Kookaburra gets less venomous after 30th over: it should be the Indian top order’s first target

The grand Australian batting plan when playing at home with the Kookaburra is for the top order to gobble up at least the first 180 deliveries, so their opponents’ known-nemesis…

Gabba Test: We are leaking runs with old ball, says bowling coach Morne Morkel

Team India’s bowling coach, Morne Morkel, admits that the Indian bowlers were unable to control the run flow as the ball aged, allowing Australia’s centurions, Travis Head and Steve Smith,…

WATCH: Morne Morkel extracts bounce and batters sweat it out in nets ahead if 3rd India vs Australia Test at Gabba

India will take on Australia in the third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. Ahead of the match starting on Saturday Indian bowling Coach Morne Morkel was seen bowling to…

Virat Kohli putting himself under pressure in nets for younger guys to see, says Morne Morkel

Going into the first Test in Perth one major area of concern for the Indian team is lack of experience in the batting order against a formidable Australian quartet who…

Border-Gavaskar Trophy | ‘Just before we came to Australia, Gauti bhai and Rohit, we had a discussion on what we wanted out in these three days’: assistant coach Nayar

With the Indian team undergoing match simulation sessions at WACA in Perth ahead of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting November 22, the spotlight has been on…

Nearly seven-foot tall pacer from Hyderabad Nishanth Saranu makes his Ranji Trophy debut, took up cricket to lose weight

It isn’t surprising that the six-foot and nine-inch tall fast bowler Nishanth Saranu has made heads turn before his Ranji debut for Hyderabad against Gujarat on Friday. Last year, the…

Pakistan bowlers thought Morne Morkel was nothing, says Basit Ali

Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has stated that the current crop of national team pacers didn’t value Morne Morkel during his short stint as the Pakistan bowling coach. “The Pakistani…

Indian set-up operates by itself and goal will be to protect that: Morne Morkel

What isn’t broken shouldn’t be mended is the mantra of new India bowling coach Morne Morkel, who loves how the Indian cricket set-up runs on auto-pilot, and says his new…

‘Countdown begins’: India start preparation for home Test series in Chennai

Rohit Sharma’s side has returned to business following its much-deserved month-long break, as India began the preparations for the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh under head coach Gautam Gambhir in…

Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Yadav, Akash Deep, Umran Malik, Harshit Rana – long list of pacers who can blossom with Morne Morkel as India’s bowling coach | Cricket News

When Morne Morkel stepped down as Pakistan’s bowling coach after the World Cup last year, tearaway Naseem Shah put a picture of the pair with a caption “More than a…