Aug 1, 2026
Bumrah clears the COE’s fitness tests and is available for both Sri Lanka Tests
India’s seam stocks were down to Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and an uncapped Punjab quick. The clearance changes the shape of the Galle Test.
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Jul 31, 2026
India’s record in Sri Lanka says one thing, the last 20 months say another
India have not lost a Test series in Sri Lanka since 2008 and have won their last five Tests on the island. After two home whitewashes and a nine-year...
Jul 31, 2026
Shan Masood’s broken finger costs him the second Test and clouds the England tour
Pakistan’s opener fractured his left index finger while making 109 in Tarouba, then batted at No. 8 with it. The PCB will not yet say whether he makes...
Jul 31, 2026
Root returns as England’s Test captain, but Fleming does not start until December
England have handed the Test captaincy back to Joe Root and the coaching job to Stephen Fleming, fresh from 18 years at Chennai Super Kings. Neither a...
Jul 30, 2026
Fleming is England’s frontrunner for the Test job, weeks after walking away from CSK
The Telegraph reports that Stephen Fleming is set to take over England’s Test side after Brendon McCullum’s sacking, though the ECB has confirmed noth...
Jul 29, 2026
Seales’ five for 20 seals a 90-run win as Pakistan lose an eighth away Test in a row
West Indies bowled Pakistan out for 120 chasing 211 at Tarouba to take the first Test by 90 runs, with Jayden Seales taking five wickets and Justin Gr...
Jul 28, 2026
Jadeja returns and Saransh Jain earns a first call-up in India’s Sri Lanka Test squad
India’s 15 for the two Tests in Sri Lanka has Ravindra Jadeja back from a tennis elbow and a maiden call-up for 33-year-old off-spinner Saransh Jain,...
Jul 28, 2026
Greaves’ first Test five-for and a 14-wicket day leave West Indies 155 ahead in Tarouba
Justin Greaves took the first five-wicket haul of his Test career and Mohammad Abbas replied with 3 for 14, on a third day in Trinidad that produced 1...
Jul 27, 2026
Soumya Sarkar recalled after five years as Bangladesh pick their Darwin squad
Bangladesh have brought Soumya Sarkar back for their first Test in Australia since 2003, with a growing injury list forcing five changes to the side.
Jul 27, 2026
Masood’s unbeaten 88 leaves Pakistan 112 behind in Tarouba
Mohammad Ali’s four wickets ended West Indies on 311, and Shan Masood then batted through the rest of the second day to leave Pakistan 199 for 3 in Tr...
Jul 26, 2026
Pakistan add Shafique and Shakeel to their Test squad after Fazal’s back injury
A lower-back injury on the eve of the first Test has cost Pakistan their newest opener, and brought a recalled Abdullah Shafique and an early-arriving...
Jul 26, 2026
Nahid Rana out of the Australia Tests as Bangladesh’s pace injuries mount
A grade two side strain has ruled Nahid Rana out of Bangladesh’s two Tests in Australia next month. He is one of four frontline seamers currently unav...
Jul 26, 2026
Hodge’s unbeaten 83 holds West Indies together on a rain-hit first day in Tarouba
Kavem Hodge faced 181 balls and hit only nine boundaries, none of them after his fifty, as West Indies ground their way to 194 for 3 on an opening day...
Jul 25, 2026
India’s Test squad for Sri Lanka lands on Tuesday, with Bumrah’s knee the big call
Ajit Agarkar’s panel has three days to work out how to handle Jasprit Bumrah’s knee and Washington Sundar’s hamstring before a two-Test tour that open...
Jul 25, 2026
Sammy says Alzarri Joseph declined selection for the Pakistan Tests
Daren Sammy confirmed that Alzarri Joseph turned down his place in the West Indies squad, leaving the hosts without their in-form quick as the Brian L...
Jul 21, 2026
Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon return as Australia name their Bangladesh squad
Australia’s three injured seniors are all fit for next month’s two Tests against Bangladesh, which leaves the selectors with a happy problem in Darwin...
Jul 20, 2026
India’s road back to the World Test Championship final runs through Sri Lanka
India begin their World Test Championship run-in with two Tests in Sri Lanka next month, and fifth place in the table means Galle and Colombo already...
Jul 20, 2026
Pakistan begin a Caribbean reset as the Brian Lara Academy stages its first Test
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy finally hosts a Test, and a rebuilt Pakistan under a returning Babar Azam begin their two-match tour of West Indies the...
Jul 2, 2026
West Indies chase a clean sweep as Sri Lanka fight to save the series at North Sound
West Indies host Sri Lanka in the second and final Test on Friday, one win from a clean sweep after demolishing the tourists by an innings inside four...
Jun 24, 2026
Stokes and Atkinson back for England as a level series heads to a Trent Bridge decider
Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson return after sitting out the Oval defeat, with England and New Zealand locked at 1-1 heading into the series decider at Tr...
Jun 22, 2026
Henry’s 11 wickets level the series as New Zealand rout England at the Oval
Matt Henry’s career-best 11 for 109 bowled New Zealand to a 253-run win at The Oval, squaring the series 1-1 with the decider at Trent Bridge still to...
Jun 22, 2026
England docked 12 WTC points for a slow over-rate after their Oval defeat
A slow over-rate at The Oval has cost England 12 World Test Championship points and 50 per cent of their match fees, deepening the damage from a heavy...
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...
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.