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ENG vs IND 5th Test: Oval pitch report, highest score, key toss stats

Following a high-voltage uproar over pitch access, two days before the start of the Test match, no one has dared tread too close to the centre square for a proper assessment.

England vs India Playing XI, 5th Test: India make 4 changes; Prasidh, Jurel, Karun, Akash playing

ENG vs IND 5th Test Playing 11: The Oval pitch has 8 mm grass and India is batting first. India make four changes in their XI - Prasidh, Dhruv Jurel and Karun Nair replace Bumrah, Pant & Shardul

Gill loses fifth toss as captain, extends India's toss-losing streak to 15

India's toss-losing streak began in January against England in the third T20I of the five-match series

ENG vs IND live streaming: How to watch Day 1 of the fifth Test for free?

Fans in India can live stream Day 1 of the fifth Test between India and England on JioHotstar via the app and website

England vs India 5th Test Playing 11 updates, live toss time, streaming

India vs England Playing 11 prediction: Arshdeep Singh has been asked to be ready, but we will finalise the playing XI after assessing the pitch later this evening, says India captain Shubman Gill

ENG vs IND 5th Test weather news: London rain prediction, session timings

With India aiming to level the five-match Test series, persistent rain and damp conditions could also influence team selection, although England have already announced their playing XI.

IND vs ENG 5th Test Playing 11: No Stokes, Archer; England make 4 changes

Captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out due to a right shoulder injury. Spinner Liam Dawson and pace bowlers Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse will also miss the match

ICC rankings: Abhishek Sharma becomes No.1 T20I batter for the first time

India's Abhishek becomes the top T20I batter as Travis Head slips. Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes, and Joe Root make big gains in the ICC Test rankings after standout performances in Manchester Test

Australia complete perfect 8-0 sweep on the dominant West Indies tour

Australia completed a sweep of the Twenty20 international cricket series with a three-wicket victory over West Indies to finish its Caribbean tour with an 8-0 record. Australia went into the last game on a 7-match winning streak following the 3-0 test series sweep and victories in the first four of the T20 internationals. After winning the toss for the eighth straight time, Australia sent the home team in to bat and dismissed West Indies for 170 two balls short of the allotted 20 overs on Monday night. Shimron Hetmyer's 52 from 31 balls and Sherfane Rutherford's 35 off 17 propped up the innings but the target wasn't big enough to put genuine pressure on the Australian batters. Ben Dharshuis took 3-41 and Nathan Ellis finished with 2-32, while spinner Adam Zampa returned 1-20 in his 100th T20 international after taking a wicket and having a chance dropped off his bowling in the penultimate over. The Australians reached 173-7 with 18 balls to spare, with a 63-run fifth-wicket ...

You want to hit a ton off Brook: When Ben Stokes failed spirit of the game

England's spirit of cricket under question in Manchester Test vs India; check out whole episode of Stokes vs Jadeja controversy during IND vs ENG Test

New Zealand vs South Africa final playing 11, toss time, live streaming

FanCode will provide the live streaming of the New Zealand vs South Africa tri-series final in India from 4:30 PM IST

Tim David scores fastest T20 century for Australia in series-clinching win

Tim David scored the fastest century for Australia in a Twenty20 international which lifted the tourists to a series-clinching six-wicket win over West Indies in the third game of a five-match series on Friday. David and Mitchell Owen's unbroken 128-run stand guided Australia to 215-4 off 16.1 overs to seal the victory and an unassailable 3-0 series lead. Making the most of the small dimensions at Warner Park in St. Kitts, David brought up his first international century from the final ball of the match with his sixth boundary. His blistering 102 not out, with 11 sixes, came from just 37 balls and bettered the mark of 43 balls set by current team-mate Josh Inglis against Scotland last year. It was also the third fastest century among ICC member nations, with only India's Rohit Sharma and South Africa's David Miller bettering the mark with 35 balls, both in 2017. I didn't think I would have the opportunity to score 100 for Australia, so I'm so grateful for that opportunity and and .

Bumrah thrives with support; 4th Test slightly beyond India, says Trott

Former England cricketer Jonathan Trott observed that India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah benefits massively when there is support at the other end but feels the ongoing fourth Test in Manchester is now "slightly beyond" the visitors. Down 1-2 in the five-match series, India trail England by 186 runs in at the end of Day 3 in the fourth Test. India endured arguably their worst day on the field on Day 3 of the Manchester Test as Joe Root's record-breaking 150 put the hosts in complete command. Despite having Bumrah available for what could be his last Test of the series as it was pre-decided that the right-arm pacer would play three of the five Tests on England tour, the Indian bowlers struggled to break through. "Bumrah's areas were pretty good, and his economy reflects that he was just a bit unlucky. But the bigger issue is pressure from both ends," JioHotstar expert Trott said. "Bumrah benefits massively when there's support at the other end, and that wasn't the case today ...

Morkel: Managing pacers' workload post-IPL for five Tests a challenge

India bowling coach Morne Morkel on Friday said managing the workload of fast bowlers during a five-match Test series can be an issue right after an IPL season, referring to the injuries faced by the current crop of pacers in England. The IPL final on June 3 and the first Test in England (June 20) had a gap of nearly three weeks between them but lasting the whole series was always going to be a challenge for the fast bowlers. It's a real test. We play three Test match series a lot and this is now our first time in a while we've done this with five. It shouldn't be excused, but in terms of conditioning, getting our guys conditioned and getting them ready for five Test series coming straight up after IPL, is sometimes an issue, said Morkel in the post-day press conference. Injury-prone pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been earmarked for three Tests in the series while Mohammed Siraj has played all four games thus far. The signs of fatigue are showing with average speeds of Bumrah an

Pant's gritty stand thrills, but sub rule shows cricket's dark age: Vaughan

Injured India batter Rishabh Pant's brave fifty with a broken foot in the fourth Test against England was "great theatre" but it also showed "cricket is in dark ages" on the issue of allowing medical substitutes, feels former England captain Michael Vaughan. Pant remarkably came out to bat with a fractured foot in the morning session on Thursday after retiring hurt the previous day, and went on to add 17 runs to his overnight 37 for his 18th Test fifty. "I have felt for many years that Test cricket should introduce substitutes for injuries that are clear and obvious, like we have seen with Rishabh Pant in the fourth Test at Old Trafford," Vaughan wrote in his column for 'The Telegraph'. "It was great theatre watching Pant come out to bat with a broken foot on the second morning. It was unbelievable courage, and there was some amazing skill to scramble 17 runs from 28 balls. But he was not fit to bat, could not run, and could have made the injury so much worse. "...the fact that he

Cricket fraternity hails Rishabh Pant's gritty fifty with fractured foot

Rishabh Pant's audacious fifty with a fractured foot on day two of the fourth Test showed not just courage but also proved that he is the "ultimate team man", felt former India coach Ravi Shastri, as the cricket fraternity showered praise on the gutsy wicketkeeper-batter. Pant's return to top-flight cricket after a horrific car accident in December 2022 was already remarkable, but he took his daring streak to another level by completing a half-century with a broken foot on Thursday after retiring hurt on 37 the previous day. If anyone doubted he was ever a team man, they got to see it first-hand today. That requires more than just steel, Shastri said in a video posted by the BCCI on its website. For him to come back and do what he did was something special. Sometimes the motivation goes to another level. What he did today for the team -- if that does not lift the team up, then nothing will. The applause he got from everyone in the England team out there is... I mean, that's what you

BCCI set to host Asia Cup in UAE; India-Pakistan encounter expected

The Indian cricket board is all set to host the upcoming Asia Cup T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates with the formal announcement expected in a few days' time, sources in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)said on Thursday. This was after an ACC meeting that all 25 member nations attended to discuss the venue for the event. BCCI was represented by its vice-president Rajeev Shukla virtually. "The BCCI will host the Asia Cup in the UAE. India is likely to play all its matches in Dubai. There are still deliberations on scheduling," an ACC source told PTI on conditions of anonymity. The tournament will be held for a little over fortnight in September. It has to end before the final week of the month as India's Test series against West Indies is scheduled from that point. "Our vice-president Rajeev Shukla ji attended the ACC meeting. He will brief the members. I don't believe in speculations so you will get to know officially in a few days time," BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told .

Anshul Kamboj's experience will serve him well: Ishant and Bhuvneshwar

Anshul Kamboj's toil in first-class cricket should hold the Haryana seamer in good stead, said senior India pacers Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar here on Thursday, after the 24-year-old was handed his debut for the fourth Test against England at Manchester. Kamboj, who was a part of the India A squad before the five-Test series began, was called in after fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep were sidelined from the Manchester Test due to injuries. He will do well since he has done well in First-Class cricket, and anyone who has had a good run in First-Class cricket is bound to do well for the team too, Ishant told PTI Videos on the sidelines of a Pickle Pros event. People say it is easy to take wickets in First-Class cricket, but it is really not, he added. Bhuvneshwar warned Kamboj to not get bogged down under pressure in his maiden game for India. I hope he does well because the debut match is always special and there is pressure on you as well, so I hope he doesn't ..

PM Modi uses cricket metaphor to describe strong India-UK partnership

"There may be a swing and a miss at times, but we always play with a straight bat!" Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his British counterpart Keir Starmer on Thursday as he used a cricketing metaphor to describe India's partnership with the UK. Modi also said that India was committed to building a high-scoring, solid partnership with the UK. "For both of us, Cricket is not just a game, but a passion. And also, a great metaphor for our partnership. There may be a swing and a miss at times, but we always play with a straight bat! We are committed to building a high-scoring, solid partnership," Modi said in his media statement after bilateral talks with Starmer. He said the agreements signed today and Vision 2035 are milestones that take this spirit forward. India and the UK inked a landmark free trade agreement on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi, along with Prime Minister Starmer, also interacted with players of the 'Buckingham Street Cricket Hub' in London. Cricket, which is believed

New Zealand Beats Zimbabwe by 60 runs, stay unbeaten in T20 Tri-Series

New Zealand stayed perfect at the T20 tri-series with a crushing 60-run win over host Zimbabwe on Thursday. Tim Seifert (75) smashed his second successive half century and Rachin Ravindra made an entertaining 63 runs off 39 balls as New Zealand posted the tournament's highest total of 190-6 with its fourth straight win of the league stage. New Zealand and South Africa had already secured their places in Saturday's final. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, one of four changes for New Zealand, grabbed a career-best 4-12 in four overs as Zimbabwe was dismissed for 130 in 18.5 overs. Zimbabwe lost all four games. Supreme SeifertMitchell Santner became the first captain in the tournament to choose to bat first on a tricky wicket after winning the toss. Tim Robinson (10) couldn't capitalize on Ryan Burl's dropped catch in the slips before he had scored and was out to Zimbabwe's best bowler, Richard Ngarava (4-34). Zimbabwe was scrappy in the field when Seifert got a lucky escape on 13 as Tony Mun