Test Cricket

Six into three will not work on Friday, when England will reveal who are its best seamers for the deciding Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford. England named its squad on Thursday, and delayed showing its hand by picking all six of its seamers, including Jofra Archer, who was dropped before the second Test for breaking health protocols through an unauthorized trip home. Archer’s misdeed – which also cost him extra isolation, a 15,000 pounds ($19,000) fine and a written warning

Jofra Archer received racist abuse on social media after breaching biosecurity protocols and being dropped by England and said he was struggling for motivation ahead of the third Test against the West Indies on Friday. The fast bowler has passed on details of the abuse to the English Cricket Board and is seeking to have action taken.”Some of the abuse I have taken over the past few days on Instagram has been racist and I have decided that enough is enough,” he wrote in his

Jofra Archer was omitted from the team that won the second Test against the West Indies by 113 runs at the Manchester venue on Monday to level the three-match series at 1-1. Jofra Archer has rejoined the rest of the England squad at Old Trafford after a second test for coronavirus produced a negative result, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday. Archer was omitted from the team that won the second Test against the West Indies by 113 runs at the Manchester venue on

England defeated West Indies by 113 runs to level the series ahead of the decider in Manchester. England beat the West Indies by 113 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday. West Indies, set a nominal 312 to win, were bowled out for 198 on the fifth and final day as England leveled the three-match series at 1-1. All-rounder Ben Stokes made 176 in England's first-innings 469-9 declared and a dashing 78 not out on Monday that set up

Jofra Archer has been excluded from the second Test between England and the West Indies after breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board’s bio-secure protocols.  The fast bowler, who featured in the first-Test defeat last week, has been placed in self-isolation for five days and he issued an apology after putting ‘the whole team and management in danger’.  It’s understood that Archer did not breach the protocols in Manchester or at the previous Test in Southampton, but did so while transferring from one

Rain and bad light forced the umpires to call for stumps on Day 1 of the first England vs West Indies Test match at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Joe Denly and Rory Burns took England to 35 for 1 at Tea but play never resumed after that. Shannon Gabriel had cleaned up England opener Sibley for a duck .A light drizzle had forced the players go off after the first three overs and when they returned after 15-20 minutes the rain allowed

Test cricket is set to resume for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, with England and the West Indies tonight playing the first of three Tests at Southampton's Rose Bowl.  The series will be seen as something of a benchmark for cricket bodies around the world as a way to get the sport underway again in a viable manner as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world. However, to get the Tests played at all, a number of compromises

The Indian Cricket team has been phenomenal in 2019 finishing on the top of the ICC World Test championship points table. They are on 360 points from seven Test matches having won all of them. India whitewashed Bangladesh 2-0 in the recently concluded Test series to cap off what was a fabulous year for the Indian cricket team as a whole. Be it at home or abroad, their players achieved success in the format. Here's is a detailed write-up of the top 3

After Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand and even Zimbabwe has played Pink-Ball Test, India is all set to make their Pink-Ball Test debut against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from November 22. The BCCI has ordered as many as 72 pink balls from SG for the Test match. Pink balls were introduced in Test cricket to help batsmen see the ball properly under lights. Batsmen have previously complained of being unable to sight the red-ball under lights which is

After winning the T20I series 2-1, Team India is all set to play their first-ever Pink Ball Test match against Bangladesh starting from November 22, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This will also be Bangladesh's first ever-pink ball Test as well.  India is unbeaten in their last 11 Test series at home and they would like to get their 12th win in this historic Test match. India confident from their T20I series win over their opponents looks ready and prepared for this

Rohit Sharma scored a 43-ball 85 in the second T20I game against Bangladesh in Rajkot, thereby helping India to level the series 1-1 in this three-match series. Rohit's knock was designed by 12 hits to the fence as he was quite merciless against the Bangla bowlers. He helped India score 154/2 with 26 balls to spare, chasing down Bangladesh's 153/6. Enroute to his knock, he broke a few records as well and rewrote some new ones as he stamped his authority in the

The ICC World Test Championship is already the major buzzword for cricket lovers with the top two teams in the table slated to play the final Test match for the Championship crown in June, 2021. The winners of this game will be the World Test Champions, a major honour indeed! At the moment, with several teams vying for the honours, India have steadily consolidated their spot at the very top of the ICC (International Cricket Council) World Test Championship standings. With a clean

New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson breached the 900-points barrier for the first time in the updated ICC Test rankings. The dashing batsman had played a match-winning knock in the final Test against Pakistan in UAE which helped New Zealand clinch their first away series win against the nation in 49 years. This is also the first instance of any batsman from New Zealand going past 900 rankings points. Only the great Richard Hadlee had managed to break that barrier but it was his bowling that had earned him these many points. Williamson is currently placed second, he jumped in front of Australia’s Steve Smith (901 points) who is serving a year ban. Current table-topper Virat Kohli scored only 37 runs across two innings in the Adelaide Test. He lost 15 points due to the failure on