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Sam Konstas on Virat Kohli’s shoulder charge: ‘It happens, it’s cricket’ | Cricket News

Sam Konstas on Virat Kohli’s shoulder charge: ‘It happens, it’s cricket’ | Cricket News

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Darren Berry, former Australia first-class cricketer has slammed Virat Kohli for his deliberate shoulder-barging to 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas, who idolizes the former India captain. “Such a shame as the kid absolutely idolizes Kohli. Never meet your hero,” Berry wrote on X. If the ICC don’t give Virat a holiday with his family in Sydney then we might as well pack up our bat and ball and go home. Changed his line and showed the world the kid has rattled him & his team. Such a shame as the kid absolutely idolizes Kohli.“ Never meet your hero ” 😢 — Darren Berry (@ChuckBerry1969) December 26, 2024 What happened? Sam Konstas battered Jasprit Bumarah and Mohammad Siraj around the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After the end of the 10th over, when players were changing ends, Virat Kohli picked up the cricket ball and appeared to walk directly to Konstas who was heading toward batting partner Usman Khawaja and collided shoulder to shoulder as he walked past Konstas. Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas exchanged a heated moment on …

Who’s saying what after Virat Kohli’s shoulder clash with Sam Konstas: ‘He’s a King – why’s he’s been rattled by a 19-year-old’ | Cricket News

Who’s saying what after Virat Kohli’s shoulder clash with Sam Konstas: ‘He’s a King – why’s he’s been rattled by a 19-year-old’ | Cricket News

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Virat Kohli could face punishment for the altercation if found in violation of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct after deliberately shouldering 19-year-old Test debutant Sam Konstas on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Sam Konstas provided a spectacle at the MCG in the first session, hitting his maiden half-century with ramp shots and charging sixes. He lap-scooped, reverse-lapped Bumrah, he backed away to smash Mohammad Siraj en route to a thrill-a-ball half century. He was eventually dismissed LBW by Ravindra Jadeja for a memorable 65-ball 60. After the 10th over of the match, Virat Kohli, a former captain, cut across from his initial position on the leg side of play, with the ball in his hand, walked beside the pitch where Sam Konstas was returning back from the other end. And the shoulder barge happened. Konstas and Kohli would exchange words, before Usman Khawaja came in with a smile and put a hand over Kohli’s shoulders. Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas exchanged a heated moment …

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Awe-inspiring MCG – one of the many iconic stadiums in Australia | Cricket News

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Awe-inspiring MCG – one of the many iconic stadiums in Australia | Cricket News

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The white picket fence and the silvery light towers, the history and halo, the Great Southern Stand sprawling like a curled whale and the vast, green outfield stolen from a Paul Gaugin canvas. The Melbourne Cricket Ground — the MCG, or simply the ‘G’— both daunts and marvels like few other cricketing arenas in the world. Even before one finishes uttering the abbreviation, the images gush, the mind composes a quick reel of iconic moments from memory. However, the same rings true for all stadiums in Australia. Every major cricketing venue in the country has a soul of its own, a distinguishable colour and character that captures the consciousness of the bleary-eyed television audience watching half a world away. Australia was once a collection of six states, all with their own virtues and flaws. The stadiums are an inevitable reflection of it, offering a window into a city’s sensibilities. It could be true for every stadium in the world, but those in Australia breathe a stronger identity and character, an essence that remains intact despite …

Sam Konstas vs Virat Kohli: Aussie debutant and Indian star involved in shoulder barge, Ricky Ponting says Kohli instigated it | Cricket News

Sam Konstas vs Virat Kohli: Aussie debutant and Indian star involved in shoulder barge, Ricky Ponting says Kohli instigated it | Cricket News

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Debutant Sam Konstas had Indians rattled during a sensational debut on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Thursday. After missing a couple of ramp shots early on, the 19-year-old opener took on Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in an extraordinary display of attacking batting. Then came a moment of altercation with Virat Kohli that will be discussed quite a lot in the hours and days to come. At the end of the 10th over, Konstas was walking down the pitch to the middle. The former India captain picked up the ball from around where the forward short leg fielder would be. He then moved towards his right and started walking diagonally towards Konstas. And a few short steps later the shoulders collided between the two. Konstas turned back to have a few words with Kohli and then the Indian player too had some words to share as things got heated. Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas exchanged a heated moment on the MCG. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/QL13nZ9IGI — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, …

Pat Cummins on MCG pitch for Boxing Day Test: ‘There’s a bit of grass coverage, feels nice and firm’ | Cricket News

Pat Cummins on MCG pitch for Boxing Day Test: ‘There’s a bit of grass coverage, feels nice and firm’ | Cricket News

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With the series hanging in balance, the spotlight has been on the pitch at the MCG ahead of the Boxing Day Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While the series has seen the pace bowlers dominating the series with spinners only getting six wickets out of the total 93 wickets to fall so far in the series so far, the MCG pitch too is expected to support pace and bounce. Australian skipper Pat Cummins feels the MCG pitch is ‘nice and firm’. “The pitch looks really good. (It is) quite consistent to what it has been here for the last few years. (There is a) bit of grass coverage and it feels nice and firm. They’ve done a great job here for … probably the last five to six years with their pitches and I suspect (it will be) the same this year. (But we will see) how the heat changes it. We’ll get to the ground tomorrow and kind of assess it, but it looks like it is a good wicket,” said Cummins while …

England coach blames Women’s Premier League for ‘rammed’ Ashes schedule

England coach blames Women’s Premier League for ‘rammed’ Ashes schedule

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In the space of just three weeks, the England women’s team will play three ODIs, three T20s and a four-day Test in Australia. The reason for the ‘rammed’ schedule, according to England coach Jon Lewis, is the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in India. The women’s Ashes begins on January 12 in Sydney and will be played across five Australian cities. The WPL begins on February 21, forcing the authorities to compress England’s tour to Australia. Lewis was miffed with the cramped schedule, especially with a four-day gap between the third T20 and the four-day pink-ball Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. “My preference would be that there’s more space between the games, and the players’ preference would be as well,” Lewis was quoted as saying by The Guardian. “I’m pretty sure we would have requested more space between the white ball [games] and the Test match, but the schedule came back as it was. It won’t be straightforward. The schedule is pretty rammed close together. There’s no flexibility because of WPL and Christmas.” The report …

Melbourne Cricket Ground: From Gavaskar’s ton to 13-year unbeaten run, for India ‘M’ in the MCG stands for merry

Melbourne Cricket Ground: From Gavaskar’s ton to 13-year unbeaten run, for India ‘M’ in the MCG stands for merry

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“Pitches Used For BBL”: Rohit Sharma Reacts To ‘Practice Wicket’ Controversy In Melbourne

“Pitches Used For BBL”: Rohit Sharma Reacts To ‘Practice Wicket’ Controversy In Melbourne

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Ahead of the fourth Test against Australia at Melbourne, a Boxing Day Test match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that the team did practice on used pitches and will be getting fresh pitches during Tuesday’s training session. He also offered his assessment of the pitch made so far and the possibility of playing an additional spinner. With the series level at 1-1, the second half of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy promises to be a thrilling ride for the next two matches at Melbourne and Sydney, winning them would be important for both team’s ICC World Test Championship chances. As Team India navigates through a long, five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia, it faced another challenge ahead of the fourth Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as players negotiated with the practice pitches allotted to them. The pitches used by them in the sessions so far have been old and offered low bounce, unlike fresh surfaces given to Australia for their practice. During the Sunday’s practice session, a delivery from pacer Akash Deep kept low …

MCG curator dismisses India’s practice pitch theory, hints at leaving more moisture for Day 1

MCG curator dismisses India’s practice pitch theory, hints at leaving more moisture for Day 1

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Boxing Day Test: After two players, including captain Rohit Sharma, were struck while batting in the nets ahead of Thursday’s Boxing Day Test, India may have felt aggrieved that they were given worn pitches to practice on. However, the Melbourne Cricket Ground’s chief curator Matt Page defended the practice pitches, insisting he had followed the years-old protocol. In the lead-up to the Boxing Day Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit was struck on the knee and had to pause his practice session for treatment. Later, Akash Deep was also hit, with the bowler citing variable bounce as the reason. Akash Deep suggested India were practising on the wickets used by Big Bash sides. “We keep getting hit in the nets. That is fine. I think this wicket was for white ball, which is why the ball kept low at times. But these blows are common in training,” Akash Deep said. However, Page said that was not the case. “For us, three days out, we prepare Test match pitches for here. If teams come and train …

‘Play like you do when you’re a kid in backyard’

‘Play like you do when you’re a kid in backyard’

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With the Australian team management picking up 19-year-old youngster Sam Konstas in their squad for the Boxing Test match against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Melbourne, Australian skipper Pat Cummins has put his faith in the youngster. Cummins, who had made his debut in South Africa in 2011, remembered days prior to his debut and told Sam Konstas to ‘enjoy the moment’. “I think you always want to do well (but) I was saying this to Sam (Sam Konstas) the other day, I remember that as an 18-year-old, I was thinking I got a lot more leeway because I was young. It almost felt like if I didn’t have a great game, it wasn’t my fault. It was the selectors’ fault for picking me. I was like, ‘Well, they’re the idiots who picked an 18-year-old’. You’re so young starting out your career (and) it’s Boxing Day. It doesn’t get any better than this, so just enjoy the moment,” Pat Cummins told the media ahead of the Boxing Day Test. The 19-year-old opener has made …