Live Cricket Blog: Afghanistan make late surge in maiden Test

Sport360 staff 18:11 14/06/2018
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    5:30pm – Ricky Ponting is not happy with Australia’s top-order batsmen

    Former Australia skipper and now assistant coach Ricky Ponting has expressed his displeasure at the showing of his side’s top-order batsmen in the three-wicket defeat to England in the first ODI at the Oval on Wednesday. Read more about what the ‘Punter’ had to say about the new look Australian squad here.

    5:00pm – Afghanistan make late surge in maiden Test

    What an opening day that was at Bengaluru! Afghanistan came roaring back into the match after India’s openers had made a mockery of their bowling attack for long periods. The hosts were batting at 347-6 when stumps were drawn on day one. Read more how the debutants fared in their maiden day in Test cricket in our match report and talking points.

    Afghanistan’s star man Rashid Khan had a ‘testing’ day to say the least. Find out how the 19-year-old leg-spinner performed on day one in our in-depth analysis.

    4:00pm – Darren Lehmann criticizes England fans’ sandpaper card stunt

    There were plenty of sandpaper cards on display by fans at the Oval as England took on Australia in the first of the five ODIs on Wednesday. While the humour might have been tongue in cheek, it has not gone down too well with former Australia coach Darren Lehmann. Find out what Lehmann said on the matter here.

    11:30am – Shikhar Dhawan enters record books twice in Afghanistan’s inaugural Test

    Shikhar Dhawan scored a 87-ball ton before lunch was taken on day one of Afghanistan’s maiden Test at Benglauru. The left-hander became the debutants’ first Test wicket in history shortly after lunch but he had made another record before his dismissal. Read more about Dhawan’s record-breaking innings here.

    10:30am – Sarfraz Ahmed becomes most successful Pakistan T20I skipper

    Pakistan thumped Scotland by 84 runs in the second T20I at Edinburgh to sweep the two-match series 2-0. This was the 19th win in the format for the team under the captaincy of Sarfraz Ahmed. Read more on how highly successful Sarfraz’s tenure for the No1 ranked T20I team in the world has been here.

    10:00am – Afghanistan make maiden Test bow

    Afghanistan’s day of reckoning arrived as Asghar Stanikai’s men took the field against India for their inaugural Test at Bengaluru. Things however, haven’t been going according to plan for Test cricket’s latest entrants with India’s openers, especially Shikhar Dhawan, going great guns. Do not miss any of the action from this historic Test by following our LIVE ball-by-ball updates.

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