You know when there's a Test match coming to Brisbane - our drought breaks and the heavens open. It's been raining pretty much non-stop for the past week although miraculously, the sun came out this morning and we should get some cricket. If only we had more Test matches in Brisbane, we might nudge our dam levels up over 50%
This should be an intriguing Test series. While most Tests against New Ze...
Sachin Tendulkar is expected to dine on New Zealand’s bowling when the three-match Test series with India starts on Thursday in Ahmedabad. The master batsman, enjoying a memorable year at age 37, will start fresh after helping India sweep both home Tests against Australia last month then opting out of the three one-dayers. Tendulkar has [...]
Starts in a couple hours, and has the potential to be either really entertaining or a snoozefest. We’ve seen some great cricket in the last few weeks, so groundsman permitting, this should be fun to watch.
Here are the squads, with the likely XI in bold:
India: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendu...
New Zealand may have matched India in the first Test and even had them at 15-5, but they shouldn’t expect any more slackness from the Indian batsmen again. The standard ’first-test-hiccup’ as well as the ’pitiful collapse’ are both out of the way, and I think the series will be won 2-0 from here.
New Zealand will be forced to make at least a couple of changes, as Ham...
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