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India conceded over 500 runs in an overseas Test after nearly a decade ©Getty This was the kind of day Manchester rarely offers, the kind poets might imagine but locals rarely trust: powder-blue skies, a beaming sun, birdsong in the breeze. Days like this are rare here. Days like this, where India are pounded for 500-plus in an overseas Test, have become rarer still. But it happened again. Ten years on from the last such mauling, the ghosts have returned. Not since Sydney 2015 had India conceded as many in an innings in an away Test. That was before the…
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES 2025 Tim David smashed a 37-ball century – the fastest by an Australian © AFP Tim David’s scintillating, unbeaten century helped Australia make a total mockery of West Indies’ lofty 214/4 as they chased it down with 23 balls to spare. David, who hit 11 sixes in his incredible knock, eclipsed Shai Hope’s century from the first innings, to lay the foundation and eventually put the finishing touches to Australia’s series-clinching win with two fixtures still to play. West Indies’ strong grip on the proceedings at the halfway stage began to loosen as early as…
Centuries to Beau Webster, Peter Handscomb and Chris Green in the latest round of the County Championship Click for Division One scores Click for Division Two scores Beau Webster – Warwickshire 57 (84) & 100no (166) 1-47 (20) & 3-39 (14.4) Season to date: 492 runs at 47.00, 14 wickets at 26.00 The Test allrounder made the quick trip back to the UK following the Frank Worrell Trophy and Warwickshire will be delighted that he did: Webster putting in a massive performance which included an unbeaten fourth-innings hundred in the daunting chase of 393. After giving up a…
Match Wrap | David’s fireworks trump WI in St Kitts run-fest Tim David has blazed Australia’s fastest ever T20 century to power his side a third straight T20 series victory over West Indies with a six-wicket thrashing in St Kitts. David crashed 11 sixes as he brought up his maiden T20 ton in just 37 balls as Australia made a mockery of West Indies’ 4-214, winning with 23 balls to spare to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. David turns Goliath with phenomenal 37-ball century The right-hander was the dominant force in Australia adding 71 runs in…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Root began the day as Test cricket’s fifth-highest run-scorer. He ended it second. ©Getty At 3.40 PM, the scheduled Tea break, Joe Root climbed the steps up to the Old Trafford pavilion, 34 of them, which he largely took two at a time. Helmet in hand, head down, he moved with ease. Purposeful, but unhurried. The stairway this week hasn’t been the easiest to deal with. Ask Jasprit Bumrah, who rolled his ankle on them. Ask Rishabh Pant or Ben Stokes, who struggled up them, clinging to the rail, one with a fracture, the other…
MANCHESTER: Joe Root climbed to second on the all-time list of Test run-scorers after hitting a sparkling 38th century on Friday as England hunted a series-clinching win against India. Ben Stokes’ men, 2-1 up in the five-match series, were 544-7 at stumps on the third day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, 186 runs ahead of the toiling tourists on first innings. Root made an imperious score of exactly 150, with only retired India great Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 Test runs) now having made more than the 34-year-old Englishman’s tally of 13,409. Earlier, Ollie Pope (71) put on 144 for…
LA TARENTAISE: Dutch rider Thymen Arensman picked up a second stage win at the Tour de France on Friday winning stage 19 at La Plagne ski resort as defending champion Tadej Pogacar closed in on a fourth title. Arensman crossed the finish line in the rain two seconds ahead of title contender Jonas Vingegaard and his great rival Pogacar. However, barring a collapse, Team UAE rider Pogacar should claim his fourth Tour de France title aged just 26 years in Paris on Sunday. The Slovenian exits the Alps with a lead of four minutes and twenty-four seconds on second placed…
Steve Smith will captain the Welsh Fire in the 2025 Men’s Hundred competition Steve Smith believes England’s batters shouldn’t get too used to batter-friendly pitches with more challenging surfaces expected for the Ashes series later this year. England are currently in the middle of a high-scoring Test series against India, where runs have flowed for both sides at all four venues to date. The batting average in men’s Tests of England-hosted matches since March 2023 is 32.78 while in the same period on Australian pitches is 24.50. And Australia’s star No.4 batter believes it might come as a bit of…
Just one change for Australia as they look to wrap up the T20I series against West Indies Australia have recalled Sean Abbott as Mitch Marsh elected to bowl for the third straight game with his side seeking to wrap up a series victory over West Indies in the third T20 international in St Kitts. Spinner Matt Kuhnemann makes way for Abbott which indicates Australia believe the fresh Warner Park surface in Basseterre will be more conducive to seam bowling in the first of three games at the petite venue – where the maximum boundary size is 69m for today’s match.…
Joe Root struck 150 to become the second highest run-scorer in Test cricket Joe Root had another red-letter day in his extraordinary career, leaping from fifth to second among the all-time Test run-scorers with a majestic 150 as England ran roughshod over India. Root put Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis in his rear-view mirror before following up a 38th Test ton by reaching 120 to eclipse Australian great Ricky Ponting’s tally of 13,378 runs on day three of the fourth Test. Only Sachin Tendulkar’s near-sacred haul of 15,921 runs is in front of Root, who closed to within 2,512 after…