It was only the Knight Riders' second win of the season but a timely reminder of the firepower they had promised and too rarely delivered. After the Unicorns elected to field, the Knight Riders came out with serious intent--imposing energy from ball one. Alex Hales, who had struggled for run
Wiaan Mulder produced a world-record knock against Zimbabwe, hitting the highest-ever score in the first-ever innings as the Test captain and scoring the fastest-ever 250 (in terms of balls) by a Proteas player.
Archer last played a Test match in February 2021, and has since battled multiple injuries. While he made a return to England's white-ball setup ahead of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup and has featured in ODIs and T20Is, his red-ball workload has been carefully managed.
Siraj's six-fer in the first innings and a historic ten-fer by Akash Deep in the match silenced all the doubts over India's pace bowling unit in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah as Team India wiped out the Birmingham blues with a 336-run win over England.
Australia batter Cameron Green underlined the importance of "bouncing back" from "tough times" and stated he will certainly take out a few "positives" from his resilient knock of 52 from 123 balls in the second innings of the second Test against West Indies at National Cricket Stadium, St Ge
Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep rattled England's top-order with the new ball yet again, leaving India seven wickets shy of going level in the series after the end of the fourth day thoroughly dominated by the tourists at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) president Rakesh Tiwari lavished praise on young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi after the batter smashed a blistering century in just 52 balls in the fourth Under-19 ODI against England on Saturday.
While the first innings knock of 269 in 387 balls (with 30 fours and three sixes) was a marathon to tire out England bowlers simply, he pressed the accelerator in the second innings to construct a knock of 161 in 162 balls, with 13 fours and eight sixes, which was just as mesmerising.
After a brilliant 269 in 387 balls in the first innings, Gill ended the second session of day four unbeaten at 100* in 130 balls, with nine fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 76.92.
The BCCI, in a statement, announced that it and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have reached a mutual agreement to defer the series, consisting of three Tests and ODIs each.
At Lunch, England have reached 249/5 with Harry Brook 91* (127) and Jamie Smith 102* (82) unbeaten on the crease. The duo have added 165 runs off just 154 balls for the 6th wicket.