World Test Championship

119 articles tagged with "World Test Championship"

Oct 13, 2026

South Africa lost their last four wickets for five runs, and Hazlewood’s 6 for 49 gave Australia a 214-run win in Durban

Aiden Markram batted 237 balls for 75, but the second new ball finished South Africa’s chase of 421 at Kingsmead and handed Temba Bavuma his first Tes...

Oct 12, 2026

Smith’s four catches took him past Root’s record, and Australia lead South Africa by 139 in Durban

Steven Smith caught four South Africans on day three at Kingsmead, and the second of them made him the first fielder to 221 Test catches.

Oct 10, 2026

Australia were 230 for 8 at Kingsmead, and Renshaw and Lyon added 134 on the way to 390

Matt Renshaw made 190 from 397 balls and shared a record ninth-wicket stand with Nathan Lyon, before South Africa closed day two in Durban on 27 for 1...

Oct 9, 2026

Australia were 124 for 6 at Kingsmead, and Renshaw and Cummins took them to 187 before the light went

Jansen, Mulder and Nortje took two wickets each on day one of the first Test in Durban, before a seventh-wicket stand steadied Australia.

Oct 8, 2026

Sri Lanka have won one of their last ten Tests, and Kusal Mendis is now their captain in all three formats

Dhananjaya de Silva has given up the Sri Lanka Test captaincy after 18 matches, and Kusal Mendis takes over with the Pakistan Tests a month away.

Oct 8, 2026

South Africa have not played a Test since November, and Australia have won their last three at Kingsmead

The top two in the World Test Championship table meet in Durban on Friday, with Kagiso Rabada a late call and Cameron Green out.

Sep 14, 2026

Pakistan have earned 24 World Test Championship points, and handed 19 of them back

The ICC docked Pakistan another 11 WTC points on September 14 for a slow over-rate at Edgbaston. That leaves them bottom of the table on five points f...

Sep 14, 2026

Salman Agha made 45 runs in five Test innings, and then 300 not out in Abbottabad

A fortnight after being sent home from England, Pakistan’s dropped captain batted for 336 balls in the President’s Trophy and made the highest score o...

Sep 12, 2026

Pakistan were still two runs behind with eight wickets down, and Razaullah’s nine sixes left England chasing 130

A 21-year-old debutant batting at No. 9 hit 81 off 63 balls and added 121 with Mohammad Abbas, turning a certain innings defeat at Edgbaston into a fo...

Sep 11, 2026

Root’s 220th catch was an edge in the first over, and it took him past Steve Smith

No fielder in the history of Test cricket has taken more catches than Joe Root. The one that got him there came off Ollie Robinson in the opening over...

Sep 9, 2026

Pakistan were 26 for 4 in the tenth over at Edgbaston, and extras were their second-top scorer at lunch

Ollie Robinson had figures of 8-3-9-2 and Josh Tongue took three as Pakistan slid to 100 for 7 by the first interval of the third Test, with two of th...

Sep 4, 2026

Pakistan sent seven players home for a dead rubber, and five of the replacements have never played a Test

England won the series at Lord’s on 30 August. Pakistan’s answer was to change half the squad and both coaches before a third Test that decides nothin...

Sep 3, 2026

India A get three four-dayers in New Zealand, and that is the only red-ball preparation before the Tests

India A will play New Zealand A in three four-day matches from October 24 to November 10, finishing nine days before the first Test in Wellington. It...

Aug 31, 2026

Rabada has a grade-three hamstring tear, and Donald says he will miss all three Australia Tests

Cricket South Africa have ruled Kagiso Rabada out of the ODI series against Australia and left his Test place open. His own franchise bowling coach th...

Aug 31, 2026

Abbas took nine, Shakeel made 97, and Pakistan still lost at Lord’s by 194 with ten batters

England won the second Test inside four days to take the series 2-0, with Ollie Robinson claiming eight wickets for the second Test running and Pakist...

Aug 29, 2026

Robinson bowled 13 overs for 11 runs, and Pakistan were 180 behind before tea

Ollie Robinson took 4 for 11 from 13 overs as Pakistan were bowled out for 110 at Lord’s on Friday, and England closed day two of the second Test 261...

Aug 28, 2026

India need five wins from their last seven Tests, and even that might not be enough

The Colombo draw cost India eight World Test Championship points and left them on 51.52 per cent. Seven Tests are left: two in New Zealand in November...

Aug 28, 2026

Abbas reached 900 first-class wickets at Lord’s, and England were 248 for 9 when the light went

Rain held the start up until 12.20pm, Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Ali shared seven wickets, and England lost nine of them in 56 overs on the opening d...

Aug 27, 2026

Dinusha batted seven hours for 133 not out, and India settled for a 1-0 series win

Sri Lanka began the last day 16 in front with four wickets standing. They batted through all of it, declared, and the Colombo Test was drawn.

Aug 27, 2026

Starc’s 6 for 12 has made him the No.1 Test bowler at 36, and Bumrah is 10 points behind

Mitchell Starc’s ten wickets in Mackay have taken him to the top of the ICC Test bowling rankings for the first time, ending Jasprit Bumrah’s long spe...

Aug 26, 2026

Sooriyabandara was out with Sri Lanka one run behind, and they lead by 16 going into the final day

Pasindu Sooriyabandara was stumped for 92 with Sri Lanka still a run short of making India bat again. Four wickets stand between India and a 2-0 serie...

Aug 26, 2026

Dinusha has made 100, 84 and 103 against India, and Sri Lanka are following on anyway

Three innings against India, three scores of 80 or more, and a place on a list that already had Sobers and Weekes on it. Sri Lanka’s problem is what h...

Aug 25, 2026

Babar batted a full session at Lord’s, and returns for a Test Pakistan cannot afford to lose

Pakistan’s captain came through a full net session at Lord’s two days out from the second Test, facing pace, spin and throwdowns. His return costs Aza...

Aug 25, 2026

Sri Lanka are 39 runs short of the follow-on, and rain ended day three with two wickets left

India declared on 503 for 9 in Colombo and then watched Sri Lanka claw back to within sight of safety before the weather intervened at the SSC.