While many cricket pundits feel the contest is evenly balanced, Australia Test skipper Tim Paine reckons India will “pretty comfortably” win the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final.
Australia skipper Tim Paine on Sunday became the fastest wicket-keeper to record 150 dismissals in Test cricket.
A number of Australia’s leading test players, including batsman Steve Smith and paceman Pat Cummins, look set to face India in the home series without warming up in the Sheffield Shield due to quarantine restrictions, captain Tim Paine said on Tuesday.
Taking a cue from MS Dhoni, Australia skipper Tim Paine on Sunday effected a lightning-fast stumping of Kiwi batsman Henry Nicholls in the ongoing Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Steve Smith’s glorious Ashes has raised calls from some fans and pundits for his restoration to the Australia captaincy but incumbent Tim Paine has no plans to hand over the reins quietly.
England’s famous win at Headingley to level an enthralling Ashes series was met with astonishment in Australia on Monday as local media praised “miracle man” Ben Stokes and wondered whether Tim Paine’s team had let the hallowed urn slip from their grasp.
Australia Test skipper Tim Paine on Tuesday said that his team is in England to win the Ashes series, after registering a 251-run massive win in the first Test at Edgbaston.
As Australia and England get ready to resume cricket’s oldest rivalry, let’s go down memory lane and find out why the series between these two sides is termed as “Ashes”.
Australia Test captain and wicket-keeper Tim Paine has been rested by Tasmania for their Sheffield Shield fixture against Victoria after pulling up “a bit sore”.
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