On April 12, 2004, Brian Lara registered the highest individual score in Test cricket -- a record which still stands after 18 years.
It was captain Joe Root once again, who led from the front with a splendid century, to put England in complete control of the third Test.
Former England captain Alec Stewart has ridiculed the ICC's 'Greatest Test team of all time' -- chosen through online polling -- as a "joke" for leaving out greats such as Gary Sobers and Malcolm Marshall.
The true class and calibre of a player can by judged in Tests only, not in one-day or Twenty20 cricket, says former India great Salim Durrani.
Sachin Tendulkar can come only second, after legendary Don Bradman in the list of all-time great cricketers, according to former Australia captain Steve Waugh.
B catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, Kallis completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.
The Aussie skipper joins the Don and Sir Gary. Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers on the Fastest to 6,000 Tests club.
Guess who came to watch Team India train for the first Test against the West Indies at a ground in Barbados?
The 36-year-old may have played his last Test in Australia.
Lara said that Warner could still achieve the milestone.
Shahid Afridi said that he eyed hitting six sixes in an over during his blistering innings of 103
But even so, Jadeja's name is rarely mentioned in the same breath as some of the aforesaid all-rounders.
Jadeja scored 154 off only 69 balls for Jamnagar against Amreli as his side posted 239 for 6 in 20 overs.
Chuni Goswami was in a league of his own -- peerless -- and lived a life that will always be celebrated for being one of India's greatest.
'His family keeps telling him to take it easy, but he won't listen.'
New Zealand batsman Leo Carter on Sunday emulated the likes of Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh when he entered the history books by becoming the seventh cricketer in the world to hit six sixes in an over. Carter achieved the feat during his side Canterbury Kings' win over Northern Knights in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 tournament Super Smash. The 25-year-old left-handed batsman smashed left-arm spinner Anton Devcich six times over the Hagley Oval boundary during his stunning unbeaten knock of 70 off just 29 balls to seal a seven-wicket win for his side while chasing an imposing 220.
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.'
Former captain Sourav Ganguly remains the "catalyst" for transformation of Team India and the "fearless" Virat Kohli has taken it to another level, remarked former England cricketer David Lloyd on Wednesday. The cricketer-turned-commentator was referring to the India-Australia Test rivalry in the early 2000s when the Ganguly-led India first won an epic home contest 2-1 before securing a 1-1 draw Down Under in a classic four-Test series to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Will Rohit Sharma get one final opportunity to salvage his Test career?
Warner was left stranded at 335 not out when Australia skipper Tim Paine declared the innings on Saturday.
Between 2014 and 2019, he scored 21 centuries in just 55 Tests. Among these were seven double centuries, the most by an Indian in Test cricket. Remarkably, six of those double tons came within a span of just 22 Tests.
Yuvraj Singh made history by hitting England pacer Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in the first World T20 championship in 2007.
The most amazing over in T20 history!
Cheteshwar Pujara's innings is the highest by a subcontinent batsman and third highest by any visiting batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia, reveals Rajneesh Gupta.
We celebrate the ninth anniversary of that amazing over, with the video!
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was known to take on the pace-battery of West Indies bowlers during his playing days with aplomb, also showed "courage" to save a family during the 1993 Bombay riots.
Sir Garfield Sobers believes the idiot box has bred a generation of youngsters who need to be spoon-fed everything.
Sunil Gavaskar completed 50 years of his association with Indian cricket on Sunday -- five decades in which he has remained ever-relevant taking on a variety of roles.
Jason Holder was previously found guilty of the same offence during the Jamaica Test against Pakistan in April.
Pakistan are dangerous opponents for the best of teams in major tournaments but they could face a rocky road in their quest
The cricket superstar turns 29 on Sunday, November 5.
Batting great Gundappa Viswanath recalls his memories of Salim Durani.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
The right-hander currently has 873 points in the list of Test batsmen, headed by Australia captain Steve Smith.
Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies. At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready wit and is a rare cricketing treasure.
