[ad_1] BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe): Tagenarine Chanderpaul made an unbeaten double century after setting a new West Indies record of 336 for the first wicket with Kraigg Brathwaite on Monday before the tourists declared at 447-6 in the first Test against Zimbabwe.The opening stand at the Queens Sports Club in the southwestern …

[ad_1] CAPE TOWN: Batting let India down once again as they collapsed like a pack of cards to suffer a 44-run loss to Australia in a low-scoring Women’s T20 World Cup warm-up match on Monday.Asked to field, the Indian bowlers blew away the Australian top order but tail-enders Georgia Wareham …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The much-awaited inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played from March 4 to 26 in Mumbai.The Brabourne Stadium and the DY Patil Stadium will host all the matches with the tournament opener expected to be played between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians-owned franchise.“The …

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The first-ever season of Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played from March 4 onwards, with the final scheduled for March 26, reported ESPNCricinfo on Monday.In an email sent to all five WPL sides on Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that two …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Terming series victory in India bigger than winning the Ashes is certainly a big statement coming straight from the Australian players few days before the start of the high-profile four-match Test series, starting in Nagpur on February 9, for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.Australia have not won a …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: It is no secret that Australia are known to play mind games in a bid to put their opponents under pressure. And on Monday, Cricket Australia made an attempt by sharing an old video of India’s last tour Down Under.The video is of India’s batting collapse of …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The absence of counter-attacking batter Rishabh Pant in the upcoming four-match Test series will certainly make Australians happy, feels former captain Ian Chappell.Chappell also feels Pant’s presence would have given sleepless nights to Australia captain Pat Cummins but even then India would start firm favourites in the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The three-figure mark in Test cricket eluded Virat Kohli for more than three years and the star Indian batter now has a chance to end his drought in the upcoming four-match series against Australia starting February 9.Kohli loves the rivalry against the Aussies in the longest format …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul rewrote history books on Monday as the duo broke a 33-year old West Indies record for the opening partnership in Test cricket when they put on a mammoth 336-run stand during the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Ground.The …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Test matches in India are mostly played on rank turners and Indian spinners become unplayable in these conditions as they make the opposition batsmen dance on their tunes.Come the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India’s premier off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will play a decisive role in the outcome of …