Birmingham, July 3 (IANS) Skipper Shubman Gill continued to be serene in his knock to be unbeaten on 168, his highest Test score, while Ravindra Jadeja supported him well with a fine 89 as India reached 419/6 in 110 overs at lunch on Day Two of the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Edgbaston on Thursday.
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Kraigg Brathwaite is on the brink of a major career milestone as he prepares to play his 100th Test match for West Indies when they face Australia in the second Test of the series in Grenada starting on Thursday.
Brisbane, July 3 (IANS) With veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as his early bowling inspiration, left-arm spinner Zanden Jeh has received his first call-up to the Australia ‘A’ team for the forthcoming series against Sri Lanka, the country of his origin.
Birmingham, July 3 (IANS) Ahead of day two’s play in the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Edgbaston, former England cricketer Mark Butcher said he was in awe of India skipper Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 114 on day one and went on to call it “magnificent” and “solid”.
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Purani Dilli 6, the semi-finalist of the 2024 edition of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), have officially announced the retention of star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant for the upcoming season. Pant has been retained as a marquee player.
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Former Australian batter Michael Hussey feels that teenage Test opener Sam Konstas will take time to learn things after a flop show in the first Test against West Indies in Barbados.
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Former England batter Jonathan Trott was full of praise for captain Shubman Gill’s commanding innings on the opening day of the second Test at Edgbaston. Trott described Gill as a world-class player with a promising future.
Birmingham, July 2 (IANS) Shubman Gill was at his determined best to hit a hard-fought seventh Test hundred – his second as India’s captain – as the visitors reached 310/5 in 85 overs at stumps on Day One of the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series against England at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Grenada, July 2 (IANS) Richard Kettleborough will become England’s most capped on-field Test umpire when he stands in the second Test between West Indies and Australia starting in Grenada on Thursday. The Sheffield-born Kettleborough, whose Test career began in Galle 15 years ago, will umpire his 93rd on-field Test and in doing so overtake his original mentor David Shepherd.
Birmingham, July 1 (IANS) The Indian men's cricket team is fine despite being confined to their hotel rooms for a few hours following instructions by local police, who investigated the presence of an unattended parcel in the vicinity.
