News He must, however, pay a fine and take part in a PCB rehabiliation programme first Umar Akmal is eligible to return to competitive cricket now, but has to first pay a fine and take part in a rehabilitation programme Umar Akmal‘s 18-month ban has been slashed by six months by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), making him eligible to return to representative cricket as the PCB…
News The Australia captain is going through a barren run in T20 with a World Cup later in the year Aaron Finch has been here before, not too long ago: struggling for runs and Australia trying to build for a World Cup. Two years ago, with eyes on the 50-over World Cup, the limited-overs squad was on tour in India and the trip started with a continuation of a barren…
News Matches to be held across six venues; teams to report at centres on March 4 A week after announcing the hosting of the women’s bilateral series involving India and South Africa, the BCCI has finalised a plan for the resumption of the women’s domestic season with the 50-over one-day tournament beginning March 11. The tournament will be held across six venues: Surat, Rajkot, Jaipur, Indore, Chennai and Bengaluru. Teams…
Report Brooke Halliday again impressed but New Zealand were well short after an early batting collapse England Women 194 for 3 (Beaumont 72*, Sciver 63) beat New Zealand Women 192 (Halliday 60, Sciver 3-26) by seven wickets Nat Sciver produced a fine all-round display as England secured the one-day series over New Zealand with a game to spare in Dunedin. Sciver followed her 3 for 26, which included the key…
News The ability to watch international cricket was the second-highest priority for member nations according to ICC’s latest survey Broadcast access to transmit live tournament cricket, in nations far off the beaten path of Full Member nations, used to be a major obstacle impeding the ability to grow the sport. But that may now be a thing of the past as the ICC on Wednesday announced a major agreement with…
Was the Ahmedabad pitch poor? Virat Kohli rates it ‘very good’; Alastair Cook calls it ‘so hard’; Sunil Gavaskar says “challenging”; Andrew Strauss says balance “too much in favour” of spinners The first Test at the new Narendra Modi stadium will be remembered as the shortest one ever played in India. This day-night Test, the first first-class match played at the ground since 2013, will also be remembered as the…
India captain Virat Kohli chose the word ‘bizarre’ to describe the game and the two teams’ batting displays after India beat England inside two days in Ahmedabad. With the visitors all out for 112 and 81, and India crumbling to 145 in their first innings, Kohli said that batsmen from both sides showed a lack of application. However, Kohli added that the quality of his two primary spinners Axar Patel…
News Root put his side’s failure down to their first-innings collapse when they went from 74 for 2 to 112 all out Joe Root says England’s 10-wicket defeat to India inside two days of the third Test won’t define his team, who also fell out of contention for a place in the WTC final as a result. On a day when 17 wickets fell in a match described by his…
News In his last six Tests, Ashwin has taken 36 wickets to jump from 365 wickets into the 400-club. ‘I’ve always looked to improve and every time I’ve thought I’ve bowled well, I’ve always found another gear’ – R Ashwin R Ashwin described the last few months in Test cricket as a fairytale after becoming the fourth Indian to 400 wickets, and the fourth-fastest overall (in terms of balls)…
Welcome to day two of our live report of the third India-England Test from Ahmedabad. 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 7.55pm: All over! India 145 (Rohit 66, Root 5-8) and 49 for 0 (Rohit 25*, Gill 15*) beat England 112…