James Hildreth, Dom Bess set up Somerset victory push
ScorecardWhen you need to bat over eight hours for a draw it is useful to have a Test triple-centurion in your ranks. Such a quest will also be assisted by the presence of a batsman…
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Gabriel commends bowlers for strong opening-day show
Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel commended the West Indies bowlers for making best use of a pitch that was on the slower side, but had enough bounce to keep the batsmen on their toes. Gabriel led…
More to Test cricket than runs and wickets – Joe Root
A combination of steely calm and overwhelming desire was the driving force behind England's victory at Edgbaston, according to Joe Root. The England captain revealed he gathered his players together at the start of the…
Maxwell, Handscomb dumped for Tests against Pakistan; Finch, Siddle recalled
Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb have been deemed surplus to requirements in the first Australian Test squad since the Newlands ball-tampering scandal. They were left out, while the experienced Victorian pair of Aaron Finch and…
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary questions CoA's handling of Johri allegations
Amitabh Choudhary, the BCCI's acting secretary, has asked the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to resolve the rift within it over the handling of the allegations of harassment against CEO Rahul Johri. The two…
Saifuddin, openers help Bangladesh clinch series
Getty ImagesAfter the fast bowlers significantly slowed Zimbabwe down to a middling 246 for 7 - they looked set to double their score of 147 for 2 in the 30th over - openers Liton Das…
Sunrisers retain David Warner for IPL 2019, Wriddhiman Saha released
David Warner will don the orange for Sunrisers Hyderabad again in 2019, two years after he last featured for the franchise. Warner, the designated captain, missed the 2018 season following the Newlands ball-tampering scandal.Sunrisers, however,…
Agarwal, Pujara and Kohli make Australia toil
Definitive judgments should wait for another few days, but the early signs are that there has been no magical solution to the MCG's pitch problem. After the challenges of Adelaide, and especially Perth, this was…
No Virat Kohli, but India look primed to roll on
Big PictureNever mind the 2007 World Cup, India have been a very good ODI side pretty consistently since the 2003 World Cup. Yet, there is a headiness now that can be compared to the dominant…
R Ashwin, M Vijay pull one back for Tamil Nadu
Mumbai back to winning waysMumbai bounced back from their loss to Railways by squeezing home by eight runs against Saurashtra. This was their fifth win in six games, enough to help them finish in the…