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New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship in Southampton as a “special feeling”, but would not go as far as calling it the biggest day in the history of New Zealand cricket. “Certainly is a very special feeling. A couple of close ones and then to get one [final

Play 03:08 Manjrekar: ‘This team has more world-class players than any NZ team previously’ Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted it was difficult to believe that the team would end their run of near-misses in world events on the final day against India in Southampton while Sir Richard Hadlee lauded the current generation

News India captain acknowledges NZ were better side but says great Tests come in series Virat Kohli, India’s captain, admitted that New Zealand are the deserving winners of the inaugural World Test Championship, but has called for future editions of the tournament – which is contested over a two-year cycle – to be decided in

Report New Zealand’s last five wickets added 114 compared to India’s 61, and proved to be the difference A defensive masterclass from Kane Williamson all but eliminated a defeat for New Zealand in the World Test Championship final, but India were resolute in the session they got to bat, losing just the two wickets and

Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day four of the World Test Championship final, and Virat Kohli’s India need to play a bit of catch up with Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – if the weather allows. A recap of day three. Stay tuned for

Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. Those in the US can watch

Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest.

News Indications are both teams aren’t tweaking plans yet, given they still have five days available to them, but India will take a call on their XI ‘if needed’ at toss time India’s XI for the World Test Championship final has been chosen to “take the pitch and conditions out of the equation”, according to

Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Gear up for the Ultimate Test. It’s Virat Kohli’s India taking on Kane Williamson’s New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship, in Southampton. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the

Big picture Imagine that the guardians of Test cricket, in a bid to assess the future health of the grand old game, dispatch a delegate from its golden age through time and space to watch the inaugural World Test Championship final of 2021. You can take your pick as to when that golden era might

Play 00:52 Five batters and two spinners? Aakash Chopra’s India XI for WTC final VVS Laxman has offered two tips to Rohit Sharma ahead of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand starting Friday: know where your off stump is to leave the ball outside off and don’t take the left leg across too

News Daryl Mitchell, Doug Bracewell, Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra also left out Ajaz Patel‘s impressive performance against England at Edgbaston has earned him the spin-bowling position ahead of Mitchell Santner in New Zealand’s final 15-player squad for the World Test Championship final. Daryl Mitchell, who also played in the second Test, is another to

News “Everyone backs everyone, it doesn’t matter which XI is playing” On a high after their emphatic series win at Edgbaston on Sunday, New Zealand will now have plenty of selection headaches to deal with for the World Test Championship final against India starting June 18 in Southampton. With a combination of injuries and their

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Play 01:44 ‘Frustated’ England ask if soft signal is necessary after Conway’s reprieve Stuart Broad has called for the ICC to “do away with” the soft signal following a controversial moment on the second day of the LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston. Broad was convinced that Devon Conway had been caught at

News Fast bowler says simulating game fitness by playing a Test is much better compared to preparing in the nets Trent Boult wasn’t expecting to play the ongoing second Test at Edgbaston “initially” but hopes that bowling against England compared to preparing in the nets will put him in “good stead” for the World Test

Welcome to day two of our live report of the second Test between England and New Zealand from Edgbaston. 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

By the time Zak Crawley completed his epic 267 at the Ageas Bowl last August, it appeared England had found a young player of significant ability. It wasn’t just the size of the innings that impressed. It was the range of stroke, the assured way he dealt with periods of pressure and the timing that

News Captain hopes that fans can inspire team after criticism for negativity at Lord’s Joe Root, England’s captain, hopes that the return of a near-capacity crowd for the second Test at Edgbaston can inspire his players to find their inner “showman”, and scotch suggestions that they are a negative team, in the wake of their

Adam Milne played for Kent in the Blast between 2017 and 2019 © Getty Images Kent have signed Adam Milne, the New Zealand pace bowler, as a replacement for Mohammad Amir, whose Pakistan Super League commitments will prevent him from appearing in the Vitality Blast. Amir had been due to play for Kent in the

News Mitchell Santner, meanwhile, has been ruled out of the next game with a finger injury New Zealand spin-bowling allrounder Mitchell Santner has been sidelined from the Edgbaston Test with a finger injury. His captain Kane Williamson is also under an injury cloud, having sustained an elbow niggle ahead of the second Test, which starts

News The allrounder is now back with the New Zealand squad and has no plans to ditch the captaincy New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has opened up on her decision to take a break from the game at the end of last season, with her fatigue having reached a point where she did not feel

News Boult is out of isolation “three or four days earlier than expected,” coach Gary Stead says Trent Boult is firming as a chance to play the second Test against England at Edgbaston starting June 10, having previously only been inked in for the World Test Championship final against India. Boult joined the New Zealand

News The visitors made a very positive declaration on the final day but the pitch did not deteriorate as expected New Zealand were left to rue a day lost to rain as their attempts to engineer victory came up short at Lord’s, but captain Kane Williamson praised the “superb cricket” played by his team after

News Southee picked up five of the eight England wickets to fall on the fourth day Tim Southee said New Zealand had not given up on the possibility of forcing victory at Lord’s, despite a day being lost to rain. The visiting side have made the running in the first Test, with Southee’s six-wicket haul

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News Having waited so long for Test debut, opener etches his name on away room board at first attempt Devon Conway has had to wait a long time for his chance in Test cricket. He moved from his native South Africa in his mid-20s to try to establish himself in a new country, then had