Ton-up Pope pulls England into lead

Ollie Pope struck a defiant century to help England bounce back with a lead of 126 after their batting stutter against a persistent Indian attack in the opening Test on Saturday.

Watch: Flipping awesome celebration

Kevin Sinclair celebrated his first Test wicket with a cartwheel back-flip!

Black Caps’ best to face depleted Proteas

Star batsmen Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra have been named in the New Zealand squad for the two-match home Test series against an inexperienced Proteas side.

Rahul, Jadeja put India on top

KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja hit half-centuries to put India in command of the opening Test against England in Hyderabad.

Australia fight back to claim slight advantage

Australia took the late wicket of Tagenarine Chanderpaul to even the contest after a fascinating second day’s play in the second Test against the West Indies in Brisbane.

Watch: Windies suffer bad bail break

Shamar Joseph was denied Alex Carey’s wicket when the bail spun in its groove, but didn’t fall!

Jaiswal stars as India join ‘Bazball’ party

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal led India’s charging reply to England’s 246, which had been driven by captain Ben Stokes’ half-century on an all-attacking opening day of the first Test.

Hodge, Da Silva lead West Indies fightback

Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva put on 149 runs for the sixth wicket to lead a West Indies fightback against Australia on the first day of the second Test on Thursday.

‘Proteas not a second- or third-rate side’

Proteas coach Shukri Conrad insists a lack of Test experience is “galvanising” his side for the two-match series in New Zealand.

Watch: Proteas up for New Zealand challenge

Zubayr Hamza on his return to the Proteas Test squad and their upcoming two-match series in New Zealand.

Bashir granted India visa after delay row

England spinner Shoaib Bashir was finally granted a visa to enter India on Wednesday after initially being stopped from entering the country with the rest of Ben Stokes’ squad.

Stokes ‘devastated’ at Bashir visa row

England captain Ben Stokes hopes the visa issues that stopped teammate Shoaib Bashir from entering India for a five-Test series will be “quickly” resolved.

England pick four spinners for India opener

England have picked four spinners and one fast bowler with Tom Hartley set for his Test debut in the opening match against India starting on Thursday.

Covid-hit Aussies still expected to play

Australia have been hit by Covid-19 ahead of the second Test against the West Indies.

Bashir out of series opener due to visa row

Uncapped spinner Shoaib Bashir was effectively ruled out of the first Test of England’s tour of India on Tuesday after he was forced to return home to resolve visa issues.