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Arab News
5 hours ago
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- Arab News
Pakistan face West Indies in Tarouba in ODI series decider today
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will lock horns with the West Indies in the third and final fixture of the three-match series between the two sides today, Tuesday, at Trinidad and Tobago. The three-match series between the two nations is tied at 1-1, with West Indies winning the last fixture between the two sides on Sunday. Pakistan had earlier beaten the West Indies by five wickets on Friday in the first ODI courtesy of a stellar knock by middle-order batter and ODI debutant Hassan Nawaz. 'The third and last one-day international between Pakistan and the West Indies will be played at Tarouba on Tuesday,' state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported. 'The match will start at 6:30 in the evening.' Pakistan couldn't clinch the series on Sunday after the West Indies successfully chased a target of 181 off 35 overs based on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in a rain-hit match. Player of the match Roston Chase and Justin Greaves put on an unbeaten 77-run stand off 72 balls to help the hosts beat Pakistan. Pakistan had posted 171-7 in 37 overs batting first, on the back of valuable thirties from Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Talat in a stop-start innings with rain intervals in between. The Green Shirts will be looking for former Pakistan captain Babar Azam to shrug off his poor form and score big for the visitors in the third ODI. After a promising start in the first ODI, Azam was bowled by Jayden Seales for 0 off 3 balls in the second match. Mohammad Nawaz and Hasan Ali took two wickets each in the second ODI, with leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed returning figures of 1/23 from seven overs. Pakistan had earlier clinched the preceding T20I series 2-1 against the West Indies last week.
Khaleej Times
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Coaches trust Australia's hard-hitters, says Tim David
Australia's T20 batters are backed by their coaches to go "all guns blazing" and will likely continue their attacking ways, middle order blaster Tim David said. David produced a sparkling 83 off 53 balls to guide Australia to a 17-run win in the series-opener against South Africa on Sunday and a record ninth victory in succession. "We've been playing together as a group now for a while, so there's not a great deal of instruction from the coaches,' said player-of-the-match David in Darwin. "They trust the players. "We trust ourselves to go out there and we understand the game situation. We make decisions on the fly because that's the nature of T20 cricket. "I think if you'd watched our guys bat over the last period, wherever they bat around the world and when they play for the Australian team, it's close to all guns blazing. "You can probably expect to see that a little bit from our team. That's how we think we play best." David has been in top form, racking up 215 runs in his past three T20I innings, which includes a 37-ball century against the West Indies in St Kitts last month. His hot streak has revived queries on whether he might consider reviving an ODI career that lasted only four matches against South Africa in 2023. However, David was not included in the ODI squad for South Africa and poured cold water on the idea of a return in the near future. "That's not part of the plan for me," David said. "To be honest, the things I've been building towards is the T20 World Cup next year and the major tournaments that are leading up to that. "Honestly, I don't operate much further than the next day ahead." Australia will look to seal the three-match T20 series against South Africa with another win in Darwin on Tuesday.
CNA
a day ago
- Sport
- CNA
Coaches trust Australia's hard-hitters, says David
Australia's T20 batters are backed by their coaches to go "all guns blazing" and will likely continue their attacking ways, middle order blaster Tim David said. David produced a sparkling 83 off 53 balls to guide Australia to a 17-run win in the series-opener against South Africa on Sunday and a record ninth victory in succession. "We've been playing together as a group now for a while, so there's not a great deal of instruction from the coaches,' said player-of-the-match David in Darwin. "They trust the players. "We trust ourselves to go out there and we understand the game situation. We make decisions on the fly because that's the nature of T20 cricket. "I think if you'd watched our guys bat over the last period, wherever they bat around the world and when they play for the Australian team, it's close to all guns blazing. "You can probably expect to see that a little bit from our team. That's how we think we play best." David has been in top form, racking up 215 runs in his past three T20I innings, which includes a 37-ball century against the West Indies in St Kitts last month. His hot streak has revived queries on whether he might consider reviving an ODI career that lasted only four matches against South Africa in 2023. However, David was not included in the ODI squad for South Africa and poured cold water on the idea of a return in the near future. "That's not part of the plan for me," David said. "To be honest, the things I've been building towards is the T20 World Cup next year and the major tournaments that are leading up to that. "Honestly, I don't operate much further than the next day ahead."
Reuters
a day ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Coaches trust Australia's hard-hitters, says David
Aug 11 (Reuters) - Australia's T20 batters are backed by their coaches to go "all guns blazing" and will likely continue their attacking ways, middle order blaster Tim David said. David produced a sparkling 83 off 53 balls to guide Australia to a 17-run win in the series-opener against South Africa on Sunday and a record ninth victory in succession. "We've been playing together as a group now for a while, so there's not a great deal of instruction from the coaches,' said player-of-the-match David in Darwin. "They trust the players. "We trust ourselves to go out there and we understand the game situation. We make decisions on the fly because that's the nature of T20 cricket. "I think if you'd watched our guys bat over the last period, wherever they bat around the world and when they play for the Australian team, it's close to all guns blazing. "You can probably expect to see that a little bit from our team. That's how we think we play best." David has been in top form, racking up 215 runs in his past three T20I innings, which includes a 37-ball century against the West Indies in St Kitts last month. His hot streak has revived queries on whether he might consider reviving an ODI career that lasted only four matches against South Africa in 2023. However, David was not included in the ODI squad for South Africa and poured cold water on the idea of a return in the near future. "That's not part of the plan for me," David said. "To be honest, the things I've been building towards is the T20 World Cup next year and the major tournaments that are leading up to that. "Honestly, I don't operate much further than the next day ahead." Australia will look to seal the three-match T20 series against South Africa with another win in Darwin on Tuesday.
Telegraph
05-08-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Harry Brook can end up as one of England's best batsmen ever
I have believed for a long time that Harry Brook could be one of the great middle-order players of this generation. Players like him do not come along too often and he could end up in the same batsman bracket as Wally Hammond and Denis Compton, who are regarded by everybody who saw them as among England's greatest. Harry has that special quality of somehow making batting look easy. Let me tell you, it is not. He is tall and that gives him long levers so when he hits the ball he has a lot of power and takes the game away from bowlers without slogging. In this era, compared to everyone else around, he is above them all. I defy anybody to tell me another No 5 in world cricket, or middle-order batsman, who has his talent, his ability to take the game by the scruff of the neck and have bowlers running in, not knowing what to bowl. They run up in hope not knowing what line or length to hit because he is smacking them everywhere. He is playing a different shot to every ball and when bowlers minds are scrambled and can't think straight, you have them by the balls. Brook has such a wide range of strokes that when he gets going, he dominates bowlers, scoring in all areas. They are not sure where to bowl at him and that is a wonderful situation to be in as a batsman. Three consecutive shots of Harry Brook brilliance 😍🏴 — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 13, 2025 Harry is a dream middle-order player, especially when he has Joe Root at the other end, because they are totally opposite. Root is technically correct and undemonstrative. He just sets about his work by caressing the ball into the gaps. Joe rotates the strike comfortably which means that if you are at the other end, you are always getting some balls to face. Brook has such power and a force of personality in his batting which enables him to take bowlers apart. Root uses the rapier, Brook the sword to carve teams open. He does it so bloody quickly that in no time at all, the game is rushing away from the bowlers. That is what happened at the Oval. India kept looking up at the scoreboard and it was going mad. That is the danger with him. As a bowler, you have to try and get him out, but if that fails he is then very difficult to keep quiet. The ball races around and in no time at all he has spread the field. Bowlers want slips and people catching, but are terrified by the ball disappearing to all parts. England are lucky to have an ideal middle order of two different types of players. That is exactly what you want as a team. Captains and bowlers are always having to do something different and think on their feet. I found it mesmerising watching them bat. I enjoyed it. It taxed the bowlers and the captains. Yes, occasionally, because he is living in the moment, he will play a shot that gets him out like the cross-batted swipe on Sunday. Sometimes he does something you think is a bit silly, but you have to accept that. Akash Deep breaks the partnership at last! What a knock from Harry Brook, 111 from 98 deliveries 👏 — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) August 3, 2025 I have always believed that every team needs one genuine, unpredictable batsman who can do extraordinary things. Yes, they do daft shots occasionally but we have to accept that because what you get in return is such a huge bonus. When it is their day they are match-winners. Harry has a special gift and has scored 10 hundreds in 30 innings. The best players are normally one hundred in four to five innings. He is one in three. You can talk all you want about bats being bigger, and the pitches better than ever. True. I get all that. But the fact is, you have to judge people in the era they play. Technically, Brook stays back a lot like Joe Root giving him more time to see the ball, judge the length and let it come to him. He takes the ball at the top of the bounce and then, if it is his day, he destroys teams. I don't think he will be able to tonk Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood quite so easily. He will have a chance against Mitchell Starc because he bowls magic deliveries but also gives you a lot of four balls. I just hope Harry is going to be intelligent enough not to change his game, but just assess the situation and be a bit more careful. That is all he has to do. There will be times when Australia are bowling well and trying to butcher them will not be the smartest thing to do. He has a good defence on both the front and back foot so it is not as though he cannot stay in. He can let the moment pass when the bowlers are on top. It's like playing chess. There are times when you have to sit in and wait for your moment, then explode. If he comes running down the pitch at people like Hazlewood and Cummins then he will be asking for trouble but if he assesses the situation, he can be successful in Australia.
