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  Thanks to a brilliant batting effort and James Anderson brilliant bowling put England in a dominating position at the end of day 2 played at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton on Saturday. Starting on the overnight score of 332 for 4, Jos Buttler and Zak Crawley began off steadily against Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Abbas before rain stopped play with the scorecard reading at 336 for 4. After a rain break, the Pakistani captain Azhar Ali called for a review with 2 seconds left. The decision remained not out as the ball was going above the stumps. After little play, rain arrived with the scorecard reading at 336 for 4. Zak Crawley struggled with his timing and got the first runs of the morning with a lovely boundary. Mohammad Abbas was outstanding with his accurate line and length. Jos Buttler was given out by the umpire for caught behind but decided to review the decision. The umpire reversed the decision as there was clear daylight between the ball and bat. The wicket-keeper bat...

  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...

  Thanks to an unbeaten partnership between Crawley and Jos Buttler, England have ended the first day of the 3 rd Test match in a commanding position played at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on Friday. England captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to bat first. Dom Sibley and Rory Burns began off steadily without any trouble initially. Shaheen Shah Afridi got the wicket of Rory Burns going into the hands of Shan Masood. The umpire called it for a review for a catch as the soft signal was out, the decision remained out. This was the third time that Rory Burns was dismissed by Afridi in the series. Zak Crawley started off the innings with a lovely boundary. Mohammad Abbas bowled some beauties but look out of color. Pakistan captain Azhar Ali bought in Yasir Shah into the attack in the 11 th over. Naseem Shah came to bowl replacing Mohammad Abbas. Zak Crawley looked in fine touch putting the bad balls away for boundaries. England went into the first drinks break at 48 for 1. After ...

  In the 2 nd match of the day, Trinbago Knight Riders produced a dominating performance as they defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by 7 wickets played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Thursday. Knight Riders captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal decision as Ali Khan dismissed Chadwick Walton off the 2 nd ball. Seales got rid of Nicolas Kirton with a good delivery making life tough for Jamaica batsmen. Ali Khan struck again to dismiss Rovman Powell to leave Jamaica in big trouble at 19 for 3. Glenn Phillips and Asif Ali steadied the innings for Jamaica with aggressive stroke play. At the end of six overs, Jamaica scored 46 for 3. Sunil Narine picked up an important wicket to dismiss Asif Ali for 22. Phillips and Asif Ali added 39 runs for the 4 th wicket. While wickets fell at the other end, Phillips played with positive intent. Phillips took the attack to Knight Riders bowlers and completed his fifty off 34 balls. The explosive Andre ...

  ST Lucia Zouks opened their account in CPL this year as they defeated Barbados Tridents in a rain-curtailed game played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Thursday. Barbados Tridents captain Jason Holder won the toss and decided to bat first. Johnson Charles looked in ominous form right from word go putting pressure on Zouks bowlers. Trying to hit another massive shot, Charles gave an easy catch to Darren Sammy with Kugglein being the bowler. Charles and Hope added 35 runs in 3.3 overs. Kugglein got his 2 nd wicket of the innings as he dismissed Corey Anderson with a good reflex catch by Roston Chase. At the end of six overs, Tridents scored 53 for 2. Shai Hope was dismissed by Mohammad Nabi with a catch by Deyal at deep square leg. Tridents captain Holder came to the crease and hit some cracking strokes before Kesrick Williams dismissed him. Holder gave an easy catch to Darren at long-on. Roston Chase did the trick for Zouks as he got rid of Jonathan Carter and Kyle Mayers of...

  Under the captaincy of Graeme Smith, the South African Cricket Team became the number 1 ranked Test side after defeating England at Lords on 20 th August 2012. South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision did not pay off as the visitors lost 4 wickets of Smith, Alvrio Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, and AB de Villiers. Thanks to a brilliant partnership between JP Duminy and Vernon Philander, the visitors recovered ending the first day on 262 for 7. Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel's contributions lower down the order helped the visitors post 309 runs in the first innings. The South African pace trio of Steyn, Morkel, and Philander pushed the hosts under pressure by reducing them to 54 for 4. A rescue act by Ian Bell and Jonny Bairstow helped the hosts recover to end day 2 on 208 for 5. Morne Morkel, Philander, and Steyn took all 10 wickets to bowl out England for 315. The hosts took a slender lead of 6 runs. Hashim Amla led the...

  It was another tearful day for cricketing fans as Sri Lankan and Australian legend played their last Test match on 20 th August. The stylish left-handed batsman Kumar Sangakkara played its last Test match against India played at P Sara Stadium, Colombo on 20 th August 2015. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. KL Rahul 108, Kohli 78, Rohit 79, Saha 56 helped the visitors post 393 runs in the first innings. Kumar Sangakkara came at the crease after the dismissal of Dimuth Karunaratne for 1. Sangakkara looked composed with his stroke play and timed the ball. Ashwin bowled a beauty of delivery to dismiss Sangakkara for 32. Chasing 413 runs in the 2 nd innings, Sangakkara played with intent and hit an 18 ball 18. Ashwin dismissed him again to end one of the Sri Lankan legend test careers. The Indian team won the match by a massive 279 runs margin. It was a remarkable journey for the stylish left-handed batsman from Sri Lanka. He played a total of...