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After a massive win over New Zealand in the first Test, former cricketer Ricky Ponting said Australia have set the tone for the series. (Photo:AFP)

Australia have set tone for the series: Ricky Ponting after hosts'...

Exhilarated with Hosts' dominant display in the 1st Test, Ponting said if they continued to perform like this then NZ...

16 Dec 2019 7:59 AM GMT

New Zealand bowler Lockie Ferguson has been ruled of the remainder of Test series against Australia after he sustained a right calf-muscle tendon strain. (Photo:AFP)

Lockie Ferguson out of Test series against Australia due to injury

Ferguson picked the injury during the first Test against Australia which the latter won by 296 runs on Sunday.

16 Dec 2019 7:57 AM GMT

How do England score enough runs and take 20 wickets a match to be a competitive Test side away from home? These are the stark questions confronting Joe Roots men ahead of a four-Test tour of South Africa. (Photo:AFP)

England seek South African cure for travel sickness

While England are buoyed at home by the comforts of the Dukes ball and conditions that often assist quick bowlers.

16 Dec 2019 7:56 AM GMT

South Africa pacer Lungi Ngidi picked an acute hamstring muscle injury during the warm-up in the ongoing Mzansi Super League and will miss the opening Test against England. (Photo:AFP)

Lungi Ngidi picks hamstring injury ahead of Tests against England

Ngidi will not be able to play the final of the MSL.

16 Dec 2019 7:54 AM GMT

India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant who is known for his big-hitting capabilities said that there is nothing like a natural game and the player should have to bat according to the situation. (Photo:PTI)

There is nothing like natural game: Rishabh Pant after scoring maiden...

The 22-year-old batsman scored 71 runs off 69 balls when the team lost the top-three batsman.

16 Dec 2019 7:52 AM GMT

Shimron Hetmyer, who scored a century and built a 218-run match-winning partnership with Shai Hope, said he wants to enjoy his batting as much as possible. (Photo: AP)

'Want to enjoy my batting as much as possible': Shimron Hetmyer

Hope and Hetmyer guided West Indies to a comfortable eight-wicket win over India in the first ODI at the MA Chidambaram...

16 Dec 2019 7:45 AM GMT

Irfan Pathan has expressed concern about the students of the Jamia Millia Islamia after several of them were injured during violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act. (Photo: PTI)

'Concerned about students of Jamia Milia': Irfan Pathan

The university had turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus following protest against the...

16 Dec 2019 7:33 AM GMT

Virat Kohli is the cricketing equivalent of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for his sheer commitment towards the game feels West Indies batting icon, Brian Lara. (Photo: AFP)

'Virat Kohli is cricketing version of Cristiano Ronaldo': Brian Lara

For the 50-year-old Lara, who scored nearly 12,000 runs in Test cricket, Kohli can fit into the best teams of any era.

16 Dec 2019 7:31 AM GMT

Skipper Tim Paine believes Australia is climbing back towards the top of Test cricket after a third successive powerhouse victory at Perth Stadium on Sunday. (Photo:AP)

Skipper Tim Paine says Aussies on the rise again

The Australians thrashed New Zealand by 296 runs to continue a golden run in the local summer.

16 Dec 2019 6:25 AM GMT

Pakistans record breaking batsman Abid Ali on Sunday said that it was a magic moment for him to score a Test century on debut against Sri Lanka here in the countrys first home match in the long form of the game in 10 years. (Photo:AP)

It was a magic moment for me: Abid Ali

Abid became the first batsman in history to score hundreds on both Test and ODI debuts.

16 Dec 2019 6:19 AM GMT

Pakistan opener Abid Ali became the first batsman to score hundreds on both Test and one-day international debuts when he struck a ton against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on Sunday. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan's Abid Ali first batsman to score Test and ODI hundreds on...

His feat came on the fifth and final day at Rawalpindi stadium and follows his 112 versus Australia in Dubai on his ODI...

16 Dec 2019 6:13 AM GMT

New Zealand were never in contention after losing their first wicket with just six runs on the board and were unable to push the match into a fifth day after Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins cleaned up the Kiwi tail under lights in Perths first ever day-night Test. (Photo:AP)

Australia thrash New Zealand by 296 runs in first Test

Australia recorded one of their biggest wins over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test. The Kiwis were set a...

16 Dec 2019 6:00 AM GMT