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"I looked at Jasprit Bumrah bowling replays": Marco Jansen
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
South Africa's speedster Marco Jansen revealed he tried to replicate India's ace Jasprit Bumrah's bowling technique after watching his replays from the first Test match in Kolkata last year.
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"It was always coming": England's Bethell on smashing maiden Test ton at S
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bethell, who had scored his first professional cricket century in the ODI format against South Africa last year in home conditions, played one of his finest knocks of his career, his first first-class and Test cricket century coming at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) during an Ashes T
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"It was another opportunity to recreate what we felt at MCG": Root on his
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
After smashing his first Test century in Australia during the second pink-ball Test match at Brisbane, Root's willow weaved its magic once again as he struck a brilliant 160, his first century with the red ball in Australia to put his team at the top at the end of second day, with two Aussie
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"When I wasn't picked in middle order...": Usman Khawaja speaks on struggl
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Khawaja suffered back spasms in the first Test, which ruled him out of the second game. Khawaja was ready to go in the third test, but he did not initially made it in the playing 11. Steve Smith's health problems allowed Khawaja to come back into the team on match morning at Adelaide Oval.
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ICC Men's Test Rankings: Starc, Brook climb upto second spot; Boland secur
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Boxing Day Ashes Test saw pacers taking all the 36 wickets and the match finishing within two days. England snapped their 18-match winless streak in the Aussie land and registered their first Test win in Australia since 2010/11.
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"Factually incorrect, baseless": BCCI secretary Saikia denies board approa
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The media reports of Laxman being approached to become India's next Test coach has been doing the rounds since yesterday. The news comes just a few weeks after India suffered a 0-2 Test whitewash to South Africa at home under Gautam Gambhir, their second whitewash in back-to-back years fo
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Root hails Bethell's "conviction" during match-sealing knock at MCG, expre
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Bethell, the generation next of England and in line to replace their iconic all-rounder Ben Stokes once he hangs up his boots, gave a glimpse of what he could offer at number three with a brilliant knock of 40 runs in front of a jam-packed Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), helping England avoi
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Stokes hails team's collective "character", performances of Bethell, Tongu
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A win finally arrived for England in a Test match on Australian shores, but too late perhaps, with the Ashes already retained by Australia. Crucial knocks from Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell, and fine spells from Tongue and Brydon Carse, representing the next generation of English cricket, fi
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Joe Root admits first Test century in Australia was a "relief"
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Root kick-started his Ashes series in Australia with two single-digit scores at Perth, with his Test legacy as an all-conquering legend in question. However, in a technical masterclass at Brisbane during the pink-ball Test, Root ended all doubts about his greatness, scoring a patient 138-run
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Ponting admits missing his playing days on witnessing Smith-Archer verbal
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The third Ashes Test will take place at Adelaide Oval from December 17 onwards. England is heading into the third Test, a do-or-die match, with two massive scars on them psychologically, with one being a Travis Head storm at Perth during the first Test at Perth which helped Aussies chase dow
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NZ Test skipper Latham hails NZ20 franchise tournament as a "great initiat
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The second Test between New Zealand and the West Indies will take place on Wednesday, with the first Test being valiantly drawn by WI following an incredible attempt at chasing 531 by centurion Shai Hope and double centurion Justin Greaves, who ensured that the match ended in a draw at least
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"Test cricket a massive step up from first-class cricket in Caribbean": We
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Justin Greaves is coming off a match-saving 202 not out against New Zealand in the first Test in Christchurch. The batter scored his maiden double-Test century. Justin remained unbeaten on 202 off 388 deliveries, including 19 fours.
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