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Australia suffered another injury setback on Monday as fast bowler Kane Richardson returned home with a hamstring problem ahead of the first one-day international against hosts Sri Lanka. Test skipper Pat Cummins will however return to the side for the five-match ODI series beginning on Tuesday after recovering from a long-running injury.
Despite several youngsters being picked in the squad for the T20I series against South Africa, the Indian cricket team management went with an unchanged XI for the second T20I in Cuttack on Sunday, after going down in the first T20I. Their fortune also remained the same as India slumped to a loss yet again to trail 0-2 in the five-match series. After the defeat, former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar gave his take on the changes that India might bring in starting from third T20I. Youngsters like Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik and Gavaskar had an interesting take on the latter.
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England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Day 4 Live Score Updates: All eyes would be on right-handed batter Joe Root as he is nearing his double ton. Root and Ben Foakes will look to help England take lead against New Zealand on Day 4 of the ongoing second Test at Trent Brige, Nottingham. Root had finished Day 3 unbeaten on 163 as England closed in on New Zealand's first innings total of 533. Root carried on his brilliant form, after hitting a match-winning ton in the first Test, as he helped England reach 473/5. He had good support from Ollie Pope for the longest time, and after Pope and Jonny Bairstow fell in quick succession, Ben Stokes played a cameo of 46 off 33 before falling to Michael Bracewell. Pope made a brilliant 145 before falling prey to Trent Boult, who also sent Bairstow packing. Earlier, Alex Lees fell after hitting a half-century of his own. Lees and Pope had taken England's score to 90/1 at stumps on Day 2. Earlier, Daryl Mitchell played a 190-run knock while Tom Blundell scored 106 as New Zealand posted 553 runs on the board in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against England at Trent Bridge. For England, James Anderson returned with three wickets while Stuart Broad, Jack Leach and Ben Stokes took two each. (LIVE SCORECARD)
India went 0-2 down in the ongoing five-match T20I series against South Africa after the hosts stumbled to a four-wicket loss in the second T20I in Cuttack on Sunday. The hosts were unable to defend 148 even after taking Proteas wickets inside the powerplay. It was just Bhuvneshwar Kumar who took four wickets with the ball, and the other bowlers had a disappointing day. Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel were unable to leave their mark on the game. The latter just bowled one over where he conceded 19 runs. Former India players Ashish Nehra and Parthiv Patel said that Pant could have brought Axar into the attack earlier than the 12th over to put pressure on Klaasen.
After winning the three-match ODI series against West Indies, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said there is always room for improvement and his team needs to fare better with the new ball. Pakistan's lower middle-order batting emerged successful from a stern test to help the home side win the third ODI by 53 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method and sweep the series against the West Indies 3-0 here on Sunday.
Australia women's team captain Meg Lanning and late Shane Warne have been acknowledged in the annual Queen's Birthday Honours List. Lanning, 30, who recently led Australia to ODI World Cup triumph, has been awarded Member of the General Division (AM) for significant service to women's cricket at the elite level. While Shane Warne received his first Australian state honour posthumously after being named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).
Ahead of the upcoming England tour, former India skipper Virat Kohli is off for a vacation. Taking to his Twitter, Virat posted a picture of him, sitting on a beach and relaxing. Virat was rested for the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, following his lean patch in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.