Warner takes centre stage in last Test series

Warner takes centre stage in last Test series

David Warner will take centre stage when the three-match series against Pakistan begins on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be the Australian opener's farewell to Test cricket. The 37-year-old has indicated that he plans to quit the five-day game after the third Test at his home Sydney Cricket Ground early next year. Warner has been a mainstay of the Australian team for more than a decade […]

December 12, 2023 1

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Warner under fire after run of poor Test form

Usman Khawaja jumped to the defence of his opening partner David Warner on Monday after stinging criticism of the veteran batsman from Australian great Mitchell Johnson. Former fast bowler Johnson hit out after Warner kept his spot in Australia's squad to face Pakistan in the first Test later this month despite a poor run of red-ball form. The three-match home series against Pakistan is expected to be Warner's farewell […]

December 4, 2023

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Windies in record-breaking win against England

Shai Hope's 16th hundred and the rampaging support of all-rounder Romario Shepherd lifted the West Indies to a record-breaking four-wicket victory in a high-scoring opening duel of the three-match One-Day International series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday. Set a daunting target of 326 by the visitors, the home captain anchored the effort through an unsteady period and then exploded with an array of mighty strokes, […]

December 4, 2023 1

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Bavuma, Kagiso rested for India ODI’s

South Africa's ODI captain Temba Bavuma and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada have been rested from their white-ball series against India later this month in order to prepare for the two Tests which follow. Bavuma captained South Africa to the semi-final at the recently completed World Cup and remains the appointed fifty-over captain but T20I skipper Aidan Markram will lead in his absence for the India seires. Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen and […]

December 4, 2023 3

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Richelieu Eagles off to a flyer

In the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier tournament, which kicked off the Windhoek yesterday, Kenya won the first match against Rwanda by 17 runs. Kenya batted first and posted 154/2 in their allotted 20 overs. Rwanda only managed to score 137/4 in twenty overs, giving victory to Kenya by 17 runs. Irfan Karim of Kenya was player of the match for 63 not out from 43 deliveries […]

November 23, 2023 6

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The Rugby World Cup…so far

email The pool rounds of the Rugby World Cup 2023 are over, and it is, perhaps, prudent to do a quick analysis of what we learnt of the first part of the Rugby World Cup based on the matches we’ve seen thus far and then to make a couple of observations thereafter. Probably the biggest revelation is that the gulf between the “big guns” and the “minnows” is enormous, and […]

October 12, 2023 5

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Australian women cricketers get hefty pay rise

Australia's women cricketers secured a huge pay increase Monday, with the top contracted player on course to earn more than Aus$1 million (US$666,000) a year. Payments for professional women will rise 66 percent under a new five-year deal between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association. They will share in a pool worth Aus$133 million, up from Aus$80 million in the previous agreement, rewarding not only members of Australia's world […]

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