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News Updates, analysis and colour from the second day of the third Test Welcome to day two of our live report of the third India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page

Report India see clean through the optics to dominate England on opening day / night Stumps: India 99 for 3 (Rohit 57*, Rahane 1*) trail England 112 (Crawley 53, Patel 6-38) by 13 runs What do you see when you look at a pink ball? As Joe Root had indicated on the eve of the

News Batsman insists a lead of 100-150 could be defendable in fourth innings on tricky pitch Zak Crawley has insisted the third Test is “nowhere near over” despite England being bowled out cheaply in their first innings. Crawley, the one England batsman to shine amid another grim performance, believes batting last on this Ahmedabad surface

News Updates, analysis and colour from the first day of the third Test Welcome to day one of our live report of the third India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page

News Heaps praise on the India quick’s complete “commitment and attention to Test cricket” over the shorter formats Virat Kohli kicked his sleeping room-mate, Ishant Sharma, out of the bed to inform him he had been selected for India 15 or so years ago. Things haven’t changed that much over time. To Ishant, the Ahmedabad

Lateral flow tests and vaccination certificates could be used to accelerate the return of spectators to cricket, according to Lancashire chief executive, Daniel Gidney. While Gidney celebrates the recent roadmap out of lockdown as “the best news” he’s had “in a very, very long time”, he hopes the game can find a way to work

News “Very happy to see him enjoy his bowling over the last four-five years and really become that stalwart of the Indian fast-bowling group” Virat Kohli kicked his sleeping room-mate, Ishant Sharma, out of the bed to inform him he had been selected for India. That was 15-odd years ago. Things haven’t changed much over

Joe Root believes a seam-orientated third Test could prove to be to England’s advantage and leaves them in “a great position” at the halfway stage of the series. While Root, England’s captain, was adamant the pitch in Ahmedabad would provide assistance to spin bowlers at some stage, he also suggested the fact that the game

Relief and cautious optimism appear to be the dominant reactions from around the English game, after Boris Johnson announced the UK’s intended roadmap out of lockdown. With Prime Minister Johnson outlining his intention to lift all restrictions on social contact from June 21, English cricket can look forward to the realistic prospect of full-house crowds

News Fast bowler says he would have got to 100 even if was playing all formats – but maybe not this quickly It is easy to forget that Ishant Sharma, who will play his 100th Test this Wednesday, is only 32 years old. He has seen a lot of ups and downs at such a

Reverse-swing was a key factor in England’s victory in the first Test of their series in India, but James Anderson does not expect it to play much of a role under the Ahmedabad floodlights in Wednesday’s third Test. Anderson missed England’s 317-run defeat in the second Test, with the team’s management opting to rotate him

News Difficulties against Lasith Embuldeniya have not prompted England batsman to make changes Four Tests into England’s six-match subcontinental winter, it’s fair to say things could have gone more smoothly for Zak Crawley. A difficult baptism to the prevailing conditions in Sri Lanka, where Crawley made scores of 9, 8, 5 and 13, was followed

Cheteshwar Pujara isn’t ruling out the possibility of a short county stint this summer, as preparation for India’s tour of England in August, while also insisting he’s keen to prove himself in the shortest format after finding an IPL team in Chennai Super Kings after a gap of seven years. Pujara was picked up at

Mark Wood has backed the ECB’s policy of resting and rotating England players throughout their lengthy winter tour of the subcontinent, despite a much-changed side falling to defeat in the second Test in Chennai and subsequent criticism about the handling of Moeen Ali’s departure from the squad. Wood has just completed his period in quarantine

News Kumar Sangakkara says agreement with ECB means Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will play “whole tournament” Kumar Sangakkara says that Rajasthan Royals are confident of getting first refusal on the availability of England’s trio of star players – Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler – during this year’s IPL, even if

Alex Hales says that his axing from England’s World Cup squad on the eve of their triumphant campaign in 2019 was a “sickening” experience, but insists he is in a better headspace two years on from the incident, and is still determined to earn a shot at international redemption after establishing himself as one of

News Immediate return to tournament for allrounder after he was released by RCB last year Moeen Ali has ended a difficult week in India on an unequivocal high, after being picked up for Rs 7 crore (US$959,000) by Chennai Super Kings at the IPL auction. The price tag is almost four times the figure that

News Allrounder will fly out along with white-ball players ahead of next month’s T20I series Sam Curran has been ruled out of the remainder of England’s Test series in India due to the logistical difficulties of travelling solo during the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead he will now rejoin the squad on February 26, midway through the

Mark Wood and Jonny Bairstow have returned to the England squad after missing the first two Tests © Getty Images Jonny Bairstow believes that the contract status of England’s white-ball cricketers makes them fair game for lucrative deals on the T20 franchise circuit, after Moeen Ali capped a difficult week on the Test front with

News Coach responds to prospect of Test stars missing NZ series to play in IPL Chris Silverwood has insisted Test cricket remains a priority for England, and that their ongoing rotation policy is more a reflection of the length of Test tours than a desire to maximise the players’ white-ball opportunities. While England are unlikely

News Briggs, whose last T20I came in 2014, joins Will Jacks and Tom Helm as non-travelling reserves Danny Briggs has moved a step closer to an international recall more than seven years after he last represented England. Briggs, the left-arm spinner, is the highest wicket-taker in the history of English domestic T20 cricket but played

Mark Wood has withdrawn from the IPL auction © Getty Images Mark Wood has withdrawn his name from the IPL’s longlist on the eve of Wednesday’s player auction. It is understood that franchises were told at a briefing in Chennai on Wednesday that Wood had decided to pull out of the auction in order to

News IPL-bound players might miss a part or the whole of the home games against Bangladesh too New Zealand Cricket will allow its cricketers to participate in the 2021 edition for as long as they need to, even if it means that some of them miss the end of the New Zealand home season and

Welcome to day four of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 12.35pm: And that’s a wrap

Joe Root has urged England to learn their lessons quickly following a chastening defeat in the second Test against India in Chennai. England collapsed to 164 all out in their second innings shortly after lunch on day four, as India wrapped up a crushing 317-run victory, their largest win by runs in Tests between the

News Joe Root confirms that allrounder will miss final two Tests after quarantine-blighted campaign Joe Root has confirmed that Moeen Ali is to leave England’s Test tour of India. While Moeen is expected to return for the white-ball section of the tour, he will not be available for the final two Tests of the series.

Welcome to day three of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 5.00pm: Stumps England 134 and

Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the first day of the second Test Welcome to day three of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please

Welcome to day two of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 4.30pm: Stumps India 329 and

Ben Foakes said that conditions in Chennai were “obviously extremely tough, and probably not going to get any easier” after keeping wicket for 113.5 overs and batting for nearly two hours across the first two days of England’s second Test against India. With Jos Buttler at home in the UK as part of the ECB’s