Year: 2023

Australia entered the fifth day of the rain-ravaged Test requiring 14 wickets for victory, but the Proteas comfortably saw off the threat to earn a first draw in their last 47 Tests going back to 2017

The champion in Melbourne in 2019 and 2021, Osaka has not played a competitive match since pulling out of a tournament in Tokyo in September with abdominal pain and has slumped to 42 in the world rankings.

Coming back from a long injury layoff, the premier all-rounder was made the Gujarat skipper in a bold move by the first-timers. But Pandya, who had led only once at senior level in a tour game against Australia, proved his detractors wrong and led by example.

During a show on a Pakistani TV channel, Haris Rauf was tasked to guess a personality while being blindfolded. The personality was none other than Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.

Suryakumar Yadav and Rahul Dravid were involved in a free-wheeling conversation after the conclusion of the 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka in Rajkot.

Since defeating Djokovic for the 2021 US Open title, Medvedev has been beaten three times by the Serb, who is back in Australia after missing last year’s Australian Open because of his vaccination status.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams produced a vintage performance in the opening round at Auckland last week, beating fellow American Katie Volynets 7-6 (7/4), 6-2. But she exited in the last 16 to China’s Zhu Lin.

Eddie Howe’s side were unbeaten in 15 games, but Wednesday have now gone undefeated in 10 matches after Josh Windass’s double stunned the Magpies.

Axar Patel walked away with the ‘Man of the Series’ award for his all-around efforts. He scored 117 runs in three innings at an average of 117.00 and a strike rate of 195.00.

Suryakumar Yadav, the world number one T20 batter, lauded the young Dewald Brevis for his knock of 162 off 57 balls during an CSA T20 Challenge game.