Legendary James Anderson is set for his final appearance in Test cricket as the upcoming home season for England will be the last for cricket's most successful fast bowler, a report in UK media said.
West Indies pace legend Andy Roberts slammed batsman Shimron Hetmyer for opting out of the England tour because of health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with senior pro Darren Bravo, Hetmyer pulled out of the tour of UK and forced the Roger Harper-led selection committee to make some last-minute changes.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni went through a rigorous net session at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, far from public gaze, ahead of the upcoming England tour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday for the "extraordinary milestone" of taking 500 Test wickets.
Jonny Bairstow is the 17th England player to complete the landmark of 100 Test matches.
England, the defending champions of the ICC T20 World Cup, have several areas to address if they want to defend their title
Dhruv Jurel got his Test career off to a cracking start. Following his match-winning performance in Ranchi, the young wicketkeeper-batter thanks skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid for believing in him.
Zak Crawley, Tom Hartley, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Gus Atkinson and assistant coach Marcus Trescothick met the Dalai Lama at his residence.
England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series in India with a left knee injury.
In the series, Kuldeep scored 97 valuable runs down the order and took 19 wickets at an average of 20.15.
Jurel's superb knock didn't go unnoticed as the cricketing fraternity joined in to congratulate him on a fighting innings that breathed life into India's fortunes in the Test.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is confident that fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar would be fit for the important tour of England in June.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team consolidated its top position in the World Test Championship rankings following its 4-1 series win over England.
The curtains dropped on another exciting India vs England Test series, with the visiting side falling to a crushing defeat in the final match in Dharamsala.
The Pakistan bowler had been sent to England for fresh scans after he was advised to take six weeks' rest.
Jasprit Bumrah led the Indian attack from the front in the second Test against England. Following a sizzling six-wicket haul in the first innings, Bumrah returned to pick up three to guide India to a series-levelling win.
England Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday named the playing eleven for the third Test match against India in Rajkot, with pacer Mark Wood replacing Shoaib Bashir in the playing squad.
Rahane had undergone scans, which revealed that he had torn his tendon.
Williamson's elbow injury kept him out of a Test match in India in December and home series against South Africa and Bangladesh.
'Rising to the occasion once again and playing a well-balanced knock!'
Pakistan have appointed former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten as head coach of their men's white-ball teams
Former captain Alec Stewart has said England's tour to India would be their real test after an easy one-day series against Australia.
A key moment that is being anticipated in this series is Ashwin touching 500 Test wickets and becoming only second Indian and ninth overall bowler to do so.
Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramanian wished the experienced off-spinner ahead of his 100th Test as India is set to lock horns with England in the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at Dharamsala from Thursday.
Team India registered their biggest winning margin in the history of Test cricket during the third Test against England at Rajkot on Sunday.
The team's remarkable feat of hitting 28 sixes in this match established a new record for the highest six-count in a single Test match
In between the lows and highs in England and Australia in 2014, India's captain Virat Kohli had sought help from the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, after which he became "absolutely fearless" while facing the likes of Mitchell Johnson.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been reprimanded and handed a demerit point for deliberately stepping in England player Ollie Pope's way as he went for a run which led to "inappropriate physical contact" during the first Test at Hyderabad.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to claim a five-wicket haul in both his debut and 100th Test match.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test match in Dharamshala, India skipper Rohit Sharma gave a witty reply to England opener Ben Duckett's comment that Yashasvi Jaiswal started playing aggressively after getting influenced by Bazball.
Test cricket will see two players featuring in their 100th game together for only the fourth time when India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and England batter Jonny Bairstow take the field in Dharamsala on Thursday.
Set to complete a century of Test matches, England wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow on Tuesday said reaching the landmark "means hell of a lot" to him given that he has had to wade through testing times.
Following a 434-run victory against England on Sunday at Rajkot, star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja stated that he was looking to build a partnership with skipper Rohit Sharma in the first innings of the third Test as the three wickets fell very quickly at Niranjan Shah Stadium.
India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel's Army upbringing gives him the "fearless attitude" on the field, felt former cricketer Suresh Raina, adding that the young player had put in a lot of hard work to reach this level.
Shreyas Iyer is unlikely to be picked in the India squad for the remainder of the Test series against England.
India is staring down the barrel on Day 2 of the fourth Test against England in Ranchi. Not only the team, but even former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar was also forced to admit on air that the hosts are missing the services of Virat Kohli.
Sarfaraz Khan's stellar Test debut came to a crashing halt as a mix-up in the middle cost him his wicket.
'There are times when you have scoreboard pressure and a lot of runs to chase down, and that's when our approach and how we want to go about things really comes out.'
India's premier pace bowler and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the fourth Test match against England.
India consolidated their second spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standing following their five-wicket win against Ben Stokes' England in the fourth Test at Ranchi on Monday.
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