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“Are you watching the game tonight?” “Of course. Finally a game you want to see, right? It’s been a while.” As night fell in Sri Lanka, televisions were turned on, families enthusiastically gathered in their living rooms, images from screens flooded social media, along with wishes for good luck, directed …

India’s last mile on the way to the final of the World Test Championship (WTC), successive victories in Australia and against England at home, has seen the contributions of unlikely heroes who rescued the team from difficult situations. But most of them may not even appear in the WTC final …

News Says the hotel on site made the Ageas Bowl more viable than Lord’s, praises Dravid for the strength of the Bank of India BCCI President Sourav Ganguly revealed on Monday that the World Trials Championship final between India and New Zealand will take place in Southampton in June. The …

News England captain wants better shots, more points for a draw at the County Championship Joe Root has reiterated his call for changes to be made to county cricket to provide players with better preparation for international play. Root, England’s test captain, suggested that flatter terrain and a change in …

Like taking out the receptionist’s frustrations in wait times at A&E, blaming England’s individual players for their series loss in India might be understandable, but it’s largely easy. Of course, these results look ugly. And more than the results, the loss margins (317 runs, 10 wickets, and one inning and …

Time. Gifted hitters always seem to have more of that. On Friday, James Anderson threw a perfectly good ball to Washington Sundar: leaning from around the wicket, pitching at a good length, heading for the stump. Anderson had just fired Rishabh Pant, who had given him an absolute hammering during …

There is audacity and lack of respect. Rishabh Pant was five years and 72 days old when James Anderson made his England debut. On Friday afternoon in Ahmedabad, Anderson, 38 years, 218 days old and bowling as usual, was 17-11-19-2 when he bowled with a second spotless new ball. Pant, …

News The prospect of a tied series in India leaves England with ‘a lot to play for’, says captain Joe Root believes that England would have achieved something “phenomenal” if they won the final test against India. Although the chance of winning the series or reaching the World Test Championship …

Zak Crawley admits that England may need to be more proactive as a hitting unit to overcome another spin-friendly surface in Ahmedabad this week, but is confident that a reversion to red ball cricket may remove some of the challenges associated with pink from the last week. Ball test, particularly …

News The fast bowler prioritized “good vibes” in the teams and leagues he chose this year. Dale Steyn said he turned his back on the world’s most lucrative T20 league, the Indian Premier League, because he found the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and Sri Lanka Premier League (LPL) to be …