World Test Championship

108 articles tagged with "World Test Championship"

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.

Aug 24, 2026

Jurel waited out the rain on 95, and finished 115 not out as India declared on 503

Rain stopped Dhruv Jurel five short of a century in Colombo. He completed it after the break, and India’s first innings closed on 503 for 9 with him n...

Aug 23, 2026

Shoriful took 7 for 48, and Bangladesh still lost by an innings inside two days

Australia levelled the series at Mackay in a Test that did not last two days. Mitchell Starc took 10 for 51, and Bangladesh were bowled out for under...

Aug 22, 2026

India are fifth in the WTC table, and Gambhir says the rankings do not matter

India’s head coach was asked in Colombo whether his Test side is struggling, and would not accept the question. Gambhir has the Galle win and two whit...

Aug 22, 2026

Bangladesh were bowled out for 64, and by stumps Australia had lost eight wickets too

Eighteen wickets fell on the opening day at the Great Barrier Reef Arena. Bangladesh, one up in a two-match series, need only avoid defeat to win it.

Aug 22, 2026

Kuldeep skipped Friday’s net session in Colombo, and Saransh Jain bowled through it

India settle on an XI for Sunday’s second Test, and the spin slot alongside Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar is the last thing left to decide. Kuldeep...

Aug 22, 2026

Robinson and Tongue took eight each, and England were finished with Pakistan inside three days

Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and 135 at Headingley, and Joe Root’s return as England captain has started with an innings win and 12 World Test Cha...

Aug 21, 2026

Usman is the first visiting spinner to take five at Headingley since 1972, and Pakistan trail by 195

Ali Usman’s 5 for 92 was the first five-wicket haul by a visiting spinner at Headingley since the 1972 Ashes. Pakistan dropped Harry Brook on 1, and E...

Aug 20, 2026

India’s Galle win took them to 53.33 per cent, and Bangladesh are still above them

India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs to climb to 53.33 per cent in the World Test Championship, and it was not enough to move them off fifth place.

Aug 20, 2026

Sri Lanka go to Colombo without three first-choice batters, and one is out because of a rule

Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal are out of Sunday’s second Test at the SSC and Pathum Nissanka is unlikely, leaving Gary Kirsten to rebuild a battin...

Aug 20, 2026

Weatherald lasted six Tests, and Renshaw is back for Mackay’s first Test

Australia have cut the opener they handed a national contract in April and recalled Matthew Renshaw for Saturday’s second Test against Bangladesh, at...

Aug 20, 2026

Pakistan lost a wicket to the first ball at Headingley, and were all out for 171

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets apiece as England bowled Pakistan out inside 49 overs on a rain-hit opening day in Leeds. England clo...