India lost three wickets in the evening session but will feel they hold the upper hand having established a 237-run lead.
Bad light brought a premature close to play in the second Test at Galle on Saturday with the tourists 200 for four, having cut through the Sri Lanka tail in the morning session to establish […]
India may have gained the upper hand after dominating the third’s day play in Galle, but Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, believes his team is not yet out of the contest. Jayawardene made a determined 86 but Sri Lanka conceded a lead of 37 on the first innings before India, buoyed by another brisk […]
The fourth day of this gripping Test exploded into life as Andrew Flintoff’s rapid yorkers removed two key wickets and left the South African camp fuming. Neil McKenzie and Jacques Kallis lost sight of deliveries from the Pavilion End as the visitors reached 111 for 4 at tea, after being set 281 to clinch the […]
The Galle Test continued to amaze. The third day featured periods of heavy attrition, heavy artillery, then some attrition and some more artillery, and two wickets in two overs to cap it off. India managed to walk away with the honours, thanks to a special two-wicket over from Anil Kumble and fifties by Virender Sehwag […]
Kent’s hopes of a multi-million pound payday are over after it was confirmed they would not be invited to play in the new Twenty20 Champions League.
Initial plans were for both England’s Twenty20 Cup finalists to compete in the £3million event but organisers have taken a hard line against runners-up Kent, whose side featured players with […]
Shane Warne will lead Rajasthan Royals against his state side of Victoria in September’s T20 Champs League.
The stage is set for a spectacle as Shane Warne would be leading a young Indian side against a team where he honed his talent to become one of the finest exponents of leg spin bowling and a great […]
India are all set to set a challenging target for Sri Lanka on day four. Murali and Mendis may have other plans though.
STUMPS
And it’s official. That is the end of the day’s play. Much action and a lot of drama on day three of a Test match that promises to go down to the wire. […]
Heavy attrition was followed by heavy artillery in the first two sessions of play, and India walked away with the honours from both: Anil Kumble came up with a special two-wicket over ten minutes before lunch, and Virender Sehwag hurt Sri Lanka with a characteristic fifty - his first in a match in which he […]
South Africa’s coach, Mickey Arthur, admitted he was “very, very disappointed” with his team’s performance, on a day when their hopes of sealing an unassailable 2-0 series win, and with it their first triumph in England since 1965, were dented by Paul Collingwood’s gritty hundred and a typically flamboyant and momentum-seizing 94 from Kevin Pietersen.
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On a pulsating third day at Edgbaston, the character and determination with which Paul Collingwood clawed his way back into England’s Test team was fully revealed to a rapt and euphoric Birmingham crowd. His sixth Test century not only saved his Test career, it transformed the momentum of another epic series. As they trudged from […]