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MANCHESTER TESR After a commanding century and a five-fer in the first innings, the England captain has battled cramps ahead of the final day, leaving England’s attack stretched © Getty England remain hopeful their captain and talisman, Ben Stokes, will shake off his bout of cramps and lead the charge with the ball on the final day of the Manchester Test. After a commanding century on the fourth morning at Old Trafford – complementing his first-innings five-for – Stokes did not bowl through England’s 62 overs in the second innings. Meanwhile, India’s KL Rahul and Shubman Gill wove a resilient…
MANCHESTER: England captain Ben Stokes plays a shot to complete his century during the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford on Saturday.—AFP MANCHESTER: India captain Shubman Gill starred in a remarkable rearguard action as his side checked England’s bid for a series-clinching win in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Saturday following a long-awaited century from opposing skipper Ben Stokes. Gill came in with India in dire straits at 0-2 after Chris Woakes struck with successive deliveries in the first over of India’s second innings to have Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan both caught in the slips for…
SPA FRANCORCHAMPS: Formula One champion Max Verstappen won a “cat and mouse” Belgian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday in Red Bull’s first race under the leadership of Laurent Mekies following Christian Horner’s dismissal. McLaren’s championship leader Oscar Piastri finished second, after taking a dominant pole position for the 100km race, with the Australian increasing his advantage over team-mate Lando Norris to nine points. Norris ended up where he started, in third place on a bright afternoon at the longest and second fastest track on the calendar. Charles Leclerc was fourth for Ferrari with Haas’s Esteban Ocon fifth and Carlos Sainz…
ZIMBABWE WOMEN TOUR OF IRELAND, 2025 Orla Prendergast starred with both bat and ball as Ireland downed Zimbabwe by 97 runs in the first ODI © Getty An all-round effort from hosts Ireland kept Zimbabwe win-less on their white-ball tour as the visitors went down by 97 runs in the first ODI of the two-match series that kicked off in Belfast on Saturday (July 26). Three of Ireland’s top-for hit fifties to propel their side to a competitive 288/9 despite a late flurry of wickets, but Zimbabwe’s top-order collapse proved too difficult for them to recover from and they could…
Australia make two changes for the fourth T20I in St Kitts as Mitch Marsh opts to bowl first for the fourth straight game Tim David has been rested following his record-breaking century with Australia making two changes for today’s fourth T20 international against West Indies in St Kitts. Aussie skipper Mitch Marsh won his fourth straight coin toss of the series and again opted to bowl first with the match to be played on the same Warner Park pitch as yesterday’s third T20 that yielded 429 runs in 36.1 overs. Left-arm paceman Ben Dwarshuis has also been managed with Xavier…
BANGLADESH CRICKET Julian Wood has previously worked with the Chattogram Challengers in the BPL © BCB Julian Wood, world renowned power-hitting coach, is all set to join Bangladesh set-up in August to help them improve their range of shots as they prepare for the forthcoming T20 Asia Cup, scheduled from September 9 in UAE. Bangladesh’s national cricketers, who are enjoying a break after completing a hectic schedule, will start their preparation camp for the Asia Cup from August 6 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Wood, who is credited for transforming England’s white-ball side by introducing power-hitting methods, is expected…
At 12.50pm on Saturday, it looked doubtful the fourth Test would make it to Sunday.India were 0-2 in their second innings – Chris Woakes had just taken two wickets in as many balls – and they trailed England by 310. The tourists had knackered bodies and minds after spending 157 overs and one ball in the field as the hosts piled on 669, the highest score ever seen in an Old Trafford Test. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Stokes followed his five-wicket haul in India’s first innings with a first Test century since the 2023…
INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Gill and Rahul kept the hosts wicket-less for the two remaining sessions on Day 4. © Getty KL Rahul and Shubman Gill’s unbroken 174-run partnership ensured two wicketless sessions after England’s commanding show on the fourth morning of the fourth Test in Manchester. Led by a superb knock from their captain Ben Stokes, England took a massive 311-run lead and then rattled India with two early strikes. But Rahul and Gill led a patient fightback as they faced more than 370 deliveries for their partnership that helped India end the day at 174/2, trailing by…
England made a blistering start to the fourth day of the fourth Test but may need centurion Ben Stokes’s bowling abilities to break down India England are holding their breath captain Ben Stokes will be available to bowl as they push to seal a Test series victory over India at Old Trafford. Having turned an overnight 77 into 141 for a first Test century in two years to propel England to 669 and a 311-run first-innings lead on Saturday, Stokes was then conspicuously absent for the 63 overs India batted, with even Joe Root called upon to bowl five. Stokes…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 The Indian captain brought up his fourth fifty-plus score of the series © Getty Shubman Gill and KL Rahul brought some stability to India’s second innings in the Manchester Test with a composed partnership in the second session, following a frenetic three-over burst before Lunch that had dented India’s reply to England’s massive lead. Gill notched up a half-century and, along with Rahul, stitched an unbroken stand that took India to 86/2 at Tea on Day 4, still trailing by 225 runs. Rahul and Gill got a few boundaries at the start of the second…