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From Jason Holder's double ton to Kusal Perera's stunner - Top 10 Test knocks of 2019
The final Test matches of the year came to an end on Sunday. Host nations Australia and South Africa earned deserved wins over New Zealand and England, respectively in under five days. Here, we take a look at some of the best batting efforts in the longer format this year. 10. Abid Ali – 174 vs Sri Lanka By scoring centuries in his maiden ODI and Test appearances, he certainly bags the award for the debutant of the year. However, it is his timely ton at Karachi that makes the cut for our top ten.
Australia vs New Zealand: Travis Head and Tim Paine put hosts in command at the end of Day 3
Travis Head’s superb ton and Tim Paine’s valuable half-century helped Australia post a commanding first innings total, despite losing Steve Smith early on Day 2 of the second Test against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After bundling out the hosts for 467, New Zealand batted for 18 overs and posted 44 runs on the board for the loss of opener Tom Blundell and skipper Kane Williamson. Tim and Travis step up Australia made a slow start to the day, scoring only 27 runs in the first hour.
From Carlos Brathwaite's maiden ton to Ben Stokes' World Cup winner - Top 10 ODI knocks of 2019
Every year we have the privileged of witnessing some truly special knocks and 2019 was no different. The World Cup in the summer ensured quality of the highest order and drama to go with it but there were some great innings year round. Here, we look at the 10 best in ODIs over the last 12 months. 10. Babar Azam – 115 (108) vs Sri Lanka, Karachi We start with a knock that brought joy to a country deprived of international cricket for almost a decade.
Highlights of the week - Wrist spinners have some fun
Wrist spin, an art that was almost considered dying at the start of the decade, has found resurgence with the increase in popularity of T20 cricket. The brand of slow bowlers who specialize in wrist spin are all unique in their own way and are possibly united by their aggression and rotundness. There are the big spinning ones like the late Abdul Qadir, the great Shane Warne or even Sachin Tendulkar, who have been successful with the ball in their hand to varying degrees.
IPL 2020: A closer look at how the eight squads have shaped up after the auction
More than 300 cricketers hoped for a big pay day as the owners of the IPL franchises threw cash around to try and build a satisfying squad for the 2020 IPL season. At the end of a six-hour bidding session on Thursday, only 62 from the 338 players were picked while the rest went unsold. Australians grabbed the headlines as Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh were sold for substantial prices.
India v West Indies: Shai Hope's obdurate batting could hurt West Indies in bigger chases
Shai Hope’s century in Chennai in the first match of the ODI series against India on Sunday proved to be a match-winning knock, as he held one end up while Shimron Hetmyer carted the Indian bowlers all around the park. His knock, after wicket-keeping for 50 overs, though gritty was also painfully slow. He reached his half-century off 92 deliveries and then reached triple figures off 149 deliveries. The knock ranked ninth in the list of slowest ODI centuries.
India v West Indies: A must-win game for the hosts at Visakhapatnam
Following a thumping victory in Chennai, a buoyant West Indies team travel to Visakhapatnam with hopes of sealing a famous series win over India on Wednesday. It would be an extraordinary achievement for the Caribbean team that had gone without a bilateral series win for four years to achieve two series wins away from home, in less than two months. Virat Kohli’s team was outplayed in the first ODI.
Indian Premier League: Five uncapped players who could fetch big bucks in the auction
The Indian Premier League 2020 Player Auction will happen in Kolkata on December 19, where the eight franchises will be choosing from a pool of 332 players. Let us take a look at the top five uncapped Indian players who could spark a bidding war on Thursday. Yashasvi Jaiswal: The 17-year-old batsman from Mumbai caught the eye with a sensational List-A debut season as he amassed 564 runs at an average of 112.80.
Australia vs New Zealand: Kiwis struggle as Mitch Starc help hosts take control at Perth
Australia edged ahead in the second day of the day-night Test against New Zealand after their pacers struck crucial blows in the final session. Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head added 76 runs for the fifth wicket and the rest of the lower-order made useful contributions to help the hosts finish on 416. Mitchell Starc’s superb spell under the lights and Ross Taylor’s aggressive batting made for an enthralling final session as New Zealand finished the on 109 for five.
India vs West Indies: Visitors bounce back to level the series in style
The chasers win again. West Indies opted to bowl in the second T20I and were able to complete a comfortable win over India with seven wickets and 10 deliveries to spare. Successfully chasing 170+ targets vs India: West Indies - 3 times All others - 5 times#IndvWI — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 8, 2019 The visitors did well to restrict India to a total of 170 after the hosts failed to capitalize on the start provided by Shivam Dube’s belligerent knock.
India vs West Indies T20I preview: Deepak Chahar against Evin Lewis and other key battles
The West Indies finally move out of Lucknow after their month-long series against Afghanistan in which they won the ODI series and the one-off Test but lost in the shortest format. Now the team from the Caribbean face a sterner test against Virat Kohli’s team in a couple of limited-overs series that includes three T20Is and three ODIs. Let us take a look at the key player battles that could define the outcome of the series.
Australia should think about adopting a five-bowler approach to home Tests like India
In the history of Test cricket, only 14 other players have managed to remain as inconspicuous in a Test match as Travis Head was during the second Test between Australia and Pakistan The 25-year-old middle-order batsman didn’t get to bat or bowl and no catch came his way either in the five days of the match. A true passenger! During Pakistan’s first innings of the second Test, Australia’s pace attack of Mitchell Starc, Jos Hazlewood and Pat Cummins ran through the top-order.
Pakistan player ratings v Australia: Haris Sohail, Azhar Ali, Imran Khan get 1 after horror Test series
It is safe to say that Misbah ul Haq’s ambitious selection policy hasn’t produced radical results Down Under. After a white wash in the T20I series and consecutive defeats by an innings in Tests, a humbled Pakistan unit return home to play against Sri Lanka later this month. While playing a Test in Pakistan by itself is historic, they would need to show more character than they did in Australia to beat Sri Lanka.
Afghanistan v West Indies: Rashid Khan's team look to maintain perfect record in 2019
The last Test to be played in India during 2019 will not involve the top-ranked Test team as Afghanistan take on West Indies at Lucknow. The five-day game will mark the end of the tour after the Windies claimed the ODI series and lost the T20I series. This Test match will not be a part of the ongoing ICC Test Championship. Afghanistan is the only team other than India to have a 100-per-cent record in Tests this year, winning both the matches they played in 2019.
India vs Bangladesh: Ishant and co. wreck Bangladesh in maiden pink ball Test
In the first day of the much-hyped day-night Test at the Eden Gardens, in front of a sell-out crowd, India lost the toss and Bangladesh batsmen the plot as they were skittled for 106 in their first innings. India left the question of how effective their spinners would be on a green surface with the pink ball unanswered, as their fast-bowlers continued their fine form and accounted for all ten wickets.
Musa Khan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah - The latest in Pakistan's legacy of teenage pacers
When Misbah-ul-Haq named the squad for the Tests against Australia, everyone was intrigued by the choices to lead the pace attack. Shaheen Afridi, Musa Khan and Naseem Shah were three teenagers brought into the bowling attack with the promise of raw pace and the element of surprise. To put things into perspective, going by their official ages, Afridi and Musa were nine years old while Shah was six when Pakistan won the ICC T20 World Cup.
Afghanistan vs West Indies: Karim Janat’s dream spell helps Afghans level T20I series
Image-ICC/Twitter A superb Afghanistan bowling performance led by medium pacer Karim Janat stunned the West Indies at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow in a must-win encounter. Electing to bat, the Afghans made a solid start before floundering in the middle overs to finish with a below par score of 147 for seven. The West Indies lost wickets regularly in the chase and eventually succumbed to 41-run defeat.
India vs Bangladesh: Four key player battles to look out for in the Test series
Image - Twitter After a closely fought T20I series, India and Bangladesh will don whites to contest a two-match Test series. The hosts, the top ranked team in this format, have named a full strength squad while the visitors are without the services of a couple of experienced players in Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal. Mominul Haque, a dependable middle-order batsman, is the captain of the team in the series and he promises to lead aggressively in India.
India vs South Africa: Rating the performances of the Indian team after emphatic series win
BCCI /Twitter India completed a 3-0 whitewash in the Test series against South Africa after their biggest ever win over the Proteas in Ranchi. There were many standout performers for the hosts, with almost everyone proving their worth during the course of the series. Here are the individual player ratings at the end of the successful series. Rohit Sharma – 10/10 He set records ablaze in his maiden series as an opener with twin tons and a double century in the first and third Test respectively.
Aiden Markram's Asian woes - South African opener's torrid run in the subcontinent continues
Markram is the 5th batsman to bag a pair in India. Aiden Markram captained the South Africa-A side on its tour to India this year and scored a stroke-filled knock of 161 during the second, unofficial Test in Mysore. Just before the ongoing Test series against India began, he smacked another ton in the practice game in Vizianagaram against a Board President’s XI. Markram reached three figures off just 118 deliveries and retired hurt to give the rest of the batting some practice.
A look back at Virat Kohli's top 10 knocks after India skipper's monumental Pune double-ton
Virat Kohli found his midas touch in Tests after going ten innings without a century as he notched his highest ever score in the format against South Africa in Pune. It was another gem of an innings from the Indian captain and it adds to an ever-growing collection of stellar knocks. But how does it compare to the other superb displays in his career, though? We examine 10 of his best knocks, in no particular order, across all formats.
India vs South Africa - The incredible stats behind Virat Kohli's stunning double century
South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj battled through pain and held back from hitting out as he resisted India’s drive for a decisive win in the second Test on Saturday. The tourists were eventually dismissed for 275, 127 runs away from avoiding the follow-on, but Maharaj earned praise for his courageous stand with Vernon Philander that held up India’s march towards a victory that would seal the three match series.
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