Tag: test match
Australia crush Sri Lanka inside three days in Brisbane
BRISBANE: Pat Cummins took a career-best 6-23 to help Australia crush Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs inside three days in the...
Windies captain Holder makes double ton to put England on ropes
West Indies captain Jason Holder and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich recorded the highest unbeaten seventh-innings partnership in Test history as the hosts put England on...
India reverse Ashwin decision, injured Ishant misses out
SYDNEY: India reversed an earlier decision about the availability of Ravichandran Ashwin for the fourth and final test against Australia and named the off-spinner...
Australia level India series with first Test win since tampering scandal
PERTH: Australia beat India by 146 runs in Perth Tuesday to level the series with their first Test win since the ball-tampering ´sandpapergate´ scandal...
Ashwin, Shami leave Australia limping
Australia 235 and 4 for 104 (Marsh 31*, Shami 2-15, Ashwin 2-44) need another 219 runs to beat India 250 and 307 (Pujara 71, Rahane 70, Lyon...
Under-fire Sarfraz Ahmed sees possibility of giving up captaincy
ABU DHABI: Fresh after a second home-series defeat in two seasons, and with a daunting series in South Africa to come, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has...
Rohit, Vihari to battle for India spot in first test
ADELAIDE: India selectors are expected to choose between specialist batsman Rohit Sharma and all-rounder Hanuma Vihari for the series-opening test against Australia in Adelaide...
Never a dull moment: Australia-India test series set to go
SYDNEY: One team has one of its star players sidelined with an ankle injury, and he'll miss the first test beginning Thursday at the...
West Indies crumble against spin after Bangladesh rack up 508
West Indies 75 for 5 (Hetmyer 32*, Mehidy 3-36) trail Bangladesh 508 (Mahmudullah 136, Shakib 80) by 433 runs
DHAKA: After keeping West Indies on the field for...
England claim landmark Test series sweep in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Skipper Joe Root hailed England's "complete team-effort" Monday after his team sealed a tense victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final Test...
England close in on whitewash win over Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: In a day of sublime and ridiculous cricket, Jos Buttler halted a batting collapse while Moeen Ali claimed key wickets Sunday to keep England...
Rashid’s five-for orchestrates Sri Lanka collapse
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka threw away a decent position in the final Test against England on Saturday, collapsing from 183 for 2 at tea to 240...
Mominul ton propels Bangladesh in West Indies Test
CHITTAGONG: Mominul Haque struck an unbeaten century for Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies in Chittagong.
Mominul was...
Karunaratne leads Sri Lanka recovery after Leach triple-strike
PALLEKELE: Opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne struck an unbeaten half-century to lead Sri Lanka’s recovery after three early wickets from England left-arm spinner Jack Leach...
Curran, Buttler save England against Sri Lanka spin
KANDY: Sri Lanka's spinners claimed some big-name England wickets on the first day of the second Test on Wednesday before Jos Buttler and Sam Curran...
Joe Root wants England to build on rare road win
GALLE: England skipper Joe Root is hoping the drought-snapping test victory over Sri Lanka on Friday will prove just the start of a run...
Rangana Herath to retire after first England Test
COLOMBO: Rangana Herath, the most-successful left-arm bowler in Test history, will retire after the first Test in Galle, having told the selectors that he...
