Tag: Ashes
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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 -
England can’t just rely on Archer to beat Aussies: Collingwood
England were beaten comprehensively by 251 runs by Australia in the first Test at Edgbaston last week with Archer left out with a side injury.
August 13, 2019 -
Starc, Hazlewood vie for Ashes spot as Pattinson misses out
Pattinson was part of the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston, taking two wickets in his first Test in three years. But the 29-year-old will sit out the Lord's Test, which starts on Wednesday, leaving Starc and Hazlewood to push their claims.
August 13, 2019 -
‘I would like to see Starc come charging in’, says Mitchell Johnson ahead of second Ashes Test
The veteran pacer said that he would like to see Mitchell Starc in the team instead of his fellow pacer James Pattinson.
August 13, 2019 -
Mitchell Starc happy to warm bench if Australia win Ashes
Meanwhile, Starc also said that there were no egos and it was about performing as a unit.
August 10, 2019 -
ICC Test Rankings: Smith climbs a spot after twin tons
Smith, who was banned for a year following the infamous Sandpaper Gate fiasco against South Africa in Cape Town, smashed 144 and 142 in the two innings of the first Ashes Test.
August 6, 2019 -
James Anderson ruled out of second Ashes Test at Lord’s owing to calf injury
Notably, James Anderson had torn his right calf muscle when he was playing for Lancashire against Durham in the County Cricket Circuit. This injury had earlier ruled him out of cricketing action for several weeks.
August 6, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Lyon, Cummins combine to hand Australia rare Edgbaston win
In a match in which the momentum see-sawed both ways on a number of occasions, Australia finally managed to consolidate their position on Day 4 thanks to centuries by Steve Smith and Matthew Wade and then went on win the match on Day 5.
August 5, 2019 -
Ashes 2019: Smith, Wade tons put Australia in driver’s seat on Day 4
The hosts' openers Rory Burns and Jason Roy managed to see out the last half hour of the day which means that Australia will have to take 10 wickets on Day 5 to record their first win at Edgbaston since July 2001.
August 5, 2019 -
Smith pips Kohli, becomes second fastest to 25 Test tons
This was Smith's 10th Ashes century and only Bradman (19) and England great Jack Hobbs (12) have scored more.
August 4, 2019 -
Jimmy Neesham’s witty tweet on Kohli irks Indian fans
While some fans were incited by the joke, others felt that it wasn't just good enough going by Neesham's standards.
August 3, 2019 -
Steve Smith’s 24th Test ton: A comeback story
The fact that it took Smith a long time, one year and three months to be precise, to climb out of the pressure pit to play a Test match for Australia and score a hundred made the knock even more special.
August 2, 2019 -
Steve Smith becomes 2nd fastest batsman to score 24 Test tons
The 30-year-old recorded his 24th Test hundred in 118th inning, 52 more than legendary batsman Bradman who achieved the feat in 66 innings.
August 2, 2019