Cricket

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J&K: Box Cricket brings cheers to sports lovers in valley (Economic Times)

First-ever box cricket format brought cheers to sports lovers in the valley. It was introduced by the WHS Sports Hub in Srinagar.

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'General' Franks adds another chapter to English success story in ... (The Guardian)

The Nottinghamshire assistant coach and Trent Bridge colleague Bilal Shafayat overcame a myriad of challenges to lead Central Punjab to glory.

The kindness of the players and people in Pakistan will stay with me forever.” We spent a lot of time together as a group, really getting to know each other and that maybe in the past hadn’t happened. And his own ambitions now, not least the role of Pakistan head coach that is expected to come up? It led to Ramiz Raja being ousted as chair of the Pakistan The 43-year-old draws great personal satisfaction from a trip that concluded with a deluge of public praise from his victorious Central Punjab players on departure. “Going into that final week with a chance of winning a competition, with all the hard work we had put in and having been away from family over Christmas, it made for a pretty special end to an amazing experience.

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'Oh, that's surprising': Aussie skipper reveals even Warner didn't ... (Fox Sports)

Australian captain Pat Cummins said even David Warner was surprised when he was awarded player of the series honours against South Africa.

[Fox Cricket’s series ratings](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/australia-vs-south-africa-cricket-scores-third-test-player-ratings-series-pat-cummins-travis-head-shine-marnus-labuschagne-fails/news-story/aa36f505334fd4ef6a7007eb09fac8fd) had Head and Cummins tied for best-performing on eight out of 10, with Smith and Warner level on 7.5. Cummins was the pick of the Aussie bowlers, most notably in the second innings at the Gabba and late on day four at the SCG, while leading the team to an unbeaten summer. [Aussies frustrated but unbeaten amid ‘sad’ cricket controversy as Proteas cling on](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-2023-australia-vs-south-africa-day-5-live-blog-live-stream-scores-teams-weather-pat-cummins-dean-elgar/news-story/62cee6b0cf1717e80cf9d72c6e36f9d5) [Flop exposes cricket’s big problem; Aussies’ Green truth a blessing, and a curse](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/australia-vs-south-africa-cricket-scores-third-test-series-talking-points-cameron-green-injury-a-curse-proteas-in-strife-pat-cummins/news-story/d822a5672508bef40b0c61a5016f5f71) [Aussies’ answer to Bazball; Cummins shines amid harsh Marnus call](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/australia-vs-south-africa-cricket-scores-third-test-player-ratings-series-pat-cummins-travis-head-shine-marnus-labuschagne-fails/news-story/aa36f505334fd4ef6a7007eb09fac8fd) Australian captain Pat Cummins said even David Warner was surprised when he was awarded player of the series honours against South Africa.

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Cricket fitness should be prime; not Yo-Yo and other tests: Sunil ... (The Indian Express)

The inventor of Yo-Yo test also agreed with Gavaskar's assessment. So did Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh in the past.

However, the man who has been the assistant coach at Juventus FC and the Denmark national side had a word of caution for those who use this test as a selection criteria. And because of this test a very in-form batsman like [Ambati Rayudu](https://indianexpress.com/about/ambati-rayudu/) could not make his place in the Indian team.” You have to be always careful in using it as a selection criteria in sports like cricket. It’s not bad, though, to have a lower level (16.1 is lower spectrum) as everybody needs to have a minimum level of fitness. [Sourav Ganguly](https://indianexpress.com/about/sourav-ganguly/) may or may not have cleared this version of the Yo-Yo test but they turned out to be some of the best players India has produced … In his characteristic sardonic humour, he also questioned the absence of “bio-mechanists, body science experts as selectors”.

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