Australia captain Steven Smith and India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have finished 2015 as the ICC’s top-ranked Test batsman and bowler respectively. Ashwin finished as the No. 1 ranked Test all-rounder as well, for the second time in three years. While Smith leapfrogged Kane Williamson, Joe Root and AB de Villiers to the top, Ashwin achieved
The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel today named fast bowler Miguel Cummins as the replacement for pacer Shannon Gabriel on the ongoing Test Series against Australia in Australia. Cummins, 25, has taken 99 wickets at an average of 22.83 in 36 first-class matches. He has made one international appearance for West Indies – in
First, there is Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford. Then comes Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh. Such is the list of all-time Test record partnerships for Australia after Voges and Marsh put on 449 against an insipid West Indies in Hobart. It was the highest fourth-wicket stand in Test history, and the sixth-biggest of the near
At 10 am on a greenish pitch, Jason Holder lost the toss but didn’t mind that Steven Smith chose to bat. “Hopefully we can exploit the conditions as best as possible and get into their middle order,” he said. By 12.30pm they had done so; Australia were 3 for 121 and wobbling. It turned out
West Indies may be heading into their Test series in Australia as underdogs but one of their greatest players has told the tourists to believe an upset is possible. The first of a three-Test series starts in Hobart on Thursday with West Indies going into the game after a 2-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka