Australia took the late wicket of Tagenarine Chanderpaul to even the contest after a fascinating second day’s play in the second Test against the West Indies in Brisbane on Friday. At stumps, the West Indies were 13-1, a lead of 35 runs, after Chanderpaul was given out on review for the faintest of edges off … Read more
A terrific rearguard act form half-centurions Joshua Da Silva (79) and Kavem Hodge (71), and a brief cameo of 32 from Alzarri Joseph at the fag end, saw West Indies fight to post 266/8 on the opening day of the pink-ball Test at the Gabba on Thursday (January 25). Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva … Read more
Australia got the better of the West Indies by 10 wickets in the first game of a two-match Test series in Adelaide last week. The tourists played with three debutants in the first Test – Kaven Hodge, Justin Greaves, and Shamar Joseph. The latter, who is a right-arm pacer from a remote village called Baracara … Read more
Debutant Shamar Joseph gave the West Indies some hope after taking two top-order wickets during Australia’s reply to the visitors’ first innings total of 188 in the opening test in Adelaide Wednesday. Australia were 59-2 at stumps, with Usman Khawaja not out 30 and Cameron Green on six. Australia were only 129 runs behind, but … Read more
Kavem Hodge showed lots of guts and plenty of nice shots on his way to 71 against Australia at the Gabba. With loads of first-class experience, the Dominican-born cricketer impressed in the practice match against Cricket Australia XI, scoring 52 and 99 to help the West Indians earn a hard-fought draw. The ease of Hodge’s … Read more
This New Year has brought some wholesome changes to Test Cricket, mainly Down Under, with veteran batter Steve Smith replacing David Warner as Australia’s new opener in whites. However, on the flip side, the Brian Lara, perhaps the greatest all-format batter of modern times, was part of the West Indies first hit out at Adelaide … Read more
A West Indian all-rounder who once said on a cricket academy in Adelaide that his “dream” was to play Test cricket, might get his first crack after scoring 52 in a warm up match On his previous visit to Adelaide in 2010, as the youngest-ever full member of the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy and its … Read more
West Indies’ batting frailties were exposed after stumbling against an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide. One week out from the first Test against Australia, the tourists’ batters made several starts but all failed to go on with it on a dry Karen Rolton wicket. West Indies ended day one 251 for 8 (Greaves 65, … Read more
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has thrown his support behind Steve Smith to step into David Warner’s shoes as Australia’s next Test opener. With Warner bidding adieu during the New Year’s Test against Pakistan at the SCG, Australia now faces the task of finding Usman Khawaja’s new opening partner. Several contenders from the domestic circuit, … Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) announced their squads for Test and ODI matches against West Indies which will be played from January to February. The two-match Test series begins at Adelaide Oval on January 17 where Australia will look to strengthen their position in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 table after whitewashing Pakistan recently. Steve Smith … Read more
