Tea England 293 and 108 for 5 (Stokes 33*, Bairstow 17*) lead Bangladesh 248 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48, Stokes 4-26) by 153 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes followed his wickets with a vital innings © AFP Ben Stokes came to England’s rescue twice in as many sessions – first with the ball, and then with the bat – as a thrilling Test match hurtled towards a fourth-innings shootout…
England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) and 108 for 5 (Stokes 33*, Bairstow 17*) lead Bangladesh 248 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48, Stokes 4-26) by 153 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes followed his wickets with a vital innings © AFP Ben Stokes came to England’s rescue twice in as many sessions – first with the ball, and then with the bat – as a thrilling Test match…
England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) and 108 for 5 (Stokes 33*, Bairstow 17*) lead Bangladesh 248 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48, Stokes 4-26) by 153 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes followed his wickets with a vital innings © AFP Ben Stokes came to England’s rescue twice in as many sessions – first with the ball, and then with the bat – as a thrilling Test match…
Karnataka 414 (Gautam 63*, Agarwal 56, Nair 53, Samarth 53, Sood 4-80) beat Delhi 90 (Aravind 4-12, Gowtham 3-26) and 164 (Sood 41*, Gowtham 5-35) by an innings and 160 runsScorecard No Delhi batsman managed a half-century in the match as they folded twice inside three days in Kolkata © PTI Delhi’s coach KP Bhaskar lamented how batsmen these days, particularly in domestic cricket, undermined the use of technique in…
Lunch: Pakistan 401 for 6 (Sarfraz 45*, Nawaz 16*, Gabriel 3-57) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shannon Gabriel denied Misbah-ul-Haq a sixth Test hundred in Abu Dhabi © Getty Images Sarfraz Ahmed kept Pakistan ticking towards a big first-innings total after West Indies struck two early blows on the second morning of the Abu Dhabi Test. Pakistan, 304 for 4 overnight, slipped to 342 for 6 before an…
Fortune has favoured Moeen Ali in Chittagong © Associated Press Moeen Ali has had his fair share of fortune in the first Test in Chittagong. His opening-day 68 involved five DRS interventions – three in a period of six balls when he was given out by Kumar Dharmasena either side of lunch – but in the second innings a reprieve came from a different route. Facing Shakib Al Hasan, on…
Daniel Hughes was substituted out of Friday’s elimination final after being struck on the helmet © Getty Images Usman Khawaja believes Cricket Australia’s new concussion substitute rule should be introduced in international cricket, after it was used for the first time in Friday’s Matador Cup elimination final in Sydney. New South Wales batsman Daniel Hughes was struck by a bouncer from Peter Siddle during Friday’s game and after retiring hurt…
England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) and 28 for 3 (Duckett 0*) lead Bangladesh 248 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48, Stokes 4-26) by 73 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:50 ‘Bangladesh made it tough for us’ – Batty Ben Stokes produced a superb spell of hostile reverse-swing bowling to secure a precious 45-run lead for England, but Bangladesh battled back fiercely to remove the prized scalps of Alastair…
Bangladesh 248 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48, Stokes 4-26) trail England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) by 45 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:50 ‘Bangladesh made it tough for us’ – Batty Ben Stokes produced a superb spell of hostile reverse-swing bowling to rattle through Bangladesh’s tail and secure a precious 45-run lead on the third morning of the first Test at Chittagong. After resuming on 221 for…
Play 05:23 Kalra: SC giving BCCI as much breathing space as it can The Supreme Court has deferred considering taking action against BCCI president Anurag Thakur for asking the ICC to clarify whether one of the Lodha Committee’s recommendations amounted to government interference in the board, but the issue is far from over. The court said it was a “matter of serious concern” that Thakur had asked the ICC for…