Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured a convincing 50-run win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the eighth match of the 2025 Indian Premier League, thanks to stellar performances from Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood. CSK, chasing a target of 197, faltered in their pursuit, finishing with…
Australia captain Steve Smith (Pic credit: CA) Australia’s stand-in skipper Steve Smith remains confident about his team’s prospects at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, despite a 2-0 ODI series loss to Sri Lanka.Australia, plagued by selection setbacks, entered the series without key players Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Marsh, all sidelined due to injuries….
NEW DELHI: Mitchell Starc pulled out of this month’s event in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates for personal reasons and Australia will attempt to win the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2009 using a completely new pace bowling line-up.As the only player from Australia’s “big three” fast bowling attack to participate…
Steve Smith after his dismissal that left him stranded at 9,999 runs in Sydney. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Australia’s batting mainstay Steve Smith revealed that the pressure of nearing the 10,000-run milestone affected him significantly during the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. Smith entered the match needing…
Scott Boland. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Due to fewer appearances for the nation due to the presence of the first-choice, more experienced pace trio of captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood, former Australian pacer Brett Lee praised fiery pacer Scott Boland, referring to him as “Mr Consistent” and drawing comparisons…
NEW DELHI: India’s top bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, was selected by Cricket Australia to lead the Men’s Test Team in 2024. The other Indian named in the varied playing XI, which includes players from six different nations, is opener Yashasvi Jaiswal.The two Australian players that are included in the international 11 are bowler Josh Hazlewood and…
Scott Boland, the Australian seamer, reflected on his memorable debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as he prepares for the Boxing Day Test. He vividly remembers his six-wicket haul against England in the 2021 Boxing Day Test.Boland’s remarkable 6-7 spell helped Australia secure an innings and 14-run victory, ensuring they retained the Ashes.“It’s funny….
Jasprit Bumrah. (Pic Credit – X) Jasprit Bumrah, India’s leading fast bowler, has achieved a remarkable feat in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings. He has reached 904 rating points, equaling the highest rating ever achieved by an Indian bowler. This record was previously held by spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.Bumrah has the chance to surpass this…
Sam Konstas is set to make his Test debut against India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. (Image: X) Nineteen-year-old Sam Konstas is set to debut in the Boxing Day Test, becoming the 468th Australian men’s Test cricketer. This will make him the youngest Australian Test debutant since Pat Cummins in 2011.Konstas’s inclusion…
Jhye Richardson (ICC – X Photo) Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson is enthusiastic about his return to the Test team. He will be playing in the final two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.Richardson’s inclusion in the squad comes after Josh Hazlewood‘s calf injury ruled him out of the series. Australia needed an additional…
