It was a combination of rain along with a 213 run unbeaten stand between Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson that helped New Zealand save the 2nd Test in Hamilton. Both Taylor and Williamson cracked centuries that prevented the visitors to win the match and level the series. Courtesy the draw, New Zealand jumped to the 3rd spot in the World Test Championship with 60 points while England remains 5th with 56 points. The 1st Test of the series was won by New Zealand.

It's not often that you see Virat Kohli&nbsp;struggle while batting. But it did happen against West Indies in Hyderabad during the 1st T20. Skipper Kohli&nbsp;was finding it tough to middle the ball and was struggling to hit the big shots. Despite that, Kohli&nbsp;was scoring more than run a&nbsp;ball. Something was missing and the Indian captain who averages more than 50 in the shortest format was looking for more. A six over mid-off changed things around for Virat&nbsp;as he pushed the accelerator&nbsp;when the team needed it the most. His first 20 balls yielded 20 runs but the next 30 deliveries saw Virat&nbsp;smacking 74. His unbeaten 94 off 50 balls is also his highest T20 International score.&nbsp;

After being asked to bat first, West Indies were quick off the blocks as they scored 66 in the opening powerplay. Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners as Shimron Hetmyer smashed 56 off 41 balls with Evin Lewis playing a nice cameo of 40 off 17 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 2 wickets but rest of the bowlers were pretty ordinary on the night. West Indies finished with 207/5 which was much more than the par score in Hyderabad. In reply, India were off to a slow start and lost Rohit Sharma early for 8. Virat Kohli took time to start scoring but soon was firing all cylinders. KL Rahul smashed 62 off 40 balls with Virat remaining unbeaten on 94. India won by 6 wickets with 8 balls left to win their 3rd T20 game while chasing a 200 plus total, the first team to do so. &nbsp;

Australia opener David Warner came close to breaking West Indies'&nbsp;legend Brian Lara record of highest individual&nbsp;test score on Tuesday. Warner played an amazing knock of 335 not-out against Pakistan in Adelaide before skipper Tim Paine declared the innings, leaving the 33-year old 66 runs away from breaking Lara's record of 400 not-out in 2004. The Carribean batting great posted a photo on Instagram&nbsp;congratulating&nbsp;Warner with a caption that read, "735 Not Out!" which is a total of both their highest Test scores.&nbsp;

We all know how good MS Dhoni is when he is playing cricket but did you know about MSD's&nbsp;other hidden talent? An Instagram user posted a video giving fans&nbsp;a glimpse of Dhoni enjoying some quality time with family and friends. In the video, Dhoni can be seen singing an old Hindi song with a friend on Karaoke. Earlier in the day, Punjabi actor and singer Jassi Gill took to Instagram to thank Dhoni and his wife Sakshi&nbsp;for being lovely hosts&nbsp;and making his trip "unforgettable".

Former South African cricketer Mickey Arthur is set to be Sri&nbsp;Lanka's new head coach. According to&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo, the 51-year-old has signed a 2-year long contract with Sri&nbsp;Lanka.&nbsp;Grant Flower will be the batting coach in the limited-overs&nbsp;format along with&nbsp;David Sekar as the bowling coach and&nbsp;Shane McDermott as the fielding coach. Mickey Arthur has a rich experience&nbsp;of coaching teams like South Africa, Australia and Pakistan.&nbsp;

South African spinner Tabrez&nbsp;Shamsi&nbsp;is known for his wild celebrations but he took the game to the next level with a magic trick. While playing in the Mzansi&nbsp;Super League, Shamsi&nbsp;stunned everyone with a trick. Needless to say, his wicket celebrations have gone viral.&nbsp;

With the Test series against England less than 3-weeks away,&nbsp;South African cricketers are threatening to go on a strike. The cricketers have alleged their national cricket board&nbsp;of violating their commercial rights. Cricket South Africa is also accused of&nbsp;cancelling the media accreditation of five leading journalists after they wrote critical pieces about how the board is run. With the turmoil brewing strong, the board has barely 3 weeks to sort out the mess as the&nbsp;England&nbsp;tour starts with a boxing day Test match on 26th December.&nbsp;

Former English captain and one of the most feared fast bowlers of his time, Bob Willis passed away on Wednesday. Willis was 60 years old. He captained England during 1982-84 period and played a total of 90 Tests during his time. The fearsome pacer also picked up a total of 325 wickets in Test cricket in the 90 Test matches that he played.&nbsp;

Former Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq&nbsp;was hilariously&nbsp;trolled by fans on social media after he referred to Indian star pacer Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah as "baby bowler". The 40-year old had said that since he has faced&nbsp;bowling legends like Glenn McGrath and Wasim Akram, Bumrah&nbsp;is a baby bowler for him. Fans quickly took to social media to brutally troll the former Pakistani cricketer, reminding him of his playing days in International cricket.&nbsp;

Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;has reclaimed the top spot in ICC&nbsp;Test rankings. Kohli&nbsp;replaced Steve Smith as the number 1 batsman on Wednesday in the latest rankings. While Smith had a fairly average series against Pakistan, Kohli&nbsp;retained the top spot courtesy his 136 vs Bangladesh in the 2nd Test in Kolkata.&nbsp;

Pakistani pacer&nbsp;Naseem Shah is expected to return&nbsp;to&nbsp;his country's Under-19 squad ahead of the 2020 U-19 World Cup. The 16-year-old made his senior team debut in the recently&nbsp;concluded Test series in Australia and was already named&nbsp;in the original Pakistan U-19 World Cup squad. Shah who is also the youngest cricketer to make his debut in Australia will participate&nbsp;in the tournament which starts from 17th January in South Africa.

West Indies will be hoping to start their 3-match T20 series vs India on a winning note as they take on the hosts at Hyderabad on Friday. After beating Afghanistan in the one-off Test match in Lucknow, the Caribbean Kings are high on confidence as they look to beat India at home. It's been raining for the past two days in Hyderabad and overcast conditions are likely to prevail during the 1st T20 as well on Friday. The World Champions in the shortest format of the game will be hoping to find a suitable replacement for all-rounder Andre Russell who is out with an injury.&nbsp;

It was a combination of rain along with a 213 run unbeaten&nbsp;stand between Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson that helped New Zealand save the 2nd Test in Hamilton. Both Taylor and Williamson cracked centuries that prevented the visitors to win the match and level the series. Courtesy the draw, New Zealand&nbsp;jumped to the 3rd spot in the World Test Championship with 60 points while England remains 5th with 56 points. The 1st Test of the series was won by New Zealand.&nbsp;

BCCI&nbsp;president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly wants the team to play more and more day-night&nbsp;Tests. The statement came after the board successfully hosted India's first-ever day-night Test in Kolkata&nbsp;as the game was played in front of a packed audience. Dada, in an interview to The Week said that he wants the team to play at least&nbsp;1 pink-ball Test per series. Captain Virat&nbsp;Kohli though is of a different opinion as after the Kolkata&nbsp;Test, VK said that pink-ball Test can be one-off game and the team should not play it regularly.&nbsp;

BCCI president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;feels that a 4-year long tenure for the national selectors is too long and should be reduced to a 3-year cycle. Earlier, the BCCI&nbsp;was reported to be reducing the tenure of the selectors from a period of 4 years from the existing 5. Earlier the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators&nbsp;had increased the tenure from 4 to 5 years but the BCCI&nbsp;is in a mood to roll back most of the Committee's decision. Dada confirmed that a 3-year tenure can keep things fresh&nbsp;and in perspective.&nbsp;

971 cricketers will go under the hammer in the Indian Premier League auctions later this month. The IPL&nbsp;governing council announced that a total of&nbsp;713 Indians cricketers and 258 overseas players will be auctioned on 19th December in Kolkata. A total of 73 spots are vacant in the 8 teams which have a maximum squad limit of 25 players. The auctions will happen for the first time in Kolkata&nbsp;&amp; the teams&nbsp;have time till December 9 evening to submit the shortlist of players that will make up the final Player Auction list.&nbsp;
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Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has come down heavily on Steve Smith. Chappell has accused Smith of undermining Tim Paine's captaincy. Chappell said that he observed on a number of occasions&nbsp;that Smith was overruling Paine with respect to field placements. Despite certain decision made by Captain Paine, Smith was seen altering the field positions during the 2nd Test vs Pakistan. Chappell said that this is a wrong thing to do and sets a bad example towards the other players in the team.&nbsp;

Pakistan were desperate&nbsp;to avoid an innings defeat but failed to do so as Australia mopped up their 2nd innings to win the 2nd Test in Adelaide by an innings and 48 runs. This was Pakistan's 14th straight defeat in Tests in Australia which is the longest streak for any team in the longest format of the game. Nathan Lyon was the pick of the bowlers as he finished with 5 wickets in the 2nd innings. David Warner who scored 489 runs in the 2 Test matches was awarded the player of the series as well as player of the match award.&nbsp;

Karanataka won their 2nd straight&nbsp;Syed&nbsp;Mushtaq&nbsp;Ali domestic T20 title after they beat a spirited Tamil Nadu side on Sunday in Surat by just 1 run. After batting first, the defending champions scored 180 powered by captain Manish Pandey's&nbsp;60. In reply, Tamil Nadu&nbsp;fell just 1 run short and lost the match in a heart-breaking manner.&nbsp;

There was no stopping David Warner on Day 2 of the Adelaide Test vs Pakistan. The southpaw made the visitors suffer through the day as he smashed his maiden Test triple hundred. Warner remained unbeaten on 335 after Tim Paine declared the innings at 589/3. Warner powered through the day after Marnus&nbsp;Labuchagne&nbsp;was dismissed for 162. Fans on social media were upset with Tim Paine's decision on declaring the innings while Warner was looking good to score 400. Interestingly, this was the first ever triple hundred score in Test cricket in Adelaide.&nbsp;

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