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A Look At Members Of ‘500 Club’ In Test Cricket Bowling Following Nathan Lyon’s Achievement | Cricket News
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A Look At Members Of ‘500 Club’ In Test Cricket Bowling Following Nathan Lyon’s Achievement | Cricket News

[ad_1] Iconic Australian spinner Nathan Lyon achieved the significant milestone of 500 wickets in Test cricket during the first Test between Australia and Pakistan in Perth on Sunday. Lyon became the eighth bowler to reach this elite feat, joining the distinguished company of legendary players in the long-format cricket. During the match, Lyon claimed his 500th wicket by dismissing Faheem Ashraf leg-before-wicket for a mere five runs while Australia defended a target of 450. This accomplishment places Lyon alongside his compatriots, the late spin maestro Shane Warne and pace legend Glenn McGrath, who have also achieved the milestone of 500 Test wickets. Australia emerged victorious in the match by 360 runs, and Lyon concluded with combined bowling figures of 5/80 across both innings.Now,...
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Ravi Bishnoi “Different From Any Other Leg-Spinner”: Sri Lanka Great’s Huge Praise For India Star | Cricket News
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Ravi Bishnoi “Different From Any Other Leg-Spinner”: Sri Lanka Great’s Huge Praise For India Star | Cricket News

[ad_1] Ravi Bishnoi has earned massive praise from Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralitharan.© AFPWith nine wickets in the five-match T20I series against Australia, young spinner Ravi Bishnoi was one of the standout performers for India during the bilateral. With only six T20Is remaining for India ahead of the showpiece, it is fair to say that the 23-year-old has overtaken veteran leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the pecking order, at least for now. Bishnoi has also been called up to India's T20I squad for the forthcoming tour of South Africa, starting December 10. Now, the youngster has earned massive praise from legendary Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.Muralitharan, during a recent conversation, compared Bishnoi to the likes of Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin, but explained what ...
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‘All It Takes Is Just One Day’: Shah Rukh Khan Headlines ICC World Cup Promo. Watch | Cricket News
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‘All It Takes Is Just One Day’: Shah Rukh Khan Headlines ICC World Cup Promo. Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan features in the new campaign video released for the the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup that is slated to be held in the country later this year. The International Cricket Council (ICC) and The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) have joined forces to unveil the new campaign titled “It Takes One Day” in Mumbai today. The first match of the World Cup tournament begins on October 5 and is slated to conclude on November 19 this year.The campaign aims to connect fans across the world to the ‘Navarasa' which symbolises the nine emotions fans most commonly experience during a cricket match, the ICC said.Apart from SRK, renowned cricketers JP Duminy, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, the current World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jonty...
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Stuart Broad Achieves Mammoth Milestone, Overtakes Ian Botham To Claim Huge Record | Cricket News
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Stuart Broad Achieves Mammoth Milestone, Overtakes Ian Botham To Claim Huge Record | Cricket News

[ad_1] England's Stuart Broad became just the fifth bowler to take 600 Test wickets when he dismissed Australia's Travis Head in the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford on Wednesday. By having Head caught in the deep for 48, the 37-year-old paceman joined Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australia's Shane Warne (708), England's James Anderson (688) and India's Anil Kumble (619) in an exclusive club. Broad and Anderson, the other active bowler in this group, are the only quicks to have taken 600 Test wickets. Broad started this match, his 166th Test, on 598 wickets.But after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field on Wednesday, Broad struck an early blow when he had Usman Khawaja lbw for three to leave Australia 15-1.He had to wait until his 11th over for the lan...
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Virender Sehwag Names Two Teams Which “Will Surely Be” In World Cup Semis. Not From Sub-Continent | Cricket News
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Virender Sehwag Names Two Teams Which “Will Surely Be” In World Cup Semis. Not From Sub-Continent | Cricket News

[ad_1] The announcement of the schedule for the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup 2023 has left everyone excited. The defending champions England will be playing the inaugural match of the tournament against the runners-up of 2019 World Cup, New Zealand on October 5 in Ahmedabad. India, who are also the hosts, will be opening their campaign against Australia on October 8 in Chennai. As only few months are left for the marquee event, discussions have begun in the whole world regarding the preparations of the teams.Recently, former India opener Virender Sehwag gave his take on which four teams will be qualifying for the knockout stage in the ODI World Cup 2023."If I have to pick four teams - Australia, England, India and Pakistan. These are the semi-finalists. Australia and England will surely be...
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“Knew MS Dhoni Would Bat Ahead Because…”: Muttiah Muralitharan On 2011 World Cup Final | Cricket News
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“Knew MS Dhoni Would Bat Ahead Because…”: Muttiah Muralitharan On 2011 World Cup Final | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of MS Dhoni© TwitterFormer India captain MS Dhoni's decision to bat ahead of an in-form Yuvraj Singh in the 2011 ODI World Cup final against Sri Lanka turned out to be a game-changer. Knowing the Muttiah Muralitharan challenge that awaited the Indian team, Dhoni told the then-India coach Gary Kirsten that he plans to promote himself in the batting order. The rest, as they say, is history. More than a decade after the final, Muralitharan has opened up on the episode, sharing his opinion on why Dhoni did what he did that day.In a chat during the ODI World Cup 2023 schedule announcement show, the Sri Lanka legend revealed that he already knew Dhoni would promote himself over Yuvraj Singh because of the experience he had playing against him in the Indian Premier League. For...
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India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon Creates History, Pips Anil Kumble To Claim Massive Feat | Cricket News
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India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon Creates History, Pips Anil Kumble To Claim Massive Feat | Cricket News

[ad_1] Nathan Lyon was once again the pick of the bowlers for Australia as the veteran spinner completed a brilliant eight-wicket haul to hand his side the advantage against India in the third Test match in Indore on Thursday. Lyon ended up dismissing India skipper Rohit Sharma (12), Cheteshwar Pujara (59), Ravindra Jadeja (7), Srikar Bharat (3), Ravichandran Ashwin (16), Umesh Yadav (0) and Mohammed Siraj (0) in the second innings. As a result, he piped India legend Anil Kumble to become the highest wicket-taker in India-Australia Test matches. Lyon broke Kumble's record with the wicket of Umesh and in the process, he also became the most successful spinner against India in Test cricket. Lyon went past Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan with the wicket of Gill to add the massive mile...
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