A see-sawing Boxing Day Test at the MCG is heading into territory rarely seen these days. A fifth-day finish and all results possible, with varying degrees of probability.Australia have earned a handsome lead - 333 with one wicket standing - after recovering from a wobble early in their...
South Africa's nailbiting two-wicket win against Pakistan in Centurion has confirmed their place in June's World Test Championship (WTC) final. That means only one place is left to be decided, with three teams in contention. Here is a look at what each of India, Australia and Sri Lanka...
India 358 for 9 (Reddy 105*, Washington 50, Boland 3-57, Cummins 3-86) trail Australia 474 by 116 runsA defiant maiden Test century by Nitish Kumar Reddy, brought up with No. 11 Mohammed Siraj for company, led an outstanding rearguard from India at the MCG to give them hope...
Pant looked fluent as he got to 28 off 37 balls after Ravindra Jadeja and he resumed India's reply from the overnight 164 for 5, and the two of them had nearly seen through the first hour of play. That's when Pant attempted a scoop from outside off...
Stumps India 164 for 5 (Jaiswal 82, Kohli 36, Pant 6*, Jadeja 4*, Boland 2-24, Cummins 2-57) trail Australia 474 (Smith 140, Labuschagne 72, Konstas 60, Khawaja 57, Cummins 49, Bumrah 4-99, Jadeja 3-78, Akash Deep 2-94) by 310 runsLocal hero Scott Boland was part of a late...
India 167 for 5 (Deepti 39*, Harmanpreet 32, Rodrigues 29, Ghosh 23*) beat West Indies 162 (Henry 61, Campbelle 46, Deepti 6-31, Renuka 4-29) by five wicketsDeepti Sharma turned in a superb all-round performance to help India seal the ODI series 3-0 in Vadodara. She first took 6...
Australia 311 for 6 (Smith 68*, Cummins 8*, Labuschagne 72, Bumrah 3-75) vs IndiaSam Konstas, the 19-year-old making his Test debut, lit up the MCG with an audacious display of strokeplay against Jasprit Bumrah which in the process riled Virat Kohli on a compelling Boxing Day at the...
Gill missed the first Test in Perth with a finger injury. He came back for the next one - the day-night Test - in Adelaide, and though he looked solid in both innings he scored only 31 and 28. He fell for 1 chasing a wide half-volley in...
Niki Prasad will lead almost the same squad that won the recent Under-19 Asia Cup for women at next month's U-19 World Cup, in Malaysia. The only change in the 15-member squad is the inclusion of Vaishnavi S in place of 15-year-old medium-pacer Nandhana S, who has been...
Big Picture: Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the lineThis is big. If India win at the MCG, they retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If Australia win, they remain on track for a first series win over India in a decade. A defeat for the home side would trigger significant questions while...