https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com Latest news from zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com (c)zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com en-gb Sat 27 Apr 2024 https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/5wD8ks0sZi_drh-sevawcirc/steve-smith-vs-virat-kohli-greatest-debate-jonty-rhodes-fields-the-tough-question.html The debate over who is the better batsman between Steve Smith and Virat Kohli continues to divide opinion. Smith, the former Aussie skipper, had a sensational run in England https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/VEh5rx4l19_drh-sevawcirc/saw-archer-at-ipl-last-year-realized-he-is-special-smith.html England bounced back to claim The Oval Test by 135 runs on Sunday. Chasing an improbable target of 399, Australia folded up for 263 https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/pfCUv6OOOv_drh-sevawcirc/ashes-2019-5th-test-preview-england-battle-smith-headache-self-doubts-one-last-time.html The Ashes 2019 is well and truly Australia’s after yet another stupendous show by Steve Smith at the Old Trafford. Following the Ben Stokes miracle at Headingley against a Smith-less Australia https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/se3m1r1NNv_drh-sevawcirc/incredibly-proud-of-the-way-ive-performed-steve-smith-after-australia-clinch-ashes-2019.html Australia retained the Ashes by overpowering England by 185 runs in the fourth Test at Manchester on Sunday. On the final day, the hosts crumbled to 197 https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/W9bcU5Ri2M_drh-sevawcirc/steve-smith-after-blasting-211-englands-short-bowling-meant-they-cant-hit-my-pads-or-nick-me-off.html England continued to suffer from Steve Smith's insatiable appetite for runs as he slammed his third Ashes double hundred to put Australia in a position of dominance. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/kRtl5vcBeT_drh-sevawcirc/ashes-4th-test-preview-steve-smith-returns-as-australia-look-to-recover-from-ben-bashing.html With the series surprisingly tied 1-1 courtesy Ben Stokes' Headingley miracle, England would now want to stay alive with another victory at Old Trafford. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/zmlVPHGagn_drh-sevawcirc/never-give-up-its-never-over-until-its-over-stokes-after-miraculous-135.html In what can be termed as one of the greatest Test innings ever, Ben Stokes slammed an incredible 135 not out to single-handedly lift a miserable England to victory from an impossible position and keep the hosts' chances of claiming the Ashes alive. Thanks to Stokes' genius, the series is now tied 1-1 and the Aussies are shell-shocked. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/kCQjKhj7xs_drh-sevawcirc/englands-ashes-hopes-all-but-over-after-crumbling-to-woeful-67.html Hosts England endured a terrible Day 2 at Headingley in the third Ashes Test as they folded up for 67 to all but put paid to their hopes of retaining the Ashes https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/WcVJjUKHQf_drh-sevawcirc/labuschagne-showed-great-character-skill-and-technique-tim-paine.html Australia managed to escape with a draw in the tantalising second Ashes Test at Lord's. Set to chase 267 after Ben Stokes' hundred saw England recover from a precarious position, the Aussies were in trouble as the top order succumbed yet again to Jofra Archer. The absence of the unfit Steve Smith added to the visitors' woes. However, Smith's concussion replacement Marnus Labuschagne stood up with a soild half-century to keep a rampant England at bay.