Advance The hosts will have to fix their inconsistencies at the top if they want to level the series. Big picture The first ODI painted a broad enough picture of both parties’ strengths and weaknesses in a way that the full series often fails to achieve. Through exactly 100 overs …
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Advance Join us for updates, analysis and color from day one of the second trial Welcome to the first day of our live report from the second Chennai India-England test. Join us for updates, analysis and color. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here * The most recent entry …
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Advance Mohammad Rizwan will continue to lead Pakistan; New Zealand will be left without Neil Wagner Big picture New Zealand has to be one of the toughest countries to go through in recent times. The last time a visiting team won an event in New Zealand was in March 2017. …
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The Christian community is celebrating Christmas, perhaps with more joy this season to overcome the trauma and sadness of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, most churches did not have the traditional midnight mass, and parishioners from many churches in the city were asked to call early for seats in churches that …
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Big picture When India last played a test series in Australia and sealed a historic victory, an inevitable caveat was added: Australia lacked its key players Steven Smith and David Warner, and a team with a new captain and a shaky batting lineup. . With no Virat Kohli in between, …
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Big picture Joe Burns is Will Truman. For the past, oh, it almost seems like decades, a whole country has been obsessed with it. At least Jim Carey’s character didn’t know that his entire life was being ripped apart by an audience that reveled in his weirdness. Lovely cricket cricket, …
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Big picture India has a golden opportunity to claim a 3-0 series sweep in Australia without really hampering their preparation for the next test series. Neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Mohammed Shami were required in the series-clinching victory Sunday night with the India attack doing the job to back Australia after …
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Big picture India is participating in this tour. Victory in the final ODI and opening T20I means there is a bit of spring in their wake as they return to Sydney for the last two white ball games before the focus shifts firmly to the test series, although as these …
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Big picture A very quick format change and one where there is a bit more urgency to get it right before next year’s T20 World Cup. According to the ICC rankings, this series is pitted from second to third, so it has the characteristics of good competition on surfaces that …
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Big picture It has been exactly nine months since we last saw the New Zealand team in white. In March earlier this year, Kane Williamson’s team lifted the trophy in Christchurch after beating then-No. 1 Indians 2-0 in the test series. Now in December, as the cricket world adjusts to …
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