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Ashwin-Jadeja's 195-run unbeaten partnership steadies India's ship against
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja's rearguard performance salvaged India in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, with both allrounders unbeaten at the end of the first day's play at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here
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Nissanka joins elite company of Bradman, Greenidge, Smith following Sri La
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Nissanka accomplished this feat during the third Test against England at The Oval. After a fine half-century in the first innings, Nissanka smashed an unbeaten 127 in 124 balls, with 13 fours and two sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of over 102 in the run-chase of 219 runs.
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"Ollie Pope is in danger of becoming Joe Root's polar opposite": Ian Chapp
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pope, who is the stand-in captain for England in the three-match series against Sri Lanka in the absence of regular skipper Ben Stokes, is under scrutiny for his poor batting show in the series. He has scored just 191 runs in six innings at an average of 31.83. But the bulk of his runs have
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"Ecstatic": Atkinson's father rejoices on son's first-ever century as pace
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Atkinson scored a memorable 118 runs in 115 balls, with 14 fours and four sixes to guide England to a 231-run lead in the first innings. This was his first-ever century in any form of professional cricket.
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"Avoid social media...": Ramiz Raja's advice to struggling Babar Azam
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Babar scored a duck in the first innings while he made just 22 runs in the second innings as Pakistan slipped to a ten-wicket loss to Bangladesh in the first Test and are trailing in the series by 1-0. In his last seven Tests and 13 innings, he has scored just 275 runs at an average of 21.15
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Joe Root hails Jamie Smith's performance after impressive maiden century
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Joe Root was full of praise for Jamie Smith, whose stellar performance earned him the Player of the Match award in the recent Test against Sri Lanka. Smith notched his maiden Test century in the first innings and followed it up with a valuable, boundary-laden 39-run cameo that all but secur
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Joe Root becomes England player with most Test half-centuries, close to sm
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
After a fine 42 in the first innings, Root once again showcased his class, composure and clutch game in a tense run chase of 205 runs, scoring an unbeaten 62 in 128 balls, with two fours, coming in when England was 56/2.
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Jamie Smith expresses pride on scoring maiden Test ton following England's
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Smith showed immense composure, versatility and class across both the innings as his century in first innings and a quick cameo in the run-chase proved to be vital in England's five wicket win over Lankan Lions in the first Test at Manchester.
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"He's a greedy Yorkshire man": England skipper Pope lauds Root for match-w
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Root starred with a calm half-century during a tense run-chase while Smith smashed his maiden Test ton in the first innings to hand England a massive lead of 122 runs in the first innings, which proved to be instrumental in team's win.
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"I like simplicity of his technique": Sangakkara on England's Harry Brook
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Coming in at 125/4 while aiming to overcome Sri Lanka's first innings total of 236 runs, Brook displayed immense maturity, toning down a bit on his naturally aggressive game to amass 56 runs in 73 balls, with four boundaries. His runs came at a strike rate of just over 76, way below his care
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Captain Kraigg Brathwaite admits West Indies 'fell short' in batting depar
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite admitted that his side "fell short" with the bat and should have put more runs on the board in the first innings against South Africa in the second Test at Providence Stadium, in Guyana.
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Maharaja Trophy: Chethan LR, Mayank Agarwal guide Bengaluru Blasters to co
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru's bowlers shone in the first innings, restricting Gulbarga to 116/10 with shrewd performances. Lavish Kaushal (2/22) and Naveen MG (2/8) made early breakthroughs, while Aditya Goyal (3/43) dismantled the middle order. Bengaluru's run chase was driven by stellar innings from Chet
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