Veteran Australia batter Ricky Ponting backed young off-spinner Todd Murphy to retain his place in the playing XI for the Manchester Test despite his poor show at Headingley. 22-year-old Murphy picked up only one wicket in the third Ashes 2023 Test at Headingley, which Australia lost by three wickets as well. Speaking on the ICC […]

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has asked Pat Cummins to show more belief in the veteran spinner Todd Murphy in the ongoing Ashes series. Taylor showed how Murphy got Ben Stokes’ wicket while playing his first Ashes Test at Headingley instead of the injured Nathan Lyon. The former opener told the Sydney Morning Herald: “It’s […]

The young Australian spinner Todd Murphy opines that it was quite an accomplishment to have dismissed the Indian stalwart, Virat Kohli three times in his first three Tests in the ongoing BGT series against India. Murphy has been a revelation since his Test debut in Nagpur, making an immediate impact and scalping 7 wickets. The young […]

There is no sight more beautiful for a fast bowler than to see stumps going for a cartwheel with the old ball and as the reverse swing cleans up the batter. The Indian pacer, Umesh Yadav orchestrated some old ball carnage in Indore to make the stumps cartwheel dismissing Mitchell Starc and Todd Murphy with […]

Australia has already suffered losses in the first two Test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy after being annihilated by the hosts. India did not give the Aussies any chance to come back in the two Tests. Team India won the first game by an innings and 132 runs and the second game by six […]

Former Indian player Aakash Chopra is unsure how former India captain Virat Kohli will perform at his home venue during the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The former captain only scored 12 runs in the series opener in Nagpur and has been struggling in red-ball cricket for a while now as well. Opining that […]

Former Australia skipper Allan Border has come up with a suggestion that Australia should stick to their strengths and go in with three pacers for the 2nd of the 4-match Test series against India in New Delhi. Australia suffered a demoralizing loss by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur in the series opener and […]

Australia captain Pat Cummins said that while the wicket had a spin in the first innings, it wasn’t unplayable after their big defeat in Nagpur in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as well. India beat them by an inning and 132 runs on Saturday as the Aussies were bundled out for just 91 […]

Oftentimes, debutants hog the limelight by making an impact immediately but only a few of them can manage to become consistent performers for their respective teams. The Australian spinner, Todd Murphy is having a dream but against India in Nagpur, and he continues to shine by deceiving Ravindra Jadeja. Ahead of the Nagpur Test against […]

The Indian fast bowler, Mohammed Shami has played some crucial knocks for India in Test cricket in recent times as he uses his six-hitting ability to his advantage. Shami did the same while facing Australia’s young spinner, Todd Murphy for back-to-back sixes in the 131st over of the Indian innings. On the third ball of […]