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24Aug

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Umesh Yadav joins Essex County Club for remainder of the season | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian pacer Umesh Yadav has signed with Division One English County club Essex for the remainder of the 2023 season.With three games remaining, he has replaced injured New Zealand pacer Doug Bracewell and has become the team's second active foreign player for the season, along with South African Simon Harmer.Umesh's maiden County appearance came last season with Middlesex in Division Two, where he took four wickets at an average of 71.50.His contract was terminated after three matches due to a quadriceps injury sustained during a One-Day Cup encounter against Gloucestershire.Umesh will be in contention to play in Essex's final three games against Middlesex (at home), Hampshire (at home), and Northamptonshire (away)."I am really pleased to join Essex and make what I hop...

12Jul

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Ravichandran Ashwin becomes first Indian bowler to dismiss father and son in his Test career | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday achieved a unique feat in his illustrious Test career when he became the first Indian and only the fifth bowler in world cricket to dismiss both the father and son in Test matches during the opening day of the first Test against West Indies in Roseau, Dominica.Ashwin, who made his Test debut in 2011, had previously dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul's father, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, during Ashwin's maiden appearance in Test cricket.In a Test match 12 years ago, Ashwin trapped Shivnarine Chanderpaul in front of the wickets in the second innings.Ashwin, who had 474 Test wickets before this match, bowled a brilliant delivery to dismiss Tagenarine Chanderpaul, adding him to the list of father and son pairs he has dismissed during ...

11Mar

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2nd Test: South Africa beat West Indies by 284 runs to sweep series | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Skipper Temba Bavuma led from the front as his career-best 172 helped South Africa complete a 284-run victory over West Indies for a clean sweep of the two-match series at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday.Gerald Coetzee and Simon Harmer took three wickets apiece as the West Indies faltered in quest of an improbable target of 391.The West Indies were bowled out for 106. South Africa won the two-match World Test Championship series 2-0.The teams will now play a three-match ODI series starting in East London on Thursday, which will be followed by three Twenty20 International fixtures.The match was more or less decided in 8.1 overs leading up to lunch when the West Indies reduced to 34 for six.Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada struck twice in three balls and sparked the co...

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South Africa to field two spinners in second Windies Test | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have recalled middle-order batsman Ryan Rickelton and the spin duo of Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj for the second and final Test against the West Indies at The Wanderers on Wednesday.Coach Shukri Conrad has revealed the starting XI and says he had no concerns over the form of newly-installed captain Temba Bavuma, who got a pair of ducks in the 87-run first Test victory in Pretoria last week.Rickelton, 26, was a surprise absentee from the first match given his excellent domestic form that has seen him score 365 runs in five innings at an average of 121.66. He takes over from Keegan Petersen at number five in the batting line-up."You want to be consistent with selections and reward performance, but you can only select 11 players," Conrad told reporters ...