Shubman Gill broke out of a run of poor form in Test cricket with his third century, against England in Visakhapatnam. Until this innings – 104 off 147 balls – he had crossed 35 only once in the last 12 innings. Considering that at some point – even if not in this series – that Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja will be back as first-choice picks, there was…
Joe Root should be fit to bat in England’s fourth-innings chase of 399 in the second Test against India after spending most of day three off the field nursing a damaged finger. Root sustained a blow on his right little finger in the eighth over of the day, after an edge from Shreyas Iyer off the bowling of James Anderson bounced short of him. Root was immediately in pain and…
England 67 for 1 (Crawley 29*, Duckett 28) and 253 need another 332 runs to beat India 396 and 225 (Gill 104, Axar 45, Hartley 4-77, Rehan 3-88, Anderson 2-29) Ludicrous though it may sound, the chase is on. No team has ever hunted down a target of 399 to win a Test match in India, but no team has ever come out to play with quite such indefatigable optimism…
New South Wales 244 for 7 (Henriques 95, Paris 3-45, Rocchiccioli 3-96) trail Western Australia 256 (Whiteman 107, Philippe 52*, Green 3-33, Bird 3-37) by 12 runs Skipper Moises Henriques capitalised on a shorthanded Western Australia attack after quick Matt Kelly suffered a pectoral muscle injury in his return as New South Wales fought back on day two of their Sheffield Shield clash in Perth. In reply to WA’s first…
Rachin Ravindra was all of 10 years old when Kane Williamson made his international debut, back in 2010. Ravindra grew up idolising the New Zealand batter over the years, and so on Sunday, he was visibly moved when it was Williamson’s turn to heap lavish praise upon the 24-year-old. “After I got to my century, Kane come up to me and said, ‘mate, you’re unbelievable’. It’s so surreal. To be…
Queensland 282 and 114 for 8 (Clayton 66*, Bell 6-31) lead Tasmania 219 (Steketee 4-58) by 177 runs Test aspirant Matt Renshaw has failed for the second time in as many days as batters continue to struggle on a spicy pitch at the Gabba as Tasmania quick Gabe Bell claimed career-best figures and his first Sheffield Shield 10-wicket haul. Queensland went to stumps on day two at 114 for 8,…
Sri Lanka’s team manager confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Gunasekara, 24, was taken to hospital for further assessment after leaving the field. Gunasekara sustained the blow in the 107th over of Sri Lanka’s first innings, when he attempted to duck beneath Naveed’s bouncer, but the ball did not rise as much as he expected. The ball ended up hitting the top part of the helmet and flying away for four leg…
South Australia 173 and 66 for 2 trail Victoria 288 (Maddinson 104, Scott 4-18) by 49 runs Scott Boland is dealing with “wear and tear” in his knee and is yet to bowl in the second innings of Victoria’s Sheffield Shield match against South Australia where the home side are well placed after a brilliant century from Nic Maddinson. Boland left the field on Saturday after being unable to complete…
Lunch Afghanistan 198 and 35 for 0 (Ibrahim 21*, Noor Ali 12*) trail Sri Lanka 439 (Mathews 141, Chandimal 107, Naveed 4-83, Nijat 2-76) by 206 runs Afghanistan had perhaps their strongest session of the match on the third morning, claiming three Sri Lanka wickets for 29 runs to end the first innings, before their openers took them to 35 for no loss in the 12 overs they faced before…
England batter Hamza Shaikh ensured his time at the Under-19 World Cup would not be forgotten when he was given out obstructed the field against Zimbabwe. In the 17th over, Shaikh defended a ball down by his feet and Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Ryan Kamwemba started to come from behind the stumps to collect it. Then, with the ball stationary in the crease, Shaikh bent down to pick it up to pass…