News Bairstow in line to bat No. 3 in Sri Lanka and hopes to be “huge contributor” to Test side Jonny Bairstow believes he can be “a huge contributor” to England’s Test team over the next few years, claiming his game has never been better. Bairstow hasn’t played Test cricket for more than a year

Blazing a trail – Claire Polosak made history at the SCG Test © Ryan Pierse/Getty Images For the first time in 144 years of Test-match cricket, a woman – Australia’s Claire Polosak – has officiated in the longest format of the game, as the fourth or reserve umpire, in the third Test between Australia and

Welcome to our live report of the first day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. 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. 10am local time/4.30am IST: More reports about doubts over

News January 20 last date to submit list of retained players The 2021 IPL auction is likely to be held on February 11. The IPL has also set January 20 as the deadline for the eight franchises to submit the lists of retained and released players. Those were two of the key decisions taken by

Report Andrew Tye and Jhye Richardson shared seven wickets between them for the Scorchers Perth Scorchers 4 for 183 (M Marsh 57*, Munro 50, Pope 2-13) beat Sydney Sixers 97 (Edwards 44, Tye 4-20, J Richardson 3-15) by 86 runs After no wins in their first four games, the Perth Scorchers have now run up

News Makes reference to India’s “power in world cricket” in light of rumblings around Brisbane Test’s venue Australia Test captain Tim Paine believes there is “tension starting to boil under the surface” of the Test series against India, which is poised at 1-1 and amid talk of where the final match – scheduled for Brisbane

News For the first time ever the final of any domestic first-class tournament ended in a tie The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final, between Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ended in a tie, not only for the first time ever in its 63-edition history but the first time ever in any domestic first-class tournament. Here’s a bite-sized

Report Sri Lanka lose last six wickets for 35 runs as hosts close in on 2-0 series win Innings close Sri Lanka 157 and 211 (Karunaratne 103, Ngidi 4-44) lead South Africa 302 (Elgar 127, van der Dussen 67, V Fernando 5-101) by 66 runs Any momentum Sri Lanka had gained on day two, they

News “He’s been cleared by all the medicos and he’s obviously gone through all the concussion protocols,” Langer says Will Pucovski has sought and received assurances from an independent neurologist about the long-term impacts of repeated concussions as he inches closer to a Test debut in one of the final two Tests against India in

News Seamer suggests 200-run target could be tricky for home side after first-innings collapse Vishwa Fernando has warned that Sri Lanka’s attack is ready to tear in again and give South Africa “a good challenge”, if their remaining batsmen can muster a fourt-innings target worthy of the name. Vishwa claimed his maiden Test five-for as