Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon.
Jos Buttler anchored the run chase to help the home side clinch the three-match series in Southampton on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 in the second Test between England and India, at Lords, on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the third Ashes Test on Friday.
England fell short of victory as West Indies survived for a tense draw despite a top-order collapse on the final day of the first Test in North Sound on Saturday.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan predicted the hosts will sweep the three-Test series against Pakistan despite the absence of talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes for the last two matches. Stokes was part of the England team which pulled off a thrilling three-wicket victory in the series opener at Old Trafford but is now missing for family reasons.
Former captain Geoffrey Boycott said England were 'stupid' with their tactics in the second Test against India and also allowed emotions to get the better of them.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI in the second T20 International against England on Sunday?
India batting coach Vikram Rathour said Rohit Sharma needs to be a 'little more selective' with his shot selection after the opener was dismissed playing the pull shot for the second time in the Test series against England.
Rajneesh Gupta lists the England players's T20 Internationals records updated to the game against South Africa at the T20 World Cup.
Pace legend Michael Holding questioned the England and Wales Cricket Board's bio-secure protocol to tackle the COVID-19 threat after England pacer Jofra Archer breached it ahead of the ongoing second Test against the West Indies in Manchester.
The Deodar's lifespan stretched from 1215 (construction of the Qutub Minar) to 1919 (the Jallianwala Bagh massacre). Magnificent and imposing, a cross section of its bark is the piece de resistance at a unique museum of India's forests.
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez took the clubhouse lead on three under par and Tiger Woods ground out a second-round 71 to stay right in the mix on a congested British Open leaderboard on Friday.
The South Africa-born 33-year-old has not played for the senior England team since the first Test in Brisbane 18 months ago, after which he returned home with stress-related problems.
Pakistan overcame belligerent resistance from England's tail-enders to win the second Test by 178 runs on Monday after bowling out the visitors for 312 with 6.3 overs remaining on the final day.
Nathan Lyon captured a long-awaited 400th Test wicket and spun Australia to the brink of a comprehensive victory in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane on Saturday as England lost eight wickets in a stunning morning collapse on Day 4.
Westley has enjoyed a prolific season for Essex in the CountyChampionship, scoring 478 runs, including two centuries, at an average of 53.11.
'If we can put that new ball in the right areas and get a couple of wickets with that new ball, it can really turn quickly.'
Golfing great Arnold Palmer died on Sunday, aged 87. His death left the golfing fraternity in mourning. Tributes flow...
Starc took his tally to 19 wickets in the tournament so far.
Tiger Woods eased to a seven-shot victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday, earning his 79th win on the PGA Tour and sounding an ominous warning to his rivals ahead of next week's PGA Championship.
England Test captain Joe Root is keen to play international cricket this summer but not by compromising on quality of the game or its intensity, the 29-year-old has said. With professional cricket suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is considering playing the series against West Indies and Pakistan behind closed doors.
Jonny Bairstow has been rested and injured pacer Jofra Archer was left out while spinner Moeen Ali was unavailable for Test selection.
For skipper Virat Kohli, the primary aim will be to get an idea of his core group of players going into the ICC T20 World Cup in October.
Images from Day 2 in the fifth Test between Australia and England, in Hobart, on Saturday.
A virgin Motera pitch has become the big talking point as captain Virat Kohli looks to get the combination right with India looking to continue their momentum to trouble England in the day-night third Test match, starting in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday.
Anyone criticising England's much debated rotation policy has not spent time inside a bio-secure bubble to understand the toll its strict COVID-19 protocols takes on players' mental health, fast bowler Jofra Archer said on Tuesday.
Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul hit quickfire half-centuries as India outclassed England by seven wickets in the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai on Monday.
England coach Chris Silverwood admitted that it is "very difficult" to tell players not to play in the Indian Premier League even as his team's much-debated rotation policy in Test matches came under scanner after their humbling 317-run defeat against India in the second Test in Chennai.
For the West Indies, who beat Pakistan by one wicket, Jermaine Blackwood gained nine slots to reach 35th position after getting 22 and 55. All-rounder Jason Holder is up five places to 43rd and captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who missed a first-innings century by three runs, advanced 18 places to 45th.
Plucked from obscurity when called up by selectors on Christmas Eve, the 32-year-old Victoria paceman finished with outrageous innings figures of 6-7 in four overs, sending his home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground into delirium.
Out of India's total tally of 842 runs in five matches, the duo has rattled up 471 runs -- which accounts to 55 percent of the runs -- at a strike rate of 160.
India's captain Virat Kohli will have to think overtime about the balance of his squad, with a long tail, often bushy with runs, and just two openers -- one untested (Rohit Sharma) but very capable and another supremely talented (KL Rahul) but highly reluctant starter.
England named an unchanged squad for first match of the three-Test series against Pakistan that begins on August 5 in Manchester, the country's cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday. England beat West Indies 2-1 in the first international Test series since the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the sport in March, winning the third match by 269 runs on Tuesday.
England need to bowl West Indies out cheaply and try to force a follow-on to have any chance of winning the second Test, said seamer Sam Curran
The ECB did not specify the nature of the breach but said the West Indies team were satisfied with the measures taken.
Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop said Jasprit Bumrah's career can only be managed by picking and choosing tournaments amid the relentless schedule.
England's chase of 330 appeared all but over when they were reduced to 257-8 in the 40th over but Sam Curran and Mark Wood, who scored 14, kept the side in the hunt with a stubborn 60-run stand for the ninth wicket.
Joe Root compiled his second straight century, an unbeaten 119, as England batted their way to a commanding position in the second Test against West Indies in Barbados on Wednesday.
India batter Shreyas Iyer, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal along with Australian dasher David Warner are expected to be the top draws as over 1,200 players registered themselves for the Indian Premier League mega auction scheduled for next month.
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