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Saving Pat Cummins’ Bacon?
After a horrific decision by Pat Cummins to bowl after winning the toss and South Africa putting on 158 for the first wicket in dominant style, Australia managed to bowl South Africa out for 329 on the first day of the Third Test at Newland...
Famous Bad Decisions on Winning the Toss
Pat Cummins decision to bowl after winning the toss in the third test against South Africa in Cape Town looks like a catastrophically bad decision. Potentially he has the chance to join an “elite” group of famous bad decisions on winning th...
Boland and Head fight back but can’t undo Bavuma’s moment
(Temba Bavuma, October, 20, 2026, EspnCricinfo, AP)
Recap:
After 10 days of play, South Africa and Australia are 1-1, with one game to play. I have not often found myself dumbfounded about any cricket match, but if ever there was one, it...
Boland First Name on Team Sheet?
Scott Boland just keeps doing it.
Everytime he manages to get a game, he does something special.
He is heading quickly towards 100 test wickets and stands at 86 wickets from 20 tests as at today. His career average of 18.08 and career s...
Top 25 All-Time Greatest Test Men’s Batters
Top Men’s Test Batters 1 to 5
No. 5: Sachin Tendulkar (India): 200 tests, 15,921 runs, 51 tons, 53.79 average
Sachin Tendulkar played his first test before his 17th birthday in 1989 and retired just short of his 41st birthday in 2013. Ove...
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