Australian Cricket Team has attained almost everything imaginable in the cricketing world. Australia has registered the most win and highest number of ICC trophies for any team in International Cricket. The Australian Cricket history is filled with countless mind-boggling records and stats. Here are the top ten moments in Australian Cricket history: First Win on England Soil Perhaps the first instance of greatness in the history of Australian Cricket. This is where the foundation of the Ashes Series was laid by the Australian cricketers. The Kangaroos defeated England for the first time in their home country in 1882 in a…
Author: Virat Verma
England Women has thoroughly outplayed India in all the departments to ensure an uplifting victory by 4 wickets in Match 15th of the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. England comfortably chased down 135 runs in 31.2 overs to stay alive in the tournament after conceding three consecutive defeats in their first three matches. India still failed to avenge the humiliating loss suffered in the finals of the Women’s World Cup 2017. Here’s how the match panned out: England Women won the toss and opted to ball first. The decision made by captain Heather Knights proved to be extremely fortunate for…
Each year BCCI central contracts are announced for both the Indian Women and Indian Men Cricketers. While there are four categories, namely, Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C, for male Indian cricketers, there are only three categories, namely, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C, for female players of India’s national team. A comparative look at the salaries of annually contracted men and women cricketers: There is a vast pay gap between the remuneration of men and women players. Recently the BCCI announced the list of contracted players for the Indian men’s team in which Grade A+…
Pak vs Aus, the 4th day of the 2nd test, witnessed the modern-day genius Babar Azam’s brilliance while chasing a mammoth 506 runs in the fourth innings of the test match. Babar Azam is currently playing on 102* as Pakistan scored 192-2 at stumps on the fourth day. Pakistan is still trailing by 314, and the Pakistani skipper will look to emulate his fourth-day heroics against the formidable Australian bowling line-up on the fifth day to register a historic win. PAK VS AUS, Day 4: As it happened Australia declared their innings after Labuschagne fell on 44 against Shaheen Afridi…
Suryakumar Yadav, the explosive middle-order batter for Mumbai Indians, is confirmed to miss out on the franchise’s first game of the tournament against Delhi Capitals on 27th March at Barbourne Stadium. Yadav suffered a hairline fracture on his hand while fielding in the third T20i for India against West Indies. He also missed out on the T20is series against Sri Lanka after being judged player of the series against West Indies in T20is. The Mumbai Indian batter was expected to get fit by the 15th edition of Tata IPL begins. However, the latest reports suggest that he is unlikely to…
Umpiring is the foundation on which the cricketers rely on getting fair and trustworthy decisions throughout the match. The umpires are indispensably required to conduct a game following ICC guidelines with utmost sincerity by the players. Without umpires, International cricket will be no different from gully cricket. In cricketing history, thousands of umpires have stood in front of the pitch to judge the play according to the latest norms and laws laid by the MCC. Still, only a handful of them has been impeccable with their decision-making in the heavily pressurised environment. Top 7 Umpires according to Cricreads: Simon Taufel…
AUSW vs WIW, Match 14th of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, continued the dominance of Australia in the ongoing tournament. The kangaroos defeated the Caribbeans in a lop-sided match by chasing down measly 132 runs in just 30.2 overs with 7 wickets to spare. The table-toppers sits comfortably at the summit with 4 wins out of 4 games and a boasting net run-rate of +1.744. On the other hand, West Indies Women have slipped at the 4th position in the points table with 2 wins and 2 losses each in 4 matches. Windies have the worst net run rate…
ENGW vs INDW, Match 15 of 31, a high stake game, is scheduled to be played at Bay Oval on 16th March 2022. Defending champions, England, are on the cusp of being thrown out of the tournament. With three consecutive losses and no wins to show, the English women would be hoping to replicate their success against women in blue in the finals of Women’s World Cup 2017. On the other hand, India has bounced back against the Windies to register their second win of the ICC tournament and would be eyeing to pay back the humiliating defeat they suffered…
Sri Lanka had the daunting task of chasing 447 in the 4th innings of the pink ball test match. Sri Lankan captain, Dimuth Karunaratne demonstrated why he is known as 4th innings specialist but his counterattacking 107 runs were not enough to eclipse massive total India had put on the board. India has whitewashed Sri Lanka in both T20is and Test format of the game in this tour with the win at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Lone Warrior Karunaratne: The Sri Lankan captain notched up his 14th test hundred; however, found himself losing partners at the other end on a…
Aus vs Pak, 3rd day of the 2nd test, witnessed the Australian bowlers pouncing on a clueless Pakistani batting line-up. Pakistan could only muster 148 in their first innings after conceding 556/9 against the Kangaroos. Even after taking a gigantic lead of 408 runs, Australia did not press the follow-on. Pat Cummins and co. are well aware that it is their chance to tire out the already exhausted Pak fielders much more before the final test of the three-match test series is played. Aus vs Pak, 3rd-day highlights: Pat Cummins, the skipper for the Kangaroos, added more to the misery…