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...
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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...
Aug 19, 2026
Suthar’s 10 for 131 wins Galle, and no India bowler has taken 10 in Sri Lanka for less
India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs on the final day at Galle to go 1-0 up with one Test to play. Manav Suthar, playing his second Test, took six on the...
Aug 19, 2026
Pakistan lose Babar the day before Headingley, and Salman Agha has never captained a Test
Babar Azam’s right hand has not healed, so Pakistan begin a three-Test tour of England without their captain and the leading run-scorer from their las...
Aug 18, 2026
Pant reached 100 Test sixes faster than anyone has, and India set Sri Lanka 372
Rishabh Pant got to 100 sixes in Tests in his 89th innings, 41 fewer than Adam Gilchrist needed. India were bowled out for 193, and Sri Lanka lost Din...
Aug 17, 2026
Babar was cleared for Headingley, then ruled out of the first Test
A rising ball from Manny Lumsden hit Babar Azam on the right middle finger at Beckenham. He was cleared to play on Monday, then ruled out of the first...
Aug 17, 2026
Sri Lanka were 90 for 5 at Galle, and Dinusha’s maiden hundred still left them 178 behind
India took all five wickets to fall in the morning session at Galle, then spent the rest of the third day watching a 25-year-old make his first Test c...
Aug 17, 2026
England lost the Ashes, the coach and the captain, and have handed the Test side back to Joe Root
Joe Root captains England again at Headingley on Wednesday, four years after giving the job up, with Ben Stokes retired, Brendon McCullum out of the r...
Aug 16, 2026
India lose seven for 172 after Padikkal’s 167, and Galle has produced 116 overs in two days
India closed day two at Galle on 460 for 9, having lost seven wickets for 172 runs in the only session and a half the weather allowed. Devdutt Padikka...
Aug 16, 2026
Bangladesh were 54 all out eight days ago, and they have beaten Australia by nine wickets
Bangladesh’s first Test win in Australia came at the third attempt, 23 years after their last Test in the country. Hasan Mahmud took nine wickets in t...
Aug 14, 2026
Gambhir has two ICC trophies and ten defeats in nineteen Tests, and Galle is about the second number
India start in Galle on Saturday with a coach whose white-ball record is close to flawless and whose Test record is not. Both are true. Only one of th...
Aug 14, 2026
India lost the spinner who bats, and the answer at Galle should be a 33-year-old debutant
Washington Sundar’s hamstring has left India a bowler short in the wrong department, and the argument before Saturday’s first Test is not about the ba...
Aug 14, 2026
Tanzid’s maiden hundred puts Bangladesh in front in Darwin, 23 years after their last visit
Bangladesh lost inside three days the last time they played a Test at Marrara. On the second day of their return they batted Australia’s 198 into the...
Aug 13, 2026
India’s No. 3 at Galle: Padikkal should play, and not for the reason everyone says
Sai Sudharsan’s toe has left India choosing between Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfaraz Khan at first drop in Galle. The case for the left-hander is tactica...
Aug 13, 2026
Hasan Mahmud’s career-best 6 for 55 bowls Australia out for 198, five days after Bangladesh made 54
Australia chose to bat in Darwin and were dismissed for 198, the lowest Test total they have ever made against Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud took 6 for 55,...