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Pujara rates century as one of best ever 06 Dec 2018 - 10:53 pm

Adelaide, Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara raced past 5,000 Test runs and on the way scored one of his best centuries Thursday, with the experienced...

World record brings Yasir into spinners' hall of fame 06 Dec 2018 - 10:53 pm

Abu Dhabi: Six years to the day after the great Clarrie Grimmett took his final breath in Adelaide, Yasir Shah filled his lungs...

Pujara ton helps India claw back against Australia 06 Dec 2018 - 11:25 am

Adelaide, Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara scored a gritty 123 in punishing conditions to claw India back into the opening Test in Adelaide Thursday after...

Yasir Shah fastest to 200 Test wickets, breaks 82-year record 06 Dec 2018 - 09:52 am

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan's leg-spinner Yasir Shah Thursday became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets, breaking an 82-year-old record on the fourth...

Kohli taking nothing for granted against Australia 06 Dec 2018 - 01:20 am

Adelaide, Australia: Superstar skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday played down suggestions Australia are vulnerable after the ball-tampering scandal, as his India side try...

Paine hopes Australia can earn victory as well as respect 06 Dec 2018 - 01:20 am

ADELAIDE: For many Australians, the first ball of a home test series marks the start of a gradual winding down, when workers breathe...

Never a dull moment: Australia-India test series set to go 06 Dec 2018 - 01:20 am

One team has one of its star players sidelined with an ankle injury, and he'll miss the first test beginning Thursday at the...

New Zealand face uphill battle after Azhar, Shafiq hit hundreds 06 Dec 2018 - 01:20 am

Abu Dhabi: Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq hit centuries to leave Pakistan in command of the third and final Test against New Zealand...

Captain Kohli is India’s richest sports star 06 Dec 2018 - 01:20 am

Doha: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, former skipper MS Dhoni, retired great Sachin Tendulkar and ODI vice captain Rohit Sharma, all made it...

Australia axe vice-captain Marsh as Khawaja returns against India 05 Dec 2018 - 08:40 am

Adelaide, Australia, Australia sprang a surprise by axing vice-captain Mitch Marsh on Wednesday for the first Test against India, as Usman Khawaja's return...

Gritty Azhar leads Pakistan out of trouble 05 Dec 2018 - 12:04 am

Azhar Ali's resolute half-century helped Pakistan reach 139-3 in reply to New Zealand's 274 on day two of the third and final test...

'Sick of ball tampering talk' - Paine focuses on India challenge 05 Dec 2018 - 12:04 am

Adelaide, Australia: Australia skipper Tim Paine says he is sick of all the ball-tampering talk and it is time to move on and...

Hafeez to quit test cricket after 3rd test against NZ 05 Dec 2018 - 12:04 am

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: Pakistan allrounder Mohammad Hafeez will retire from test cricket when the ongoing series against New Zealand in the...

King Kohli eyes crowning glory in Australia 04 Dec 2018 - 11:59 pm

New Delhi: Virat Kohli is at the top of his game but he must get his other batters to perform if he is...

Watling passes 3,000 runs in Tests to frustrate Pakistan 04 Dec 2018 - 10:31 am

Abu Dhabi, New Zealand's wicketkeeper batsman BJ Watling passed 3,000 Test runs as he continued to defy Pakistan on the second day of...

Pitch perfect goal for Australian cricket's grass gurus 03 Dec 2018 - 11:52 pm

Sydney: Mostly green and often downtrodden, the humble grass on which the highly-anticipated Australia-India Tests will be played doesn't normally attract as many...

'King Kohli' spearheads India's charge to end drought Down Under 03 Dec 2018 - 11:52 pm

MUMBAI: Having proved his credentials as a batsman in Australia four years ago, Virat Kohli returns for a series Down Under that could...

India's pace hype faces stern Australia test 03 Dec 2018 - 11:52 pm

NEW DELHI: Having spent frustrating decades envying Pakistan's endless supply of fast bowlers across the border, India's excitement around their current pace attack...