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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Climate
- Hindustan Times
Australia vs South Africa, 1st ODI: Preview, when and where to watch in India?
After the completion of a nail-biting T20I series where Australia clinched a 2-1 win, both Australia and South Africa will meet in a three-match ODI series, starting from 19 August 2025. The Australia vs South Africa, 1st ODI will take place at the Cazalys Stadium, in Cairns, where the 3rd T20I of the series was played. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the first ODI of the series. After getting overlooked in the T20I series, both Alex Carey (left) and Keshav Maharaj will be key players in the ODI series Match Details Match: Australia vs South Africa, 1st ODI Date: 19 August 2025 Time: 10 am IST Venue: Cazalys Stadium, Cairns Where to watch in India? Cricket fans from India can watch the Australia vs South Africa, 1st ODI LIVE on the FanCode app and website, accessible via OTTplay Premium. Unfortunately, there are no television broadcasters for this match in India. AUS vs SA, H2H stats in ODIs Surprisingly, the Porteas have dominated the Aussies in head-to-head matches in One-day internationals. N the 110 ODI games these two nations have played against each other, Australia won 51 times, while South Africa won 55 times. 3 matches ended in a tie, while one did not have any result due to weather conditions. Weather and pitch report The venue, Cazaly's Stadium, is known for being slower compared to other Australian grounds, making batting a bit challenging. Historically, teams winning the toss here prefer to bowl first as chasing tends to be slightly easier on this pitch. So, the toss decision will be crucial in setting the tone for the match. Just like we saw in the T20I series, the pitch here helps the spinners and grips a bit as well. Weather conditions in Cairns on match day are expected to be clear with mild winds and moderate humidity, making it near perfect for cricket. Squads Australia ODI squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Adam Zampa South Africa ODI squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Australia bowl first against South Africa in second T20
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl in the second of three T20 internationals against South Africa at Marrara Oval in Darwin. The teams made two changes each on Tuesday with Alex Carey flown in as cover for Josh Inglis, who struggled in the first match with flu-like symptoms and made a first ball duck, and seamer Sean Abbott replacing Nathan Ellis. South Africe dropped spinners George Linde and Senuran Muthusamy, replacing them with 23-year-old leg-spinner Nqaba Peter and batsman Rassie van der Dussen. Carey is part of the one-day squad scheduled to play a three-match series in Cairns and Mackay over the next fortnight after the third Twenty20 game in Cairns on Saturday. The teams have contrasting form coming into the series. Australia have won an unprecedented 23 of their last 27 T20Is, including a 5-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean last month, while the Proteas have managed only six wins from their last 13 matches and have not won any of their last three bilateral series. Teams: Australia: Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (capt), Alex Carey (wkt), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi.
The Advertiser
7 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Australia bowl first against South Africa in second T20
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl in the second of three T20 internationals against South Africa at Marrara Oval in Darwin. The teams made two changes each on Tuesday with Alex Carey flown in as cover for Josh Inglis, who struggled in the first match with flu-like symptoms and made a first ball duck, and seamer Sean Abbott replacing Nathan Ellis. South Africe dropped spinners George Linde and Senuran Muthusamy, replacing them with 23-year-old leg-spinner Nqaba Peter and batsman Rassie van der Dussen. Carey is part of the one-day squad scheduled to play a three-match series in Cairns and Mackay over the next fortnight after the third Twenty20 game in Cairns on Saturday. The teams have contrasting form coming into the series. Australia have won an unprecedented 23 of their last 27 T20Is, including a 5-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean last month, while the Proteas have managed only six wins from their last 13 matches and have not won any of their last three bilateral series. Teams: Australia: Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (capt), Alex Carey (wkt), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl in the second of three T20 internationals against South Africa at Marrara Oval in Darwin. The teams made two changes each on Tuesday with Alex Carey flown in as cover for Josh Inglis, who struggled in the first match with flu-like symptoms and made a first ball duck, and seamer Sean Abbott replacing Nathan Ellis. South Africe dropped spinners George Linde and Senuran Muthusamy, replacing them with 23-year-old leg-spinner Nqaba Peter and batsman Rassie van der Dussen. Carey is part of the one-day squad scheduled to play a three-match series in Cairns and Mackay over the next fortnight after the third Twenty20 game in Cairns on Saturday. The teams have contrasting form coming into the series. Australia have won an unprecedented 23 of their last 27 T20Is, including a 5-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean last month, while the Proteas have managed only six wins from their last 13 matches and have not won any of their last three bilateral series. Teams: Australia: Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (capt), Alex Carey (wkt), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl in the second of three T20 internationals against South Africa at Marrara Oval in Darwin. The teams made two changes each on Tuesday with Alex Carey flown in as cover for Josh Inglis, who struggled in the first match with flu-like symptoms and made a first ball duck, and seamer Sean Abbott replacing Nathan Ellis. South Africe dropped spinners George Linde and Senuran Muthusamy, replacing them with 23-year-old leg-spinner Nqaba Peter and batsman Rassie van der Dussen. Carey is part of the one-day squad scheduled to play a three-match series in Cairns and Mackay over the next fortnight after the third Twenty20 game in Cairns on Saturday. The teams have contrasting form coming into the series. Australia have won an unprecedented 23 of their last 27 T20Is, including a 5-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean last month, while the Proteas have managed only six wins from their last 13 matches and have not won any of their last three bilateral series. Teams: Australia: Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (capt), Alex Carey (wkt), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi.
New York Times
28-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
The ‘Spirit of Cricket' is a myth. And on Sunday, churlish England proved it
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), self-appointed custodians of the sport and its London-based lawmakers, probably thought they were being helpful when, 25 years ago, they introduced a preamble to the laws they oversee highlighting 'the Spirit of Cricket.' It talks of respect being central to that spirit. Play hard and play fair. Accept the umpire's decision. Create a positive atmosphere by your own conduct and encourage others to do likewise. Show self-discipline and congratulate the opposition on their success. Advertisement Cricket is unique in this regard. There is no Spirit of Football in the UK. No Spirit of Baseball or Basketball in the U.S. Cricket likes to consider itself somehow morally above other sports. The phrase 'it's just not cricket', used to denounce some piece of skullduggery, has been part of the English language since it was used in the 1851 book The Cricket Field by James Pycroft. Of course, the reality is rather different. Cricket has never been morally superior. That has been true ever since WG Grace, cricket's first famous figure in the 1800s, was said to have replaced the bails on his stumps after being bowled, observing 'It's a bit windy today.' Cricket has a rich history of controversy, which is added to on a yearly basis — whether in the English moral outrage at Australia's Alex Carey running out Jonny Bairstow in the Ashes at Lord's in 2023, or Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews being 'timed out' for not arriving quickly enough to begin his innings against Bangladesh later that same year. India captain Shubman Gill was the latest to invoke the Spirit of Cricket before the fourth Test at Old Trafford when he accused England's openers of being 90 seconds late to begin their innings on the third evening in the previous Test at Lord's as they tried to run down the clock before the close of play. 'It was not what I would think comes within the spirit of the game,' said Gill, who had earlier in that third Test spent eight minutes on the outfield holding up play receiving an unauthorised massage for his sore back. But if the Spirit of Cricket was broken at Lord's then it was shattered at the end of India's remarkable rearguard at Old Trafford on Sunday when England captain Ben Stokes reacted angrily to the refusal of Ravindra Jadeja to shake hands on a draw with 15 overs left and no chance of a win for either side. Advertisement India wanted to continue until both Jadeja and Washington Sundar had reached centuries, cricket's all-important milestone. Stokes, for his part, felt that the result was everything and it was time to rest up given the fifth Test was beginning just four days later at The Oval. What followed was high farce, with Stokes turning to the joke bowling of Harry Brook to usher in both landmarks and call a halt to proceedings. There was some spiky sledging thrown India's way by England's frustrated players — Stokes was heard asking Jadeja whether he really wanted to get a hundred off 'Harry Brook or Ben Duckett (another non-bowler)' — but the most barbed comments came afterwards, from Indian and Australian media commentators. It's fair to say the England players were not impressed with Ravindra Jadeja's century 😬 India refused to end the Test early, and only accepted the proposal once Jadeja and Washington Sundar reached their centuries. #BBCCricket #ENGvIND — Test Match Special (@bbctms) July 27, 2025 Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar led the charge, telling TV channel JioHotstar: 'Okay, he's unhappy that the players haven't walked off, he'll have to manage his overs carefully with the main bowlers exhausted. 'But throwing lollipops in the air and showing a bit of grumpiness out there, that was Ben Stokes behaving like a spoiled kid.' Australian observers, who never to miss the chance to stick the boot into England, especially in an Ashes year, were beside themselves. Headlines such as 'Spare us the whinging, England. The only thing embarrassing was your tantrum', 'Moral hypocrites England decide tons are anti-cricket' and 'Spirit of what? How pompous England exposed Bazball's great double standard' summed up the mood, while veteran commentator Jim Maxwell called Brook 'cocky and arrogant' and suggested he 'needs counselling.' Advertisement So, did England act against this nebulous Spirit of Cricket? Are they too quick to try to take the moral high ground in the name of Bazball entertainment? Are they, as Australia believe, a little too pious in their pronouncements on what is good for the game? There is no question India were perfectly entitled to bat on, with 15 overs left of a long five-day contest, rather than call it a day when — in accordance with the laws — Stokes was allowed to suggest it. At that stage, at 5.20pm on Sunday, Jadeja was on 89 and Washington 80 and they had repelled everything England had thrown at them. They had earned the right for Washington, in particular, to try to reach his maiden Test hundred, a special landmark for any player. If India really wanted to rub England's noses into the dirt and try to gain another advantage before the final Test they could have batted on for the remaining overs and put more work into the legs of shattered bowlers. While Stokes was equally entitled to turn to part-time bowling once it became clear no positive result could be reached, he and his side were churlish in their reaction and did their best to spoil the moment for Washington and India, both with their comments and Brook's joke bowling. At the centre of this latest flare-up is something of a culture clash. Indian cricket has traditionally cherished individual achievements more than any other nation while the whole Stokes-Brendon McCullum philosophy is based on putting the team first and being selfless. I genuinely believe Stokes would have walked off had the situation been reversed, as he intimated on Sunday when he said: 'There would have been no less satisfaction walking off with 80 not out than 100 not out.' There was context to England's reaction. They have bowled 894.2 overs in this series so far – more than in the first four Tests of any series since 1951 – and were out on their feet after enduring another unsatisfactory pitch which was more sub-continental than English in its character. Advertisement They were exhausted and tetchy and the captain, who has now added a shoulder problem to his array of injuries, had given everything he possibly could. Stokes and England did shake hands with Jadeja, Washington and all the India players and management when play finally did finish and the whole affair has only served to add another layer of interest and intrigue to one of the great Test series. Yes, England could have reacted better. There was a similar situation at the end of the 1984 Test between West Indies and Australia when Allan Border was on 98 not out towards the end and a draw could have been declared. Viv Richards, Border's opposite captaincy number, was purported to have said, 'AB, get your hundred and let's get out of here.' Which is exactly what happened. That would have been the way to end the fourth Old Trafford Test. As it is we just had another example of why there really is no Spirit of Cricket. Whatever the MCC say. Click here to read more cricket stories on The Athletic, and follow Global Sports on The Athletic app via the Discover tab.
ABC News
14-07-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Mitchell Starc stuns West Indies after Cameron Green's horror start — quick hits from third Test
Mitchell Starc's stunning spell has helped Australia forget about a horror start to day three, although Sam Konstas's fielding briefly halted the party. Here are the quick hits from a wild conclusion to the third and final Test in Jamaica. Alex Carey copped a brutal bouncer to the helmet first up from Alzarri Joseph under lights on day two. He was clearly rattled, but shook it off, although he only faced two more balls before charging the rapid seamer and nicking off. Before play on day three, it was revealed Carey had failed a concussion test overnight. Luckily for Australia, limited-overs wicketkeeper Josh Inglis was in the squad and ready to take the gloves for the final innings. It was Inglis's second stint as an injury replacement in the series, after stepping in for Steve Smith in the first Test due to a dislocated finger. After making it through a brutal night session with wickets tumbling all around him, Cameron Green had earned a session of easier batting in the sunshine on day three. Green needed just three runs to become the second-highest run-scorer for the series and eight for his second half-century in as many Tests. It was all set up for a match- and potentially career-defining innings as he tried to forge his way as a Test number three. Instead, the big West Australian confidently shouldered arms to the first delivery of the day from Shamar Joseph, only to see the ball seam back sharply and collect his off stump. Even for a man so renowned for his ability to strike early in an innings, it was something truly remarkable. Playing his 100th Test and running in on 396 Test wickets, Mitchell Starc found his range straight away on day three, producing one that jagged away enough to catch John Campbell's edge and claim the second first-ball dismissal of the day. Just four balls later, Starc had his second, when debutant Kevlon Anderson left one that swung back at him viciously and thudded into his front pad. He inexplicably sent it upstairs, but there was no way it would be overturned. Brandon King came and went even faster than Anderson, driving at his first ball, which flew straight through the gate and into his stumps. The West Indies' innings, only six balls old, was in tatters and Starc had produced a scarcely believable opening stanza. On a hat-trick and with 399 career wickets to his name, Starc had just become only the second bowler to take three wickets in the opening over of an innings after India's Irfan Pathan. Since the first Test in 1877, there have been more than 2,000 matches played but never before has a bowler taken a five-wicket haul faster than Starc on day three. His fourth wicket of the day — taken before he had even conceded a run — came when Mikyle Louis was caught plumb in front to another pitched-up, dramatic in-swinger. It was the 400th wicket of his career and Starc held the pink ball aloft to mark his entrance into the most salubrious of bowling clubs in his 100th Test. Unbelievably, just two balls later, Starc had made history once more. Once again, a West Indian pad was almost blown off by yet another Starc thunderbolt. Shai Hope sent the decision upstairs but nothing was saving him from becoming Starc's record-breaking victim. Completed in just 15 deliveries, Starc had delivered the fastest five-wicket haul in Test match history, bettering the previous best of 19. On day two, Sam Konstas made his biggest contribution to the third Test in the field with an excellent run-out of Justin Greaves. On day three he fumbled just about everything that came his way and cost his team a slice of history. He dropped two catchable balls at slip that could have handed Starc his sixth wicket, before some sloppy ground fielding allowed a costly single. West Indies looked set to surpass the lowest-ever Test score of 26 when they reached that mark just six wickets down in the 13th over, but Scott Boland's hat-trick left Australia needing one wicket to consign the Caribbean team to a tie for that ignominy. Starc steamed in for the 15th over and found the outside edge of Alzarri Joseph again, with the ball rolling out to Konstas at gully. He crabbed over to it, but the ball snuck under his fingertips and allowed a run. The Australians were clearly aware of it, as third slip Cameron Green threw his hands onto his head in dismay. While it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, it was an unfortunate note for the 19-year-old to end his tour on.
