News Fast bowler confident India can chase down the target in the fourth innings Ishant Sharma acknowledged that his career has been “quite a rollercoaster” after becoming the third Indian pacer, behind Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan, to get to the 300-wicket milestone in Tests – in his 98th match, against England in Chennai. Long hours out in the field as England made merry have left Sharma “a bit sore”,…
News “It was full of confidence for the guys who were coming on tour,” says captain Kraigg Brathwaite Kyle Mayers – “Lloyd just let us know that representing West Indies is a lot, and he said don’t go to Bangladesh thinking you are a second-string team” You wouldn’t normally need to motivate an international cricket team before a regular bilateral tour, but the West Indies’ trip to Bangladesh has…
News The allrounder had hurt his left thigh during the first Test, which Bangladesh lost by three wickets Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies, beginning in Dhaka on February 11, because of the left-thigh injury that kept him away from large chunks of the action during the first Test in Chattogram. According to a BCB statement, the board’s medical team will continue…
Report Opener and Temba Bavuma add 84 for unbroken fourth-wicket stand after Hasan Ali’s double-strike Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma added 84 for the fourth wicket by lunch on the final day Lunch South Africa 201 and 219 for 3 (Markram 100*, Bavuma 44*, Hasan 2-46) trail Pakistan 272 and 298 (Rizwan 115*, Linde 5-54) by 151 runs Aiden Markram scored his fifth Test century, and first since March…
Report Join us for analysis, updates and colour on the fourth day of the series opener 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. 9.15am: New ball…
Aaron Finch on the T20I series: “We’ll try to stick closely to the guys playing their roles that they’re accustomed to or where we’ll see them in the future playing” © Getty Images Australia’s T20I captain Aaron Finch freely admits that the squad currently in New Zealand will be enormously different for the World Cup meant to be played in India later this year, meaning the tour lengthened considerably by…
News CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match press conference One of the many people watching Kyle Mayers bat on his dream Test debut was his father Shirley Clarke, who was up all of Sunday night following the match in Chattogram. As a special surprise, CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match…
Ramifications, analysis and criticism will be the predictable aftermath of Bangladesh’s three-wicket loss against West Indies in the Chattogram Test. But at the forefront of Bangladesh failing to defend a target of 395 in the fourth innings was the lengths bowled by their spinners on the fifth day. Nayeem Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam bowled a total of 120 short of length deliveries that fetched West Indies 119…
News If the visitors manage to pull it off, it will be the highest successful chase in Pakistan Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram’s partnership will be crucial to the result of this Test match, says South Africa assistant coach Enoch Nkwe Free your mind and the runs will surely follow. That’s the message South Africa’s coaching staff gave their batsmen as they set out in search of…
News India’s No. 3 backs the wicketkeeper batsman to keep playing his natural attacking game Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying his budding new partnership with Rishabh Pant. The two batsmen have made timely interventions for India in three consecutive Tests so far, the latest coming on day three of the Chennai Test. Pant joined Pujara when the hosts fell to 73 for 4, 505 behind England, and put up a 119-run…