Welcome to our live report of the final day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here. *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 9.15am: All results possible A reminder of the match situation ahead of the final day. England need to take…
Jhye Richardson was one of the standout bowlers in the recently concluded BBL season Jhye Richardson‘s friends noticed there was something not quite right about him during the latter phases of the same Big Bash League in which he was feted as its leading wicket-taker. Though an overall return of 29 wickets at 16.31 made Richardson, 24, the BBL’s standout pace bowler, his figures at the pointy end were…
News The team’s head coach said their poor fielding cost them about 150 runs in the second Test alone Boucher cautioned against using Quinton de Kock’s additional responsibility as temporary captain as the sole cause of his lean patch South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has identified lack of mental application and diminished match awareness as the two main reasons for the poor batting and fielding that led to…
South Africa were due to take on Australia at home after their tour of Pakistan CSA has written to the ICC asking it to consider means of redress for less wealthy nations to make up for financial losses when tours do not take place as scheduled. The communication came as a response to Cricket Australia’s decision to indefinitely postpone a three-Test series that was due to be played in…
News After historic victory, West Indies coach says he’s “tired of these one wins and then struggling for the next three or four games” Kyle Mayers is congratulated by his team-mates after West Indies’ historic win West Indies coach Phil Simmons says he wants his side to keep up the intensity after a win so that it doesn’t become a solitary highlight in the Test series against Bangladesh. West…
Ireland are due to host Zimbabwe this summer © Abu Dhabi Cricket Ireland men’s limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe, originally scheduled for April, has been postponed indefinitely after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) advised Cricket Ireland against going ahead with the tour owing to the Covid-19 situation in the African nation. The Irish squad was due to fly to Harare on March 28 and play three T20Is, followed by a three-match ODI series,…
Dance when you’re winning – Babar Azam celebrates © AFP via Getty Images At lunch on the final day of the Rawalpindi Test, South Africa were clearly on top, needing just 151 runs with seven wickets in hand. The predictor on the official broadcast said South Africa had a 75% chance of winning from there. But then everything turned when the new ball was available, with Hasan Ali and Shaheen…
News “Even if some parts of my body are not responding, I can really keep going,” says Ashwin about injury fears The Indian team seems fairly confident about what they’re dealing with on the last day of this Test: they need 381 to win with nine wickets in hand, and going by the reflections of R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma at the end of day four, the possibility of victory…
Welcome to our live report of the fourth day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 5.03pm: Stumps – India 337 and 39 for 1 (Gill 15*, Pujara 12*) need 381 runs to beat England…
Aiden Markram scored his fifth Test century, and first since March 2018 © AFP via Getty Images Aiden Markram could not enjoy his first century in the subcontinent because it came in a defeat for South Africa, who have lost four of their last five series and have not won a series away from home since March 2017. Markram made his debut six months after the 2017 series win, and…