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"You have to speed up your footwork": Pujara on challenges of pink ball Te
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Following India's impressive victory in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the team is now preparing for the second Test, which will be a Pink Ball Day-Night match in Adelaide. Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara recently shared his thoughts with Star Sports, discussing the upcomin
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Brook, Pope push England closer to NZ's first innings score, visitors domi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
At the end of day two, England was 319/5, with Brook (132* in 163 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes) and Ben Stokes (37* in 76 balls, with four boundaries) unbeaten.
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"You wish you could extract their Playing DNA....": Ian Bishop lauds NZ st
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Phillips continued to prove his great utility as an all-rounder, scoring a fighting half-century with the bat as he helped the Kiwis touch the 300-run mark in their first innings of the first Test against England at Christchurch's Hagley Oval Stadium.
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"The wicket was pretty good": Williamson after playing 93-run knock agains
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After playing a 93-run knock against England in the first Test, star New Zealand batter Kane Williamson said that the wicket was "pretty good" at Hagley Oval on Thursday.
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"Someone who takes a game by scruff of neck and absolutely cracks it open"
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Bumrah's five wicket haul in the first innings gave India a 46-run lead while centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli helped India swell the lead to an extent that Aussies could never stage a comeback. India won the first Test by 295 runs at Perth, ending Australia's perfect record a
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Williamson gives solid start to New Zealand against England in 1st Test (D
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Kiwi batter Kane Williamson helped New Zealand seat in the driver's seat of the first Test match against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
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England rope in uncapped wicketkeeper-batter to replace Cox for remainder
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Cox fractured his thumb during a warm-up fixture in Queenstown and was subsequently ruled out of the series, with batter Ollie Pope taking the gloves for the first Test in Christchurch with regular keeper Jamie Smith away on paternity leave.
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Stokes terms World Test Championship "utterly confusing", says England doe
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The skipper's comments came ahead of the opening Test against New Zealand of the Thorpe-Crowe Trophy. In the WTC 2023-25 race, England is ranked sixth, while Kiwis are placed two spots above at fourth. England finished fourth in the previous WTC cycle, and this time around as well, they have
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Maxwell feels Bumrah could go down as "best fast bowler of all time"
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Bumrah donned the captaincy hat and shined both as a leader and bowler, picking up eight wickets, including a first-inning five-wicket haul during his side's 295-run win over Australia in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth.
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Maxwell backs Jaiswal to get "more than 40 Test hundreds", says he has ans
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After a first innings duck, the 22-year-old opener bounced back in style, playing the long game with calculated aggression against the world-class Australian attack during his 161-run knock at the Perth's Optus Stadium during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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"New conditions, new team": Skipper Latham ahead of New Zealand's 1st Test
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ahead of New Zealand's first Test match against England in Christchurch, skipper Tom Latham said that since the conditions at Hagley Oval are different, a new Kiwi side will take on the field.
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Nathan Smith to debut as skipper Latham announces probable New Zealand squ
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Zealand skipper Tom Latham confirmed seamer Nathan Smith will make his Test debut against England in the first Test in Christchurch.
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