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Play 01:24 Laxman: Pope looked assured right from the first ball India 191 and 43 for 0 (Rahul 22*, Rohit 20*) trail England 290 (Pope 81, Woakes 50, Yadav 3-76) by 56 runs Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes made their first Test fifties in a year to give England a 99-run first-innings lead at The

Report Chris Woakes leads England’s charge with ball, India under-par despite rapid fifty from Shardul Thakur England 53 for 3 (Malan 26*, Bumrah 2-15) trail India 191 (Thakur 57, Kohli 50, Woakes 4-55, Robinson 3-38) by 138 runs India were bowled out cheaply on the first day for the second Test in a row but

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from The Oval on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog It’s all square at The Oval! Who’s going to make strides towards a series lead? Joe Root‘s England or Virat Kohli‘s India? Follow it all on our live blog. For ball-by-ball commentary click here. For our coverage in Hindi

After three Tests, Joe Root is top of the England-India batting charts by a distance © Getty Images Joe Root‘s unstoppable run-making in the series against India has carried him to No. 1 in the ICC Test batting rankings, displacing Kane Williamson at the top. Root tops the Test batting rankings for the first time

News Allrounder offers calm perspective as he takes over role from absent Jos Buttler Joe Root has hailed Moeen Ali as a “natural leader” after his promotion to vice-captain of the England Test team. Root, the England captain, announced the news on the eve of the fourth LV= Insurance Test against India at the Kia

‘Once you get on a bit of a roll confidence is a massive part for me as well’ – Vince © Getty Images Grey skies and a green surface at the Ageas Bowl would have most County Championship batters sweating and fretting just two hours before the start of a day’s play. But James Vince

News World Cup winner, whose wife is American, had spoken of playing in the US if an opportunity arose Surrey and former England fast bowler Liam Plunkett will leave English cricket at the end of this season to play Major League Cricket in the United States. Surrey announced on Tuesday that Plunkett would leave the

News “Joe and I reflected on the Lord’s Test and thought about how we could get better,” says head coach It’s amazing how a few days can change things. After the Lord’s Test, the talk was of England’s longest winless streak at home in 30 years and how Joe Root had lost control in the

Chris Woakes appeals for the wicket of Fawad Alam © Getty Images England have recalled Chris Woakes to the Test squad to face India at The Oval, but Jos Buttler will miss the match due to the expected arrival of his second child. Sam Billings has been called up a wicketkeeper cover, with Jonny Bairstow

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from the third Test on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog Day four at Headingley, with Virat Kohli’s India resuming against Joe Root’s England. The visitors still trail by 139 runs. Can they produce another memorable comeback or will the hosts capitalise on their first-innings advantage? Get your updates

Day four at Headingley, with Virat Kohli’s India resuming against Joe Root’s England. The visitors still trail by 139 runs. Can they produce another memorable comeback or will the hosts capitalise on their first-innings advantage? Get your updates on ESPNcricinfo’s blog. All timestamps are local time. Ball-by-ball is commentary available here. And here’s our live

“Only through openness and transparency will racism in sport be eradicated” – Kevin Brennan © Getty Images Yorkshire’s reluctance to publish the report into allegations of institutional racism at the club have been branded “unacceptable” by a leading British member of parliament, Kevin Brennan, who has warned Yorkshire that “by suppressing this report’s findings” there

News “Not a single conversation has happened with Pujara regarding his form inside the dressing room” Cheteshwar Pujara was never under pressure from the Indian dressing room, Rohit Sharma has said. Coming with an average of 28 over the last two-and-a-half years, Pujara made his way to a breezy unbeaten 91 as India sought to

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from the third Test on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog England asserted their dominance on day two at Headingley. Will India be able to change the script change on day three? Follow out updates to find out. All timestamps are in local time. Click here for our ball-by-ball

News A powerful middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Dexter played 62 Tests, leading the side in 30 of those Ted Dexter, the former England captain, has died at the age of 86. A powerful middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Dexter played 62 Tests, leading the side in 30 of those, scoring 4502 runs and taking

England have turned the tide in this series and are looking to take complete control of the Headingley Test. Can India fight back? Follow our live updates to find out. All time stamps are in local time. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. (Please refresh your page for the latest)

England have turned the tide in this series and are looking to take complete control of the Headingley Test. Can India fight back? Follow our live updates to find out. All time stamps are in local time. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. (Please refresh your page for the latest)

Mohammed Siraj gestures to the fans © PA Images via Getty Images India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj had a ball thrown at him from the crowd, according to Rishabh Pant, which left the India captain Virat Kohli annoyed. It is not clear what kind of ball it was or if it was deliberately aimed to

News Wicketkeeper-batter admits India “could have applied ourselves better” but refuses to dwell on toss On a day that India were bowled out for 78 before conceding 120 for no loss, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was in no mood to look back at the decision to bat first at the toss. It is not what

News Injured fast bowler reiterates commitment to Test cricket despite recurrence of elbow injury Jofra Archer has admitted that a conversation with Tim Bresnan about his elbow injury made him feel nervous but he remains hopeful of a comeback in England’s Test series in the Caribbean in March 2022. Bresnan, the seam-bowling allrounder who was

News England’s likely No. 3 has proven international mettle but has only played four first-class games in two years Like many things in life, your perspective on Dawid Malan‘s recall to the England side probably depends on whether you are a glass half-full or a glass half-empty person. The glass half-full type will look at

James Anderson has a chat with Jasprit Bumrah after being given a thorough working over by him © PA Photos/Getty Images James Anderson has opened up about the mental battle India waged – and won – at Lord’s which sees them head into tomorrow’s third Test against England 1-0 up for the series. Speaking on

Preview Only once has an Indian team left an England tour having won more than a single Test match Big picture There was first the rattle. Followed by chaos. Then, for a little while, only silence. But now a rip-roaring, spine-tingling, expectation-defying Test series is ready to go again. India are clearly in the ascendancy.

News England captain “desperate” to make game more inclusive following allegations of racism at Yorkshire Joe Root says he is “desperate” to make the game more inclusive in light of Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism at Yorkshire. Rafiq accused Yorkshire of institutional racism resulting in an enquiry into the issue at the club. Last week,

News Wood sustained the injury while diving to save a boundary on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord’s Mark Wood has become the latest fast bowler ruled out of England’s third Test against India due to a jarred right shoulder. Wood sustained the injury while diving to save a boundary on the

Jos Buttler is England’s first choice wicketkeeper © AFP/Getty Images England’s wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler said he might skip the end-of-year Ashes tour over concerns about being apart from his family due to Australia’s Covid-19 restrictions. England will play the T20 World Cup in the UAE in October and November before heading to Australia, likely keeping

News Sibley dropped after passing 35 just once in his last 15 innings as Malan prepares for first Test in three years Dawid Malan has been recalled to England’s squad for the third LV= Insurance Test against India at Leeds and looks set to return to the side for the first time in three years.

Report Invincibles now have a two-point cushion over Superchargers and Rockets Oval Invincibles 107 for 2 (Adams 37*) beat London Spirit 103 for 9 (Beaumont 42, Knight 34) by eight wickets Oval Invincibles will play in Friday’s eliminator at their home ground unless they lose their final group game and other results go against them,

News The T20I double-headers and the three women’s ODIs have also been advanced by a day Rawalpindi will host the England men’s and women’s teams for the two T20I double-headers and the three women’s ODIs, instead of Karachi. The two double-headers have been advanced by a day, from October 14 and 15 to 13 and

News Fast bowler drafted in as cover after warm-up injury puts Broad’s place in jeopardy Saqib Mahmood has been called up as cover ahead of England’s second Test against India at Lord’s, starting on Thursday, after Stuart Broad sustained a calf injury that looks set to rule him out of what would have been his