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Travis ‘Headache’: Ravi Shastri gives Australia batter nickname for dominant performances against India

21Dec

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Travis ‘Headache’: Ravi Shastri gives Australia batter nickname for dominant performances against India

[ad_1] Former India coach Ravi Shastri lauded Travis Head and his impact in the recent Border Gavaskar Trophy against India, pointing out that Head’s improvement against the short ball has been his recipe for success. Head has been a constant thorn in India’s side even before this series, having played a huge hand in helping Australia win the 2023 ODI World Cup and the World Test championship 2023, both against the Men in Blue. In the current series, he started slowly getting dismissed for just 11 and in the 1st innings of the 1st Test but he ramped it up in the second innings with 89 runs but could not prevent Australia’s loss. In his next two outing, he slammed 140 in the 2nd Test and 152 in the 3rd one. “Because his new surname is Travis Head’ache’. They are looking for balms in Indi...

Border Gavaskar Trophy: India at the nets prior to fourth test

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Border Gavaskar Trophy: India at the nets prior to fourth test

[ad_1] Devdutt Padikkal doubled up as the extra off-spinner and gave company to Washington and Ravindra Jadeja after R. Ashwin announced his retirement. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Past the statues of Dennis Lillee and Shane Warne frozen in their bowling actions, and fringed by lush foliage, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is a pretty sight. There is history in every corner and at one level lower than the main venue, the Indians were busy preparing for their immediate future here on Saturday (December 21, 2024) morning.Despite a warm sun, the breeze remained cold, the kind that stirs awake old fractures. And in this city of stately churches and the Yarra River, the fourth Test will commence ...

Ian Healy Interview: All that went around before and after you heard the iconic ‘BOW-LINNN’ SHANE’ war-squeak on cricket grounds

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Ian Healy Interview: All that went around before and after you heard the iconic ‘BOW-LINNN’ SHANE’ war-squeak on cricket grounds

[ad_1] Ian Healy had seen everything. Inzamam-ul-Haq’s dancing feet, the release from Shane Warne’s hand and the awareness that it was going to dip sharply and slide outside leg stump, and the intended shot through a deliberately untenanted midwicket. “Sometimes seeing too much can be a problem,” Healy smiles as rain buckets down at the Gabba. And the pressure. “Oh yes, the pressure. I definitely felt it that day.” Pakistan had needed 56 runs when the last man Mushtaq Ahmed joined Inzamam in that famous Karachi Test of 1994, but the equation now read just three runs to win. “Mushy scored 20! Don’t think he ever did it again! That kind of a day.” Warne, the captain Mark Taylor, and Healy had consulted and decided to leave the midwicket open. Inzamam would once tell this correspondent why ...

A Bundaberg Rum in friend’s home in Chandigarh during IPL settles ugly Monkeygate spat between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds

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A Bundaberg Rum in friend’s home in Chandigarh during IPL settles ugly Monkeygate spat between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds

[ad_1] Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan has recalled how the spat with the late Andrew Symonds turned into a friendship after the controversial Monkeygate scandal in the 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Both players were part of the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians which won the trophy in 2013. However, before they could have a good bond on the field they had to work out things off-field. “Harbhajan says the moment came at a friend’s house in Chandigarh where Symonds approached him with a bottle of Bundaberg Rum,” quoted Daily Telegraph. “We sat together for a long, long time and talked about it, and at the end of the conversation we had a long, long hug and the picture of the hug became very famous in our chat groups,’’ Harbhajan said. “I have written a very nice piece on him f...

India vs Australia 4th Test: Rohit Sharma faces scrutiny in Australia; seeks to regain

20Dec

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India vs Australia 4th Test: Rohit Sharma faces scrutiny in Australia; seeks to regain

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma. File | Photo Credit: PTI Under Australian skies, Rohit Sharma is seeking a spot in the sun. The runs have dried up, and under his leadership, the second Test was lost at Adelaide before a doughty lower-order and the rains helped snatch a draw in the third outing at Brisbane. Down Under, where the knives get sharpened against rival skippers, there have been the odd queries in the local media about whether he deserves to be in the playing eleven. Rohit is aware about these mind games and has preferred to train hard and do what he can in the contests. Having linked up with the squad through the warm-up game against the Prime Minister’s XI at Canberra, the Mumbaika...

The coming together of KL and Rahul: As opener and mentor, KL Rahul finds happy space on tour of Australia

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The coming together of KL and Rahul: As opener and mentor, KL Rahul finds happy space on tour of Australia

[ad_1] KL Rahul had been just officially censured by the Indian cricket board for participating in a controversial episode of the talk show Koffee With Karan, along with Hardik Pandya. His friend David Mathias remembers meeting him the next day. “Oh there was nothing to talk about it at all. We have an unfiltered relationship – share everything really that upsets or excites us. That didn’t feature much. Mothers of our friends did say, ‘Oh but Rahul was such a good boy in that!’ The only thing KL told me is from now on if anyone asks you to recount any funny stories about me, tell them you have plenty but none to share!”.There are two Rahuls out there – the tattoo-loving, Pandya’s party-friend KL and the more sober Rahul, who grew up idolising Rahul Dravid’s batting. In times of crisis, KL...

Josh Hazlewood hobbles off with calf injury

17Dec

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Josh Hazlewood hobbles off with calf injury

[ad_1] Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood bowled just one over on the fourth day of the third Test at the Gabba and was pulled from the action and was later sent for scans. “Josh Hazlewood reported calf awareness in this morning’s warmup. He will be taken for scans to assess the injury. Any updates will be shared in due course,” Cricket Australia said. Hazlewood picked up the big wicket of Virat Kohli on the third day of the Test. Hazlewood missed the Adelaide Test with a side injury but Australia insisted he was fit enough to play in Brisbane. “Without any question I think we will be seeing Scott Boland at the MCG,” former England captain Michael Vaughan said on commentary “I’m not too sure he (Hazlewood) will bowl much more, Mitchell Marsh can come on and bowl a few. “He looks ginger, l...

Brisbane Test: Pat Cummins says Josh Hazlewood will replace Scott Boland at Gabba

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Brisbane Test: Pat Cummins says Josh Hazlewood will replace Scott Boland at Gabba

[ad_1] Australia captain Pat Cummins has confirmed that fit-again Josh Hazlewood will replace Scott Boland in the playing XI for the third Test, starting on Saturday at Gabba. Hazlewood missed out the pink-ball Test at Adelaide due to side strain. “Hazlewood will play. Shame for Scotty (Boland), he has missed out often in the past. Big series, he might still get his chances. Josh bowled yesterday (at Allan Border field and not at nets at Gabba),” Cummins told reporters ahead of the third Test. “Josh didn’t bowl at nets here Purely because of the lengths of run up wasn’t enough. So we took him to Allan Border field,” he added. The Australian captain also revealed why Hazelwood was underbowled in the second innings of the opening Test at Perth. “In the second innings at Perth, game was beg...

Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Can Nitish the bowler be the answer to India’s balancing act in Tests?

11Dec

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Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Can Nitish the bowler be the answer to India’s balancing act in Tests?

[ad_1] A file image of Indian bowler Nitish Kumar Reddy | Photo Credit: AFP Ever since Kapil Dev bowed out of the game after an ODI against the West Indies at Faridabad in 1994, India has been on a perennial search for the fast bowling all-rounder. Early rival wickets and the insurance cover of runs down the order is a sought after trait in cricket. Kapil offered that and more, including safe hands and the 1983 World Cup! Practical demands Four decades since Kapil stepped aside, the quest for his replacement is now constricted by practical demands. The candidate should bowl at a reasonable speed, not necessarily express, and should score a few vital runs, not perhaps an unbeate...

Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Opener McSweeney growing in confidence

11Dec

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Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Opener McSweeney growing in confidence

[ad_1] A file image of Australian opener Nathan McSweeney | Photo Credit: AP Stepping into David Warner’s shoes can be a daunting task and Nathan McSweeney is dealing with that onerous challenge in the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Warner’s buddy Usman Khawaja is his partner and matters get even more delicate as the former opener is now keeping a close eye as a commentator. Familiar territory McSweeney, though, has Gabba, his home ground to lean on. Back in a familiar environment here on Wednesday (December 11, 2024), the opener respectfully dealt with Warner’s shadow: “David was an unbelievable player with massive shoes to fill when he left. If I can be half the player he...

Border Gavaskar Trophy: India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne Cricket Ground sold out for Day 1

10Dec

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Border Gavaskar Trophy: India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne Cricket Ground sold out for Day 1

[ad_1] The ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy has attracted much attention from the Australian crowd. With World Test Championship final spot on the line and Australia not winning the series at home against India, the last two times the anticipation for the series has notched up certain decibels. “All available public tickets for Day 1 of the NRMA Insurance Boxing Day Test have been sold,” Cricket Australia posted on their ‘X’ account on Tuesday. “There will be a possible final release of a small number of public tickets on December 24 for non-members to get their seats,” CA added. The pink ball Test in Adelaide drew a crowd of 135,012 across three days, setting a record turnout during a five-day game featuring the two sides. As many as 36,225 fans went to the Adelaide Oval on the first day o...

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Ravi Shastri reveals his ‘philosophy’ as coach that fired up Team India in Australia | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] File photo of the Indian team celebrating after winning the Border Gavaskar Trophy during the 2018-19 tour of Australia (AP Photo) Ravi Shastri never held himself back as a player when it came to giving it back to the opposition and believes in keeping the foot on the neck when the opponent is on the mat. That's what Shastri instilled in the Indian team when he was at the helm as head coach during India's historic back-to-back triumphs in Australia.India defeated the Aussies in their own backyard for the first time in a Test series during their 2018-19 tour Down Under and repeated the feat in 2020-21 to maintain their firm grip on the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT).This Virat Kohli is like Sachin Tendulkar of 2011-13The BGT holders are now hoping to complete a hat-trick of Test seri...