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Steyn demolished India’s batting line-up with a six-wicket haul
South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn ripped through India’s batting line-up with a six-wicket haul to give the Proteas the upper hand heading into day three.
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Pujara scored his maiden Test century against South Africa
India’s batting duo of Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a spectacular century, and Virat Kohli, who amassed a stellar half-century, showed no mercy as South Africa were completely worn down during the third day of the third Test in Johannesburg.
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Ramdin revived the West Indies with a game-changing century
West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin scored a century and veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 94 as they saved their country from being humiliated by New Zealand on the first day of the third Test in Hamilton.
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Kohli’s century was the bright spot of India’s innings
Despite Virat Kohli smashing a magnificent century, both India and South Africa remain deadlocked at the end of the first day of the first Test in Johannesburg.
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Australia regained the Ashes after five long years
The five-year wait is finally over for Australia as they regained the Ashes in the most convincing fashion, thrashing arch-rivals England by 150 runs in the third Test in Perth.
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De Kock hammered a career-best 135
After a war of words between India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and South Africa skipper AB de Villiers, it was the Proteas who emerged triumphant in the first ODI in Johannesburg as they absolutely annihilated the Indians, beating them by a massive margin of 141 runs.
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Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 17 ODI centuries
India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli kept the national team’s hopes of winning the seven-match ODI series against Australia alive as they both registered centuries to make a mockery of the baggy greens’ total of 350 in the sixth ODI in Nagpur.
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Root, Bell and Swann were all credited for their game-changing contributions
Australia captain Michael Clarke will be sweating buckets for the remainder of this Ashes series after his team fell to England once again, thanks largely to the outstanding batting efforts of Ian Bell and Joe Root and the masterful spin bowling of Graeme Swann.
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Sangakkara single-handedly knocked out South Africa
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara stole the show during this match and looked to be in formidable touch as he recorded a career-best 169 runs against South Africa to hand Sri Lanka a crushing 180-run victory and a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
