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  The Indian women’s Cricket Team will take on England in one-off historic Test match on England soil after a gap of 7 years to be played at Bristol from 16 th June onwards. A total of 140 Test matches have been played so far. The first women’s Test match was played between England and Australia in December 1934 contested in a three-day. The match between Indian women and England women will be a four-day contest hoping to see a cracking contest. Under the captaincy of Mithali Raj, the Indian women defeated strong England by six wickets in the one-off Test match played at Wormsley. It was a historic moment for Indian cricket as they registered their first win on England soil. With the experience of Mithali Raj, the Indian women’s team would be looking to replicate their success of 2014. India played their first Test match in women’s cricket in 1976. Since then, they have played a total of 36 matches, with only 5 wins, 6 losses, and 25 drawn matches. Under the captaincy of M...

  The Indian women’s team will take on the mighty Australian women’s team in a 3 matches ODI, T20Is, and historic pink-ball Day-night Test match. After playing a Test against England in June, the Indian women’s team would be playing their first day-night fixture to be played at WACA Stadium, Perth. It promises to be an exciting series as the Australian team would look to dominate India in their own conditions. The series would start on 19 th September and finish on 11 th October 2021. The top two cricketing teams in the world would be looking to showcase their skills in all formats. The last time, the Indian women’s team played a Test match on Australian soil was 2006. There are some top-quality on both sides and hope to see lots of crowds on the ground. The Indian team will be looking to put their best foot forward in the day-night Test match against a strong Australian unit at WACA, Perth known for its pace and bounce. On the other hand, the Australian women’s team played...

  It was a great day for two New Zealand players who showed their abilities one with the bat and one with the ball. They displayed their skills and decimated the opposition making sure that they created a major impact on the match. Brendon McCullum smashed the fastest century in Test matches Playing his last international match for New Zealand, Brendon McCullum broke the record of the fastest Test century. He achieved this feat during the opening day of the 2 nd Test match played at Christchurch on 20 th February 2015. Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to field first. Brendon McCullum came at the crease with New Zealand struggling at 32 for 3. He led from the front and blasted away the Australian bowlers creating pressure with great hitting. McCullum reached his fifty off 34 balls while wickets were falling on the other end. McCullum upped the ante and kept piling the pressure with his hitting. After being reduced to 74 for 4, Kiwis captain McCullum ...

  South Africa produced a memorable chase on the final day of the 1 st Test match against the mighty Australian team played at WACA Stadium, Perth on 21 st December 2008. Chasing 414 runs to win, South Africa lost an early wicket of Neil Mckenzie cheaply. South African captain Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla steadied the innings for the visitors putting on 153 runs for the 2 nd wicket to lay a strong foundation. It was a great performance by South African batsmen like AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis who helped end day 4 on 227 for 3. The overnight batsmen Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers kept on ticking the scoreboard putting pressure on the Australian bowlers. It was a superb batting effort by both Proteas batsmen as Smith scored a superb century laying a strong foundation. Jacques Kallis's innings came to an end as Mitchell Johnson dismissed him. Amla and de Villiers added 124 runs for the 4 th wicket. de Villiers completed his fifty off 92 balls making life tough to keep...

  One of the best players in this generation, Kane Williamson posted his highest individual score in Test matches during the 2 nd day of the 1 st Test match played against West Indies at Seddon Park, Hamilton on Friday. West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and decided to field first on a green pitch. Will Young making his Test debut was dismissed cheaply by Gabriel. Kane Williamson looked impressive with stroke play and left the ball against a four-man pace attack including Roach, Holder, Gabriel, and Joseph. Williamson made the batting look easy and kept the scoreboard ticking along with Tom Latham. After the first session was washed out due to rain, the Kiwis captain showed his class. At the tea break, Kiwis scored 99 for 1. Williamson and Latham kept the momentum going for the hosts hitting boundaries at will. Latham reached his fifty-first off 126 balls while Williamson completed his half-century off 134 balls.   The things looked impressive for Kiwis as b...

  One of the best batsmen in the limited-overs format, Rohit Sharma got a chance to open the innings and redeem himself during the 1 st Test match against South Africa played at Vizag on 6 th October 2019. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal struggled initially against Philander and Kagiso Rabada. The Indian openers scored 37 in the first hour. Rohit took the attack to South African spinners and kept the scoreboard ticking and completed his fifty off 84 balls. India went into the lunch break at 91 for 0. After the lunch break, Rohit and Mayank continued to dominate the South African bowlers. Mayank also completed his fifty off 114 balls. It was an aggressive display of batting by Rohit who decimated the South African bowling to complete his century off 154 balls. India went into the tea break in a commanding position at 202 for 0. There was no play possible after the break due to heavy rains. The second day saw R...

  The Zimbabwean Cricket Team registered a stunning win over Pakistan in the second Test match played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on 14 th September 2013. Setting a target of 264 runs to win, Zimbabwe reduced Pakistan to 158 for 5 at the end of day 4. It was an ideal start for the hosts as Tendai Chatara got rid of Adnan Akmal to leave Pakistan on the brink. Misbah UL Haq and Abdur Rahman played with intent putting pressure on Zimbabwe bowlers. Panyangara made an important breakthrough for Zimbabwe dismissing Rahman. Misbah UL Haq took the responsibility of positive stroke play and kept Pakistan's hopes alive. Saeed Ajmal faced lots of deliveries as Misbah hitting lovely strokes. Chatara got the important breakthrough getting the wicket of Saeed Ajmal. Misbah UL Haq remained calm and reached his fifty off 142 balls. Pakistan went into the lunch break at 217 for 8. After the break, Misbah hit some lovely strokes to put pressure on the Zimbabwe bowlers. Junaid Khan's res...

  It was a remarkable day as Afghanistan registered a stunning win over Bangladesh in the one-off Test match played at Zahur Chaudhary Stadium, Chattrgroam on 9 th September 2019.   Setting the target of 398 runs in the 2 nd innings, Afghanistan reduced Bangladesh to 136 for 6 at the end of day 4. It was a perfect start for the visitors as Zahir Khan got the wicket of Shakib AL Hasan to leave Afghanistan on the brink of a famous win. Rashid Khan produced the magic by taking the wickets of Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam and dismissed Soumya Sarkar to give Afghanistan a famous 224 runs win. Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first on the first day. It was not an ideal start for the visitors as they lost 3 early wickets of Zadran, Ihansullah, and Shahidi. Rahmat Shah and Asghar Afghan steadied the innings for Afghanistan putting on 120 runs for the 4 th wicket. Afsar Zazai and Asghar Afghan partnership ensured that the visitors end the first day in a strong position a...

  The backbone of the Indian bowling line up in limited-overs format, Jasprit Bumrah was at his best as proved his mettle by grabbing his 2 nd five-wicket haul in Test matches. He achieved this remarkable feat during the 4 th day of the 3 rd Test match against England played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 22 nd August 2018. After losing the first two Test matches in the series, Virat Kohli led side came back strongly at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to field first on a tough wicket. Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul started off brightly putting on 60 runs for the opening wicket. The Indian team lost 3 quick wickets including the openers and Pujara. India went into the lunch break at 82 for 3. Ajiyanka Rahane and Virat Kohli rescued the innings for India put on 159 runs for the 4 th wicket to put visitors back into the game. India ended the first day in a good position at 307 for 6 and was eventually bowled out for 329 runs. Hardi...

  For the first time, England became the number 1 ranked Test side, as they defeated India by a massive margin, played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 12 th August 2011. England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and decided to field first. It was a great bowling effort by the host's bowlers as they reduced India to 111 for 7. MS Dhoni and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the 8 th wicket. James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Tim Bresnan bowled out India for 224. Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan took 4 wickets each while Anderson 2. The England openers Andrew Strauss and Cook began off to a solid start as they ended day 1 on 84 for 0. It was another dominating day for the hosts on day 2. Strauss and Cook continued their attacking stroke play as they added 186 runs. Cook made the batting look easy to pile on the misery on Indian bowlers. Cook along with Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen put on big partnerships. At the end of day 2, England ended in a commanding position at 456 for 3 with Cook r...

 Moeen Ali became the first off-spinner from England to pick-up a hattrick after a gap of 79 years. He achieved the feat during the final day of the 3 rd Test match played at Kennington Oval, London. Defending a massive target of 492 runs to win, Roland Jones and Ben Stokes did the job for the hosts by picking the first seven wickets. Ali took the wicket of centurion Dean Elgar with a good catch by Stokes at slips, Rabada with the same dismissal as Elgar and Morne Morkel off the very first ball. England took the review to dismiss Morne Morkel. He helped England bowl out South Africa for 252. England won the match by 239 runs. Moeen Ali finished with figures of 4 for 45 in 16.1 overs. Apart from the hattrick, he took the wicket of Chris Morris. Moeen bowled just 5 overs in the first innings. With the bat, he made 16 and 8. It was an amazing atmosphere during the final day. The Kennington Oval, London was hosting the 100 th Test match. Moeen made his Test debut again...

On 31 st July 1956, Jim Laker an off-break bowler became the first bowler to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings during the final day of the 4 th Ashes Test match against Australia played at Old Trafford, Manchester. During that time, the Test matches were played on the course of six days with 1 day being the rest day. England captain Peter May won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a brilliant batting effort by the hosts as Richardson 104, Cowdrey 80, DS Sheppard 113, Evans 47 and contributions from every batsman helped England post 459. Jim Laker provided the breakthrough for England to dismiss Colin McDonald. After that Laker was at his best by getting rid of Neil Harvey, Jim Burke, Ian Craig, Ken McKay, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Ron Archer, Len Maddocks. He dismissed Australian captain Ian Johnson to finish with stunning figures of 9 for 37 in 16.4 overs. England bowled out the visitors for a paltry total of 84. Laker created havoc among the Australian batsm...

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayewardene were at their best as they registered the highest ever partnership for any wicket in Test matches against South Africa played at SSC, Colombo on 29th July 2006. South African stand-in captain Ashwell Prince won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a disappointing batting performance by the visitors as they were bowled out for 169 on the first day. In reply, Sri Lanka lost 2 early wickets of Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga to leave the hosts in trouble at 14 for 2. Sangakkara and Jayewardene played with positive intent putting pressure on the South African bowling line up. Kumar completed his fifty in quick time off 56 balls while Jayewardene took 72 balls to reach his half-century. At the end of day 1, Sri Lanka scored 128 for 2 with both players not out. The 2 nd day saw both batsmen played with positive intent and looked in sublime touch. Sangakkara completed his century off 116 balls while Jayewardene made the batting lo...

Thanks to a brilliant knock by Broad and bowling display, England ended the 2 nd day of the 3 rd Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester in a commanding position on Saturday. Starting on the overnight score of 258 for 4, Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler survived anxious moments from Roach and Gabriel bowling. Pope was dropped by Rakheem Cornwall at slips. Gabriel produced a beauty to dismiss Pope without adding to his overnight score of 91. Buttler and Pope added 140 runs for the 5 th wicket. Roach got rid of Chris Woakes with an inside edge onto the stumps. Gabriel struck again to get dismiss Buttler with a good low catch by Holder. Jofra Archer was dismissed by Gabriel with another catch by West Indies captain to leave England at 280 for 8. Stuart Broad played with intent and took the short ball tactics. The tailender put the West Indies bowlers under pressure by taking on them. After the spell by Roach and Gabriel, Holder bought himself into the attack but could not st...

It was a historic moment as England and India played the 2000 Test match played at the iconic Lords Cricket Ground between 21 st -25 th July 2011. Apart from this feat, both were playing their 100 th  test match between them. Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Zaheer Khan took wickets of Strauss and Alistair Cook. Khan limped off the field due to an injury and could not take in the match. England ended the rain-curtailed 1 st day at 127 for 2. A superb double century by Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell 45, Matt Prior 71 and Stuart Broad 24 helped England post a massive total of 474 for 8 declare. In this match, Dhoni decided to take off the gloves and bowled some overs. In reply, India ended the 2 nd day at 17 for 0. The third day saw Rahul Dravid showed some great fighting spirit with a superb 103 not out while Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and other players failed to contribute. Abhinav Mukund was...

On 22 nd July 2010, Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan achieved the remarkable of picking 800 wickets in Test matches against India during the last day of the first Test match played at Galle International Stadium, Galle. A brilliant performance by the Sri Lankan batsmen helped them to post a massive total of 520 for 8. Muralitharan was at his best in the first innings by picking figures of 5 for 63. He took wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Pragyan Ojha, and Abhimanyu Mithun. Sri Lankan decided to follow on. In this innings too, Muralitharan took wickets of Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh. He picked the wicket of Pragyan Ojha to pick staggering 800 th wicket in Test matches. Sri Lanka bowled India for 338. TM Dilshan and Paranvitana chased down the target with ease as the hosts won the match by 10 wickets. It was a fitting farewell for the legend who played with greats of Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, and other Sri Lankan players. Mural...

The Indian Cricket Team registered a memorable win at the iconic Lords Cricket Ground in the 2 nd Test match against hosts England on 21 st July 2014. Setting a target of 319 runs to win, Ishant Sharma dismissed Ian Bell and England captain Alistair Cook on the fourth day. Moeen Ali and Joe Root had a great beginning on the fifth and final day. The tall-lanky fast bowler produced the magic as he dismissed Moeen Ali at the stroke of lunch to give India’s hope of winning the Test match. Ali and Root added 101 runs for the 5 th wicket. Ishant Sharma used the short ball tactics brilliantly. He dismissed Matt Prior with the same tactics putting the host batsmen under pressure. It was an amazing bowling display as got rid of Root, Stokes, and Broad with the same tactics. Ravindra Jadeja produced a brilliant run-out to give India a memorable win by 95 runs. This was India’s first win at Lords in Test matches after 1986. It was a team performance by the Indian Cricket Team. A...

On 18 th July 2017, Sri Lanka recorded their highest-ever run chase in the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Chasing a massive target of 388 runs to win, Sri Lanka ended the 4 th day on 170 for 3 with Kusal Mendis on 60 not out and Mathews on 17 not out. It was not an ideal start for the hosts as they lost both overnight batsmen early to leave them in trouble at 203 for 5. Niroshan Dickwella and Gunaratne steadied the Sri Lankan innings with positive stroke play putting pressure on Zimbabwe bowlers. The wicketkeeper-batsman Dickwella looked in decent touch to reach his fifty off 69 balls. Sri Lanka ended the lunch break in a strong position at 270 for 5. After the lunch break, Zimbabwe took the 2 nd new ball immediately but could not do the damage. Gunaratne looked confident and completed his fifty off 94 balls. Dickwella was finally dismissed for a well made 81. Dickwella and Gunaratne added 121 runs for the 6 th wicket. Kusal Pere...

After Rahane 103 in the first innings that took India to a competitive total of 295, it was the turn of Bhuvneshwar Kumar producing a magical spell in the 1 st innings of the 2 nd Test match played at Lords, London on 18 -19th July 2014. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the early breakthrough by getting rid of Alistair Cook going straight into the hands of MS Dhoni. He then dismissed the other England, Sam Robinson, to put the hosts under trouble. Ian Bell and Gary Balance put on 39 runs for the 3 rd wicket before Kumar produced a beauty to get rid of Bell. Balance looked in complete control with positive stroke play. MS Dhoni took the 2 nd new ball after and immediately got the results by dismissing Balance with a tickle down the leg to Dhoni. England ended the 2 nd Day on 219 for 6. Kumar produced a magical delivery to dismiss Ben Stokes and then Stuart Broad to pick his career-best figures in Test matches. He finished with figures of 6 for 82 in 31 overs. His spell restricte...

The most reliable batsman in Indian Test cricket team, Ajiyanka Rahane scored a brilliant century in his maiden Test at Lords on the first day of the 2 nd Test match against England on 17 th July 2014.   England captain Alistair Cook won the toss and decided to field first on a green top pitch aiding the fast bowlers. Rahane came at the crease with the scoreboard reading 86 for 3 as Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan went cheaply. He looked edgy at the start with tough questions asked by the England bowlers.   Rahane looked solid as ever as India lost wickets of Kohli, Pujara, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja after the lunch break. India went into the tea break in big trouble at 140 for 6. After the tea break, Rahane completed his half-century off 101 balls. Stuart Binny also fell cheaply to leave India at 145 for 7. Rahane took the attack to England bowlers with positive stroke play. He and Bhuvneshwar Kumar rescued India’s innings with a 90 runs stand for ...