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  • Former England fast bowler and commentator Robin Jackman dies

    Former England fast bowler and commentator Robin Jackman has passed away at the age of 75. Jackman is survived by his wife Cunt and two daughters. Born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jackman played four Tests and 15 ODIs for England. Jackman, who played between 1974 and 1983, took a total of 33 international wickets. However, he was very successful in domestic cricket and took 1402 wickets in more than 400 matches. In the first class, he also scored an amazing 5681 runs with 17 fifties.

    After retiring from cricket, Jackman settled in South Africa and worked as a broadcaster there. Jackman’s knowledge of cricket was superb. In 2012, he had to undergo surgery twice after being diagnosed with throat cancer.

    The ICC has expressed grief over the death of Robin Jackman. The ICC tweeted and wrote- We are saddened to learn about the death of legendary commentator and former England bowler Robin Jackman, who has died at the age of 75. Jakman’s death was expressed by cricket expert and commentator Harsha Bhogle is. Bhogle wrote, “Jackman’s departure is very sad. I have lost a good partner of mine. My condolences to Jackman’s family. “

  • Hanuma and Pant hit an unbeaten century, Gill also claimed

    India, on their second day of the night practice match against Australia A with a pink ball against Australia A with brilliant centuries from Hanuma Vihari (104 not out) and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (103 not out) and half-centuries from Mayank Agarwal (61) and Shubman Gill (65). In the second innings, batting practice made a strong score of 386 runs for four wickets. India now has a total lead of 472 runs.

    India scored 194 runs in their first innings on the first day of this warm-up match before the Test on the first day to be held in Adelaide from 17 December, in which fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah scored an unbeaten 55 and the first half of his career in any format . Australia A team was reduced to 108 runs. But in the second day’s game, the sting was missing in the pitch which appeared on the first day, due to which 20 wickets fell in one day.

    In the second day’s play, Indian batsmen made a great practice of batting. Barring opener Prithvi Shaw, all the other top-order batsmen left behind scoring runs and failure of the first innings. Hanuma, batting brilliantly, hit 13 fours in an unbeaten 104 off 194 balls, while Pant scored 4,4,6,4,4 from five consecutive balls in the last over of the day to complete his century in just 73 balls. Pant has hit nine fours and six sixes in an unbeaten 103 off 73 balls and has firmly asserted his claim to the place of wicketkeeper.

  • Virat Kohli Breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Is The Fastest To 12,000 ODI Runs

    Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest to reach 12,000 runs in One-day International cricket. Kohli breached the mark in the third ODI against Australia in Canberra. The 32-year-old had 11,977 runs before this game and got to the landmark soon after arriving at the crease after winning the toss and batting first. Kohli got to the milestone in his 242nd inning thus bettering the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar, who got his 12000th run in his 300th inning.

    Kohli is the second-highest scorer for India in ODIs behind Tendulkar’s 18,426 from 463 ODIs. The India captain also holds the record for the fastest batsman (in terms of innings) to 10,000 and 11,000 runs in ODIs.

    Kohli reached 11,000 runs in 222 innings and became the fastest to breach the 10000-run mark by doing so in his 205th inning. The current India captain made his ODI debut in 2008 against Sri Lanka and has hit 43 ODI centuries in addition to 59 fifties in a career that’s spanned over 12 years. The most recent of his half-centuries came in the second ODI against Australia in Sydney where he hit 89 in India’s chase of 390 runs.

  • Glenn Phillips records century, New Zealand wins T20 series

    With the help of young wicketkeeper batsman Glenn Phillips’ record century innings, New Zealand beat West Indies by 73 runs in the second T20 match to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. Similar to the mountainous target of 239 runs put by New Zealand, the Windies team could score 166 runs in 9 overs.

    The Windies won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand scored 108 from 51 balls with 10 fours and 8 sixes and 238 for 3 with Devon Conway’s unbeaten 65 off 37 balls. Conway hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in 37 balls in his half-century innings.

    Phillips and Conway shared a 184-run partnership for the third wicket. Opener Martin Guptil (34) off 23 balls while Tim Seifert was out for 18 runs off 13 balls. Oshane Thomas, Fabien Allen and Kieron Pollard took one wicket each from the Windies.

    Chasing a target of 239 runs, the Windies team lost wickets at regular intervals. For him, Captain Pollard scored the highest 28 runs while Shimron Hetmyer contributed 25 while Chemo Paul contributed 26 not out. Myers scored 20 and Allen scored 15 runs.