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WTC FINAL 2025 On a day when 14 wickets fell, Rabada starred with a five-wicket haul © Getty The pacers from both teams dominated on an engrossing opening day of the World Test Championship at Lord’s, with 14 wickets going down on the day, nine of them coming in the final session. Steve Smith and Beau Webster struck half-centuries but Australia could only finish with 212 after Kagiso Rabada’s 5-51, well supported by Marco Jansen (3-49). South Africa then suffered early setbacks in their reply as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood did the damage, with the Proteas going…
INDIA IN ENGLAND, 2025 Morkel has been impressed with Bumrah’s rhythm © AFP India bowling coach Morne Morkel admitted to have been ‘blown away’ by Jasprit Bumrah’s rhythm during the team’s practice sessions in the build up to the first Test of the England series. The 31-year-old Bumrah had a landmark series in Australia at the end of the last year but couldn’t add to his 32 wickets after suffering a back injury that kept him out of the final day of the series in Sydney. It was an injury setback that ruled Bumrah out of the ensuing Champions Trophy…
GAME TIME Tilak Varma will at least play four four-day games. © Getty Tilak Varma has been recruited by Hampshire County Cricket Club. The left-handed Hyderabad batter has been offered a stint for close to two months by the Southampton head-quartered county. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) have extended him the NOC. According to information available with Cricbuzz, Varma, 22, will play for the English county from June 18 to August 2 during which he will feature in four four-day games initially. Whether he will represent the county in white…
Steve Smith couldn’t believe he succumbed to “part-timer” Aiden Markram on the opening day at Lord’s Smith on the pitch, Webster impact and Rabada threat On the day he set a new benchmark for overseas batters in Tests at Lord’s – a ground he knows better than most – Steve Smith was still left in disbelief following his ‘unfathomable’ dismissal. Smith resurrected Australia’s innings on the opening day of the World Test Championship final with his 112-ball 66 guiding the reigning champions out of trouble having slipped to 4-67 after being asked to bat first by South Africa. The veteran…
Kagiso Rabada took five wickets as South Africa seized the early initiative in the World Test Championship final before Australia fought back on Wednesday.Rabada overtook Allan Donald to become his country’s most prolific Test wicket-taker by claiming 5-51 as Australia were bowled out for 212 on the opening day at Lord’s. Yet on what proved a fine day for seam bowling, Australia hit back to reduce the Proteas to 43-4 four in their reply before the close. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player South Africa got off to a super start against Australia as Kagiso Rabada…
WTC FINAL 2025 Steve Smith was dismissed for 66. © Getty Half-centuries from Steve Smith and Beau Webster led Australia’s fightback in the second session on the opening day of the World Test Championship final, although South Africa did pick up the important wicket of the No.4 batter. Nevertheless, it was a productive session for Australia who scored 127 runs at a rate of close to five an over, getting to 190/5 at Tea, with Webster batting on 55 and Alex Carey (22*) for company. With the first session not going Australia’s way, the onus was on Smith to lead…
Mitchell Starc led Australia’s recovery as the defending champions fought back with the ball against South Africa on the first day of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Wednesday. Match Summary South Africa vs Australia, Final South Africa *43/4 (22 ov) Australia 212/10 (56.4 ov) Stumps : Day 1 – South Africa trail by 169 runs. SCORECARD Runrate Match Analysis Australia were dismissed for just 212 after South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss in overcast, bowler-friendly, conditions, with spearhead quick Kagiso Rabada taking 5-51. But at stumps South Africa had slumped to 43-4 in…
Fairmont, West Virginia AP — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton on Tuesday entered a no contest plea to driving under the influence stemming from a May traffic stop in her hometown of Fairmont. A Marion County judge fined her $100, consistent with sentencing guidelines for first-time, non-aggravated offenses, her attorney Edmund J. Rollo said in a statement. In a statement released through her attorney, the 57-year-old Retton said she took full responsibility for her actions. “What happened was completely unacceptable. I make no excuses,” she said. “To my family, friends and my fans: I have let you down, and…
England head coach Brendon McCullum said he knows the direction he wants to take his Test team in as they prepare for a tough challenge from India this summer.The five-Test series begins on June 20 at Headingley, live on Sky Sports Cricket, before England’s away Ashes tour later in the winter. The white-ball squad, led by new skipper Harry Brook, completed clean sweeps in the T20 and one-day international series against the West Indies, showing positive signs of regeneration. Now attention turns to the game’s longer format in a crucial year for McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. Live Test Cricket…
The scene outside Lord’s ahead of the WTC final ©Getty Oh, to be at Lord’s now that England aren’t here. You would have been forgiven for thinking every South African who had yet been to a cricket match anywhere was on their way to the grandest of grounds on Wednesday morning. Australians, there were a few. But the biltong brigade were in the ascendency on St John’s Wood’s pavements. Many, having taken the Jubilee Line, swarmed up and out of the underground station and poured down Wellington Road. On one such train, a dapper MCC member stuck out amid the…