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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin retires from international cricket immediately after third Test against Australia in Brisbane on Wednesday.  The sleight of hand off-spinner gets 537 from 106 tests which is second in the Indian record behind Anil Kumble’s 619.  Ashwin didn’t get a chance to play in the series-opener in Perth, but made a return to the side for the day-night second test in Adelaide, and picked up one wicket. That contest would become his last, he was dropped from Brisbane.  "Today will

Brisbane: Australia & India third Test in Brisbane was held 2-2 with thunderstorms preventing the hosts from getting a chance at an unthinkable win Wednesday, keeping the series at 1-1.  A late tea at the Gabba on bad lighting with India 8-0 (who had been given 275 to win), Australia’s verdict 89-7.  But a major storm hit the region over the break and play was cancelled and now the five-Test series is off to Melbourne and Sydney.  The result corrodes India’s hopes of

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Australia frustrated as India avoid follow-on in Gabba Test. Indians pulled off a brave comeback on day four of the third Test in Brisbane, thanks to an unexpected 10-wicket stand from Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep. They annoy Australia’s spinners, and India did away with the follow-on, retaining their hope in the tight series.  India, being put on the back foot by Australia’s first-innings 445, stood at 213-9. There was little left to bat at and it appeared there would be a follow-on.

Tim Southee will never be the same again after the New Zealand great announced on Tuesday he has retired from international cricket.  Southee will " fade out" a cheerful lad after claiming two wickets in his 107th and final Test match, a 423-run demolition of England in Hamilton.  The 36-year-old swing bowler then declared that he too would not feature again for his country in limited-overs cricket after a remarkable 17 seasons in all three formats.  "Time for these young guys," Southee said. 

Opener Tanish Suri, skipper Muhammad Waseem and pace bowler Muhammad Jawadullah all batted with oomph as UAE beat Kuwait by 11 runs to win the Gulf T20I Championship for the third time in a row at Dubai on Monday.  Waseem had the toss and took the bat. The Pakistan-born batsman struck a 28-ball 51 and a 104-run opening stand with Suri (77 off 47 balls) in 10.3 overs.  At one point the UAE had a chance to post a 200-plus, but none of

Kane Williamson hit masterful 156 at his best location to take New Zealand within touching distance of a consolation victory over England at the close of day three of the third Test match in Hamilton on Monday.  The first session went missing due to rain and Williamson came out on top under Seddon Park lights, the Black Caps led 340- 657 until England got them out for 453 in the last hour.  England, who have won the series – with victories in Christchurch

Australia’s pacers rattled through the Indian top order on rain-soaked day three of the third Test in Brisbane on Monday but the hosts were caught out by the same persistent conditions.  India were 51 for four at stumps, and 394 runs behind the score of Australia in the first innings after play was cancelled almost an hour before it started due to poor lighting at the Gabba.  Opener KL Rahul is on 33, and India captain Rohit Sharma is unbeaten in his own

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More often than not the Australian players have asked for a Test match in Brisbane earlier in the summer than later and there is no question about it as that is supported by the Gabba pitch curator David Sandurski.  Australia’s track record here in before- and post-Christmas fixtures is a good statistic.  As per the Australian Associated Press (AAP), there have been only five Tests held at the Gabba after Christmas and Australia have lost three, two in the past three years, against

And it was the perfect way to end his F4 career as the UAE’s No 1 driver, Rashid Al Dhaheri, won two pole positions and two chequered flags in the two F4 Formula Trophy races at his home track.  They were part of the Abu Dhabi GP weekend and, while the first race win was taken away from him after the race due to the steward penalising him for an overtaking move, he had owned the weekend racing lead-up to his F3Regional switch. 

A bit of racing action is probably over for the 2024 season, but there will be a pivotal day of post-season F1 testing in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.  Some drivers could move before their 2025 switch, next year’s rookies can experience F1 machinery and young drivers will get a chance to test the waters with their skills.  F1 testing: Abu Dhabi after-season running, what is it for?  Pirelli, F1 tyre manufacturers, will be keen to get as much data as possible from this

Jonathan Trott will be head coach of Afghanistan men till the end of 2025. The next match he will play is the ODI match of Afghanistan’s multi-format tour of Zimbabwe, but he will not be taking charge of the other formats for personal reasons. He’ll be replaced by Hamid Hassan, who will become the head coach and Nawroz Mangal as assistant.  The Afghanistan Cricket Board has signed 12 months extension on Trott's contract after a great 2024 for the team. Afghanistan limped into

Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head are demerit points for bust-up in second Test match between India and Australia and the Indian fast bowler is also penalised with a fine of 20% of his match fee, the International Cricket Council said Monday.  They were thrown together after Siraj took Australia opener Head for two in the pink ball Test at Adelaide which Australia defeated Australia by 10 wickets to tie the five-match series 1-1 at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.  "Siraj has been fined 20%

Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has taken two spells in the full force at Adelaide Oval on Monday and he expects to know within 24 hours whether he will be available for the third Test against India in Brisbane.  Hazlewood did not play in the 10-wicket defeat to India at Adelaide on Sunday, as the latest of a string of side strains have cost him his career.  "It’s going to be how I come in the 24 hours after it, really," Hazlewood told

As Mohammed Shami was battering Indian seamers in Rajkot last week in his first match back after a year away with injury, many wondered why India’s best seamer had not been flown out to Australia to play for pace man Jasprit Bumrah.  With India cruising to 10 wickets for the first time in three days in the second Test at Adelaide on Sunday, there will be more and more calls for Shami to be swooped into Brisbane for the third Test against the

And just as The Last Dance, a docuseries for Netflix from 2020, brought back wonderful memories of Michael Jordan’s most glorious performances in his final season with the Chicago Bulls, another game show on the streaming giant compelled two South African brothers to hop on a plane from Pretoria to the UAE to watch the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.  That might sound like farce, but the first thing Chislon Pillay and his brother Samuel Muchenje saw on Netflix was Formula One:

Not let down by the inability to consistently fight for the drivers’ world title with Max Verstappen, Lando Norris kept McLaren going on Sunday night, running out of time at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix race to give the British outfit its first constructors’ title since 1998.  There were euphoric scenes in the McLaren pit at Yas Marina Circuit as the 25-year-old’s fourth season win gave them the team title by 14 points.  Even Norris, to put it simply, was

Adelaide: A well-managed Australian bowling attack kept India in the dust on day one of the pink-ball Test, where they were ranked at 175/8 as of this writing.  An egged-on Nitish Kumar Reddy who is 42 unbeaten and on his way to an exhausting 50, stands in stead of a nervous Jasprit Bumrah at the crease.  India who batted first got at 82-4 in the first session and fell by two wickets quickly in the second session. Captain Rohit Sharma scored just three