India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday vowed to continue with five specialist bowlers despite their big defeat against England in the third Test but hinted at a rejig in attack for the fourth game by factoring in the workload of speed merchants.
Spain are still favourites to finish top of Group E above Sweden, Poland and Slovakia but, after struggling to break down conservative sides such as Georgia and Greece in March, they know coming first will not be a procession.
The last time India won a Test inside two days was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru.
Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa are set to acquire a majority stake in the leading UK supermarket chain Asda from its US owner Walmart after a $ 8.8-billion deal was struck as part of a consortium involving private equity firm TDR Capital.
England took charge of the first Test after James Anderson and Stuart Broad took nine wickets between them in favourable conditions for seam bowling to shoot out Sri Lanka for 91 after Jonny Bairstow's excellent knock at Headingley on Friday.
Small aircrafts towing political messages continued to embarrass the host country after a plane with a message in support of Balochistan flew over the Edgbaston cricket stadium in Birmingham on Thursday.
With this, he went past former Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's earlier record for most centuries in a single edition -- Sangakkara had scored four hundreds in the 2015 edition.
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Former India fielding coach R Sridhar reflected on the ups and downs of his seven-year tenure.
List of major transfers in the top Premier League ahead of the 2019-20 season (all transfer fees as reported by British media):
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from World Cups.
Encouraged by the positive feedback during the last domestic season, the BCCI will continue with neutral curators in the upcoming 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, a move that also scuttled the home state associations' habit of preparing pitches as per their wishes.
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Wood's injury has created an opening for Saqib Mahmood's Test debut and Root did not rule that out.
'I am happy people are talking about me -- I always believe people talk about important people. I am not too concerned about that. It is all about contribution for the team.'
The ECB said a range of new measures would focus on leadership, education and opportunity to address the under-representation of the BAME community in English cricket.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle on Tuesday became the fourth batsman in Test history to score two triple hundreds, after slamming an entertaining 333 in the first Test against Sri Lanka, in Galle.
The Old Trafford stadium has been made a 'No Fly Zone' for India's semifinal clash against New Zealand, in Manchester, on Tuesday.
Leeds chairman Ken Bates reported Chelsea to the FA on August 2 over alleged illegal approaches to players.
Will ask England to probe India's fixing attempt charge: FIH The complaint was lodged with the FIH after Indian team manager Jugraj Singh asked HI to take up the matter seriously with the FIH in his post-tournament report.
Liverpool's hopes of opening up a menacing five-point lead at the top of the Premier League were scuppered in unlikely fashion as struggling West Bromwich Albion snatched a 1-1 draw at Anfield
Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.
Statistical highlights of the fifth and final one-dayer between India and England in Leeds on Friday.
The Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education-Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) has organised an interviews and counselling session for admissions.
Images from Sunday's Premier League action.
Manchester City beat bottom club Sheffield United 1-0 to move three points clear of Manchester United who were held to a goalless draw at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.
Raina will require at least six weeks of intense rehabilitation for recovery
The breakdown in communication between national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, and the team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection, is not the first such instance in Indian cricket.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
The German coach pipped Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa, Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth and last year's winner Chris Wilder of Sheffield United to the Alex Ferguson Trophy -- named after the former Manchester United manager.
But nightwatchman Dominic Bess (40 not out) and Dawid Malan (27 not out) saw out the session to take England to 199 for three in reply to Pakistan's first-innings total of 174.
Spurs Premier League match at Brighton postponed due to COVID-19
Local media reported that the trouble started when a plane towing the message 'Justice for Balochistan' flew over the venue.
In further extracts from Martin Johnson's autobiography, the captain relives the two biggest crises of his time with England.
Steve Smith continued his build up for the fourth Ashes Test by heading straight to the practice nets after being dismissed in Australia's tour match against Derbyshire on Thursday.
And what did he eat before scripting that miraculous win? Takeaway chicken and chocolate bars! Yes, you read that right.
Stokes plundered eight sixes in his astounding innings that fashioned a wholly unlikely one-wicket win for England, bringing the five-match series level at one-all, with everything to play for in the final two Tests.
Chris Woakes has replaced injured all-rounder Ben Stokes in the England squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, the English Cricket Board said on Monday.
Smith was struck on the neck by a Jofra Archer bouncer during his innings on Saturday, forcing him to retire hurt, but he returned to the crease 40 minutes later and added 12 runs before being dismissed for 92.
