{ "id": "44512", "author": "1", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Top 5 Cricket News of the Day", "lang": "en", "series": "1", "cup_year": "2019", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Jan.4 (CRICKETNMORE) - Check out Top 5 Cricket News of the day i:e Friday 1.\u00a0India declare at 622-7 in Sydney Test Brief Scores India:\u00a0622\/7 dec Cheteshwar Pujara 193, Rishabh Pant 159*, Nathan Lyon", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

Jan.4 (CRICKETNMORE) - Check out Top 5 Cricket News of the day i:e Friday<\/p>\r\n\r\n

1. India declare at 622-7 in Sydney Test<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

India: 622\/7 dec<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cheteshwar Pujara 193, Rishabh Pant 159*, Nathan Lyon 4\/178, Josh Hazlewood 2\/105<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Australia: 24\/0<\/strong>
\r\nMarcus Harris 19*, Usman Khawaja 5*<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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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 <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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5. South Africa leads Pakistan by 205 in second Test<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pakistan - 177\/10 (Sarfraz Ahmed - 56, Shan Masood- 44, D Olivier - 4\/48, DW Steyn - 3\/48)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

South Africa - 382\/6 (Faf du Plesis - 103, AK Markram - 78, Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3\/112)<\/p>\r\n\r\n