Tea England 477 and 167 for 4 (Moeen 23*, Stokes 13*, Jadeja 3-38) trail India 759 for 7 dec by 115 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:42 Chopra: Lack of wickets will hamper Mishra’s selection prospects Ravindra Jadeja ripped out England’s top three before taking a stunning catch in the outfield to give India a sniff of a 4-0 series win on the final day of the Chennai Test….
Chanderpaul ton arrests Guyana's winless streak
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 143 was his 73rd first-class century © WICB Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the game’s only centurion, set up Guyana’s 10-wicket win over Trinidad & Tobago in Providence. His 143, coupled with left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul‘s match haul of nine wickets arrested Guyana’s three-match winless streak, taking them close to the top spot. T&T managed only 162 in the first innings after winning the toss – courtesy Permaul’s 4 for 30…
Cook, Jennings survive testing first session
Lunch England 477 and 97 for 0 (Cook 47*, Jennings 46*) trail India 759 for 7 dec by 185 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul couldn’t hold on to a difficult chance at short leg when Keaton Jennings was on 31 © Associated Press Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings survived unscathed to lunch as India pressed for a 4-0 series win on the final day of the Chennai Test….
Cartwright bolts into Boxing Day Test squad
While Cartwright’s bowling record is less notable, the acting selection chairman Trevor Hohns emphasised the desire for a batting allrounder to take a place in the top six © Getty Images Australia’s selectors have pushed further towards youth, ignoring Mitchell Marsh in order to draft in his West Australian team-mate Hilton Cartwright into the Boxing Day Test squad as all-round cover for a bowling attack heavily fatigued by their Gabba…
Batting for Change grows with BBL
Ryan Carters’ enterprise has grown with the BBL over the last four seasons © Getty Images While many of the BBL’s watchers this season draw interest from online betting shenanigans, there is also a way of spending money on the tournament that will go in a rather different direction. Season six of the tournament is also season four of Batting for Change, a cause put together by the Sydney Sixers’…
Angelo Mathews takes two on return to bowling
South African Invitation XI 285 for 8 (du Plooy 142, Kumara 3-36) trail Sri Lankans 373 (Kaushal 80, Olivier 4-54) by 88 runsScorecard File photo – Angelo Mathews returned from injury to finish with figures of 2 for 25 © Getty Images Lahiru Kumara, Sri Lanka’s 19-year-old seamer, boosted his chances of playing the first Test in Port Elizabeth by claiming three wickets on day two of the practice match…
Morgan 'comfortable' over Bangladesh pullout
Play 01:36 Archive: ‘Told myself I’d never play in danger again’ – Morgan Eoin Morgan has said he remains “comfortable” with his decision not to take part in England’s tour of Bangladesh due to his concerns over the security situation. Morgan and Alex Hales made themselves unavailable for the tour following the terror attacks in the country earlier this year despite the unprecedented levels of security the team were granted…
Uthappa left out of Karnataka's Ranji quarter-final
Robin Uthappa hasn’t crossed fifty in his last eight innings this season © PTI Robin Uthappa has been left out of Karnataka’s 16-man squad for the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Tamil Nadu, which starts on December 23 in Visakhapatnam. The team’s line-up will be boosted by the availability of KL Rahul, Karun Nair and Manish Pandey, all of whom are currently with the India Test squad in Chennai. Rahul and…
England on the ropes after Nair triple
England 477 and 12 for 0 trail India 759 for 7 dec (Nair 303*, Rahul 199) by 270 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:55 Chopra: Nair’s work against spin impressive Back in March 2008, the MA Chidambaram Stadium witnessed the first triple-hundred on Indian soil, as Virender Sehwag plundered 319 against South Africa. Eight-and-a-half years later, the stadium’s revamped stands became the backdrop to the first triple-hundred by any…
England's flogging could sway Cook – Bayliss
Stuart Broad had M Vijay caught behind, but the umpire didn’t notice the edge © AFP The England coach Trevor Bayliss admitted his team had been “totally outplayed” by India on the fourth day in Chennai as they conceded the largest total in their history. And Bayliss, who leaves the tour on Monday night to return to Australia for a hernia operation, conceded such a chastening day might influence Alastair…