Steve Smith celebrates his century against India at The Gabba in Brisbane. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: According to Australian ace batsman Steve Smith, Kookaburra changed their ball in 2020 by adding more lacquer on a stronger seam, making the last three years the most difficult of his storied career. A strengthened seam…
NEW DELHI: Australian pace great Glenn McGrath on Saturday commented on Rohit Sharma‘s decision to bowl first at the Gabba. The former Australian pacer expressed lack of surprise at the Indian captain’s choice.“I’m not surprised that Rohit Sharma won the toss and bowled. He doesn’t want to get out there and bat.”McGrath while speaking on…
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that the third Test between Australia and India will be a more even contest after the two one-sided matches. The five-match series is tied 1-1 after comprehensive wins by both teams in the first two Tests. India hammered Australia by 295 runs in Perth while the hosts made a…
Legendary Australia cricketer Ricky Ponting has named his current best Test batter in the world and it’s none from the fab four club. The former Australia captain has picked England’s rising star Harry Brook, who was recently crowned the new number one batter in Test cricket. Brook has been making giant strides in international cricket…
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mitchell Starc. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting thinks Mitchell Starc may have been more motivated to put on his best performance of his career in the second Test in Adelaide after India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made a lighthearted comment during the first Test…
Ricky Ponting on Mohammed Siraj And Travis Head Spat: विश्व क्रिकेट में इस समय भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के बीच खेली जा रही पांच मैचों की टेस्ट सीरीज की चर्चा है. इस सीरीज के पहले टेस्ट में टीम इंडिया ने बाजी मारी थी, वहीं ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने पलटवार करते हुए 10 विकेट से दूसरा टेस्ट मैच जीता….
Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. (Getty Images) One batter who has defied any notion of slump in the last four years in the world of cricket is England’s run-machine Joe Root. The 33-years-old is riding on the form of his lifetime for quite some time now.Root is so confident about his batting that he played…
NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh went down memory lane and talked about the infamous Sydney Test in 2008 between India and Australia. The match was marred by controversies especially regarding umpiring decisions.Indian players including Harbhajan were involved in a race-related altercation with Australian players, leading to a heated dispute. Harbhajan was accused of…
England’s Joe Root celebrates scoring 50 runs in Wellington. (AP Photo) WELLINGTON: England’s Joe Root etched his name into cricketing history by becoming the first English batter, and only the fourth in the world, to record 100 scores of fifty or more in Test cricket. The landmark achievement came during the second Test against New…
NEW DELHI: Former India star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who recently made headlines by revealing that he is not on speaking terms with former captain MS Dhoni, has now shared details about his conversation with Australian legend Ricky Ponting ahead of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Harbhajan disclosed that his conversation with Ponting focused on…