Michael Andrew Atherton is a broadcaster,journalist and a former England international first-class cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England,and occasional leg-break bowler,he achieved the captaincy of England at the age of 25 and led the side in a record 54 Test matches. Known for his stubborn resistance during an era of hostile fast bowling,Atherton was described in 2001 as a determined defensive opener who made "batting look like trench warfare". He had several famed bouts with bowlers including South Africa's Allan Donald and Australia's Glenn McGrath. Atherton often played the anchor role at a time when England batting performances lacked consistency.
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history,playing in the first ever Test match in 1877,the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket,participating in both the first ODI,against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I,against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions –the Sheffield Shield,the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League.
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally,most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists. Some wicket-keepers have the skills of a specialist batter and have been referred to as all-rounders,but the term wicket-keeper-batter is more commonly applied to them,even if they are substitute wicket keepers who also bowl.
Wasim Akram HI is a Pakistani cricket commentator,coach,and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time,and several critics regard him as the greatest left-arm fast bowler of cricket history. In October 2013,Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
In cricket,the boundary is the perimeter of a playing field. It is also the term given to a scoring shot where the ball is hit to,or beyond,that perimeter,which generally earns four or six runs for the batting team.
Waqar Younis Maitla HI is a Pakistani cricket coach,commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler,Waqar Younis is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers to have played the game. He is the former head coach of the Pakistani cricket team. He is also National Cricket Team.
Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer,who was captain in all formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and allrounders of all time. A genuine bowling all-rounder,Pollock along with Allan Donald formed a bowling partnership for many years. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team,and also played for Africa XI,World XI,Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003.
Abdul Qadir Khan SI was an international cricketer who bowled leg spin for Pakistan. Qadir is widely regarded as a legendary leg spinners of the 1970s and 1980s and was a role model for up and coming leg spinners. Later he was a commentator and Chief Selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board,from which he resigned due to differences of opinion with leading Pakistan cricket administrators.
In cricket,the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings,there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time. All eleven players in a team are required to bat if the innings is completed.
Alan Lloyd Thomson was an Australian cricketer,Australian rules football umpire and school teacher. Thomson,who "bowled off his front leg like a frog in a windmill" played in four Tests and one ODI in the 1970–71 season.
David Warner is an Australian international cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team in limited overs format and also a former test vice-captain. A left-handed opening batsman,Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He is considered as one of the best batters of the current era. He plays for New South Wales and played for the Sydney Thunder in domestic cricket.
Steven Peter Devereux Smith is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australian national team. Smith has drawn comparisons to Don Bradman,widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time,due to his distinctively high Test batting average.
Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break,he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50-,100-,150-,200-,250-,300-,350- and 400-wicket mark in Test cricket in terms of number of innings. In 2016,he became the third Indian to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year award. Considered to be one of the Greatest spin bowlers of his generation,he is currently the highest-ranked spinner in Test cricket,and the highest-ranked Test bowler for India on the ICC Player Rankings. He has won nine Man of the Series awards in Test cricket,which is the highest by an Indian cricketer. He mostly bats at 9 as a finisher in limited-overs format and a late middle order batsman in Test cricket. He has 5 test centuries with a highest score of 124.
The England cricket team toured New Zealand between February and April 2018 to play two Test and five One Day International (ODI) matches. Fixtures in round 7 of New Zealand's 2016–17 Plunket Shield season were played as day/night matches,in preparation for a day/night Test match,which took place at Eden Park. In August 2017,New Zealand Cricket confirmed that the Test at Eden Park would be played as a day/night game. In September 2017,the second ODI fixture was moved from McLean Park,Napier to the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui,after issues in re-turfing the ground.
