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Root Ton, Cummins Five And India’s Triple Defeats – December 8 Cricket Highlights

Rohit Sharma suffered a defeat in Adelaide (Source: AP)Rohit Sharma suffered a defeat in Adelaide (Source: AP)

The Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams agonized over crushing defeats to Australia in Adelaide and Brisbane respectively. In New Zealand, run-raider Joe Root recorded another match-winning century for England while India’s Under-19 suffered a monumental choke in the UAE.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest news that emerged out of Sunday, December 8.

Pat Cummins Takes 5 As Australia Level Series

Australian captain Pat Cummins completed an electric five-wicket haul earlier on Day 3 of their Adelaide Oval’s pink-ball brawl against the visiting Indians. The legendary speedster snagged the wickets of overnight batter Nitish Kumar Reddy as well as that of Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana to claim astonishing figures of 5-57 from 14 overs. Mitchell Starc added Rishabh Pant to his tally after toppling Shubman Gill late on Day 2, while Scott Boland claimed the prized scalps of Perth centurions Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli.

Overall, the Australian pace trio collectively enveloped the second Indian innings for just 175 to set up an easy 19-run pursuit. Nathan McSweeney and Usman Khawaja shrugged off those runs without breaking a sweat inside four overs to blaze Australia to a 10-wicket victory, thus bringing the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series to levelling terms with three Tests to spare.

Joe Root Ton Flays NZ As England Go 2-0

Joe Root brought up his 36th Test hundred on Day 3 of the Wellington Test against New Zealand. His overnight batting partner and captain Ben Stokes also clubbed 49 unbeaten runs from just 42 balls before the latter declared the second English innings at 427-6d.

Setting up a monumental 583-run target for the hosts, England fast bowlers Chris Woakes (2-20), Gus Atkinson (1-68), Brydon Carse (2-53) and spinner Shoaib Bashir (2-110) picked up seven wickets between them. Visiting captain Ben Stokes, meanwhile, took the final three wickets in the space of just 2.2 overs to wrap up the New Zealand innings for 259. England ended up winning the match by 323 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

SA, SL Split Honours To Leave Gqeberha Test Poised At Day 4

South Africa’s series-deciding Gqeberha Test against Sri Lanka is heading towards an exciting finish after the exhilarating events of Day 4. Proteas captain Temba Bavuma started off the day by bringing up an elegant half-century, before Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya completed a sizzling five-fer to limit the hosts to 317 in their second innings.

Chasing 348 for a win, Sri Lanka lost each of their top five batters by the time of reaching 205 runs in 52 overs before stumps. Angelo Mathews and in-form Kamindu Mendis struck fighting 30s before both were toppled by South African spinner Keshav Maharaj. Requiring another 143 runs on the final day, unbeaten batters Dhananjaya de Silva (39*) and Kusal Mendis (39*) will resume Sri Lanka’s defiance, while South Africa need another five wickets for a series sweep.

Ellyse Perry Sustains Australian Juggernaut Over India Women

Ellyse Perry and brash young opener Georgia Voll plundered identical hundreds against India Women in the second ODI of their three-match series at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field. Batting first, Australia Women mounted 371-8 from 50 overs, with Phoebe Litchfield and wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney also chipping in with swift half-centuries.

Chasing 372, the ‘Women in Blue’ crumbled for just 249 in 44.5 overs to lose the match by 122 runs. Richa Ghosh punched out a fighting 54 to wage India’s lone rebellion in a fruitless run-chase, with Australian seamer Annabel Sutherland (4-39) reaping the spoils of the visitor’s batting struggles with an astonishing four-wicket haul. The outcome helped Australia claim the three-match series, thus rendering the impending third ODI a mere dead-rubber at the WACA.

India U19 Choke Against Bangladesh In Asia Cup Final

India’s Under-19 unit was humbled by a spirited Bangladesh side in the final of the U19 Asia Cup 2024 in Dubai. After bowlers Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma and Hardik Raj picked up two wickets each to fold up Bangladesh for just 198, the ‘Boys in Blue’ fell 59 runs short of their target.

In-form openers Ayush Mhatre and Vaibhav Suryavanshi failed to deliver on the big day, with Bangladesh’s Iqbal Hossain Emon (3-24) and Azizul Hakim (3-8) picking up match-winning three-fers for their team.