Nick Kyrgios set for court date after being charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend
Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios is set to appear in court in Australia next month in relation to a charge of common assault on a former girlfriend.
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Updated World Test Championship Points Table After India's Humbling Loss In Edgbaston Test To England
The Indian cricket team went down tamely on the final day of the rescheduled fifth Test against England to lose by 7 wickets as Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root smashed unbeaten centuries to take the hosts to an emphatic win. This is England's fourth straight win on home soil, and as many under the leadership of captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. England ultra aggressive approach had a role to play in this victory but India are to be blamed for the loss.
India vs England, 5th Test: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow star as England level India series in record chase
Jonny Bairstow both hit hundreds as England continued their resurgence with a record fourth-innings chase to beat India by seven wickets in the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Set 378 to win, England finished on 378-3, with former captain Root 142 not out and Bairstow 114 not out -- his second hundred of the match after he made 106 in the hosts' first-innings 284. As it happened | ScorecardVictory saw England level this five-match series at 2-2. No England side had previously made more to win in the fourth innings of a Test than 359, when now captain Ben Stokes' brilliant century led them to a thrilling victory over Australia at Headingley three years ago. But that record was overhauled with ease after England's first series under a new leadership duo of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum had seen them chase down seemingly stiff targets of 277, 299 and 296 during a 3-0 whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand.
Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan to feature in Legends League Cricket-2
Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan will be in action when the second season of the Legends League Cricket returns in September with four teams and 110 International players on board, the organisers announced on Tuesday. "I love to be on the cricket field. I missed playing the 1st season of LLC but it would be great to go back into the field with the LLC season 2," Sehwag, who missed the last season, said. Apart from Sehwag, the Pathan brothers have confirmed their participation so far in the tournament.
In Numbers: Record breaking India vs England 5th Test
Jonny Bairstow (114*) led England's stunning fighback with an unbeaten 269-run stand and inflicted a seven-wicket defeat on India in the rescheduled fifth Test to draw the five-match series 2-2. Let's recap some of the big numbers and records that the five-day action produced at Edgbaston in the fifth Test:* The combination of Rishabh Pant (146 & 57) and Ravindra Jadeja (104 & 23) accounted for 330 of the tourists' runs - almost half of what India scored (416 & 245) in their two innings combined. * The 222-run stand between Pant and Jadeja in the first innings is the joint-highest partnership for the sixth wicket in Test cricket for India away from home.
Nick Kyrgios, quarterfinalist at Wimbledon, to face assault charge in Australia court
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios will appear in court next month to face an assault charge stemming from a domestic incident with a former girlfriend late last year, authorities said.
England’s historic chase of 378 against India is eighth-highest of all-time
England made history with a chase of 378 to beat India on Tuesday at Edgbaston.
Nick Kyrgios to appear in Australian court over common assault charge
Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios is set to appear in court in Australia next month in relation to a charge of common assault.