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Williamson strategic, smart while Kohli is passionate: Graeme Smith
"Kane is very reserved, excellent player. He is very smart and strategic. Virat brings passion and leads from the front. Kane and Virat, as players, are two of the best batters in the world. Let us see how they manage themselves in the big stage like that," said former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith who predicted New Zealand as winners.
WTC final: Rusty India take on buoyant NZ in Test cricket's pinnacle
India had played Kiwis in the WTC cycle, losing 2-0 in an away series last year. The Kiwis pace bowlers turned out to be unplayable as they ran through India's batting order. Ahead of the WTC final, there has been talk about how New Zealand's pace bowlers could again trouble the Indians.Whatever be the nature of the pitch, India will have to start well whether they bat or bowl.
Heather's 95 takes England to 269/6 on Day 1
Led by captain Heather Knight's 95, England's top order fared pretty well while Indian women would be satisfied at restricting the host to 269 for six wickets at stumps on the first day of the one-off Test here on Wednesday. At close, Sophia Dunkley was batting on 12 (47 balls, 1x4) and Katherine Brunt was on seven (30 balls). The top scorer of the innings so far has been No.3 batswoman Heather (175 balls, 9x4s).
EPL fixtures: Manchester City start title defence away to Spurs
The Premier League published its fixtures for the coming season two months before the start of the new campaign and with Tottenham still to confirm their first team coach in the wake of Jose Mourinho's sacking. There are home games for all three teams promoted from the Championship, with Norwich City taking on Liverpool, Brentford clashing with Arsenal in a London derby and Watford facing Aston Villa, reports Xinhua.
Russia edge out Finland 1-0 for first win in Euro 2020
Finland started their second group game at a fast pace with Joel Pohjanpalo almost scoring five minutes into the match but the striker was flagged offside. Russia took some time to settle down but once they took the lead through Miranchuk who benefitted from Artyom Dzyuba's good build-up work before curling the ball past goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky the host started dictating terms, reports Xinhua.
Auger-Aliassime rallies to beat childhood idol Federer
The Swiss ace, who has won the Halle trophy a record 10 times, was being challenged by 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime for the first time. But, despite the age difference -- 19 years, as both share their birthdays on August 8 -- the Canadian displayed maturity beyond his age to defeat his "childhood idol". This was Auger-Aliassime's fourth top-10 career win and will next face the winner of the match between Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
Test rankings: Smith new No.1 batsman, Kohli moves up to 4th
With 891 points, former Australia skipper Smith is the world No.1 Test batsman while Williamson is now second with 886 points. Kohli, with 814 points displaced England captain Joe Root, who is now fifth with 797 points. Two more Indians featuring in the top-10 - wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma with 747 points each - are joint sixth.
New Zealand reveal fit Williamson, WTC final ball
Williamson and Watling were rested for New Zealand's second Test against England which the Kiwis won this week to seal their first series in England in 22 years. Known to have a pronounced seam, and swing more in English conditions, the Dukes ball will be a challenge for the Indian team which is used to playing with the SG Test ball at home and did not get any warm-up match in the lead-up to the WTC final.
Ronaldo knocks off $4 billion from Coca-Cola's value
The Portuguese star footballer, who plays for Juventus in Serie A and is acknowledged as one of the two best footballers of current era alongside Argentine Lionel Messi, sat down for the interaction with a teammate and moved the Coke bottles aside before picking a water bottle. Coke is a sponsor of the ongoing Euro 2020 in which the former Real Madrid star is leading Portugal. Spanish newspaper Marca has reported that Coca-Cola's shares took a dive.
ECB apologises for laying out used pitch for India-England women's Test
"We are all disappointed that the wicket for the Test match against India will have had 37 overs played on it. We know that England Women deserve a fresh wicket and we are sorry that we were unable to provide that in this instance," said the ECB. On Friday, Sussex beat Gloucestershire by five wickets in a T20 Blast game that went on for 37.2 overs on the Bristol pitch where the women's Test will be played.
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