Month: December 2017

© AFP Sri Lanka will play a Test at the iconic Kensington Oval in Barbados for the first time during their three-match tour of West Indies in May-June 2018. Barbados will host the second Test of the series, from June 14-18, according to the fixtures announced by Cricket West Indies on Monday. The Test series will begin with the first match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad, from June…

© AFP Sri Lanka will play at the iconic Kensington Oval in Barbados for the first time during their three-Test tour of West Indies in May-June 2018. Barbados will host the second Test of the series, from June 14-18, according to the fixtures announced by Cricket West Indies on Monday. The Test series will begin with the first match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad, from June 6, while…

© Associated Press Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has earned a maiden call-up to the India’s Test squad, after being named in the 17-member team for the three-Test series against South Africa, which starts from January 5 in Cape Town. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has also been recalled, as back-up wicket-keeping option for Wriddhiman Saha. Bumrah can be seen as radical choice mainly because he has not played first-class cricket in nearly…

© Associated Press Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has earned a maiden call-up to the India’s Test squad, after being named in the 17-member team for the three-Test series against South Africa, which starts from January 5 in Cape Town. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has also been recalled. India team: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-capt), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra…

India’s bowlers have sent down a combined 130 overs in this innings © BCCI For long periods in the Delhi Test, it will have seemed India are not getting what they wanted from it – preparation for the South Africa tour – but there also would have been satisfaction that they could put in long spells in testing conditions and come back with rewards towards the end of the day….

Mitchell Starc broke through when he removed Dawid Malan © Getty Images Mitchell Starc revealed that Australia’s captain Steven Smith did not consult with his pace bowlers before deciding not to enforce the follow-on ahead of the night session on the third day of the Adelaide Ashes Test. With a 215-run lead, Smith could have sent Joe Root’s Englishmen back in to bat a second time in the evening, but…