Play 01:21 ‘Game is evenly poised’ – Vijay M Vijay‘s 50th Test was going pretty much the way he must have dreamed it would go – if he had dared to dream that dream. After Australia had posted 451 batting first, he had laid a rock-solid foundation to India’s reply; putting on 91 with KL Rahul for the first wicket and 102 with Cheteshwar Pujara for the second, and was…
Play 01:21 ‘Game is evenly poised’ – Vijay M Vijay‘s 50th Test was going pretty much the way he must have dreamed it would go – if he had dared to dream that dream. After Australia had posted 451 batting first, he had laid a rock-solid foundation to India’s reply; putting on 91 with KL Rahul for the first wicket and 102 with Cheteshwar Pujara for the second, and was…
Play 01:21 ‘Game is evenly poised’ – Vijay M Vijay‘s 50th Test was going pretty much the way he must have dreamed it would go – if he had dared to dream that dream. After Australia had posted 451 batting first, he had laid a rock-solid foundation to India’s reply; putting on 91 with KL Rahul for the first wicket and 102 with Cheteshwar Pujara for the second, and was…
Play 01:57 Saker: ‘It’s a cut-throat series for everyone’ Pat Cummins exceeded expectations of even Australia’s coaching staff by snaring three wickets on the third day in Ranchi, to add to his one from Friday. Cummins finished the day with 4 for 59 from 25 overs, bowling with pace and venom on a good batting pitch. Among his victims were Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, two key batsmen who fell…
Bengal 329 for 4 (Goswami 101, Easwaran 101, Tiwary 75*) beat Jharkhand 288 (Dhoni 70, Jaggi 59, Ojha 5-71) by 41 runsScorecard File photo – Pragyan Ojha’s third five-wicket haul in List A cricket put Bengal into their first final since 2012 © PTI Bengal openers Shreevats Goswami and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to help them post 329 for 4, before Pragyan Ojha took five of Jharkhand’s last six wickets…
Lunch New Zealand 268 and 55 for 2 (Raval 21*, Broom 20*) trail South Africa 359 (de Kock 91, Bavuma 89, de Grandhomme 3-52) by 36 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Morne Morkel claimed two wickets in his opening spell © Getty Images New Zealand were left with a tall order to keep themselves in the second Test after Morne Morkel made early inroads including the scalp of Kane Williamson….
End of innings New Zealand 268 and 171 (Raval 80, Maharaj 6-40) lead South Africa 359 (de Kock 91, Bavuma 89, de Grandhomme 3-52) by 80 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Keshav Maharaj gets a hug from his captain Faf du Plessis after a wicket © Getty Images South Africa hurtled towards a three-day victory in Wellington as Keshav Maharaj finished with a career-best 6 for 40. New Zealand collapsed…
South Africa 83 for 2 (Amla 38*) and 359 (de Kock 91, Bavuma 89, de Grandhomme 3-52) beat New Zealand 268 and 171 (Raval 80, Maharaj 6-40) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Keshav Maharaj produced figures of 6 for 40 to rip through New Zealand © Getty Images South Africa were spun to a three-day victory by Keshav Maharaj‘s career-best 6 for 40, the second-best figures for a spinner…
Lunch India 193 for 2 (Vijay 82, Rahul 67, Pujara 40*) trail Australia 451 (Smith 178*, Maxwell 104, Jadeja 5-124) by 258 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details M Vijay was out stumped after batting till the final over before lunch © Associated Press India lost M Vijay at the stroke of lunch after the opener and Cheteshwar Pujara had built a strong platform on the third morning in Ranchi, aided by…
‘We spent a bit of time in India when it went square and showed better application than we have in this match’ – Kane Williamson © Getty Images Captain Kane Williamson struggled to fathom how the Wellington Test escaped so quickly from New Zealand’s grasp, and he could barely hide his frustration that spin was central to their demise. Having recovered on the opening day to post 268 – on…