Virat Kohli

India Lose Adelaide Test But Not Before Virat Kohli Came Close to Achieving the Impossible

 December 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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On fifth day morning, die-hard Indian fans prayed for a draw in India’s first test against Australia at the Adelaide oval. 364 on the last day was far too much on the cracked pitch that had given five wickets to Nathan Lyons after India had posted 399/5 at the end of the third day. Of […]

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India Play in Australia’s Hands after Friday’s Lower Order Batting Woes Caused by Nathan Lyon

 December 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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After batting creditably for most part of their first innings, India handed over the advantage to Australia by poor batting show on fourth day morning. Once the Rohit Sharma-Wriddhiman Saha stand was broken at 399, the rest of the flame blew out for the addition of just 45 runs. Of these, Mohammad Shami contributed 34 […]

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Virat Kohli Scores Seventh Test Century at Adelaide’s First Test between Australia and India

 December 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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After the deferred schedule at Brisbane, the Australia-India test series began with the first test at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday December 9, 2014. In the honor of two past greats from either side, the Test Series is also called the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. By the third day, the flat pitch and rain proved to be […]

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Question Marks on Gabba’s 1st Test Between India & Australia as Players Mourn Hughes’ Death

 November 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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Even at the highest levels, Cricket Australia officials are uncertain about staging the first test match between the visiting Indian tourists and Australia. All talks about cricket in general and the test match in particular have been overshadowed by Australians continuing to grieve over their friend and teammate Phillip Hughes, whose lost his life under […]

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Phillip Hughes

RIP: Claimed by a Bouncer, Phillip Hughes Becomes Cricket’s Most Unfortunate Casualty

 November 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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In one of the most senseless loss of life, 25-year old Phillip Hughes succumbed to injuries sustained, when he was struck by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on Tuesday. Phillip had missed an attempted hook and the ball hit him on the side […]

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Cricket

Australians Made to Bite Dust by a Resurgent Pakistan in Test Matches at UAE

 November 8, 2014   R K Gupta

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It all began before Dubai’s first test. Australia faced Pakistan A at Sharjah in a 4-day game, beginning October 15. Having won the ODI series 3-0 earlier, Australia wouldn’t have thought much of this match. Going into the longer version of the game was like extending their winning streak against he younger Pakistanis, before the […]

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Graeme Smith

Farewell Test for Graeme Smith Ends with Australia’s Series Victory

 March 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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Post the Ashes-Series, Australia sent the miserable England cricket team home empty-handed. Then they packed their bags and went for the African safari. They have since been busy and already successfully recorded a test-series win against South Africa. For the last time yesterday, the Proteas played under the stewardship of arguably the modern era’s most […]

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Women’s Ashes

Australia Win ODI & T-20 Series despite Losing Women’s Ashes

 February 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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After losing the test match and the first ODI to England, the Australian women scored thumping victories against England in ODI and T20 series. But in the end it was not enough. The test match had given England 6 points and the first ODI victory for them added another 2. But Australia bounced back to […]

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England Bowlers Dominate Australia But Lose the Fifth ODI Narrowly

 January 27, 2014   R K Gupta

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England almost won the fifth ODI at Adelaide on January 26, 2014. Irrespective of the final result, it was the first time in the ODI series that England laid Australia low, after losing the toss and fielding first. Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes dominated the top-order Australian batting and accounted for early wickets. Broad clean-bowled […]

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Stokes and Buttler offer future hope for English cricket

 January 24, 2014   John Welsh

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The name of Jos Buttler may not have been enshrined on everybody’s lips when England began their ODI series against Australia this January, especially when the tourists collapsed to an insurmountable 3-0 deficit after being whitewashed 5-0 in the Ashes series. Yet the young Lancashire cricketer has proved in three of the four one day […]

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