On October 15, 1990, Pakistan registered a massive innings and 43-run victory over New Zealand in the first of the three-match Test series at Karachi. Pakistan’s celebrated pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis proved why they can be devastating together for the first time. Prakash Govindasreenivasan has more.
George Bailey’s Australia fired the first salvo in the seven-match series against India with a 72-win over the hosts at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Prakash Govindasreenivasan lists down five of the best plays from the game.
George Bailey's Australia fired the opening salvo in the seven-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India with 72-run win over India in the first game at Pune. With an all-round performance, the visitors took a 1-0 lead over the hosts.
Australian skipper George Bailey led from the front (85 off 82 balls) after Aaron Finch's good start (72 off 79 balls) to help the visitors post 304 for eight against India in the first One-Day International (ODI) against Australia in the new Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.
On October 13, 1987, the Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards massacre struck Sri Lanka and swept them away at the National Stadium in Karachi during the 1987 World Cup. Prakash Govindasreenivasan revisits the rampage that Viv Richards caused on that day.
Pune’s Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium is set to make its One-Day International (ODI) debut when India take on the depleted Australian side in the first of the seven-match series on Sunday.
On October 12, 1995, Pakistan’s opening batsman Aamer Sohail scored an important half-century and rolled his arm over to account for batsmen in a match against Sri Lanka in the Singer Champions Trophy. Prakash Govindasreenivasan looks back at Sohail’s phenomenal all-round performance that helped Pakistan win the game by 83 runs.
Australia’s tour of India has started off with a loss in the one-off T20 despite posting a score in excess 200. While many would say they were unlucky to be up against a strong Indian batting line-up on what is referred to as a 'patta wicket’ Australia clearly have a lot to learn from their performance. George Bailey would want to take away the positives, but Prakash Govindasreenivasan lists down what Australia really should take home from their six-wicket loss.
In his first move as the re-elected President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), N Srinivasan has issued an ultimatum to Cricket South Africa (CSA) via a list of key pointers on the eve of BCCI’s meeting with CSA’s president Chris Nenzani in India.
Born on October 9, 1979, Prasanna Jayawardene is probably one of the best wicketkeeping talents to emerge from Sri Lanka. Having been around since the early 2000s and watching Kumar Sangakkara usurp his position from the sidelines, one can probably say Prasanna was born in the wrong era. However, he belonged to the generation who believed in putting their head down and working hard on their skills, irrespective of results. Prakash Govindasreenivasan has more.