Ricky Ponting felt Australia’s Test captaincy is in safe and responsible hands under Steve Smith. The 3rd youngest skipper to ever lead the team, Steve Smith will have to jostle a huge freight of presupposition as the holder of Australia’s “2nd highest office” after the Prime Minister. Ponting wrote in a popular website that Australia can be confident […]
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Waqar Younis Keen to Help Pakistan Shed ‘Unpredictable’ Tag
The coach of the Pakistan Cricket team, Waqar Younis wants to remove the kind of ‘unpredictable’ image which is linked to the Pakistani side ahead of the final two ODIs against New Zealand. Pakistan had a whooping victory over New Zealand recently where they thrashed the Kiwis by a margin of 147 runs. This was […]
Justin Langer backs Shaun Marsh to be aggressive against India
Former Australian batsman Justin Langer has supported Shaun Marsh to take the charge up to India’s bowlers when the batsman joins his brother Mitchell Starc in Australia’s team for the 2nd Test which is starting Wednesday. Langer said Shaun Marsh, who had been on backup for the hurt captain Michael Clarke in Adelaide during the […]
Alastair Cook’s position as captain under the scanner
The England One Day International team under Alastair Cook, has been defeated in the ongoing One Day International (ODI) series by Sri Lanka, trailing 4-2 in the seven match matter. This is England’s fourth successive One Day International (ODI) series loss, which has elicited the England management to review Alastair Cook’s position as Skipper. Peter Moores, the England coach, […]
Pat Cummins eyes Test return
Injury-prone Australian speedster Pat Cummins is eyeing a return to Test cricket if he performs well for the Sydney Thunders in the upcoming season of Big Bash League starting December 18th. Labelled as a future leader of the Australian bowling arsenal, Cummins spent a considerable amount of time with the national team coaches during the […]
Virat Kohli did the right thing in chasing the target says Mohammad Azharuddin
Former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin has come out and supported Virat Kohli. He said that the Indian Captain Virat Kohli had done the right thing in chasing the huge target in the first Test match against Australia. Virat’s venture to go for a win today chasing a target of 364 runs on the fifth and final day […]
Sarita Devi finally accepts her Asian Games Bronze Medal
Finally India’s women boxer Sarita Devi received her 2014 Incheon Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused to accept at the medal ceremony for the women’s 60 kg category. The medal was presented to Sarita by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) General Secretary Rajeev Mehta presenting it to her last night at the IOA Headquarters. “L Sarita […]
Pakistan vs New Zealand: Pakistan win the ODI series opener in a thriller
After some tight series between Paksitan and New Zealand in UAE, the New Zealand tour moved to ODI shunt with the series started at UAE, the thrilling match which was lost by New Zealand. After winning the toss, New Zealand decided to bat field first. However, they didn’t stared of to a great start as […]
Australia vs India: 1st Test: Interesting facts on Day 1
The Border-Gavaskar Test series between Australia and India started in a good fashion with both the team paying tribute to Phillip Hughes. During the first day play, there are some interesting facts to be looked at. Interesting facts during 1st day: Phillip Hughes, who passed away after been hit by ball on neck on the […]
Kevin Pietersen still has Test hopes
Out of favour England batsman Kevin Pietersen still hopes of playing Test Cricket for England again. Pietersen is currently facing international exile (because during England’s disastrous Ashes tour of 2013-14, he was accused of indiscipline), but with England most unlikely to undergo a lot of changes in three to four months, Pietersen feels that there […]