Fiery bowling spells by Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad and a partnership between Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris powered UP Warriorz to a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their Women's Premier League (WPL) match on Saturday, handing the latter their first-ever
The former Indian veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that India should not travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023. According to him, there are a lot of risks involved which have to be considered before making any decision.
Harry Brook, the rising English star, has beaten stiff competition from India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie to emerge as the winner for the award. Brook took his budding Test career to greater heights in February, scoring two fifties and a hundred.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India's star spin all-rounder duo were given the 'Men of the Series' award for their heroics throughout the series.
Ashwin ended as the top wicket-taker in the series with 25 wickets, with the best bowling figures of 6/91. He also scored useful 86 run
Rohit Sharma praised the inexperienced Australian duo spinner Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. He believes that they have complimented an attacking spinner like Lyon quite well.
Spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer have been added in South Africa's playing XI for the second Test against West Indies in Johannesburg that begins on Wednesday.
The Netherlands welcome back spinner Roelof van der Merwe in the mix, with the squad being led by Scott Edwards. The spinner last featured for the Netherlands in an ODI in November 2021.
Spinners from both teams got a lot of help from the surface that was conducive to spin right from the start on day one, which saw 14 wickets fall. Out of the 31 wickets that fell during the whole match, 26 were scalped by the spinners while only four wickets went to pacers
India struggled in both innings as Matthew Kuhnemann ran the show for the Aussies in the first innings with his maiden 5-wicket haul. Veteran spinner Nathan Lyon ensured Australia's dominance in the second innings, as he almost dismantled the entire Indian batting line-up, picking up 8 wicke
While Australia worked their way through Indian batting line-up, Pujara stood tall and threatened to leave a target for Aussies that would give Indian spinners a chance. He defied all tactics thrown at him, including a field setting which was leg-side heavy that choked his run-scoring and ap
Electing to bat first, India were bundled out for just 109 runs. Indian batters looked helpless in front of Australian spinners. Matthew Kuhnemann (5/16) registered his career-best figures, while spin veteran Nathan Lyon (3/35) also made merry on a pitch that offered a lot of turn to spinner