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1052 days ago

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List Of Highest Match Total In ODI

Here is the list of the highest match total in ODI.## Australia and South Africa made it as Australia scored 434 in the first play and South Africa chased down that target for 438 for 9 wickets. The match was held in Johannesburg on 12 March 2006. It became the highest score of the match as they scored 872 runs in 99.5 overs for the loss of 13 wickets.## Check out the complete list below.## List of the highest match total in ODI Score Teams Venue Date 872–13 (99.5 overs) Australia (434–4) v South Africa (438–9) Johannesburg 12 March 2006 825–15 (100 overs) India (414–7) v Sri Lanka (411–8) Rajkot 15 December 2009 807–16 (98.0 overs) England (418–6) v West Indies (389) St George's 27 February 2019 763–14 (96.0 overs) New Zealand (398–5) v England (365–9) The Oval 12 June 2015 747–14 (100 overs) India (381–6) v England (366-8) Cuttack 19 January 2017 Stay Tuned...##

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1052 days ago

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List Of Most Consecutive Wins By A Team In ODI

Here is the list of the most consecutive wins by a team in ODI.## Australia top the list that they won 21 matches in a row as they first won against England in Hobart on 11 January 2003 and last against West Indies at Port of Spain on 24 May 2003. South Africa is second as they have won 12 matches in a row and the first won against England at Centurion on 13 February 2005, the last against New Zealand at Port Elizabeth on 30 October 2005.## Check out the complete list below.## List of the most consecutive wins by a team in ODI Wins Team First win Last win 21 Australia England at Hobart, 11 January 2003 West Indies at Port of Spain, 24 May 2003 12 South Africa England at Centurion, 13 February 2005 New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, 30 October 2005 Pakistan India at Jaipur, 18 November 2007 Bangladesh at Dhaka, 8 June 2008 South Africa Ireland at Benoni, 25 September 2016 New Zealand at Hamilton, 19 February 2017 11 West Indies England at Lord's, 4 June 1984 Sri Lanka at Perth, 2 February 1985 Australia Scotland at Basseterre, 14 March 2007 Sri Lanka at Bridgetown, 28 April 2007 Stay Tuned...##

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1069 days ago

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ICC T20 World Cup 2022: List Of Australia Squad

Here is the list of ICC t20 world cup squad list for Australia.## Australia cricket board announced the squad for the men's t20 World Cup which will be played in Australia. Aaron Finch will lead the team, which will be a great chance to defend the trophy because they are the host of the upcoming world cup.## check out the full list below## 1. Aaron Finch (c)## 2. Ashton Agar## 3. Pat Cummins## 4. Tim David## 5. Josh Hazlewood## 6. Josh Inglis## 7. Mitchell Marsh## 8. Glenn Maxwell## 9. Kane Richardson## 10. Steven Smith## 11. Mitchell Starc## 12. Marcus Stoinis## 13. Matthew Wade## 14. David Warner## 15. Adam Zampa.## Stay Tuned ##

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1072 days ago

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IND Vs AUS 2022: List Of Indian Squad

Here is the list of the India squad for the t20 series between Ind vs Aus.## BCCI announced the India squad for three-match t20 series with Australia, which will be played in India. the team will play under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul will be the voice captain of the team.## Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel coming back to the team after injury.## Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will report to the NCA for conditioning-related work for the home series against Australia and South Africa.## Check the full squad below.## 1. Rohit Sharma (Captain)## 2. KL Rahul (vice-captain)## 3. Virat Kohli## 4. Suryakumar Yadav## 5. Deepak Hooda## 6. Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)## 7. Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper)## 8. Hardik Pandya## 9. R. Ashwin## 10. Yuzvendra Chahal## 11. Axar Patel## 12. Bhuvneshwar Kumar## 13. Mohd. Shami## 14. Harshal Patel## 15. Deepak Chahar## 16. Jasprit Bumrah.## Stay Tuned ##

TV

790 days ago

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ICC WTC Final 2023 Between India and Australia Becomes The Most Watched Test Match In Star Sports History

Mumbai, June 22 - The final of the World Test Championship between India and Australia has been a massive hit on television as it delivered the all-time highest viewership for a Test match on Star Sports, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). ## As per BARC (via Adgully.com), 124 million viewers tuned in to watch the live broadcast of ICC WTC Final 2023, the highest ever reach garnered for any test match and 32% higher than the previous ICC WTC Final 2021 between India and New Zealand. ## Not only that, but Star Sports has also clocked an impressive 14.4 billion minutes of watch time for live broadcast, surpassing the billion minutes garnered for the previous edition of ICC WTC Final and any other test match in history.## A Star Sports Spokesperson said, "We are proud to achieve yet another milestone for Cricket viewership with the ICC World Test Championship Final. The overwhelming response from fans is a testament to our relentless efforts to enhance accessibility to Cricket and foster a deeper passion for the game.## "Star Sports' exceptional marketing campaigns, unparalleled coverage standards, and ground-breaking programming exemplify our unwavering mission to serve sports fans across the country. This record reaffirms our conviction in the growth potential of sports and marquee sporting properties on TV".## This historic viewership on Star Sports comes not long after setting new television viewership records for Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2023. As per BARC data shared by the official broadcaster Disney Star, IPL 2023 recorded 496 million (49.6 crores) viewership till the play-off stage on Star Sports, breaking the previous record set during IPL 2020.## Meanwhile, Australia emerged as the winner of the ICC WTC 2023, becoming the only country in the world to win the ICC tournament in all the formats. ## Stay tuned...

Cricket

1734 days ago

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It is Up To Players Like Kohli and Teams Like India, England, and Australia To Keep Test Cricket Alive: Allan Border

Former Australian captain and one of the greats of cricket, Allan Border banks on the players like Virat Kohli to keep the Test cricket. In the growing threat of frenchise cricket around the world, Border belives that teams like India, England, and Australia are much needed for the survival of the oldest format of the game. ## "It is up to players like (Virat) Kohli and teams like India, England, and Australia to keep Test cricket alive from the growing threat of franchise cricket", said Border. ## Talking about the forthcoming Test series between Australia and India, Border said that Kohli's absence after the first test will "favour" Australia and boost their chances as he thinks that the result of the 4-match Test series will be 2-1 to Australia. ## Virat Kohli, who is expecting his first child with Anushka Sharma will return to India after the first test in Adeliede. Border thinks that the return of Kohli is a big 'out' for India who is the current holder of the Border-Gavasker trophy. ## "Very confident of Australia's chances, especially when playing in Australia. The one thing that is in Australia's favour is Virat Kohli playing only the first Test. I think that is a big 'out' for India. He is irreplaceable at the moment as a batsman and a leader. Should be 2-1 to Australia", he added. ## Stay tuned...

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1734 days ago

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World Test Championship: Percentage of Points To Decide Final WTC Standings

The final standings in the ongoing World Test Championship will now be decided by the percentage of points won by a team, the ICC announced on Thursday (November 19).## As per the new standings, Australia has leapfrogged India and moved to the top spot in the World Test Championship table. Australia has a points percentage of 0.822, while India with a points percentage of 0.75 has moved down to No. 2.## The ICC board has approved the recommendation from the ICC Cricket Committee, headed by Anil Kumble, which suggested the change in the points system considering that several series have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.## Current Standings: SNTeamsSeries PlayedPts ContestedPts WonPts % 1. Australia 3 360 296 82.22 2. India 4 480 360 75 3. England 4 480 292 60.83 4. New Zealand 3 360 180 50 5. Pakistan 3.5 420 166 39.52 6. Sri Lanka 2 240 80 33.33 7. West Indies 2 240 40 16.67 8. South Africa 2 240 24 10 9. Bangladesh 2.5 180 0 0 ## "Both the Cricket Committee and Chief Executives Committee supported the approach of ranking teams based on completed matches and points earned as this reflects their performance and doesn't disadvantage teams that have been unable to compete all of their matches through no fault of their own", said ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney.## "We explored a whole range of options, but our members felt strongly that we should proceed as planned with the first-ever World Test Championship Final in June next year", he added.## Stay tuned...

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1838 days ago

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India To Host 2021 Men's T20 World Cup; Women's ODI World Cup Postponed To 2022

India have retained the hosting rights for the men's T20 World Cup in 2021 while Australia will host T20 World Cup in 2022. Both the nations were not able to host the respective tournaments which were originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ## Meanwhile, Women's ODI World Cup which was slated to be played in New Zealand in February-March 2021, has now been postponed to February-March 2022, the ICC announced on Friday (August 7) after a meeting of the International Business Corporation (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC). ## "We now have absolute clarity on the future of ICC events enabling all of our Members to focus on the rescheduling of lost international and domestic cricket. We will now proceed as planned with the Men's T20 World Cup 2021 in India and host the 2022 edition in Australia," ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said.## Earlier, ICC had announced the postponement of the 2020 edition of the Men's T20 World Cup on July 20 and had also marked a window for the three men's events in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Read More... ## Important to know that the format for the Men's T20 World Cup in 2021 will remain as it was in 2020, with all teams that qualified for the 2020 event to be part of the event in India in 2021. However, a new qualification process will be in place for the Men's T20 World Cup in 2022.## For the Women's 50-over World Cup, five teams had already qualified for the tournament originally scheduled in 2021. The final three teams were to be decided through a qualification competition that was scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka in July 2020 but was postponed because of the pandemic. That qualification event will now be held in 2021 with the ICC yet to decide on the dates.## "We have taken the decision to move the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup to give players from every competing nation, the best opportunity to be ready for the world's biggest stage and there is still a global qualifier to complete to decide the final three teams," Sawhney said.## "There has been no women's international cricket played since the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup earlier this year and due to the varying impact of COVID-19 globally, that is likely to remain the situation for a number of the teams. Moving the event by 12 months gives all competing teams the chance to play a sufficient level of cricket ahead of both the qualification event and leading into a Cricket World Cup so the integrity of the tournament is maintained," he added.## Stay tuned...

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1845 days ago

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Anil Kumble Reveals Why India Didn't Withdraw From Australia Tour After 'Monkeygate' Incident

Former India captain Anil Kumble reveals that team India wanted to withdraw from the 2007-08 Australia tour after Harbhajan Singh was suspended for 3 matches following the 'Monkeygate' incident. However, the team later changed their mind and decided that the best approach would be to try and draw the four-Test series by winning the third and fourth matches. ## During the second test match in Sydney, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds were involved in verbal wrangling during which the off-spinner allegedly leveled a racist remark against Symonds. The incident led to Harbhajan's suspension for 3-matches before it was overturned on an appeal later. ## Anil Kumble who was the captain of Indian test team then said during a conversation with Ravichandran Ashwin on his YouTube channel that, "You know as a captain you're generally tuned to take decisions on the field".## "Here I was faced with something, which was off the field, to take a decision in the larger interest of the game. And one of our players [Harbhajan Singh] was obviously banned for three matches because of a racist remark – that was what the pronouncement was and we appealed".## "I felt he was wronged. We had to obviously be together as a team but the challenge was that there was a lot of talk about the team wanting to come back at that point in time. Yes, you know, probably [people] would have accepted that the Indian team was wronged and that’s why they came back".## He further said that even they wanted to withdraw but decided to stay as they thought this would be the best message that they can give back to their fans. ## "I think as a captain, or as a team, we had gone there to win the series. Unfortunately, with the first two results not going our way, the best result could have been a drawn series because two more Test matches remained, and I just wanted to rally around the team. I was fortunate enough to have senior players, former captains, in the team".## "We got around as a unit and then we sort of took a decision to continue, and make sure that we go on and win the next couple of matches because that would be the best message that we can give back to our fans. Because whenever an Indian team travels abroad, the fans expect the team to do really well and win the series. I certainly believe that we had the ability to do that", he concluded.## Stay tuned...

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2095 days ago

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ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 - Points Table

Check out the World Test Championship's points table. The top two teams, who will play the final at the Lord's will be decided according to the percentage of points won by a team. ## Final Standings: SNTeamsSeries PlayedPts ContestedPts WonPts % 1. India 6 720 520 72.20 2. New Zealand 5 600 420 70.00 3. Australia 4 480 332 69.20 4. England 6 720 442 61.38 5. Pakistan 5.5 660 286 43.30 6. West Indies 5 600 200 33.33 7. South Africa 4 480 144 30.00 8. Sri Lanka 6 720 200 27.80 9. Bangladesh 3.5 420 20 4.80 ## * indicates ongoing series ## WTC Points Distribution Explained ## In the WTC format, each team will play six series (3 Home, 3 Away). Each series will carry 120 points which will be distributed evenly depending on the number of matches. In the case of Tie, the points will be distributed evenly while in a draw situation, points will be distributed in a 3:1 ratio.## 2-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 60/30/20 ## 3-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 40/20/13 ## 4-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 30/15/10 ## 5-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 24/12/8 ## Click here for FAQs about WTC## Follow for more...

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2214 days ago

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ICC World Test Championship - FAQs

The ICC Test Championship is finally here. To make Test cricket exciting again, the Championship will kick start with The Ashes series between England and Australia. With so many T20 leagues around the globe, something was necessary to keep Test cricket alive. A few days ago, Virat Kohli, the captain of the Number 1 Test side India had said in an interview that it is (Test Championship) happening at the right time for the longest and oldest format of the cricket.## The Championship can not ask for a better start other than The Ashes, one of the biggest rivalries of cricket. Long-time ago, there was an idea of holding 'Test World Cup' but the idea couldn't take its place due to some reasons. However, after a few trials and tribulations, the two-year affair is about to start and the final of the championship is scheduled to play in the UK in 2021. ## Here is the schedule of the Championship, how the points will be awarded and some other information - ## What is the ICC Test Championship?## The World Test Championship (WTC) comprises the Top Nine Test-playing Nations facing each other in a two-year period. Each country will play six Test series - three at home and three away. There are 27 series altogether during this cycle and a total of 71 Tests to be played. In the end, the top two teams in the points table will face-off in a final to determine the World Test Champion.## Which teams are part of the WTC?## The top nine teams in the ICC Test rankings as of March 31, 2018, have qualified to play the championship. India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Bangladesh will be competing for the WTC.## Schedule## The WTC will be played in various countries. Each of the 9 teams will play 6 series, 3 at home and 3 away. Most of the series will fall under ICC's Future Tour Program (FTP).## 2-Test Series3-Test Series4-Test Series5-Test Series SL vs NZ (2019) WI vs IND (2019) IND vs SA (2019) SA vs ENG (2019-20) ENG vs AUS (2019) PAK vs SL (2019) IND vs BAN (2019) AUS vs NZ (2019-20) AUS vs IND (2020-21) IND vs ENG (2021) AUS vs PAK (2019) PAK vs BAN (2020) ENG vs WI (2020) - - NZ vs IND (2020) SL vs ENG (2020) SL vs BAN (2020) - - BAN vs AUS (2020) WI vs SA (2020) ENG vs PAK (2020) - - BAN vs NZ (2020) NZ vs WI (2020) BAN vs WI (2021) - - NZ vs PAK (2020) SA vs SL (2021) SA vs AUS (2021) - - PAK vs SA (2021) WI vs SL (2021) - - - ## How will be the points awarded?## Each Test series will carry 120 points, and it doesn't matter if it is a two-match series or a five-match rubber. For example, a two-match series will mean 60 points for a Test, while it comes down to 24 points for a five-match series. A tie will see the teams sharing the points while a draw will be in 3:1 ratio.## Matches in seriesPoints for a winPoints for a tiePoints for a drawPoints for a defeat 2 60 30 20 0 3 40 20 13 0 4 30 15 10 0 5 24 12 8 0 ## Will there be future WTCs or is it a one-off?## The plan is to have two-year cycles. The first one will start on August 1, 2019, and end on March 31, 2021, with the final slated to be played on June 2021. The next Championship is scheduled to start from June 2021 and will end in April 2023.## Will the WTC have any affect on the ICC Test rankings?## The rankings will continue in the same way after each series. The WTCs points system will be independent of the Test rankings.## Follow for more...

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2349 days ago

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Ponting And De Villiers Picked Their World Cup Semi-Finalists

With world cup just two and a half months away, all the teams are looking all set for the biggest tournament. However, as of now, India and England are looking firm favorites to lift the cup at the iconic Lords stadium, Australia, the five-time world champion is picking at the right time and the inclusion of Steve Smith and David Warner will boost their chances.## Australia's former captain Ricky Ponting and South African great AB de Villiers have picked their four semi-finalists but fell that it is India that is more likely to lift the cup. Ricky Ponting who is all set for his new assignment as a coach of Delhi Capitals told TOI that "England, India, Australia and maybe New Zealand. Of course, you never know what Pakistan and West Indies are gonna do! when he was asked about his four world cup semi-finalists.## On the other hand, AB de Villiers feels that South Africa can win the world cup but he was honest in saying that they are not the favorite for the title. "I do believe South Africa have a chance, as we did at any other World Cup because we are a world-class team with plenty of match-winners. The Proteas are certainly in the running, but I won’t say they are the favorites to be honest with you.## "India and England are looking strong, Australia has won five World Cups in the past and Pakistan claimed the Champions Trophy in the UK two years ago. Those four teams are probably the favorites," De Villiers told Sport24.## De Villiers who will be seeing playing IPL starting from March 23 for RCB along with Virat Kohli. The duo has been one of the most successful pairs in the history of the Indian Premier League and hence, they know each other more than anyone else. Keeping the world cup in mind, de Villiers feels that Virat Kohli's purple patch will give India an edge which has propelled him to No.1 in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen, aren't going to stop any time soon.## "Virat’s performances over the last while have been incredible and I can’t see it stopping very soon," de Villiers said. "I have played with him for eight years now in the IPL and you can never take the class out of the guy. I see lots of similarities between myself and Virat. We are both fighters and don’t enjoy losing, we love batting together and taking the game away from teams."## While the other former players and legends of the game are still arguing for the best ODI batsman of all time between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, both de Villiers and Ponting feel that Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman of all time in ODIs.## "If Virat has a good World Cup, India will win. His numbers show that he is the best. How old is he? Maybe 30, and he is going to play another 200 games. I don't think there will be many people who are going to argue against him being the best," Ponting told TOI.## Follow for more...