Test Cricket

38 articles tagged with "Test Cricket"

Jun 14, 2026

Kane Williamson retires from international cricket after a record-laden New Zealand career

Kane Williamson has called time on a 16-year international career, retiring mid-tour in England as New Zealand’s most prolific batter across all three...

Jun 9, 2026

India seal their biggest Test win as Afghanistan fold by an innings and 300 runs

India turned a one-off Test in New Chandigarh into a record rout, beating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs for the largest victory by an innings...

Jun 8, 2026

Suthar’s six-for routs Afghanistan as India enforce the follow-on in Mullanpur

Manav Suthar’s six for 33 on Test debut bundled Afghanistan out for 152 and sent them straight back in, leaving India with a first-innings lead of 412...

Jun 7, 2026

India’s batting riches are turning selection into a happy problem

Five fifties in one declared innings, two wicketkeepers in the same XI and a No. 7 making runs: India’s Test batting has become so deep that the only...

Jun 7, 2026

Suthar’s debut three-for puts Afghanistan in trouble after India’s 564

Debutant spinner Manav Suthar took three wickets to leave Afghanistan at 113 for five, still 451 runs behind, after India declared their first innings...

Jun 6, 2026

Gill and Rahul hundreds put India in command on day one in Mullanpur

India piled up 368 for 3 on the opening day of their one-off Test against Afghanistan, with captain Shubman Gill and KL Rahul both reaching centuries...

Jun 5, 2026

KS Bharat retires from international cricket at 32 after a long wait behind Pant

India’s long-serving Test reserve keeper has walked away from the international game at 32, with a move to the overseas T20 circuit the likely next st...

Jun 5, 2026

Robinson’s triple-wicket over caps a chaotic 16-wicket day at Lord’s

New Zealand bowled England out for 140 on a seam-friendly opening day at Lord’s, only to slump to 61 for 6 themselves as Ollie Robinson struck three t...

Jun 3, 2026

Siraj a doubt for the Afghanistan Test as Gurnoor Brar waits on a debut

India have three days to settle their seam attack for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, and the biggest call is whether Mohammed Siraj plays at al...

Jun 1, 2026

Afghanistan return to India for a Test, eight years on from their first

A one-off Test and three ODIs against a Gill-led India hand Afghanistan a rare red-ball examination against a top side, and a white-ball series where...

May 30, 2026

Tickner’s five-for and Blundell’s 186 sink Ireland by an innings at Stormont

An innings win inside three days in Belfast sends the Black Caps to their England series in form, with Tom Blundell’s 186 and Blair Tickner’s maiden f...

May 29, 2026

West Indies confirm a packed 2026 home season as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan line up tours

Cricket West Indies has confirmed a 2026 home season spanning June to August, with the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in line for its first ever Test.

May 29, 2026

New Zealand enforce the follow-on as Ireland stare at defeat in Belfast Test

Tom Blundell’s 186 and a 29-ball five-for from Nathan Smith left Ireland following on at Stormont, and they closed day two still 246 behind with eight...

May 28, 2026

Ravindra and Blundell centuries leave New Zealand on top against Ireland at Stormont

New Zealand recovered from 86 for 4 to close the opening day of the first ever Test against Ireland on 361 for 5, built on hundreds from Rachin Ravind...

May 27, 2026

Stormont stages a first Test between Ireland and New Zealand as Balbirnie names four uncapped

Ireland and New Zealand meet in Test cricket for the first time on Wednesday at Stormont, with Andrew Balbirnie picking four uncapped names in a squad...

May 20, 2026

36 Ranji wickets and an 8 for 90: Agarkar’s ‘body allows only T20s’ line on Shami does not survive his own season

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar explained Mohammed Shami’s Afghanistan snub by saying his body permits only T20 cricket, but the Bengal pacer’s 2025-26 Ra...

May 20, 2026

Taijul six-fer seals 78-run win as Bangladesh complete a first home sweep of Pakistan

Taijul Islam took six wickets in Pakistan’s second innings as Bangladesh closed out a 78-run win in Sylhet, completing their first-ever home Test seri...

May 19, 2026

Pakistan still alive in Sylhet but Bangladesh start day five three wickets from the sweep

Mohammad Rizwan is unbeaten on 75 with three wickets remaining and Pakistan still need 121 to win the second Test in Sylhet, where Bangladesh are one...

May 18, 2026

Mushfiqur’s 14th Test ton hands Pakistan a 437 chase as Bangladesh take charge in Sylhet

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 137, his 14th Test century and the most by any Bangladesh batter, set up a 390 second innings and a 437 target for Pakistan with two...

May 16, 2026

Litton Das’s 126 holds Bangladesh together on day one as Sylhet sweep stays in play

A draw in Sylhet is enough to seal Bangladesh’s first ever home Test series win over Pakistan, and after day one Litton Das has more or less single-ha...

May 14, 2026

Afghanistan Test puts BCCI selectors in a corner over handing fresh caps to Nabi and Brar

Selectors are wary of handing out Test caps in a fixture that brings no WTC points, leaving the conversation around Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar and Princ...

May 13, 2026

Pakistan head to Sylhet with a fourth straight Test loss to Bangladesh on the cards

Three days after Nahid Rana’s five-for sealed Bangladesh’s first ever home Test win over Pakistan, Shan Masood’s side travel to Sylhet this week with...

May 12, 2026

Nahid Rana five-for seals Bangladesh’s first ever home Test win over Pakistan

Nahid Rana took 5 for 40 as Bangladesh closed out a 104-run win over Pakistan at Mirpur on Tuesday, sealing their first ever home Test against the vis...

May 11, 2026

Mominul ticks past 5,000 Test runs as rain and a Shanto fifty leave Bangladesh in charge in Mirpur

A washed-out middle session and half-centuries from Mominul Haque and Najmul Hossain Shanto leave Bangladesh 179 ahead with seven wickets in hand on d...