Three fielders on the off and three on the on, all close to the stumps, designed to intimidate the batter and get him out.
Ashwin retains No 1 spot, Bumrah moves to 4th in ICC rankings
Having had a great run for the 'Orange Army' this season, Travis Head is keen on coming back to IPL next year too.
The Australians still managed to score at a fair pace and will resume on Monday on 77-4 with Mitch Marsh, who was 27 not out, and Travis Head, unbeaten on 17, looking to cut deeper into their 279-run victory target.
All-rounder Cameron Green thwarted New Zealand with a sparkling, unbeaten century after the hosts' seamers threatened to dominate the opening day of the first Test against Australia in Wellington on Thursday.
Josh Hazlewood took a five-wicket haul to skittle New Zealand for 162 on Day 1 of the second Test.
Tamba was attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants at his residence in Sanant Nagar, a thickly populated area of old Lahore in the afternoon.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Saturday.
'...It's just nice to show I can score runs. I am happy to be out there and show the real me. I don't know why I threw my bat in the air, but that is me.'
'I'd like to probably err on the side of preparing him through red ball. We know how good a white-ball player he is so you put a priority on what it looks like next summer.'
Rachin Ravindra, who reached the half century mark for the second time in his short test career and was 56 not out at stumps, will resume on day four alongside Daryl Mitchell, who was unbeaten on 12, in a partnership worth 52 runs.
'A fast bowler that is bowling 124 (kmph) and he's got a mouth from the south'
Organisations are facing growing privacy concerns over the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) while getting attractive returns from investments in privacy, according to Cisco's latest Data Privacy Benchmark Study. The findings highlight the responses from 2,600 privacy and security professionals across 12 geographies, said the annual review of key privacy issues impacting business. "Organisations see GenAI as a fundamentally different technology with novel challenges to consider," said Dev Stahlkopf, Cisco Chief Legal Officer.
Windies were restricted in their second innings by economical seamer Josh Hazlewood (3-23) and spinner Nathan Lyon (3-42).
Pakistan's experienced wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed laid out the team's plans to ruin Australia's star batter David Warner's farewell Test series.
India find themselves in a spot of bother against Australia in the third Test at Indore.
Lyon celebrates 500 wickets as Australia thrash Pakistan by 360 runs
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 1st Test played between New Zealand and Australia in Wellington on Friday.
R Ashwin led India's fightback with a six wicket haul as Australia posted 480 in their first innings of the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad.
The ICC has barred Usman Khawaja from displaying messages of equality and freedom
Mitchell Marsh won the prestigious Allan Border Medal at the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards
Khawaja steers calm course on Ashes rollercoaster
Usman Khawaja said it was "really frustrating" for players to lose their match fees despite delivering entertaining matches.
David Warner has expressed his ambition to take up coaching in future.
Pakistan look to be positive against strong Australia team
Bashir, who is of Pakistani heritage, travelled with the squad to Abu Dhabi where England trained before the team arrived in India for the five-Test series beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday.
No one expected Australia to win after they lost 8 wickets, but they didn't reckon with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon.
India opener Shubman Gill's reign at the top of the ODI batters' list was short-lived as he was replaced by former Pakistani skipper Babar Azam in the ICC Player Rankings issued on Wednesday.
Images from Day 3 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's.
Ponting called for an investigation into the ball change and now the owner of Dukes' ball is set to launch an internal probe into the row.
Josh Hazlewood finished with a nine-wicket match haul as world champions Australia crushed a depleted West Indies by 10 wickets.
'A year ago, if you told me we were coming here I would have been very confident, they were struggling a fair bit, the batting looked like they weren't really sure how to go about it.'
After Australia resumed on 59-2, West Indies made frequent inroads to stay in the contest.
Erskine hit back at Johnson, stating that his questioning Warner's selection isn't logical.
Australia is looking to chase down their first overseas Ashes victory since 2001 by breaking the record for the second-largest successful fourth innings chase in Ashes history on Day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test.
Australia opener David Warner looks likely to get the Test farewell of his choice after being named in the 14-man squad for the opening clash in the three-match series against Pakistan on Sunday.
Australia make solid start to Boxing Day Test in rainy Melbourne
Opener David Warner brushed aside any doubts about his Test match pedigree on Thursday with a brutal 164-run assault on Pakistan's bowlers.
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