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Smith retains top spot in ICC rankings

Dubai: Australia captain Steve Smith has consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen following his outstanding batting effort in the opening Test against India. Smith scored 109 during Australia’s second innings to help his team win by 333 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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First Test: Smith, O'Keefe put Australia 298 runs ahead of India at stumps

Pune: Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe’s career-best six-wicket haul and skipper Steve Smith’s half century helped Australia take a commanding lead of 298 runs over India at stumps on the second day of the opening cricket Test here on Friday. Earlier, the visitors — ending their first innings at 260 — skittled out the hosts for […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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First Test: Australia lead by 201 runs at tea on Day 2

Pune: Australia scored 46/2 in the second innings, taking their lead to 201 runs at tea on the second day of the first cricket Test against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. Skipper Steven Smith (27) and Jose Handscomb (8) were at the crease when umpires called for the break. After […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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Smith, Marsh's tons take Australia to 327/5 on day 1 vs India A

Mumbai: Australia skipper Steve Smith and middle order batsman Shaun Marsh started their cricket tour to the subcontinent on a high, with both striking defiant tons to take the visitors to 327/5 at stumps on the opening day of the three-day practice game against India A at the Brabourne Stadium here on Friday. Put in […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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BCCI names unchanged squad for first two Tests against Australia

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the 16-member India Test squad for first two Tests in the four-match home series against Australia. The selection committee, led by M.S.K. Prasad retained the same squad which defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test match at Hyderabad. The first […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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India to face South Africa in ICC T20 WC opening match

Dubai: Former champions India will square off against South Africa in their opening match of the men’s T20 World Cup to be held in Australia next year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Tuesday. India’s opening match will take place in Perth on October 24 while the tournament will get underway from October 18 with […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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India register maiden bilateral ODI series triumph in Australia

Melbourne: Mahendra Singh Dhoni rekindled his love affair with final flourishes, anchoring India to their maiden bilateral ODI series triumph in Australia for a perfect finish to a historic trip Down Under here Friday. Virat Kohli’s men became the first country to return from Australia without losing a single series having won the Test series […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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This win is as big as '83 World Cup win if not bigger: Ravi Shastri

Sydney: India coach Ravi Shastri equated India’s maiden Test series win on Australia soil with the historic 1983 World Cup triumph terming it “as big if not bigger”. India beat Australia 2-1 to win their first Test series in Australia in 71 years and Shastri wasn’t short of praise for his wards. “I will tell […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Title holders Australia beat France 3-0 to progress to semi-finals of WC

Bhubaneswar: Two-time defending champions Australia are well on course to create a rare history as they defeated France 3-0 to progress to the semi-finals of the men’s hockey World Cup here on Wednesday. World no.1 Australia scored all their goals from penalty corners through Jeremy Hayward (4th minute), Blake Govers (19th) and skipper Aran Zalewski […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Perth will suit Australia more than India: Ponting

Perth: Australia might have been outwitted in the opening Test but former skipper Ricky Ponting believes the hosts will hold an edge over India in the second Test at the Perth beginning Friday. India defeated Australia by 31 runs in the first match to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series for the first […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Hockey World Cup 2018: Ireland crashes out after losing to England 2-3

Bhubaneswar: Ireland crashed out of the men’s hockey World Cup after losing 2-3 to England, handing China a ‘lucky’ berth in the knockout stages despite being crushed 0-11 by two-time holders Australia here on Friday. The last round Pool B engagements concluded. Australia topped the pool with an all-win record after thrashing lowly China in […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Sri Lanka Chase Elusive Win, Take On Australia

Sydney: Sri Lanka`s sprightly cricketers will look to end their winless streak when they take on an Australia sans talismanic skipper Michael Clarke in the tri-series one-dayer here tomorrow. Lying at the bottom of the points table, the closest Sri Lanka got to a win in the series was the nerve-wracking tie against India.

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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India, Australia ink 5 pacts as Kovind meets PM Morrison

Melbourne: India and Australia signed five agreements on Thursday to boost investments and enhance cooperation in key sectors like disability, agricultural research and education as President Ram Nath Kovind met Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison in Sydney. Kovind, the first-ever Indian head of state to visit Australia, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday on the second […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Ruthless South Africa thrash Australia by six wickets

Perth: South Africa hammered Australia by six wickets in the first one-day international in Perth on Sunday, with a Dale Steyn-led pace onslaught exposing their batting frailties. Set 153 to win, Proteas’ openers Quinton de Kock (47) and Reeza Hendricks (44) helped secure victory with 124 balls to spare, leaving Australia with plenty to ponder […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Six foreign tourists rescued by police

Srinagar: Six foreign tourists, who had lost their way in the city, were rescued by the police in the early hours today from a mob which allegedly mistook them for braid choppers. The tourists — three Australians and one person each from England, South Korea and Ireland — were on their way to Srinagar from […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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