On the final day of the four-day warm-up game between Cricket Australia XI (CA XI) and Indians at Sydney, Indians’ openers Murali Vijay scored a brilliant century and KL Rahul finally played a good knock. CA XI started the day on 356/6 and managed to score 544 before getting all-out. The last night’s unbeaten batsmen […]

On day three of the four-day warm-up game between Cricket Australia XI (CA XI) and Indians at Sydney, the Indians’ skipper Virat Kohli surprised everyone after taking the bowler role for few moments. When CA XI was batting on 298/6 in 86 overs, the right-arm medium Kohli took the ball in hand and delivered a […]

During the day two of the four-day warm-up games between Cricket Australia XI and Indians at Sydney, while the Indian batsmen mostly dominated, the 19-year-old right-arm pacer Aaron Hardie was the only bowler to shine for CA XI. While the other CA XI bowlers failed to pick up more than one wicket in that innings, […]

Five Indian batsmen hit half-centuries on the day two of the four-day warm-up match between Cricket Australia XI (CA XI) and Indians at Sydney. After the day one was completely washed out in rain, CA decided to field first after winning the toss on the day 2 morning. Total five Indian batsmen played 50+ knocks […]

The fiery Indian fast bowler, Umesh Yadav did not get his Australian summer off to the start he would have been hoping for as he tripped over trying to bowl his first ball to the Cricket Australia XI opener on Day 2 of the practice game at Sydney Cricket Ground. Umesh ran in well but […]

England has won their second warm-up game of the Ashes tour Down Under by 192 runs against Cricket Australia XI on Saturday. The day-night four-day game commenced on November 8, which was a preparation match for the second Ashes Test. It is notable that both teams will play first ever Day-Night Ashes Test in Adelaide […]

Australian gloveman Tim Paine will be leading the inexperienced Cricket Australia XI against England in warm-up games in Adelaide and Townsville ahead of the Ashes series. The 32-year-old Paine, who played four Tests for Australia in 2010, and pacer Gurinder Sandhu, who has played two limited-overs internationals, are the only players in the 12-man squad […]