Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins heaped praise on his teammate Nathan Lyon after their triumph in the first Test match of the Ashes 2023 series on Tuesday at Edgbaston.
England's Test skipper Ben Stokes has vowed to keep coming at Australia after suffering a two-wicket loss on Tuesday in the first Test Match of the Ashes 2023 at Edgbaston.
Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams scored a blistering knock of 102* off 54 balls and 91 off 58 balls. Sikandar Raza also took four wickets in the first innings.
It all began with a 33rd minute strike from skipper Sangita Basfore, which gave the two-time national champions the lead. Rimpa Haldar added another to make it 2-0 before the two sides headed into the break. Bengal held on to their lead and looked likely to end the match with the full three
Australia skipper Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon's resilient effort at the crease defied top-class bowling to score a thrilling first Test match victory in the first match of the Ashes series against England
The two-match Test series will mark the opening round of fixtures for both Sri Lanka and Pakistan in their World Test Championship 2023-25 campaign. Galle and Colombo have been shortlisted as the two venues, with the matches to be played between July 16 to 28, as per ICC.
In pursuit of 316, Zimbabwe's response was led by their skipper, Craig Ervine. He hit nine fours during a quality knock of 50, and added 81 runs for the first wicket. Ervine, however, fell in the 14th over after he miscued a Vikramjit Singh delivery towards mid-wicket where Clayton Floyd too