While ever more hostage to Twenty20's global carve-up, cricket will take a breath from next week to indulge its most time-honoured rivalry as Australia and England battle in the Ashes.
Pant equals Sehwag's six-hitting record, surpasses Rohit Sharma in WTC Test runs
Ganguly said he would have preferred Arshdeep over Prasidh Krishna.
As England and India gear up for the final showdown in the five-match series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at The Oval, former England speedster Stuart Broad feels the hosts should make some changes to their Playing XI and rest tearaway Jofra Archer.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan slammed the International Cricket Council (ICC) for penalising only England for slow over rates during the third Test against India at the Home of Cricket, Lord's.
The five-match Test series against India at home is a massive test for England's 'Bazball' brand of cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum.
'The series has shown a lot of talent, for us and India. I love Test cricket and we've seen some young, inexperienced players perform and the future looks bright in this format.'
England captain Ben Stokes' swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes Test at Lord's by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-Test series.
Shubman Gill played a masterful captain's knock with his second century of the series on the opening day of the second Test
The reversal opens the door for Ben Stokes to play in England's 50-overs World Cup title defence in October and November.
Wearing special headbands in memory of Graham Thorpe, they honoured not just a legend of the game, but a man whose courage and struggles have sparked an urgent conversation around mental health in sport.
Post-lunch, Pant brought up his half-century with a single before launching his third maximum, cementing his reputation as one of the game's most fearless stroke-makers in red-ball cricket.
Rajasthan Royals received a huge boost with premier all-rounder Ben Stokes on his way to join the team in the United Arab Emirates in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Across five fiercely contested Tests, more than 7,000 runs were scored, including a record-equalling 21 individual centuries. Every match stretched into a gripping fifth day. The sun shone, the stands were full, and the cricket -- emotional, enthralling, and endlessly unpredictable -- captured imaginations around the world.
The beleaguered tourists lined up without their ace bowler in the second contest, Panesar believes India would need to figure out a way to scythe 20 scalps to stand triumphant for the first time in Birmingham.
There is less seam movement at Edgbaston compared to Leeds: Jaiswal
In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Pant's disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in 24 months.
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh had a day to remember as he caught up with some of the world's greatest sportspeople at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his meteoric rise in international cricket with yet another outstanding overseas tour
English all-rounder Ben Stokes was given a royal honour at the Buckingham Palace after he guided his side to the ICC World Cup triumph last year. Along with Stokes, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, coach Trevor Bayliss, and Joe Root also received the honours as part of the New Year's Honours List.
Ben Stokes will return home after Chennai Super Kings' final league game to prepare for the upcoming Ashes.
England have been largely rusty and inconsistent despite having a dangerous squad on paper.
Lord's has a tradition of rewarding those who give their best, asserts veteran cricket correspondent K R Nayar.
Rahul failed to convert his resilient start into a three-digit score across both innings but was pivotal in India's fight to draw the Test and keep India alive in the series.
From Joe Root vs Jasprit Bumrah's high-stakes chess match to the all-round brilliance of Ben Stokes vs Ravindra Jadeja, and from emerging face-offs like Shubman Gill vs Shoaib Bashir to K L Rahul's test against Chris Woakes, each duel carries weight far beyond statistics.
England Test captain Ben Stokes will skip the Twenty20 series against India but will return for the one-day internationals.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made a promise to himself post the Australia tour that he would improve his bowling.
Record Stokes ton leads England to huge win over New Zealand
Skipper Ben Stokes expressed pride in how England have fought toe to toe with India despite not having 'a chance in hell of competing' with the hosts.
Harry Brook could be in contention to replace Ollie Pope as Ben Stokes' deputy when England travel to Australia this winter.
Rishabh Pant is only the second wicketkeeper in the history of Test cricket to hit two hundreds in the same match.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes had a miraculous reprieve on day three of the fourth Ashes Test after Australia's Cameron Green hit his off-stump but could not dislodge the bail at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Records tumbled at Lord's as Rishabh Pant, despite an injured finger, blasted his way into the history books
Indian men's team to play 5 T20s, 3ODIs in England in 2026; women to feature in 3 T20Is, one Test
Sai Sudharsan was shadow batting on a covered square at Old Trafford on the eve of the fourth Test, an old habit that keeps the top-order batter mentally ready for the next opportunity that comes his way.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the third Test match between England and India at Lord's, London, on Thursday.
'Stokes is done with one format aged 31, which can't be right, really.'
Root reached the milestone during his 69th WTC appearance - a single pushed to deep backward square leg brought up yet another half-century and sealed his place in the record books.
Manjrekar pulled no punches, singling out Ravindra Jadeja for failing to exploit the Day 5.
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