You couldn’t make out what Ajinkya Rahane was saying. You could see he was saying that to himself. Who else could he be talking to? It was him alone in the middle. Against the rejuvenated West Indies fast bowlers, against his own doubts and doubters, against …
There was a revealing moment as Jofra Archer walked off the pitch having just completed the first five-wicket haul of his Test career. Thrown the ball by team-mates who recognised the significance of the occasion – there will, no doubt be more five-wicket ha…
David Warner would have been happy to get out nicking any one of the multiple deliveries Stuart Broad sent fizzing past his outside edge on a difficult day for batting at Headingley, but admitted Australia now had a significant challenge ahead of them to defe…
Former India batsman and selector Vikram Rathour is all set to replace Sanjay Bangar as the new batting coach, with only formalities left to be completed. However, Bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar will retain their positions for another …
Stumps Australia 179 (Labuschagne 74, Warner 61, Archer 6-45) v England Anyone watching his debut at Lord’s was left in little doubt as to what Jofra Archer brings to this England side, but his six-wicket haul rammed the message home all the same as Australi…
Sri Lanka 85 for 2 (Karunaratne 49*, de Grandhomme 1-14) v New Zealand Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka’s slow but steady progress on a rain-hit first day at the P Sara Oval in Colombo. The Sri Lanka captain blunted the new ball and grew more fluent against …
We were told Headingley can be a great place to bowl under cloud cover. It was. We were told Headingley can be a tremendously fast-scoring ground if the batsmen can get in and the bowlers lose their line. It was. We were told David Warner needed to be more pr…
India’s current batting coach Sanjay Bangar is likely to lose his job to Vikram Rathour, while bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar are expected to retain their positions for another two years. India’s selection panel shortlisted three candi…
TossWest Indies chose to bowl v India West Indies captain Jason Holder elected to bowl after the toss was delayed by half an hour due to rain and wet outfield in North Sound. The resulting damp conditions would not have affected India’s plans, captain Virat …
R Ashwin’s exclusion from India’s starting XI in the Antigua Test has left former captain Sunil Gavaskar stunned. This is now the fourth straight Test Ashwin has sat out of after missing the last three in Australia with injury. Ashwin did miss the first innin…
Six months ago, Misbah ul Haq was playing for Peshawar Zalmi, a remarkable cricketing career that simply refused to end still going strong. He had backtracked in 2018 on his agreement with Islamabad United to be a mentor, instead going on to play for Peshawar…
Former India batsman Virender Sehwag has said that the selectors should communicate with MS Dhoni about his future in the team, as speculation builds over when the latter will retire. Dhoni had opted out of India’s ongoing tour of the West Indies. After anno…