Jos Buttler struck a rapid century as England beat South Africa by 39 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a high-scoring first One-day International marred by rain on Wednesday.
The entire country may be waiting for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international ton when he resumes his innings on Friday but the India opener Gautam Gambhir says the team is fully focused on the end result.
India's Shreyas Iyer smashed a century on his test debut but Tim Southee's lion-hearted bowling and New Zealand's top order left the opening test between the teams evenly poised on Friday.
India captain Virat Kohli chalked up his seventh double hundred in Tests before his pacers claimed a few early wickets to leave South Africa reeling, on Day 2, of the second Test against South Africa at Pune.
Kohli has consistently dominated headlines with his extraordinary batting prowess.
Australia's four-pronged pace attack overcame spirited resistance from Lahiru Thirimanne and Mahela Jayawardene before dismissing Sri Lanka for 294 to end the opening day of the third Test against Australia on Thursday.
Sangakkara's eighth Test ton guided the hosts to 340-7 at the close, 342 runs ahead of West Indies.
What do Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif and Ashutosh Rana have in common?
A round up of the fourth and final day's action of the Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
Images from Day 4 of the fifth and final Test between England and India at The Oval in London on Monday.
With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.
Murali Vijay made a strong case for his comeback to the Test team with a brilliant century, while KL Rahul stroked a half-century to lead India's strong reply on the fourth and final day of the practice match against Cricket Australia XI in Sydney on Saturday.
Former cricketing greats laud batting ace Sachin Tendulkar on his feat of hundred centuries in international cricket.
On Tuesday, Warner, one the finest all-format players, became the 10th man in Test cricket's history to score a century in his 100th match, and the second to score a double ton.
Hope says he has it in him to do well again when West Indies take on England in a bio-secure environment.
India play their World Test Championship opener against the Windies on Thursday, but captain Virat Kohli will be in a quandary over team selection. Will they play Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma, or drop either to adopt a five-bowler strategy?
Kohli's 147 -- his 15th Test hundred -- and an equally confident 136 by Murali Vijay enabled India to extend their first-innings lead to 51 runs in reply to England's 400.
Cheteshwar Pujara marked his comeback with a gritty unbeaten century as India recovered from an early slump to reach a decent 292-8 in their first innings of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Now, there is another similarity added to the resume of both batsmen. February 24 will be remembered in history as the day when the Indian icon and Gayle hit ODI double tons.
From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind. But SRK has done it. And done it well, notes Sandeep Goyal.
Pat Cummins' side stayed in control at the end of Day 2 of the WTC Final.
'There's a lot of Indian fans out there who'll say well done tonight. But they were slagging me off a few days ago. Glad I could shut them up'
"We are well back in the hunt. We are looking to win this match now," said the left-hander after scoring his 17th Test ton.
It was R Ashwin's first Test match on his home ground and the 26-year-old had made it an occasion to remember with figures of six for 88.
Babar smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out
Set an improbable 438 for victory after England declared their second innings at 333 for 7, the West Indies were 98 for 2 at close on Day 4 of the first Test.
Photos from Day 2 of the fourth Test played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Friday
The day belonged to Smith, who has now scored six Test hundreds against India in the last seven appearances and in the process also completed 5000 runs in Test cricket.
As a traditional innings by Joe Root turned it around for England, Jonny Bairstow lauded his 'talented' teammate following Day 1's play.
Sri Lanka's Kaushal Silva roared back into form with a century in the final Test against Australia on Tuesday, boosting the hosts' hopes of a 3-0 sweep against the world number one team at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo.
Labuschagne played a knock of 108 runs before he was dismissed by debutant T Natarajan in the final session of the opening day.
'It was really good fun out there, I absolutely loved every single minute of it.'
Virat Kohli is set to make history on Thursday as he takes the field against the West Indies
Kumar Sangakkara took full advantage of being dropped in the first over of the day to score his 28th Test century as Sri Lanka took firm control of the second test against South Africa on Wednesday.
Martin Guptill hit his second Test century to put New Zealand in firm control of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Kuldeep, who replaced injured skipper Viart Kohli, returned figures of four for 68 in 23 overs after Australia decided to bat and made a resounding start.
On Wednesday, July 13, Cheteshwar Pujara rolled over his arm and bowled some leg-spin for Sussex.
