England vs India: Why Test series is the time for England to win under Ben Stokes & Brendon McCullum
For once, Stokes is not the biggest box-office draw. India’s Jasprit Bumrah is the leading cricketer on the planet right now, compiling a career that will stack up against any fast bowler to have played the game. How England survive his staccato approach and educated fingers will go a long way to deciding the series....
India’s Rishabh Pant says “emotion will be high” for his team and country in the first Test against England following the Air India plane crash last week. Read full article at source...
Speaking of Bumrah, there is perhaps no man on either side more capable of winning the series single-handedly than the India paceman. Pound for pound, Bumrah is the best cricketer in the world and compiling a career that will put him among the greatest fast bowlers. How England play, or survive, Bumrah may well determine...
Woakes, who has missed England’s past two Tests, has recovered from an ankle injury, while Carse will play his first home Test after overcoming a foot problem. Carse could be in line to share the new ball with Woakes, despite usually operating as a change bowler. The Durham man has opened the bowling on 16...
After months of grinding, Nair was keen to get back on the field but there was no cricket to play in India, so he decided to sign as an overseas player for Northamptonshire in England, a decision that proved pivotal. “Overseas players who come here with a point to prove, we usually get the best...
Elon Musk has obviously used THC, because we have all seen him smoking pot in a state where it is legal to do so. But the Pravda Media has been hyping the story that Elon has a whole pharmacopia of drugs, legal and illegal, and that he abuses them so much that it presented a...
South Africa’s World Test Championship triumph “stirred the emotions” of the country, but there is “still work to be done” on the format, says Proteas legend AB de Villiers. Temba Bavuma’s side beat Australia by five wickets in the Lord’s final last week to end the country’s 27-year wait for a men’s global title. The...
Woakes is returning from an ankle problem he first felt at the end of England’s tour of New Zealand in December. He says it might have been down to a switch in the boots he was wearing, which he has now changed back. To go straight into the England XI is a contrast to much...
Getty Images Gill will be judged on both his performance and his ability to lead a team in transition A young and untested Indian Test side, led by debutant captain Shubman Gill, begins its toughest examination yet this week: a five-match series in England, starting at Headingley. It marks the start of the fourth World...
Let’s start with the most impressive of all Gill stats: he has the second-best one-day international batting average of all time (59), sandwiched between the Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate (67), who is on the India coaching staff for this tour, and Kohli (58) himself. Maybe it’s unfair to draw comparisons in Test cricket just yet,...
Nepal qualified for last year’s T20 World Cup and came within a whisker of beating South Africa, who went on to reach the final. Under the guidance of new coach Stuart Law they are bidding to reach both the 2026 T20 World Cup and the 50-over version in 2027 and are currently in Glasgow for...
When Bavuma walked into the post-match news conference and carefully placed the glittering mace – the prize awarded to the WTC winners – down on the table in front of him, the significance of the moment was not lost. It is more than three decades since South Africa’s cricketers were readmitted to the international fold...
South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj reacts to his country winning their first major global title in 27 years in a teary interview with Graeme Smith. MATCH REPORT: South Africa crowned Test champions for first major title in 27 years Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Watch the emotional moment Kyle Verreynne hits a boundary to secure ICC World Test Championship victory against Australia, South Africa’s first global title since winning the 1998 Champions Trophy. MATCH REPORT: South Africa crowned Test champions for first major title in 27 years Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Well-oiled South African fans had filtered out of Lord’s yesterday evening buoyantly going through their repertoire of songs after a blissful day of batting. They shuffled through the gates on the fourth day decidedly more sombre, with the sobering reality there was still 69 runs to get. Ashwell Prince, South Africa’s batting coach, acknowledged getting...