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The Ashes: Toss played crucial role in England's batting collapse, feels Bairstow
England lost the first two matches of ongoing Ashes in Brisbane and Adelaide and batting failure is the primary reason. Their woes with the willow continued in the third Test as England were bowled out for 185 in their first innings. Bairstow, who has replaced Ollie Pope for the ongoing Test at MCG admitted that batters could have made better shot selection.
God saved several Indian women football stars from 2004 tsunami
While fate had not been kind to these poor and orphan girls, December 26, 2004, was an exception. "On Saturdays and Sundays the girls would assemble in the stadium and then go to the beach for practice. On the Tsunami day which was a Sunday, the girls had assembled at the stadium. But on that day I had some work and had asked them to go back to their orphanage," S. Mariappan, the football coach and Physical Director at the Government Higher Secondary School in Cuddalore, told IANS.
Only thing England have done right on Ashes tour is turn up on time: Vaughan
England were bundled out for 185 on Day 1 of the third Ashes Test with Australian captain Pat Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon accounting for three wickets each and Mitchell Starc grabbing two as a spineless display by England on Sunday pushed them on the brink of a series loss. "They've got pretty much everything wrong -- selection, tactics have not quite been right," Vaughan was quoted as saying by dailymail.co.uk after end of day's play on Sunday.
India all set to board the shuttle express to greater glory
It will be a busy season next year for the Indians as they will play at least 20 events, starting with the Yonex Sunrise India Open from January 11-16 in Delhi and ending with the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022, December 14-22 in Guangzhou, China. Apart from Sindhu, Indian badminton has high hopes from Srikanth, Sen, Parupalli Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy and the doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in 2022.
SA v IND, 1st Test: Rahul and Agarwal justify Kohli's bat-first decision with solid opening stand
India openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal justified captain Virat Kohli's decision to bat first with a careful yet solid opening stand as India reached 83/0 in 28 overs at lunch on day one of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park. In the first hour of the session, South Africa employed four pace options in Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Wiaan Mulder and debutant Marco Jansen in helpful conditions. But none of them were able to put KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in trouble.
SA v IND, 1st Test: India win toss, elect to bat
India captain Virat Kohli has won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the first Test at the SuperSport Park here on Sunday. The Boxing Day Test marks the start of the three-match Test series between the two teams. After winning the toss, Kohli said, "Runs on the board playing away from home has been our strength. The wicket looks nice, there's grass on the pitch. Traditionally, Centurion gets quicker as the match goes on.
The Ashes, 3rd Test: Australia 61/1 at stumps, trail England by 124 runs on Day 1
Marcus Harris (20 off 51) and Nathan Lyon (0 off 5) were unbeaten at the crease at the end of play on Day 1. Australia bowled out England for 185 in their first innings and their openers Harris and David Warner had a watchful start. Veteran seamer James Anderson dismissed in-form Warner (38) in the 15th over of the innings.
Bernie Ecclestone believes Hamilton could retire before start of 2022 F1 season
Bernie believes Hamilton will call it a day as he is dismayed with the way he lost the world title in a dramatic season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton looked set to win his eighth world title when a turn of events saw Dutch driver Verstappen pass him on the last lap to clinch his maiden F1 title.
Cricket Australia chief Hockley keeps Langer guessing on contract extension
While Australia recently won their maiden ICC T20 World Cup title in the UAE and look set to retain the Ashes under the former distinguished player-turned-coach's tenure, Langer hasn't enjoyed the best of relationships with the players, with things coming to a head after the T20I series loss to Bangladesh in August.
COVID UPDATE: Aston Villa coach Gerrard to miss two PL games after contracting virus
The 41-year old will miss Sunday's Boxing Day game at home to Chelsea and Tuesday's trip to Leeds. "Aston Villa can confirm Head Coach Steven Gerrard will be unable to attend our next two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he will be isolating after testing positive for COVID-19," the club said in a statement on Saturday night.
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