India finished day one of the first test match against New Zealand 258/4, thanks to an impressive unbeaten partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer in Kanpur. The Kanpur pitch was challenging to bat on with India’s run rate limited to 3.07, but opener Shubman Gill impressed to reach 52 from 93 balls before being […]
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India V England – Team news and preview ahead of the first test match
Context After their win against Sri Lanka last month, England’s test cricketers face a tougher task away against India, with the first of a four match test series starting tomorrow in Chennai It promises to be an exciting series with England fresh of their 2-0 win over Sri Lanka and India high on confidence after […]
“Can’t wait till you come to the GABBA” – When sledging goes wrong
Embed from Getty Images Tim Paine V Ravi Ashwin India’s victory over Australia is without doubt going to go down in history as one of the best test series of all time. It was full of iconic moments, sadly for Australia captain Tim Paine there’s one in particular that he won’t remember fondly. It happened […]
India beat Australia in Brisbane to win one of the great test cricket series
Embed from Getty Images What happened? India managed to score 329 runs to inflict Australia’s first loss in Brisbane for 33 years and win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in one of the greatest test cricket series of all time. An Indian victory looked unlikely but big contributions from Shubman Gill (91) and Rishabh Pant (89 not […]
Five things we learned from the Australia vs India ODI series.
Australia beat India 2-1 in a 3-match ODI series to kick off the summer. Here’s five things we learned from the series. Steve Smith’s brilliance resumes Embed from Getty Images Steve Smith smashed back to back hundreds to start his summer in the perfect way possible. His two innings at the SCG felt like a […]
CRICKET: Looking at England’s ODI form before the series decider against New Zealand
England captain Eoin Morgan will receive his 200th cap for England when they compete in the deciding One Day International this evening (GMT). Embed from Getty Images The series is level at 2-2 after four games and both teams are confident of a win. England’s form in ODI cricket has improved significantly since the disaster […]