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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

The two-Test series against England was certainly advantageous but New Zealand coach Gary Stead doesn’t feel that it’s as big a deal as it is being made out to be compared to their World Test Championship final rivals India’s lack of game time. New Zealand secured a rare Test win in England during a two-match

News South Africa created 14 catching chances in the first Test against West Indies and took 13 of them Dean Elgar had asked for centuries and five-fors in his first series in charge of South Africa’s Test team and, so far, Quinton de Kock, Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada have delivered. Though he didn’t say

England pacer Ollie Robinson will return to the cricket pitch to play for Sussex’s second team in the T20 game against Hampshire, his county confirmed on Monday. “Mitch Claydon is added to the Sharks squad as cover for the trip to Chelmsford. Henry Crocombe will not travel and will play in Sussex’s behind-closed-doors Second XI

Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, has called on his team’s young batters to prove their “desperation” to stay in the Test team, after New Zealand’s eight-wicket win at Edgbaston on Sunday completed their first series victory in this country since 1999, and England’s first loss on home soil in seven years. Thorpe, who was a

Former pacer Venkatesh Prasad feels that a high-on-resources India has got all bases covered to get past a high-on-confidence New Zealand in the World Test Championship final beginning June 18 at Southampton. Unlike his playing days, Prasad feels India now have a third or a fourth seamer who can maintain pressure built by the new

Report Qalandars surrendered from advantageous positions in both innings after dominating the first ten overs each time Islamabad United 152 for 7 (Asif 75, Iftikhar 49, Faulkner 3-19) beat Lahore Qalandars 124 (Zaman 44, Musa 3-18, Shadab 2-14) by 28 runs At first, the Islamabad United’s historic decision to bat first at the toss –

Hardik Pandya was seen with partner Natasa and friends in a photo he posted on Instagram.© Hardik Pandya/Instagram Hardik Pandya posted a photo on social media where he is seen aboard an airplane and captioned it as “Chilling in the clouds”. Hardik had also posted on social media platforms on Saturday, where he was seen