Little option but a draw in Test: Smith
Steve Smith admits he can't see beyond an inevitable day-five draw in Rawalpindi after being left to lament his own gilt-edged chance of a Test ton on a benign pitch on his return to Pakistan.
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Shane Warne was an illusionist first and leg-spinner second, says Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell on Monday paid glowing tributes to Shane Warne, describing the spin legend as an illusionist first and then a spinner, who mesmerized the world with his craft and took it to an altogether different level. Warne died at the age of 52 due to a suspected heart attack at the Koh Samui island in Thailand on Friday, leaving the world stunned and shell-shocked. "When I think of Shane Warne, I think of the words of American naturalist, poet and writer Henry David Thoreau: 'It's not what you look at, it is what you see.' Shane Warne was an illusionist first and a great leg-spin bowler second," Chappell wrote in his column for 'Sydney Morning Herald'.
Viv Richards turns 70: How West Indies star forged one of the great careers
Viv Richards was the most destructive batter of his generation and not a man to be messed with on or off the pitch.
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Steve Smith Annoyed At Missing Hundred As First Test Heads For Draw
Steve Smith said he was annoyed at missing out on a century Monday as Australia's first Test in Pakistan in nearly a quarter of a century headed for a draw in Rawalpindi. Mitchell Starc was on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins four as Australia reached 449-7 in reply to Pakistan's first innings total of 476-4 declared. But Smith was annoyed with himself for getting out earlier on 78. "I got a bit greedy with the field they had set. I had worked pretty hard and got myself in a nice position to go on and get a big score."
Cricket-Missed hundred on 'dead' Rawalpindi wicket annoys Australia's Smith
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Australia run-machine Steve Smith was kicking himself after missing out on a hundred on a "dead" Rawalpindi wicket on Monday as the opening test against Pakistan headed for a draw.
'Amazing guy, amazing life', Shane Warne's family pay tribute to cricketing great
Shane Warne's family expressed their sorrow and shock on Monday at the sudden death of the Australian cricket great and paid tribute to the leg-spinner, in their first public comments since his demise last week. One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 on Friday, a day after arriving on Thailand's island of Koh Samui for a vacation.
Smith annoyed at missing hundred as first Test heads for draw
Steve Smith said he was annoyed at missing out on a century Monday as Australia's first Test in Pakistan in nearly a quarter of a century headed for a draw in Rawalpindi.