newscricket2 months ago

BGT 2023 | Matt Renshaw sent for scans after picking up injury ahead of second day's play

Australia have suffered a blow on day two of the Nagpur Test even before the start of the play as Matt Renshaw has been sent for scans after hurting his knee during the warm-up. The injury is a huge blow for the visitors as they are already without the services of Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc.
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newscricket2 months ago

IND vs AUS | Big challenge from Ravichandran Ashwin is LBW threat for left handers, states Matt Renshaw

Matt Renshaw has opined ahead of the Test series against India that the biggest challenge from Ravichandran Ashwin in spin-friendly conditions would be the LBW threat. Renshaw further added that batters play Ashwin while anticipating turn but get deceived by the arm ball, ending up LBW.
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newscricket3 months ago

AUS vs SA | Matt Renshaw plays Sydney Test despite testing positive for Covid-19, Peter Handscomb named substitute fielder

On his long-awaited return to the Australian Test lineup, Matt Renshaw suffered a massive blow after testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Sydney Test against South Africa. The 26-year-old, however, will continue to feature in the match, with Peter Handscomb to play as a substitute fielder.
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newscricket3 months ago

AUS vs SA | Matt Renshaw, Ashton Agar return to Australia squad for Sydney Test

Matthew Renshaw and Ashton Agar have been recalled to the Australian Test squad ahead of their third and final Test against South Africa, to be played in Sydney next week. The duo replaces Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green, who suffered finger injuries during the recent Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
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newscricket8 months ago

WATCH | Matt Renshaw grabs a ‘superhuman’ catch in Royal London Cup

Fielding in slips has always been a difficult task and no sight is better than the fielder putting in an acrobatic effort to take a stunning catch. Matt Renshaw produced one of the most amazing moments on the field taking a stunner diving to his left to dismiss Ryan Patel on a low score.
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featurecricket2 years ago

Justin Langer is right — Joe Burns has done enough to not be press-ganged into getting dropped

Could it be possible to be the nicest man on planet earth, yet be the most hated? Ask Joe Burns, he’ll tell you.
Anirudh Suresh
newscricket3 years ago

Told Anil Kumble we needed to be patient in Bengaluru Test, recalls Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravi Ashwin has revealed that he had told the then Indian coach Anil Kumble that the team needed to be patient if they needed to win the Bengaluru Test against Australia. He also revealed that sledging the Australian opener Matt Renshaw by asking him to not defend ended up helping India.
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featurecricket3 years ago

Sheffield Shield 2019-20 | 'Flop XI' of the tournament

‘The Shield is over and everything’s worse now’ were the words that echoed amongst the fans but that was not the case for certain players. Indeed, there were players who had stinkers and we, here at SportsCafe, have made an XI out of the players who were happy to see the tournament get scrapped.
Anirudh Suresh
newscricket3 years ago

Reports | Matt Renshaw to take short break after being axed from Queensland Shield Squad

Australia's out of favour opener has decided to take a short break to recharge his batteries after being axed from the Queensland Shield Squad after not scoring a century in 28 innings. Despite scoring 348 runs at a strike rate of 148.84 in this year's BBL, the former was not selected in the team.
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featurecricket3 years ago

BBL 2019-20 | Heat vs Hurricanes In a Jiffy- Ben gives the 'Cutting' edge to Heats' victory in low-scoring thriller

Brisbane Heat overcame a dramatic collapse mid-way in their run-chase to make it three wins in a row following a bad start to the 2019-20 Big Bash League. On the other hand, the Hurricanes ended in shambles following a rusty first innings with the bat and have to pick up pace starting next game.
Aakash Sivasubramaniam