Top 5 Cricket News of the Day

Jan.4 (CRICKETNMORE) - Check out Top 5 Cricket News of the day i:e Friday

1. India declare at 622-7 in Sydney Test

Brief Scores

India: 622/7 dec

Cheteshwar Pujara 193, Rishabh Pant 159*, Nathan Lyon 4/178, Josh Hazlewood 2/105

Australia: 24/0
Marcus Harris 19*, Usman Khawaja 5*

2. Tim Southee has been named as New Zealand’s captain for the one-off T20I against Sri Lanka that will take place on 11 January in Auckland.

3. Cricket Australia have announced squad for ODI series against India. Veteran pacer Peter Siddle, Test team regulars Usman Khawaja and Nathan Lyon have been recalled to the ODI squad.

4. Cheteshwar Pujara's outstanding performance in the ongoing Test series between India and Australia can get him an upgrade to the topmost A Plus bracket in the central contracts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India 

5. South Africa leads Pakistan by 205 in second Test

Brief Scores

Pakistan - 177/10 (Sarfraz Ahmed - 56, Shan Masood- 44, D Olivier - 4/48, DW Steyn - 3/48)

South Africa - 382/6 (Faf du Plesis - 103, AK Markram - 78, Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3/112)

Sahir