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Australia thrashed England 4-1
It was a very special Australia Day for the fans of Australian cricket as the national team emerged victorious in a nail-biting five-run win against England during the fifth and final ODI in Adelaide.
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Morkel will be out of action for seven to ten days
South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel will miss the remainder of the ongoing Test match against India in Johannesburg and is likely to miss the second Test in Durban as well after he sustained a grade one ankle ligament injury.
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Smith scored his second Test century
Australia batsman Steven Smith’s unbeaten century kept England at bay after they gained an early advantage over the baggy greens on the first day of the third Test in Perth.
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The three-match ODI series ended as a 1-1 draw
Sri Lanka escaped with a 36-run win against New Zealand in the third ODI in Dambulla due to heavy rain and bad light.
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“What Sachin has been contributing to that Indian team is special”
Legendary Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has announced that veteran India batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement “has fallen perfectly with his 200th Test in Mumbai”.
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Eden Gardens has been subject to a lot of rain over the past couple of days
Kolkata’s Eden Gardens stadium, which will play host to the first Test between India and West Indies from November 6, will be a “good, firm, even-bouncing wicket”, according to chief groundsman Prabir Mukherjee.
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Mumbai was initially the frontrunner to host the warm-up game
The West Indies’ three-day warm-up game against Uttar Pradesh has been moved from Cuttack to the Jadavpur University Complex in Kolkata.
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McDermott is extremely worried about Australia’s lack of swing
Former Australia pace bowler Craig McDermott, who was recently re-appointed as the national team’s bowling coach for Test matches, has admitted that the lack of swing Australia’s pace bowlers are getting in India “is a real concern” ahead of their Ashes series at home next month.
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Chandimal’s ODI captaincy record now reads two wins and zero losses
After hammering South Africa by 180 runs in the first ODI, in which wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara recorded his career-best score of 169, Sri Lanka continued their winning ways, beating the Proteas by 17 runs, despite the rain interruptions.
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Clarke has even started questioning his own captaincy abilities
Australia captain Michael Clarke has lashed out at all the batsmen in the squad after they yet again failed to put up an impressive performance during the second Ashes Test, which cost Australia the match by an embarrassing 347 runs and handed England a 2-0 lead heading into the third Test at Old Trafford, Manchester.
