That India are a dominant force in Test cricket at home goes without saying, and another example of that was seen in Visakhapatnam where they handed South Africa a 203-run defeat to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday proposed that points for an away victory in the World Test Championship should be doubled while reiterating that the ongoing inaugural edition has raised the standards in the five-day format.
Smith isn’t thinking about the job of captaincy either and believes Tim Paine has the wherewithal to take care of matters.
A century at the top of the order by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu (103) couldn’t prevent them from suffering a 9-wicket loss against mighty Australians. Set a target of 196 in 50 overs, the in-form Alyssa Healy smashed another ton, her third in ODIs, to take her team to victory inside 27 overs at Brisbane on Wednesday.
The cricketer-turned-commentator also pointed out that Pakistan need a power-hitting coach to correct the players' direction in the game's shortest format.
The World Test Championship has brought about a lot of positive changes in the how the Tests are played, and one of them is how the tracks are prepared, that might not heavily favour the home side.
When Brian Lara was at his hard-hitting best, he was hard to stop. Bangladesh found this out the hard way on this day 20 years ago, when the swashbuckling batsman slammed a ton in just 45 balls, an innings that eventually consigned Bangladesh to a 109-run defeat.