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Mohammed Shami scalped 4 wickets against New Zealand On day 5 of World Test Championship final.© AFP India fast bowler Mohammed Shami was the star of Indian bowling on Day 5 with his incisive swing bowling that helped his team to bounce in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand. The 30-years-old picked four

News Alleged racist abuse of New Zealand players reported to ICC via social media Two fans were ejected from the Ageas Bowl on the fifth day of the World Test Championship final for allegedly hurling racist abuse at some of New Zealand’s players. ESPNcricinfo has learned the two fans were in Block M, which is

The World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand will extend into the sixth day after two full days were washed out due to rain in Southampton, the International Cricket Council said in media release. “It has been confirmed that the Reserve Day is to be utilised at the ICC World Test Championship

The role of the batting coach was Younis Khan’s first full-time appointment with the PCB since his retirement in 2017 © Getty Images The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and batting coach Younis Khan have mutually agreed to part ways ahead of Pakistan’s overseas tours of England and West Indies. Khan began his role in November

Keshav Maharaj completed just the second hat-trick by a South African in Test history as the Proteas completed a 158-run victory over the West Indies on the fourth day of the second Test of the two-match series at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia on Monday. In the penultimate over before lunch the

News Chester-le-Street, Bristol, Oval, Edgbaston granted 50 percent capacities for white-ball fixtures There will be more spectators than anticipated at some of England’s international matches in the coming weeks, after a selection of fixtures in the series involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan were given the status of pilot events. When the UK government extended its

Rookie New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson, who rattled India with a fifer, on the second day of the World Test Championship final, feels that any batsman could have been dismissed with that in-swinger that got rid of rival skipper Virat Kohli. Jamieson got a five-wicket haul as New Zealand dismissed India for 217 on the

It was a wet, wet start to the day © AFP/Getty Images Lunch West Indies 149 (Blackwood 49, Mulder 3-1) trail South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) by 149 runs South Africa were made to wait before they could start their second innings – and to increase their 149-run lead over

A look at the weather forecast for Sunday in Southampton makes for grim reading.© AFP The ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton has been blighted by inclement weather. The first day of the WTC final was completely washed out while the second day saw bad light causing interruptions before an early close of

Report Kyle Mayers and Kemar Roach end with three wickets apiece Lunch South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Elgar 77, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) vs West Indies Quinton de Kock fell four short of a second successive century in the series and Kagiso Rabada scored a 23-ball 21 to take South Africa to a shade

Virat Kohli paid a special tribute to Milkha Singh through his Twitter account.© Twitter Ahead of Day 2 of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) Final, Virat Kohli took to social media to pay tribute to legendary sprinter Milkha Singh, who died due to post-Covid complications in Chandigarh on Friday. The former athlete was 91,

News She praised the performances of India’s debutants in Bristol, especially fellow opener Shafali Verma India batter Smriti Mandhana believes that more opportunities to play Tests can help cultivate a better understanding regarding approaching the closing stages of each session in a day’s play. Mandhana’s views came after stumps on the rain-affected third day of

Kevin O’ Brien played 250 matches for Ireland.© Twitter Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien has announced his retirement from one-day internationals, admitting that he no longer has the “hunger and love” for the format needed to compete. The 37-year-old Dubliner, who remains available for Test and T20 cricket, won 153 caps in the 50-over format, scoring

Report Karachi Kings were given a scare at the death by James Faulkner and Tim David, but held on to keep their qualification hopes alive Karachi Kings 176 for 5 (Azam 54, Guptill 43, Rashid 2-25) beat Lahore Qalandars 169 for 7 (Hafeez 36, David 34, Ahmad 2-19) by seven runs There was almost a

Rishabh Pant had shared the picture on MS Dhoni’s birthday.© Instagram Ahead of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant took a trip down memory lane as he looked back at his Instagram memories. In a video shared by the International Cricket Council, Pant “relived the story behind the

News Takes over from Kane Williamson, who dropped five ranking points after missing the second Test against England Australia batsman Steven Smith has returned to the top of the Test batting rankings for the first time since the Boxing Day Test last year. Despite not having played a Test since January earlier this year, Smith

Spinners Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma fashioned India’s comeback by triggering a batting collapse in the final session but England Women still managed a decent 269 for 6 on the opening day of the one-off Test in Bristol on Wednesday. Playing a Test match after nearly seven years, India Women were struggling badly but Rana (3/77)

News Good performances in West Indies and Bangladesh could yet make the selectors change their plans There is no guarantee from Australia’s selectors that all the players who made themselves unavailable for tours of West Indies and Bangladesh will immediately return to the fold for the T20 World Cup if others take the chance to