was a bit nervous' - Labuschagne comes through bruising Perth battle

Australia's No. 3 took a painful blow on the finger but was cleared of injury and is now looking ahead to Melbourne

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Little misses out as Ireland bowl; Zimbabwe make three changes

The visitors are aiming to seal the series, after having won the second ODI in Harare

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Saturday, December 16, 2023

Williamson returns to New Zealand's T20I squad for series against Bangladesh

Devon Conway continues to be rested to manage his workload following a busy 2023 season

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Friday, December 15, 2023

Deepti and Vastrakar rip through England as India romp to 347-run win

The England batters offered very little fight in their second innings while chasing 479 to win to concede the one-off Test

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India in South Africa - Injured Shami to miss Tests, Chahar unavailable for ODIs

Shreyas Iyer, meanwhile, will leave the ODI squad after the first game to prepare for the Test series

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Finger fracture rules Shubha Satheesh out of rest of England Test

She has just under a week to be fit for the Test against Australia

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Shehzad quits PSL in a huff, points to 'deliberate effort' to deny him a team

Shehzad, who hasn't played in the PSL since 2020, said being a patriot "goes against you" in Pakistan cricket

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Ben Sears added to NZ ODI squad as cover for Kyle Jamieson

Jamieson has a stiff hamstring after returning from the tour of Bangladesh

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Marsh thrills home support to cement Australia's control

Aamer Jamal produced two cracking deliveries but Pakistan were unable to stem the scoring rate

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Fatima Sana to captain Pakistan with Nida Dar injured

Diana Baig is out of action for four weeks after having surgery for her finger injury

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Bavuma and Rabada to miss red-ball prep ahead of India Tests

Kagiso Rabada is still recovering from a heel niggle that had troubled him during the ODI World Cup semi-final

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Cameron Green reveals he manages chronic kidney disease

His father, Gary, said that when Green was born there were concerns over his life expectancy

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Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Thakur and Satheesh Shubha debut as India bat

England played two spinners in Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean, while the hosts went for three spinners in Mumbai

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Masood's Pakistan out to buck history against high-flying Australia

Pakistan pick two debutant quicks for the first Test while the home side will go in with Mitchell Marsh in the XI

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Head named co-vice-captain as Australia look to 'future-proof' leadership stocks

"He's got all the makings of a really strong leader," says Pat Cummins of his new junior deputy

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Tilak points to 'rain and wet outfield' for defeat in Gqeberha

He also credits Shamsi and Markram, the SA spinners, for keeping India quiet - "otherwise, we could have reached 200 or 200-plus"

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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Chahal takes Haryana into semis, TN make short work of Mumbai

Rajasthan's thrashing of Kerala take them to final four, where they will meet Karnataka

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Smith gets back to the grind in search for his best form

He continues to insist there is no end point in sight for his prolific career amid talk of when the team may start to change

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Double blow for Pakistan: Dar struck in the face, Baig has a fractured finger

Dar had to be taken off the field, with Sadaf Shamas approved as her replacement for the game

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'We weren't expecting these kinds of arrangements' - Hafeez critical of Canberra conditions

'That was the slowest pitch a visiting team could ever play on in Australia," Pakistan team director says

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Head rules himself out of being Australia Test opener

Batting at the top is a specialist's job in the longest format says Australia's World Cup winning hero

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

Carey finds 'silver lining' from World Cup snub, assures 'self-belief' still intact

"All I can do is sort of control what I can do and continue to prepare and find ways to get better"

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Sangha unfazed by pitch talk ahead of Canberra BBL game

A storm damaged the surface ahead of the final day of last week's Prime Minister's XI match

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Jay Shah says WPL 2024 to be played in 'one state'

BCCI secretary confirms tournament will begin in "second or third week" of February

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Sajid Khan replaces Abrar Ahmed for Pakistan's first Test against Australia

The PCB hasn't ruled him out of playing in Melbourne or Sydney just yet, but has called up Sajid Khan to bolster the spin stocks

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Renegades clash with Scorchers called off after 6.5 overs due to unsafe pitch

Scorchers had reached 30 for 2 after 6.5 overs when umpires stopped play to inspect the pitch, with the fixture abandoned soon afterwards.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Phillips lauds 'incredibly impressive' Santner for taking pressure off

"I let him in on my game plan, about staying leg-side of the ball and using my hands and bats to play the ball. He thought it was a good option for him as well"

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Zampa leaves early mark on BBL but World Cup has 'taken its toll'

The legspinner took 2 for 24 in his first game for Melbourne Renegades

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Former WI batter Joe Solomon dies at 93

Solomon is most remembered for his role in the famous tied Test against Australia at the Gabba in 1960

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Bates and all-round Kerr power NZ to DLS victory

Pakistan, who had already wrapped up the series, were restricted to 137 in their 20 overs

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Somerset sign Will Sutherland for Championship and Blast

Australia A allrounder set to arrive for start of county season and stay through T20 group stage

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Renshaw hundred propels him towards Test contention

The 27-year-old outperformed other contenders for the soon-to-be vacant opener's job, in the tour game against Pakistan

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Maxwell injury adds to Melbourne Stars' woes

The allrounder will miss the match against Perth Scorchers on Wednesday

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'Have to do a lot to stop me' - Alyssa Healy confident of India Test fitness

The wicketkeeper is set to be confirmed as Australia's new captain in the coming days

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Sreesanth alleges that Gambhir called him a 'fixer'

Incident occurred during a Legends League T20 match in Surat

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Rain washes out day two in Mirpur

After 15 wickets fell on day one, the teams were not able to take the field in Mirpur

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Harris and Bancroft audition for Australia's opening spot

They made 53 and 49 respectively in the tour game against Pakistan in Canberra

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Three uncapped players in New Zealand's ODI squad for Bangladesh series

Tom Latham to lead while Kane Williamson has been rested for the three-match series

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WA chief executive Christina Matthews announces resignation after transformative era

She oversaw a huge upturn in the state's fortunes on the field and set in motion the WACA redevelopment

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Masood kickstarts Pakistan's Australia tour with unbeaten century

While the likes of Babar and Sarfaraz got starts against the Prime Minister's XI, Masood was the only one who made his count

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

BBL previews: Maxwell could light up Stars as Scorchers aim for hat-trick

Part two of our BBL previews takes a look at Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder

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Hathurusinghe on Shanto's captaincy: 'He was commanding respect, demanding the standard'

Bangladesh's coach has earmarked the batter as a future full-time captain, and said the BCB would 'make that decision when the right time comes'

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Bangladesh eye first-ever Test series win over New Zealand

With spin set to play a major role in Dhaka, New Zealand may look to bring in Rachin Ravindra or Mitchell Santner

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Monday, December 4, 2023

BBL previews: Short key to Strikers' revival and Renegades' recruitment stands out

Part one of our BBL previews looks at Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Renegades

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Aliya Riaz and Fatima Sana star as Pakistan wrap up historic series win

It was Pakistan's first T20I series win outside Asia and Ireland

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Amazon Prime to broadcast ICC events in Australia

It means for at least four years there will no free-to-air coverage of global events

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Bavuma, Rabada rested for white-ball games against India, Stubbs gets maiden Test call-up

Wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne has been recalled to the Test team

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Australia field in cloudy Bengaluru; Arshdeep replaces Chahar for India

Nathan Ellis has come in for Chris Green in the only change for Australia

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Amanda-Jade Wellington: 'My heart stopped'

Jemma Barsby's catch off Amanda-Jade Wellington to deny Mikayla Hinkley a match-winning six was the pivotal moment in a thrilling final

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Johnson lashes out at Warner, asks if he 'warrants a hero's send-off'

Johnson has stated that Warner's desire for a Test farewell on his terms reeks of the same "arrogance and disrespect" as the sandpaper incident in 2018

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Southee admits NZ bowlers 'did not apply pressure long enough'

"There's many things you can look back on and as a side, you're just looking to improve and learn from this"

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Last stop Bengaluru as teams look to end series on a high

With the series in their bag, India might look to rest a few of their players in the final T20I

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Friday, December 1, 2023

WPL 2024 auction: Athapaththu, Dottin among 165 players in the pool

Among the top capped India players listed in the final pool are Veda Krishnamurthy, S Meghana, Meghna Singh and Devika Vaidya

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Taijul's six-for gives Bangladesh first home Test win against New Zealand

He finished with a match haul of 10 wickets as Bangladesh scripted one of their finest Test wins

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'That's embarrassing' - Tim Paine slams uneven SCG pitch

The third day saw 24 wickets fall in little more than two sessions but Nathan Lyon expects the Test strip to be very different

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