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News Analysis Devon Conway’s seamless elevation brought the first half-century of the final It took until 6pm on the third day at Southampton for the first fifty of the World Test Championship final to be posted, and not entirely surprisingly – even in a contest featuring a handful of the most iconic batters of the

Deepti Sharma‘s failed slog-sweep at the stroke of lunch on day four was just the kind of cautionary tale Smriti Mandhana had bemoaned a day earlier, after she, herself “threw” her wicket away in the same innings, at the same juncture. Sharma’s wicket in the last over of the opening session triggered a second collapse

Take two. Are you ready for the Ultimate Test? Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand will be itching to get on the field and get this World Test Championship final underway, after all the rain on day one. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for

Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Take two. Are you ready for the Ultimate Test? Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand will be itching to get on the field and get this World Test Championship final underway, after all the rain on

News Spinner says “whoever breaks first will lose battle” ahead of final day Sophie Ecclestone is relishing the battle with Shafali Verma as England and India prepare to face off on the final day of their one-off Test in Bristol. Ecclestone, England’s left-arm spinner and the No. 1-ranked T20I bowler in the world, added three

News “Cricket administrators must collaborate if cricket is to survive the risks and costs of Covid-19,” says Ricky Skerritt In a shot in the arm for the BCCI and the IPL, the dates for the 2021 edition of the CPL have been revised; it will now be played in St Kitts and Nevis between August

News The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitration order won by the former IPL franchise The BCCI has been relieved of paying up INR 4816 crore (USD 642 million approx) after the Bombay High court set aside the arbitration award won by Deccan Chronicle Holdings (DCHL), the promoter of the former IPL franchise Deccan

News Azharuddin is a mentor for the Dubai-based T10 team Northern Warriors, which the HCA claims has not been disclosed The apex council of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has “suspended” its own president, former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, for alleged violation of its constitution and conflicts of interest. However, the validity of the suspension

News That also means India have only five specialist batters in the line-up, followed by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant India will field two spinners at the WTC final, naming both Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin in their XI on the eve of the match that gets underway in Southampton on June 18. In all, Virat Kohli

News “Test cricket needs to survive, and a WTC format helps where every Test, every series is important” The absence of a proper warm-up fixture for India in the lead-up to the WTC final is a “bit of a disadvantage”, but the team is happy just being able to play cricket in a pandemic-hit world,

News India vice-captain not feeling the pressure over his batting stats in England or India’s Test record in Southampton India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has said ahead of the WTC final that he’s not fazed by the criticism around his batting returns. Rahane is India’s highest scorer in this WTC cycle, with 1095 runs at 43.80,

News “Whichever opportunity I get to be back at the ground, I will be really eager for that” Mumbai-based left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan has been cleared by the BCCI to resume playing professional cricket after he received a revocation letter from the board that confirmed his ban – originally for life – had been reduced

News Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul left out India’s opening combination for the WTC final against New Zealand has possibly been finalised, with Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma the only regular opening batters in the final 15, named on Tuesday evening. Hanuma Vihari, who India have often turned to

News “Maybe in the coming years it might also lead to a World Test Championship [for women]. You never know.” Mithali Raj believes India Women’s return to Test cricket after a gap of nearly seven years could pave the way for multi-format, points-based bilateral series becoming a regular feature on the women’s cricket calendar. This,

Play 02:43 ‘Because of the struggles of past Indian women’s cricketers, we have this opportunity’ – Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur believes that a lack of adequate game time in the longest format in the lead-up to India Women’s return to Test cricket after nearly seven years can be offset in some measure by cultivating a

News Runners-up to get USD 800,000; the teams will split the prize money in case there isn’t a result The winners of the India vs New Zealand World Test Championship (WTC) final will take home USD 1.6 million, as well as the Test Championship Mace, while the losing team will get USD 800,000, the ICC

News First series win in England since 1999 was firm focus, says vice-captain New Zealand’s series win in England is their first since 1999 and they have an opportunity to add the inaugural World Test Championship title next week when they play India at the Ageas Bowl. Which is the bigger prize? “Both sounds pretty

News India spinner also thinks New Zealand will come into WTC final ‘with an advantage’, having played England in England in the lead-in A week before the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton, India offspinner R Ashwin has suggested that one of the tournament’s potential evolutions could be that teams play the bilateral

News “The idea is for them to get exposure in England,” BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal says The BCCI has said the participation of its top women players in The Hundred in England will give them much needed experience and exposure to elite opposition ahead of the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand next year.

News “I have to make sure I am fit to be able to bowl and if I bowl, that brings balance to the Indian side” Hardik Pandya is upbeat about returning to full swing with the ball for the T20 World Cup in October and wants to make sure “I bowl in all the games.”

News They will be tested regularly before departing for Colombo on June 28 The second-string Indian squad for the Sri Lanka series will assemble in Mumbai from June 14 to undergo a two-week quarantine. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that the members of the Indian contingent have been asked to take a Covid-19 test before they reach

The year 2021 has given Chetan Sakariya some of his most cherished memories. But it has also taken away the pillars of his life. In February, his younger brother died by suicide days before the IPL auction. In May, soon after Sakariya impressed in his maiden stint with the Rajasthan Royals, he saw his father

News Bhuvneshwar Kumar named vice-captain, Chetan Sakariya and Nitish Rana among new faces in the mix Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham and Chetan Sakariya have all received maiden call-ups to the national team, figuring in the 20-man India squad for the white-ball series in Sri Lanka, scheduled for July. The second-string squad

News Shastri and Kohli believe the upcoming one-off final final won’t change what India have done over the last few years India believe the World Test Championship should be decided in a best-of-three series, a fitting finale after two years of hard work around the world. The inaugural WTC final is a one-off Test between

News “You’re literally going to the ground and coming back to the room, and you don’t have a space where you can just disconnect from the game” Virat Kohli believes that mental health management will become “a norm of the future” alongside the physical workload management that is already prevalent in cricket. The India captain

Amol Muzumdar scored 11,167 first-class runs at an average of 48.13 © Hindustan Times via Getty Images Getting Mumbai “back on track in the red-ball format” is at the front of Amol Muzumdar‘s mind as he takes over as the team’s head coach ahead of the yet-to-be-announced domestic season. Mumbai, the 41-time Ranji Trophy champions,

News The tournament is scheduled between mid-October and November 14 in India, subject to the BCCI fulfilling various obligations The ICC has given BCCI until June 28 to decide about hosting T20 World Cup. The ICC board is also believed to have agreed that the governing body should simultaneously step up its preparations vis-à-vis UAE

News Discussions to be held around discuss IPL bio-bubble norms, crowds, hosting of the ICC event among other things BCCI’s top brass, led by board secretary Jay Shah, reached Dubai via a charter flight on Monday to finalise plans for the remainder of the 2021 IPL as well as discuss the probability of the UAE

News The first stop is the Caribbean where he’ll play in the upcoming CPL for the Barbados Tridents Smit Patel, an Under-19 World Cup winner with India in 2012, has officially retired from all forms of cricket under the BCCI’s ambit to pursue his American dream. This also makes him eligible to play in franchise

News ‘When it comes to playing for India, it’s like serving your country, so personal issues, I don’t really give any weightage’ Mithali Raj, India Women’s Test and ODI captain, insists there’s no bitterness with head coach Ramesh Powar and that they have “moved on” from a public fallout in the aftermath of India’s semi-final