Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood both scored centuries to keep English bowlers at bay on day 3 of the 2nd test at Barbados. Trailing a mammoth 507, West Indies needed a good partnership after three dismissals at about a hundred runs. Blackwood and Brathwaite constructed a vast 183 runs stand for the fourth wicket to showcase the Caribbean’s stubborn resistance after conceding a massive lead in the first innings. Here’s how the day progressed: Kraigg Brathwaite and Shmarah Brooks were on the crease at the start of play on day 3. West Indies was 77 for the loss of one…
Author: Virat Verma
Mark Wood, the English paceman, has been ruled of the Tata IPL 2022 due to an elbow injury suffered in the first Test of England’s tour to the West Indies. Lucknow Super Giant spent an expensive sum of Rupees 7.5 crores at the IPL Mega Auction 2022 to outbid other franchises and gain the services of English fast-bowler for the 15th edition of the IPL. The newly formed franchise betted heavily on Wood’s lethal pace to form the core of their pace attack at the tournament. With Mark Wood ruled out, it is highly possible that Lucknow Super Giants will…
West Indies Women defeated Bangladesh Women in a last-over thriller by 4 runs at Bay Oval stadium in New Zealand. West Indies Women defended 7 runs in the final over against the last Bangladeshi batting pair. Stafanie Taylor, the skipper for West Indies, found the gap between bat and pad of Fariha Trisna on the 3rd ball of the last over of Bangladeshi Innings to win the third match for her side at Women’s World Cup 2022. West Indies have climbed up to the third position at the points table with three thrilling wins at the tournament, while Bangladesh sits…
Ben Stokes blasted the West Indies bowlers on day 2 of the 2nd Test to bring up his 11th Test hundred with a dashing strike rate of above 90. He became the fifth cricketer overall to complete the double of 5000 runs and 150 Test wickets. England posted a massive 507/9 before declaring the innings to let the Caribbean batters tough it out in the last session of the day’s play. In reply, West Indies have scored 71 for the loss of one wicket at stumps on day 2. Kraigg Brathwaite on 28* and Shamarh Brooks on 31* are still…
India Women will go one-on-one against the table-toppers Australia Women in Match 18th at Eden Park, Auckland in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. Recent Form: Australia is riding high on confidence after thrashing West Indies Women in their previous outing by 7 wickets. Australian Women dominate the points table with four wins in fours matches and a robust net run rate of +1.744. On the other hand, the campaign of Women in Blues has been rickety so far in the tournament. India decimated Pakistan in their opening match of the tournament, then got defeated by New Zealand to rise…
Mithali Raj has been synonymous with Women’s Cricket in India for over two decades. Often dubbed as the ‘Lady Tendulkar of Indian Women’s Cricket Team, ‘ the Women’s Cricket frontrunner has accomplished many records and accolades in her spectacular international cricketing journey. A movie called ‘Sabaash Mithu’ depicting her tremendous avenue as a cricketer will soon be released in the theatres as announced by Taapsee Pannu on her Instagram handle, who will be portraying the role of Mithali Raj. Career Statistics: Mithali Raj has played 12 Test matches in which she has scored 699 runs at an average of 43.7.…
South Africa Women defeated New Zealand Women in a nail-biting thriller at ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 in New Zealand. The Proteas required 14 runs in the last 2 overs with only 3 wickets to spare. Marizanne Kapp, the South African all-rounder, guided her team to the victory in a close contest. With 14 required off 12 and the Proteas being 7 wickets down, the match could have gone either way. Devine clean-bowled Ismail on the 2nd ball of the 49th over to push South Africa on the brink of a loss. However, Kapp kept her nerves calm and collected…
Joe Root and Dan Lawrence combined to construct a 164 runs stand for the third wicket to guide England to 244-3 at stumps on day 1 of the 2nd Test match. Root was given two reprieves in his unbeaten knock of 119* off 242, consisting of 12 fours. West Indies did not review when Root was caught behind off the bowling of Jason Holder on 23. Later he was dropped by Joshua de Silva on 32 off Kemar Roach. Dan Lawrence, too, was given a life when Alzarri Joseph dropped him on 71 off the bowling of Jayden Seales. West…
Recently, RCB unveiled Faf du Plessis as their captain for the upcoming session of the Indian Premier League at the RCB Unbox Event on 12th March in Bengaluru. Fans and IPL franchises poured their wishes and congratulations on social media for the beloved South African player. The official Twitter handle of Gujarat Titans tried to be cheeky while congratulating Faf du Plessis on becoming the skipper of RCB. The admin on Twitter for the newly formed franchise attempted to add some Gujarati flavour to the wish by modifying Faf’s name with the popular Gujarati dish Fafda. Here’s what Gujarat Titans…
The Pakistani Captain, Babar Azam, scored the highest fourth-innings score ever by a skipper in the Test Match history when he notched up 196 runs, including 21 fours and a towering six against the Australian Cricket Team on the gruelling fifth day. Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten century to ensure that Pakistan stayed in the hunt for the record run chase even after Babar’s dismissal. Babar Azam has once again proved his mettle as one of the best batters in modern-day cricket. He kept Australia on their toes for most of the last day by gunning towards the highest ever…