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With South Africa’s tour of northern Australia continuing this week for the three-match BKT Tyres ODI series, it will continue a 50-over rivalry that’s produced its fair share of memorable encounters. The three-game T20I series produced some memorable moments, so ahead of the 50-over format, we’ve taken a look back at five classic Australia-South Africa ODIs. Aussies settle for silver 1998 Commonwealth Games gold medal match, Kuala Lumpur: Australia 183 (S.Waugh 90no, Pollock 4-19) lost to South Africa 6-184 (Rindel 67, Lehmann 3-14) by four wickets with 24 balls remaining.The ’98 Commonwealth Games represent an odd chapter in the South Africa-Australia…
Australia’s incumbent No.6 expects competition for Test position as Cameron Green builds towards bowling again Beau Webster concedes Cameron Green’s impending return to bowling will put the squeeze on his Test spot, meaning he may have to re-stake his claim in the Sheffield Shield to face England in the Ashes. Webster has performed strongly in his first seven Tests since making his debut in January earnt off the back of supreme domestic form in the preceding years. The 31-year-old took the No.6 spot from Mitch Marsh, who had been preferred over Green as the team’s allrounder since midway through the…
CPL 2025 Colin Munro smashed 120 off 57 in his team’s win © Getty Trinbago Knight Riders kickstarted their CPL 2025 campaign with a blazing win after Colin Munro hammered the first century of the season. Munro’s terrific 57-ball 120 ensured TKR finished with a massive 231/5 on the board. Even though St Kitts and Nevis Patriots did put up a fight, they were always behind the chase and fell short by 12 runs. After flicking Naseem Shah for a six very early in his innings, Munro got going with a hat-trick of boundaries against Dominic Drakes. For his part,…
THE HUNDRED MENS COMPETITION 2025 Livingstone contributed with both bat and ball. © Getty Liam Livingstone dismissed David Warner and Ollie Pope in the middle overs, and then returned to smash five sixes in his 20-ball 45. Joe Clarke scored 54 off 25 as the efforts of this pair combined to take Birmingham Phoenix to a dominating seven-wicket win over London Spirit at Edgbaston. Trent Boult struck on the second ball of the game after Livingstone chose to bowl as he cleaned up Jamie Smith for a duck. Kane Williamson accentuated the slow start with three successive fours off Tim…
The absence of Babar wasn’t the only surprise in Hesson’s squad for Pakistan’s upcoming contests, with Mohammad Rizwan also missing out on the 17-player group as selectors opted to choose batters that consistently scored at a high strike rate. Hesson indicated it was important that players that had performed well in recent white-ball matches were rewarded and said that choosing batters that scored quickly would be part of his selection process going forward. “We were challenged with three different surfaces (in recent matches against Bangladesh and West Indies)” Hesson said. “In Lahore, the surfaces were flat and the batting excelled.…
Mitch Marsh isn’t expecting much change in Australia’s approach as they switch formats in their white-ball series against South Africa. The 33-year-old will take charge of the one-day international side once again in the absence of regular skipper Pat Cummins, who has been rested for this series. Australia took an aggressive approach with the bat in the T20 series, packing their XI with big hitters and being prepared to lose wickets early as they sought big totals. While the series was a 2-1 success for the hosts, across the three matches they found themselves in the uncomfortable position of being…
CHENGDU: China swept two gold medals in breaking on Sunday while Zhang Hao and Zhu Siyi added two more when they reigned supreme in the roller sports event on the final day of The World Games as the hosts topped both the gold and overall medal tables for the first time. China has achieved its best-ever performance at the global showpiece, China’s delegation officials announced on Sunday. China’s 321 athletes competed in 152 events across 28 sports, capturing 36 gold, 17 silver and 11 bronze medals. The tally marks the country’s best record since it began participating in The World…
Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a backhand return against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz during their Cincinnati Open semi-final at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.—AFP CINCINNATI: World number one Jannik Sinner and hot rival Carlos Alcaraz will face off in a major final for the fourth time this season after both booked straight-set wins into the title match at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open on Saturday. Defending champion Sinner ruthlessly subdued 136th-ranked qualifier Terence Atmane 7-6(7/4), 6-2 while Spanish second seed Alcaraz defeated an ailing Alexander Zverev, who was suffering badly from the 32 Celsius heat and humidity, by 6-4, 6-3. Alcaraz and…
LONDON: Arsenal’s quest for Premier League glory got off to a winning start as Riccardo Calafiori’s goal beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday, while world champions Chelsea were lucky to escape with a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace. After finishing second for the past three seasons, the pressure is on Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to deliver the club’s first league title since 2003/04. The Gunners were far from impressive at Old Trafford but earned a huge three points thanks to a glaring error from United’s stand-in goalkeeper Altay Bayindir. The Turkish international flapped at Declan Rice’s corner on 13 minutes,…
ASIA CUP 2025 Gill and Siraj recently headlined India’s Test summer in England © Getty The Indian selectors will meet in Mumbai on Tuesday (August 19) to pick the squad for the Asia Cup, and their choices may well defy conventional wisdom and general expectations. Some of the standout performers from the England tour – including Shubman Gill, the star batter, and Mohammed Siraj, the valiant spearhead – could still find it difficult to make the cut. Gill hammered over 750 runs – second only to the legendary Sunil Gavaskar in terms of aggregate in a series. But the obvious…