Tag: Ashes
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Proteas’ plight
The 3- 1 margin, truth to tell, takes on a whole new meaning when you reckon with the fact that England, for much of their time on the tour, missed some of their front-rank cricketers because of a viral infection which going by reliable accounts had reporters from London discussing, even if somewhat fancifully, which ones among them stood a chance of being invited to join the squad, just in case.
February 1, 2020 -
Shoaib Akhtar says Rohit Sharma can better Steve Smith’s Ashes show
Posting a video on his official YouTube handle, Akhtar said he had acknowledged Rohit's true potential in 2013.
October 3, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: England take control on Day 3, lead balloons to 382
The day started with openers Joe Denly and Rory Burns putting up a 54-run opening stand. Burns faced 48 balls and scored 20 runs before edging a short and wide delivery from Nathan Lyon to Tim Paine behind the wickets.
September 15, 2019 -
Result of game will decide if Tim Paine’s ‘gusty’ call to bowl was right: Ricky Ponting
Ponting, who is serving as Australia assistant coach, also narrated what went on with the team after Paine won the toss as the development took him in utter surprise.
September 13, 2019 -
Australia beat England by 185 runs in 4th Test to retain Ashes
Steve Smith was declared Player of the Match for his scores of 211 and 82 in the first and second innings, respectively.
September 9, 2019 -
Would love to coach England one day, but not yet: Andrew Flintoff
The 41-year-old revealed that he had applied for the national team coaching job when it became available in 2014 but was not taken seriously and the role went to Peter Moores.
September 7, 2019 -
Meet the 12-year-old kid who put out bins to watch Ashes
Both countries have fans who can go to any extent in order to support their teams. One such fan is 12-year-old Max Waight, who saved his hard-earned money for four years to watch the ongoing Test series in England.
September 6, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Denly to open for England in 4th Test, Roy at 4
Denly hit an important half-century in England's second innings of the third Test at Headingley, which the hosts won riding Ben Stokes' epic 135 not out to level the series 1-1 with two matches to go.
September 2, 2019 -
Hazlewood confident of continuing good work with ball
Hazlewood did not play the first Test which Australia won before returning to the squad in Lord's following a back injury. He was impressive in Headingley with a career-best match haul of 9-115, which included 5-30 in England's first innings of 67.
September 1, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Ben Stokes steals show as England beat Australia by 1 wicket to level series 1-1
Ben Stokes scored an unbeaten 135 and produced a match-winning 76 run partnership with number 11 batsman Jack Leach to register a memorable win for England as they chased down the target of 359 runs.
August 26, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Australia on brink of retaining Ashes after England’s woeful 67 all out
This was England's lowest Ashes total since 1948 and the fourth time in 18 months they had been dismissed for under a hundred in a Test.
August 24, 2019 -
Root out for second straight duck as England collapse to 54-6 in third Ashes Test
It was Root's second straight nought after he was out for a golden duck in the second innings of the drawn second Test at Lord's.
August 23, 2019 -
Steve Smith is mesmerising to watch, we should be applauding him, not jeering: England Sports Minister
It is to be highlighted here that earlier Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison had also come out and criticised the crowd at Lord’s for their harsh behaviour against Smith.
August 21, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Steve Smith ruled out of Third Test
With only a gap of three days between the second and the third Test match, it was always going to be difficult for Smith to recover in time from a concussion.
August 20, 2019 -
Akhtar slams Archer for not showing ‘courtesy’ after Smith bouncer
Smith was batting on 80 from 152 balls when in the 77th over delivery by Archer hit him on the unprotected part of the neck.
August 18, 2019 -
Concussion rules Smith out of remainder of Lord’s Test
Smith was replaced by Marnus Labuschagne, who became Test cricket's first ever concussion substitute who can bat in Australia's second innings.
August 18, 2019 -
‘I need more time to think,’ says Eoin Morgan about his future as England captain
Morgan indicated that he might consider stepping down as captain as a possibility too.
August 17, 2019