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England have battled to keep India in check on day one of the fourth Test at Old Trafford with the tourists sweating over a foot injury to Rishabh Pant Rishabh Pant’s retirement through injury slowed India’s progress on day one of the fourth Test against England, with the tourists closing on 4-264 in their first innings as they look to keep the thrilling five-match series alive. With England eyeing victory at Old Trafford that would seal a series win with one match to spare, captain Ben Stokes won the toss on Wednesday morning and opted to bowl.But the hosts were…
ASIAN CRICKET COUNCIL NEWS The Annual General Meeting of the ACC in Dhaka now set to go ahead, as planned © AFP The impasse over the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meet appears to have been resolved, as the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ACC in Dhaka now set to go ahead, as planned. The key stakeholders (all Test playing nations) – the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) – seem to have reached at some kind of an understanding…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Pant was wheeled off in a buggy after copping the blow © Getty Rishabh Pant sustained an injury on the opening day for a second straight Test match and had to be wheeled off the field in a buggy. India’s vice-captain copped a blow to his right foot off the fourth ball of the 68th over, bowled by Chris Woakes. Pant was later taken to a hospital for scans, with the Indian medical team monitoring him. “He was in a lot of pain definitely, but they’ve gone for scans. We’ll get to know overnight, probably…
It only took Liam Dawson seven balls into his Test return to pick up his first wicket in eight years, an opportunity he believed would not come.The 35-year-old left-arm spinner admitted he thought his hopes of an England recall had vanished before Shoaib Bashir’s Test summer was ended by a finger injury sustained in the third Test win at Lord’s. Dawson claimed figures of 1-45 from 15 overs, having Yashasvi Jaiswal caught at slip for his first Test wicket in 2,929 days since dismissing South Africa legend Hashim Amla at Trent Bridge in July 2017. Please use Chrome browser for…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Sudharsan struck his maiden Test fifty and shared a 72-run stand with Pant © AFP England and India traded blows on what was an engrossing opening day of the fourth Test in Manchester. India built a couple of good partnerships and had two half-centurions – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan – but England made key incisions to maintain balance in the day’s play. However, India faced a significant concern as Rishabh Pant had to be helped off the field in the final session after a blow to his right foot, with the visitors closing at…
ZIMBABWE T20I TRI-SERIES, 2025 New Zealand comfortably beat Zimbabwe the last time the two teams played © Getty Practice games are a rarity in modern day cricket, only reserved for World Cups and marquee tours but when New Zealand take on Zimbabwe in the final group game of the tri-series, it’s the closest thing they’ll get to a practice game. Having long made the final, the only quandary New Zealand face is whether they wish to use this game as an opportunity to experiment or to consolidate their combinations before they face South Africa on Saturday. So far, Zimbabwe have…
Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe “spiralled into depression” after losing his job as a batting coach in 2022, an inquest has heard.The 55-year-old died on the morning of August 4, 2024. His widow Amanda Thorpe later said he had taken his own life.An inquest at Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking on Wednesday heard Thorpe was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in 2018 and previously tried to take his own life in 2022.An incident involving a leaked video in Australia that year had left him “distraught”, the court was told.Mrs Thorpe said that up until 2020 there were no psychological issues…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Ben Stokes celebrates the wicket of Shubman Gill © Getty England’s persistent lines, and also some help in terms of movement, helped the hosts bag three wickets in the second session, having gone wicketless in the opening session. Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson and Ben Stokes got amongst the wickets, accounting for KL Rahul (46), Yashasvi Jaiswal (58) and Shubman Gill (12) respectively as India went into Tea on Day 1 of the Manchester Test at 149 for 3, with 71 runs coming in the session. The second session got underway with Jaiswal striking fours through…
A typically chaotic Rishabh Pant innings took top billing on day one of the fourth Test between England and India at Emirates Old Trafford, the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter ultimately retiring hurt with a concerning foot injury.Pant, having struck 37 off his first 47 balls with his usual array of audacious sweeps, reverses and charging of the England quicks, was struck on the boot by a Chris Woakes yorker to his 48th, the blow so painful that he had to be carted off. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player India batsman Rishabh Pant is forced to retire on…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistani cricketers have seen a notable dip in the latest ICC T20I rankings, mainly due to their underwhelming performances in the ongoing three-match series against Bangladesh in Mirpur, where Pakistan has already lost the first two matches. Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris suffered the biggest fall, dropping 20 places to 50th position with 514 rating points. Young opener Saim Ayub slipped three spots to 64th, while Hassan Nawaz, who struggled to make an impact, dropped 22 positions and now sits at 68th. Even experienced players not currently part of the squad faced ranking setbacks. Babar Azam and Mohammad…