Naseem Shah: Pakistan's next export from the pace factory
Cricket | November 21, 2019 11:58 ISTNassem Shah, 16, lost his mother a week back and on Wednesday, he became the youngest player to make his Test debut Down Under in the Gabba Test.
Nassem Shah, 16, lost his mother a week back and on Wednesday, he became the youngest player to make his Test debut Down Under in the Gabba Test.
The Eden Gardens is set to host India's first-ever Pink Ball Test when India take on Bangladesh in the second and final Test of the two-match series, starting November 22.
Indian pace battery bundled Bangladesh for 150 as Mohammed Shami picked 3 wickets for the hosts.
The five players will be practising under lights with the pink ball under the watchful eyes of NCA head Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru.
Kane Williamson is not part of the ongoing five-match T20I series because of a hip injury and Tim Southee is leading New Zealand in his absence.
Jonny Bairstow was left out of original Test squad after poor performances in the Ashes, where he averaged just 23.77 from five matches.
Faf du Plessis said toss in away Tests should be scrapped after India continued to pile on the runs batting first and put immense pressure on South Africa.
Ian Chappell said that Test cricket needs to be competitive and other team's need to follow India's quest for excellence to achieve that.
Team India skipper Virat Kohli said that Test cricket in India should only be played in five venues while limited-overs cricket can be rotated across several venues in the country.
Faf du Plessis's record in Tests now went from bad to worse in the last seven Tests as he lost the last six while Bavuma called wrong in Ranchi.
Michael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
With the century, Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to become fourth-fastest to score 26 Test tons.
Mayank Agarwal scored his second century in Test cricket with a battling innings against South Africa at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
Rahmat Shah had previously scored 98 in Afghanistan's last Test against Ireland in Dehradun.
Rashid Khan broke a 15-year-old record, which was earlier created by Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu in 2004.
In order to add more excitement to the longest format of the game, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already come out with the concept of World Test Championship.
Marnus Labuschagne, who came in as Test cricket's first concussion substitute and impressed with the bat at Lord's, is all but sure to take Steve Smith's place in the playing XI.
Besides Dar and Bucknor, South Africa's Rudi Koertzen is the only other umpire to have reached the three-figure mark in Tests, having stood in 108 Tests before calling it a day in 2010.
With James Anderson ruled out of the Lord's Test, Jofra Archer is set to make his Test debut in the second match starting Wednesday at Lord's.
Steve Smith scored 144 off 219 balls at Birmingham on his return to Test cricket after 15 months but his fluency forces one to ask... did he ever leave?
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