Joe Root has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings after his stellar efforts helped England secure a 22-run victory over India at Lord's, according to the official website of the ICC.
The batting icon, who will retire from Test cricket after playing against the West Indies in his landmark 200th match in Mumbai next month, was named at his number four slot in the team, announced to mark 150 years of the Cricketers' Almanack, in London.
Bumrah now has 36 wickets on Australian soil, and the batter he's dismissed most times is his opposite number Pat Cummins (6).
England paceman Stuart Broad took 8-15 as Australia collapsed to 60 all out in 94 minutes on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test on a remarkable morning session at Trent Bridge.
Only once in the history of Test cricket has a team bounced back to win after being bowled out for less than 50.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
India captain Virat Kohli on Monday lost his number one position in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, dropping to second after a forgettable performance in the second Test against England.
Here are the statistical highlights from the second day's play of the fourth cricket Test between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Statistical highlights on day three of the third cricket Test between India and New Zealand, in Indore, on Monday.
Two former Australian test umpires have criticised cricket bible Wisden for selecting Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan as the most valuable test bowler in history.
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his 18th five-wicket haul as India dominated the first day of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the Indore Test.
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