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Welcome to day one 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 Stumps – India 300 for

NSW are set to host Victoria in a one-day game at the North Sydney Oval, before a Shield match between the sides at the SCG Darrian Traynor / © Getty Images Victoria’s squad for one-day and Sheffield Shield fixtures against New South Wales in Sydney will be travelling north on Sunday morning after agreement was

Malhotra will be in charge of game development and operations © BCCI Delhi Capitals CEO Dhiraj Malhotra will replace Saba Karim as the BCCI’s General Manager. He will be in charge of game development and operations. Malhotra, who has been in the cricket industry for more than two decades, has also held senior positions at

News Left-arm wristspinner Jake Lintott signs first professional contract at Warwickshire, aged 27 Leicestershire have announced the signing of Naveen-ul-Haq, the Afghanistan seamer, as an overseas player for the T20 Blast. Naveen, 21, has quickly developed a reputation as one of the game’s best young death bowlers, with an array of slower balls and an

Fantasy Tips Fantasy suggestions for the second Test in Chennai Feb 13: India vs England, 2nd Test, Chennai Pro Tip: Joe Root and Virat Kohli were the best batsmen in the first and second innings respectively of the series opener, played at this very venue. So, give them a high priority for this game too.

News Bangladesh are likely to leave for New Zealand on February 24, nine days after the Dhaka Test ends Shakib Al Hasan will miss Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand later this month as the BCB granted him paternity leave for the duration of the entire tour. According to BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, board

Liam Livingstone has been recalled to England’s T20I squad for their five-match series against India next month, but Alex Hales remains out of favour for the foreseeable, in spite of his stellar returns for Sydney Thunder in the recent Big Bash. With the next T20 World Cup due to be staged in India in October

News Former India opener says it’s “sad” that he has to take the step to deny the “baseless” allegations A day after resigning as Uttarakhand head coach because of “interference in team selection”, former India opener Wasim Jaffer has denied allegations – reportedly levelled against him by senior officials of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU)

News Off-spinner produced an up and down performance in first Test Chris Silverwood insists he is “not worried” about Dom Bess, despite an up and down performance from the off-spinner in the first Test in Chennai. Bess claimed five wickets in the match and contributed 59 with the bat across the two innings. But he

News Formal announcements to be made once tour dates are confirmed by the boards Following news that Australia will tour Bangladesh ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury has said that they will also host England and New Zealand. He, however, said that formal announcements will only be made once

News The decision to promote Cummins to the captaincy of the 50-over side came following discussions by the Board of Cricket NSW Australia’s vice-captain Pat Cummins will get his first taste of captaincy in professional cricket as he was named New South Wales captain for the upcoming Marsh Cup. The decision to promote Cummins to

News Appointment comes just days before Vijay Hazare Trophy after wrangling between CIC and MCA A day before the squad is picked for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, Mumbai have appointed a new head coach in former allrounder Ramesh Powar. Powar, the former Mumbai and India offspinner, replaces former Mumbai batsman Amit Pagnis,

News “We’ve executed the gameplan brilliantly and to finish in the manner we have done today is really pleasing” Joe Root has hailed the work ethic of his England side while warning that they must continue to improve after taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series in Chennai. England enjoyed a “fantastic five days”

News The team’s head coach said their poor fielding cost them about 150 runs in the second Test alone South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has identified lack of mental application and diminished match awareness as the two main reasons for the poor batting and fielding that led to the Test team’s 2-0 defeat in

CSA has written to the ICC asking it to consider means of redress for less wealthy nations to make up for financial losses when tours do not take place as scheduled. The communication came as a response to Cricket Australia’s decision to indefinitely postpone a three-Test series that was due to be played in South

Report Opener and Temba Bavuma add 84 for unbroken fourth-wicket stand after Hasan Ali’s double-strike Lunch South Africa 201 and 219 for 3 (Markram 100*, Bavuma 44*, Hasan 2-46) trail Pakistan 272 and 298 (Rizwan 115*, Linde 5-54) by 151 runs Aiden Markram scored his fifth Test century, and first since March 2018, to keep

News CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match press conference One of the many people watching Kyle Mayers bat on his dream Test debut was his father Shirley Clarke, who was up all of Sunday night following the match in Chattogram. As a special surprise, CWI

News Bangladesh captain rues absence of Shakib, concedes spinners could have bowled better lengths Ramifications, analysis and criticism will be the predictable aftermath of Bangladesh’s three-wicket loss against West Indies in the Chattogram Test. But at the forefront of Bangladesh failing to defend a target of 395 in the fourth innings was the lengths bowled