Melbourne, Nov 22 (Ians) Openers Travis Head and David Warner struck centuries and shared a record 269-run stand while spinner Adam Zampa claimed 4-31 as Australia consigned England to their heaviest defeat, by 221 runs via D/L method, in the third and final Odi match of the series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Tuesday.
Travis Head hammered 152 while David Warner slammed 106 off 102 deliveries as Australia posted a mammoth 355/5 in a match reduced to 48 overs due to rain.
England, chasing a revised target of 364 from 48 overs, never got going and lost wickets at regular intervals as Zampa (4-31), Pat Cummins (2-25), and Sean Abbott (2-45) helped the hosts bowl out England for 142 in 31.4 overs to hand their archrivals biggest defeat ever in 50-Over format.
A number of records fell at the McG on Tuesday as Head and Warner put England to the sword with a brilliant opening partnership. During their...
Travis Head hammered 152 while David Warner slammed 106 off 102 deliveries as Australia posted a mammoth 355/5 in a match reduced to 48 overs due to rain.
England, chasing a revised target of 364 from 48 overs, never got going and lost wickets at regular intervals as Zampa (4-31), Pat Cummins (2-25), and Sean Abbott (2-45) helped the hosts bowl out England for 142 in 31.4 overs to hand their archrivals biggest defeat ever in 50-Over format.
A number of records fell at the McG on Tuesday as Head and Warner put England to the sword with a brilliant opening partnership. During their...
- 11/22/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
St John’s (Antigua), Nov 1 (Ians) West Indies lead selector and cricketing legend Desmond Haynes believes the opening combination of skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and the uncapped Tagenarine Chanderpaul can pay dividends for West Indies in the two-match Test series against Australia to be played in December this year.
The left-handed Tagenarine, 24, is the son of West Indies batting great Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and has aggregated 2,669 first-class runs at an average of 34.21 with five hundreds in first-class cricket till date.
He has been included in the squad following his superb run in first-class cricket this year and is expected to pair with Brathwaite at the top of the order.
West Indies are expected to assemble in Australia on November 10 and will play a three-day game against an Act/Nsw XI in Canberra, before facing Pm’s XI in a four-day match beginning November 23 at Manuka Oval.
The first Test at Perth Stadium...
The left-handed Tagenarine, 24, is the son of West Indies batting great Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and has aggregated 2,669 first-class runs at an average of 34.21 with five hundreds in first-class cricket till date.
He has been included in the squad following his superb run in first-class cricket this year and is expected to pair with Brathwaite at the top of the order.
West Indies are expected to assemble in Australia on November 10 and will play a three-day game against an Act/Nsw XI in Canberra, before facing Pm’s XI in a four-day match beginning November 23 at Manuka Oval.
The first Test at Perth Stadium...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Chennai, Feb 6 (Ians) Joe Root became the first cricketer to score a double century in his 100th Test when the England captain reached the milestone in the second session of the second day in the first Test against India at the Ma Chidambaram Stadium.
The previous best score in the 100th Test belonged to former Pakistan batsman Inzamam ul Haq who hit 184, also against India in Bengaluru in 2005.
Root reached his double ton with a six over long-on off the bowling of R Ashwin.
This was Root's fifth double century and he is joint second among England players to have hit most double tons. Former teammate and England Test skipper Alastair Cook also has five double centuries. Wally Hammond has seven.
Root is also only the ninth batsman to slam a century in his 100th Test.
Colin Cowdrey (104 vs Australia in 1968), Javed Miandad (145 vs India in 1989), Gordon Greenidge (149 vs England...
The previous best score in the 100th Test belonged to former Pakistan batsman Inzamam ul Haq who hit 184, also against India in Bengaluru in 2005.
Root reached his double ton with a six over long-on off the bowling of R Ashwin.
This was Root's fifth double century and he is joint second among England players to have hit most double tons. Former teammate and England Test skipper Alastair Cook also has five double centuries. Wally Hammond has seven.
Root is also only the ninth batsman to slam a century in his 100th Test.
Colin Cowdrey (104 vs Australia in 1968), Javed Miandad (145 vs India in 1989), Gordon Greenidge (149 vs England...
- 2/6/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Chennai, Feb 5 (Ians) England skipper Joe Root on Friday became the ninth batsman to slam a century in his 100th Test, on Day One of the first Test against India here at the Ma Chidambaram Stadium. It was the 10th instance of this feat occurring as former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is the only batsman to score centuries in both innings of his 100th Test, against South Africa in 2006.
Root brought up his 20th century off 164 balls, with the help of 12 boundaries. This was his third century in as many Tests, with earlier two coming in Sri Lanka in the previous series that England won 2-0, just before the team reached India for this series.
Root also became only the third cricketer to play both his first and 100th Test match in the same country he was touring. Root had made his debut in Nagpur in 2012 when England won the...
Root brought up his 20th century off 164 balls, with the help of 12 boundaries. This was his third century in as many Tests, with earlier two coming in Sri Lanka in the previous series that England won 2-0, just before the team reached India for this series.
Root also became only the third cricketer to play both his first and 100th Test match in the same country he was touring. Root had made his debut in Nagpur in 2012 when England won the...
- 2/5/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Bring the magic of Eoin Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl” to life. The Disney adaptation of the popular sci-fi/fantasy series is currently looking for its Artemis. There are also roles available in a play about the rise of cricket player Gordon Greenidge, a short drama about relationships, and a singing competition coming to BBC One! “Artemis Fowl”Disney’s adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl” is currently seeking its lead. A young, male, Irish actor, aged 9–13, is wanted to play the role of Artemis, an inquisitive, warm-hearted boy with a great sense of humor. Talent should be 5’3 or under. No previous acting experience is necessary. “Artemis Fowl” shoots in the UK, specific dates, locations, and pay Tba. Apply here! “Being Gordon Greenidge”“Being Gordon Greenidge,” a play that charts the cricket player’s rise from humble beginnings to international fame, is seeking actors to portray him in different stages of his life.
- 9/8/2017
- backstage.com
Fire in Babylon
Written and directed by Stevan Riley
UK, 2010
Fire in Babylon is a 2010 British documentary covering the rise of the West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s, written and directed by Steven Riley. The film includes historic footage and interviews with the characters of the time, including Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, and Viv Richards.
The documentary follows the ascension of West Indies cricket from the “Calypso Cricketers” team, due to their exciting but unsuccessful style of play, to a team that never strays far from the top of the cricket betting odds.
After briefly describing the history of cricket in the West Indies, the documentary picks up pace when it reaches the 1970s, with the West Indies still failing to turn a group of 11 players from different parts of the Caribbean into a united team. The appointment of Clive Lloyd...
Written and directed by Stevan Riley
UK, 2010
Fire in Babylon is a 2010 British documentary covering the rise of the West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s, written and directed by Steven Riley. The film includes historic footage and interviews with the characters of the time, including Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, and Viv Richards.
The documentary follows the ascension of West Indies cricket from the “Calypso Cricketers” team, due to their exciting but unsuccessful style of play, to a team that never strays far from the top of the cricket betting odds.
After briefly describing the history of cricket in the West Indies, the documentary picks up pace when it reaches the 1970s, with the West Indies still failing to turn a group of 11 players from different parts of the Caribbean into a united team. The appointment of Clive Lloyd...
- 1/28/2014
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
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