[ad_1] “Can’t have it both ways chaps!” ran a Fox Sports headline. “Damning footage exposes Poms’ great Ashes hypocrisy.” The footage shows Jonny Bairstow, the wicketkeeper, trying to run out Marnus Labuschagne, pretty similar to the way Alex Carew would run him out on the final day of the Lord’s Test. Thought we had seen …

[ad_1] “The hypocrisy of it stands out. At no stage in my West Indies career, did we bowl bouncers for hours like this. At one stage on day 4, there were 98% short-pitched deliveries.You think there is going to be any real uproar about this tactic now? It’s England and Australia playing; not the West …

[ad_1] Patrick Vieira was hired as the head coach of French top-tier side Strasbourg. The former Arsenal and France midfielder, who was fired by the Premier League’s Crystal Palace in March, signed a three-year contract with the club, Strasbourg said on its website on Sunday. Vieira had been linked with relegated Leeds in England’s second …

[ad_1] Stuart Broad’s batting has seen better days. The man with a Test highest of 169 has been a genuine tail-ender for a long time now, and is rarely keen to hang around for long. How does one then explain the veteran seamer taking one body blow after another from Australian pacers, landing a few …

[ad_1] Australia opener Usman Khawaja has slammed the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members for using the “abusive language” when they were making their way to the pavilion after the morning session. Usman Khawaja and David Warner were seen having animated discussions with MCC members in the Long Room, while walking back into the dressing room …

[ad_1] Nathan Lyon who came to bat with a significant calf strain during Australia’s second innings in the Lord’s Test against England will most probably miss the rest of the Ashes, as per skipper Pat Cummins. Asked during the post match interview if Lyon was done for the series, Cummins said, “I wasn’t particularly happy …

[ad_1] Usman Khawaja, who had a tiff with some Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members in the Long Room at Lunch on the final day of the 2nd Ashes Test, said that the situation was ‘very disappointing.’ “It was really disappointing. Lord’s is one of my favourite places to come, there is so much respect shown …

[ad_1] Right-arm pacer Renuka Singh and Richa Ghosh were left out, while young off-spinner Shreyanka Patil was ignored as India named an 18-member Indian women’s cricket team for the limited overs tour of Bangladesh, starting July 9 in Mirpur. The Indian team is scheduled to play three T20Is and as many ODIs against Bangladesh. All …

[ad_1] The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Sunday “unreservedly apologised” to the Australian team after its few members allegedly abused several visiting players in the Lord’s Long Room following Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal on the fifth day of the second Ashes Test. In the 52nd over, Bairstow ducked a slow bouncer from Cameron Green and …

[ad_1] Day 5, Start of play: England require 257 runs to win with six wickets in hand. Ben Duckett (50*) and Ben Stokes (29*) in the middle. Michael Vaughan: ‘A crucial blow for Australia, a really good effort from Duckett’ Having already added 69 runs for the fifth wicket, Duckett and Stokes pile another quickfire …