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From the daily archives: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
CAPE TOWN: Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen hit centuries as South Africa dominated the first day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at Newlands on Tuesday.
South Africa were 347 for three at the close after being [...]
SYDNEY: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that the “intent” to succeed has been missing in Gautam Gambhir’s game and another failure in the second innings would mean that “voices calling for his axing will only get louder.”
“Gautam Gambhir again struggled and if he does not get [...]
CAPE TOWN: Jacques Kallis hit his 41st Test century and Alviro Petersen was unbeaten on 99 as South Africa punished the Sri Lankan bowling attack on the first day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Tuesday.
South Africa were [...]
SYDNEY: Australia’s young fast bowling sensation James Pattinson, who picked up four for 43, feels that the Indian batsmen have been intimidated by the aggression of the Australian quicks.
The Indian batting collapsed yet again and were bundled out for 191 runs in their [...]
CAPE TOWN: Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad took two wickets in his first spell of the series after Sri Lanka sent South Africa in to bat on the first day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Tuesday.
But Alviro Petersen, [...]
SYDNEY: India cricket coach Duncan Fletcher on Tuesday conceded that struggling opener Gautam Gambhir will have to be a “lot more positive” in his approach to come out of his lean patch in the ongoing Test series against Australia but defended the team’s batsmen despite their continuing poor run.
After [...]
SYDNEY: James Pattinson continued to grow in stature as the new spearhead of Australia’s pace attack with another haul of prized Indian wickets including Sachin Tendulkar in the second Sydney Test on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old paceman, playing in only his fourth Test match, snared the wickets [...]
CAPE TOWN: Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan won the toss and chose to bowl in the series-deciding third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka brought in fast bowler Dhammika Prasad for his first match of the tour to replace [...]
SYDNEY: With injured Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson facing a slide in the rankings and a pay cut, former Test fast bowler Dave Gilbert has asked Cricket Australia to employ legendary Dennis Lillee to mentor the beleaguered left-arm quick.
Johnson’s official CA ranking is all set to [...]
SYDNEY: With injured Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson facing a slide in the rankings and a pay cut, former Test fast bowler Dave Gilbert has asked Cricket Australia to employ legendary Dennis Lillee to mentor the beleaguered left-arm quick.
Johnson’s official CA ranking is all set to [...]
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