Sports, Cricket, 23rd Aug 2019, News & Stories from India

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Sports, Cricket, 23 Aug 2019

Along with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, Ganguly has been at the receiving end of conflict of interest notices for being the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president as well as the mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals. (Photo:File)

'Conflict of interest must be practical': Sourav Ganguly, cites Ricky Ponting's example

Earlier this month, the former captain expressed his displeasure after Dravid was issued a notice by BCCI's ethics officer DK Jain.

23 Aug 2019 9:00 PM

The team will be facing India now for a three-match T20I series and three-match Test series. However, Lance Klusener will only be guiding the team for the T20I series during the tour. (Photo: AFP)

'Passion of playing for your country again is half the battle': Lance Klusener

South Africa had a disappointing World Cup 2019 campaign as they finished on the seventh spot out of 10 teams in the tournament.

23 Aug 2019 8:49 PM

Sourav Ganguly on Friday hoped the reappointment of the familiar Ravi Shastri as head coach will help India prevail in the 'big games' and break the jinx of not winning a major ICC tournament in recent years. (Photo:AFP)

Sourav Ganguly hopes India win ICC trophies after Shastri's re-appointment

India's last ICC tournament triumph was the win in the 2013 Champions Trophy.

23 Aug 2019 8:14 PM

Former Australia player Ricky Ponting feels that David Warner 'really stood up' at a time when the team needed it the most as they are playing without in-form batsman Steve Smith. (Photo:AP)

David Warner 'stood up really well': Ricky Ponting

Warner played a knock of 61 runs and formed a 111-run partnership with Labuschagne (74) to help the struggling Australian side.

23 Aug 2019 7:49 PM

Josh Hazlewood celebrates with teammates after dismissing Jonny Bairstow. (Photo: ICC/Twitter)

Ashes 2019: Josh Hazlewood takes fifer as England gets bundled out for 67

It was England's lowest total against Australia since 1948. Only one player, Joe Denly (12), reached double figures.

23 Aug 2019 7:13 PM

All-rounder Ben Stokes came into this match following an unbeaten 115 in the second innings at Lord's. But he all but gave his wicket away when he flat-footedly carved at a wide half-volley from recalled fast bowler James Pattinson he could barely reach, with Warner holding a fast edge high above his shoulder. Stokes was out for eight and England were 34-4.(Photo:AP)

Ashes 2019: Australia bowlers dominate England as they slumped to 54/6

Denly fought hard for 12 -- the top score of the innings so far.

23 Aug 2019 6:59 PM

England captain Joe Root fell for his second successive duck as his side slumped to 34-4 against Australia on the second day of the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Friday. (Photo:AP/PTI)

Ashes 2019: Aussie bowlers dominate England batsmen, cut scorecard to 34/4

All-rounder Stokes was out for eight and England were 34-4 in the 15th over.

23 Aug 2019 5:37 PM

Restructuring its setup, IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday appointed former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson as director of cricket operations and Australian Simon Katich as the new head coach. (Photo:AFP)

RCB name Mike Hesson as cricket operations' director, Simon Katich head coach

Hesson will work closely with all the players and the coaching team and will be an integral part of the RCB team management.

23 Aug 2019 4:58 PM

Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma. (Photo: Instagram/Virat Kohli)

'Anushka Sharma biggest blessing in my life apart from cricket', says Virat Kohli

Kohli was seen interviewing Windies legend Viv Richards in the video where he explained how Anushka Sharma plays the role of guiding him.

23 Aug 2019 3:27 PM

West Indies player Sharmarh Brooks, who received his Test debut cap from former cricketer Viv Richards on Thursday, said that the feeling was great to get the cap from 'legend'. (Photo: Windies cricket/twitter)

Sharmarh Brooks 'felt very great' to receive Test debut cap from Vivian Richards

Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel bowled really well as they picked three and two wickets respectively.

23 Aug 2019 3:01 PM

Jofra Archer's impeccable spell helped his side bowl Australia out for just 179 in their first inning. (Photo:AFP)

Jofra Archer is 'over the moon' after clinching six wickets

Archer said that claiming fifers or sixfers are the things for which a player trains for.

23 Aug 2019 2:41 PM

England bowlers were at their devastating best and Jofra Archer picked up six wickets. (Photo: AFP)

David Warner hails Marnus Labuschagne

Australia displayed a dismal performance on day one of the third Ashes Test match on Thursday as they were bundled out on 179 runs.

23 Aug 2019 2:19 PM

Trent Boult and Tim Southee ran through Sri Lanka's batting order to restrict Sri Lanka to 144/6. (Photo:AFP)

SL vs NZ 2nd Test: Trent Boult, Tim Southee destroy Sri Lanka

Boult took two early wickets in one over after Sri Lanka resumed the day on 85 for two at Colombo's P. Sara Oval.

23 Aug 2019 1:53 PM

Australia need one more win in the five-match series to retain the Ashes urn for the first time in 17 years. (Photo: AFP)

David Warner hails 'world-class' Jofra Archer

Bowling at a slightly slower pace than he did at Lord’s, Archer said his style reflected the conditions.

23 Aug 2019 12:54 PM

Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was on Friday appointed as the assistant batting coach of the national team for the three-match Twenty20 series against India in September. (Photo:AFP)

Proteas name Lance Klusener as assistant batting coach for T20Is against India

Justin Ontong will retain his position as the assistant fielding coach in Enoch Nkwe's Proteas management.

23 Aug 2019 12:30 PM

R Sridhar is set to retain his role as the fielding coach and Prasad said the selection committee did not have any second thoughts about reappointing him. (Photo: File)

MSK Prasad reveals why Jonty Rhodes failed to make into final shortlist for India's fielding coach job?

Jonty Rhodes' absence from even the 3-man final shortlist of Team India's fielding coach raised a few eyebrows.

23 Aug 2019 12:19 PM

The Mumbaikar feels that it’s too premature to say whether the stint proved beneficial or not but it certainly helped him get him some quality batting practice. (Photo: PTI)

'Not a selfish guy': Rahane not concerned about missing hundred

Rahane spent a couple of months with Hampshire in English county, playing seven games in which he scored a hundred and a fifty.

23 Aug 2019 12:02 PM

However, India's top performer Rahane explained why the decision was taken. (Photo: File)

IND vs WI first Test: Gavaskar 'astonished' by Ravichandran Ashwin's exclusion

Ashwin has scored 552 runs with four hundreds and taken 60 wickets with four five-fors against the West Indies in 11 Tests (home and away).

23 Aug 2019 10:08 AM

Labuschagne was the highest scorer from the Australian side and was scalped by Ben Stokes. (Photo: AFP)

Ashes 2019: Archer's fifer bundles out Australia on 179 in third Test

Australia suffered an early blow as Harris (8) and Usman Khawaja (8) were departed early by Archer and Stuart Broad, respectively.

23 Aug 2019 9:08 AM

KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal opened the batting for India. The team had a shattering start as they suffered three early blow. (Photo: AFP)

IND vs WI first Test: Rahane shines as India post 203/6

Windies won the toss and opted to ball first against the strong Indian batting side.

23 Aug 2019 8:55 AM

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