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Ashes 2021-22 | A little bit sore: Pat Cummins updates on Hazlewood and Warner’s injuries

Australian captain Pat Cummins said that things are fine and with fast bowler, Josh Hazlewood and he is just a little bit sore and expected him to get better by the time of the Adelaide Test which begins on December 16.

"He's a little bit sore. He came out today and was able to bowl, got through a really good spell,” Cummins said in the post-match press conference in Brisbane. “We just managed him, it's a five-Test summer and he's key for us so don't want to blow him out of the water on day three,” the skipper added while explaining why Hazlewood bowled only eight overs on Day three.

Talking about Warner, who scored 94 in the first innings but didn’t come out to bat in the second innings, Cummins said, "Nothing too serious but didn't want it to turn into a huge injury. The key is we don't want to put him in jeopardy for the whole series. We'll take our time. Think he had a hit earlier and got through.”

"Still pretty sore but should be right for Adelaide. We'll monitor him but think he'll be fine,” added the 28-year-old who won his first Test as Australia Test captain and also picked a five-wicket haul in the same game.

Assuming that Warner is not available for the Adelaide Test, Usman Khawaja, who is in the side, can be asked to open as he has done that in five games in his 44 matches long Test career so far. Usually a middle-order batter, the 34-year-old has performed phenomenally at the top spot having also hit a century in a day/ night Test against South Africa in Adelaide. Khawaja’s average as an opener is 96.80.

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Two Bangladesh women’s team members test positive for Omicron

Two Bangladesh Women’s cricket team members who were part of the team that participated in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers 2022 held in Zimbabwe in November 2021, have tested positive for Omicron, the latest variant of covid-19. These two women had previously reported having been tested positive for Covid-19 and the whole team’s isolation period was extended thereafter. That decision was taken on December 06. Zahid Maleque, Bangladesh health and family welfare minister announced the development on Saturday, December 11. ''It will take time to recover and according to the protocol we will keep them under watch for two weeks and they will be released after recovering fully,'' Maleque was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. ''We are doing contact tracing and testing everyone who had come close to them,'' he added. Now, the isolation of the women’s team has been extended to 14 days and they would be staying at the hotel they first occupied on their return from Zimbabwe.

BBL 11 | Matthew Wade’s captain’s knock and bowlers guide Renegades to victory past Sixers

Sydney Sixers’ two-match unbeaten run in the Big Bash League 2021-22 came to an end as they were defeated by a class performance from the Hobart Hurricanes, playing away from home at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Matthew Wade, the Hurricanes’ skipper was the star of the show with the bat, as he just missed out on what could have been one of the perfect hundreds in BBL history. Along with him, the Hobart bowlers too played an important role in the team’s huge 44 runs victory. Sixers, who were set a target of 214 in 20 overs initially but which was later reduced to 195 in 18 overs due to Duckworth Lewis and Stern method, had a good enough start, making 61 in the first seven overs without losing a wicket. However, Josh Philippe was the only batter that was able to strike cleanly even ss James Vince and skipper Moises Henriques tried to help him as much as possible. At 118-2, when Philippe finally got out after surviving four close shaves including a dropped dolly and ab easy stumping, the chances of Sixers slimmed further. With 77 needed off 19 balls, it was almost certain that the things were not moving in a direction that they should have been. The batters that came, later on, weren’t able to provide any magic either as the team could score only 151 in their 18 overs. Joel Paris was the pick of the bowlers for the Hurricanes as he took three wickets and gave away only 35 runs in his four-over spell. Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss, Hurricanes had decided to bat first and even after a slow start by D’Arcy Short, Wade kept on waging the war against the Sixers’ bowling unit. When the left-handed wicketkeeper batter got out at 93 in the 12th over, the team score was 111. However, it was only past Wade’s dismissal that Short started to open up. After being 16 off 22 balls at the time of Wade’s dismissal, Short went on to score 57 off the next 29 balls that he faced. He remained unbeaten at 73 off 51 balls. Caleb Jewell was the other batter that got among the runs and was out only in the last over after having scored 42 off 23 balls and put on a 92 run stand with Short for the second wicket.

Spending time in Indian dressing room is the best phase of my life: R Sridhar

Former India fielding coach R Sridhar has said that he spent the "best phase of his life" while being part of the Indian dressing room. “Obviously, that's the best phase of my life. I cannot be discontent but there is always room for improvement. Coaching philosophies and coaching methods also keep changing as you embark on that journey and reach towards the end,” he said while talking to Cricket.com. The Indian team had some disappointments as well during Sridhar’s tenure but the fielding coach suggested that those moments brought in more opportunities. “It was a wonderful opportunity to learn. To me, as a coach, a bad day is a great coaching opportunity. Good days are not great coaching opportunities but bad days are,” he said. “You get to know about player and team. Basically how you are on your bad day, says what you are as a team. This team was outstanding in terms of resilience. Recently, Greg Chappell called up and asked Ravi Bhai, "How the hell do you bounce back after so many losses?" That's a benchmark for this team. Every bad day was harnessed, like a gold mine,” he added. Head coach Ravi Shastri and Co.’s tenure came to an end after the T20 World Cup. Unfortunately, India weren’t able to win the tournament.

Jack’s a fine spinner: Joe Root backs Leach and his decision at toss even after comprehensive defeat

England captain Joe Root backed up his bowlers and in particular spinner Jack Leach even as he was taken for 102 runs in his 13 overs and could take only one wicket. The skipper rather took the blame on himself for Leach’s dismal performance. "If anything, that [Leach's poor numbers] probably falls on me for probably giving him too aggressive fields, too early - not letting him settle in and giving him a bit more of a chance early on," Root said in the post-match press conference after losing the game on Day Four at the Gabba in Brisbane. "Jack's a fine spinner. He's shown over the 20-odd Test matches that he's played what an instrumental part he can play within this team and I'm sure he'll play a big part in this series moving forward,” the 31-year-old stressed. Asked whether either among James Anderson and Stuart Broad should have played the game, Root said that in hindsight all decisions have flaws if they don’t turn out good. “We wanted to be able to change the pace of the game and move through different gears throughout the innings. I thought our seamers were brilliant, Woody [Mark Wood] in particular, Robbo [Ollie Robinson] as well and [they were] backed up by the other guys,” he said. Root, who was criticised for opting to bat first on a green Gabba wicket still defended his decision. He said, "The toss, I think it was the right decision, but when you're 40 [29] for 4, it's very difficult to get yourself back in the game from that position.” The two teams will now travel to Adelaide for the second Test, a day/night affair which will be played with the Pink ball to begin on December 16th.