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Pat Cummins confirmed for Boxing Day Test after missing Adelaide game
Cummins had dined with fellow New South Wales and Adelaide Strikers fast bowler Harry Conway at Little Hunter Steakhouse on the eve of the ongoing Test following which he was replaced by Michael Neser in the Playing XI. On Saturday, it was confirmed that Cummins will not have to continue his COVID-related isolation in Sydney and will resume training for the third Test.
Four things to look out for in La Liga this weekend
Real Madrid currently have six players affected by Covid-19, FC Barcelona entertain struggling Elche on Saturday deep in a crisis of injuries, results, and confidence after their exit from the Champions League and Sevilla and Atletico Madrid play a huge game at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium on Saturday night as Sevilla look to keep on the trail of Real Madrid in the title race.
ISL 2021-22: NorthEast United FC stun SC East Bengal, register second win of season
The result extends East Bengal's winless run to seven games which keeps them firmly at the bottom of the points table. V.P. Suhair (61') broke the deadlock by scoring his second goal of the season to give NEUFC a crucial lead. Patrick Flottmann (68') extended the advantage by scoring his first goal in the ISL by getting his head on the end of a cross.
Ashes, 2nd Test: Australia remove England's openers after declaring at 473/9
After Australia, on the back of counter-attack from the lower-order, declared at 473/9 in the first innings, Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser took out Burns and Hameed before a large lightning strike outside the venue forced early stumps to be called on a day thoroughly dominated by Australia. In the final session, debutant Neser and Starc inflicted more misery on England with stunning late cameos.
India out to conquer South Africa with some chinks in armour
With India now back in South Africa, the place from where the stunning overseas run began, Kohli and Co. have firmly set their sights to win a Test series in the Rainbow nation, something which has never happened in the past. In their home series against New Zealand, India came up with solid performances from experienced folks such as Mayank Agarwal and Ravichandran Ashwin to youngsters like Shreyas Iyer and Mohammed Siraj.
Asian Champions Trophy hockey: India beat arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1
Harmanpreet Singh opened the scoring, allowing India to head into half-time with a 1-0 lead. Akashdeep Singh doubled the lead in the third quarter. However, Pakistan managed to pull things back when Junaid got a pass in the circle and deflected it into the post.
England pacer Curran ruled out of remainder of Sydney's campaign in BBL
Curran's exit is a big blow for the defending champions, who are also missing the services of spinners Ben Manenti and Steve O'Keefe due to neck stress fracture and calf injury respectively. Curran, a member of England's 2019 Cricket World Cup-winning team, had missed last season's BBL because of travel restrictions and quarantine rules.
Ashes, 2nd Test: Smith and Carey reach half-centuries before falling to Anderson
Commencing from 302/5 at dinner break, Smith and Carey continued to hold fort. Carey, the hometown boy, was watchful at the start but looked for scoring opportunities whenever it came while Smith was on cruise mode. The 91-run stand between Smith and Carey was broken by James Anderson, whose low nip-backer rapped Smith plumb in front of the pads. Smith's dismissal on 93 meant that he missed out on his 28th Test century,16th as skipper and 12th in the Ashes.
BWF World Championships: Sindhu, Srikanth advance to quarters
Defending champion Sindhu beat Thailand's ninth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes, to stay on course for a second successive world badminton title. This was the fifth win for world No 7 Sindhu over the 10th-ranked Chochuwong from eight meetings. The Thai had beaten Sindhu in the previous two meetings, including the one at the BWF World Tour Finals earlier this month.
PAK vs WI: Rizwan becomes 1st batter to score 2,000 T20 runs in a calendar year
The wicketkeeper-batter smashed a quick-fire half-century (86 off 45) to achieve the feat. He had earlier surpassed West Indies Chris Gayle in the list of most T20 runs in a calendar year. Rizwan along with Babar Azam (79 off 53) put on a 158-run opening stand that set up Pakistan's win with seven deliveries and as many wickets to spare as they recorded their highest successful chase in T20Is.
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