Rain and more rain greeted the Pakistan and Bangladesh teams on the opening day of the second Test on Friday, August 30 in Rawalpindi. Bangladesh bowlers dominated the second day to blow out Pakistan's innings to 274.
Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in a really crucial second and final Test of series not only because the hosts can level the series but also from the World Test Championship perspective given they didn't earn anything in the series opener in Rawalpindi and lost six points due to slow over rate.
West Indies batters' disappointing show overshadowed Shamar Joseph's five-wicket haul in his first Test at home in Guyana as South Africa sneaked ahead in terms of advantage on opening day on Thursday, August 15. After opting to bat, South Africa were bowled out for 160 runs in the first innings.
West Indies will take on South Africa in the second and the final match of the Test series in Guyana, starting Thursday, August 15. The rain and some solid determined batting from Alick Athanaze on the final day helped the hosts salvage a draw but the Proteas will be keen to win in Guyana.
Bangladesh will aim to level the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Chattogram and earn crucial World Test Championship points in the decider in Chattogram starting March 30. Sri Lanka won the series opener quite comfortably by 328 runs with skipper Dhananjaya de Silva smashing twin tons.
Australia will hope to seal the two-match series against the West Indies at Gabba in Brisbane starting Thursday, January 25. It will be the third day-night Test match at the venue, with Australia winning both the previous encounters against Pakistan in 2016 and Sri Lanka in 2019.
Virat Kohli admitted that the batsmen let the team down after the bowlers brought them back into the game on the second day.
New Zealand beat India by 7 wickets in the second Test at Hagley Oval to complete a 2-0 series whitewash over India.
Jasprit Bumrah picked up the wickets of Kane Williamson, BJ Watling and Tim Southee on day two of the second Test in Christchurch.
Ravindra Jadeja took two brillaint catches including Neil Wagner's as India bowled New Zealand out for 235 on Sunday.
Fans came out in support of Team India after it lost the match on day one.
New Zealand sweated it out ahead of 2nd test match against India in Christchurch. Kiwis are getting ready to sweep the 2nd test match against 'Men in Blue'.
India were troubled by short balls bowled from round the wicket in the first Test and Neil Wagner promised that they will employ the same strategy during the second match.
In the only Test match played in Pune, India lost to Australia by 333 runs as Steve O'Keefe bagged 12/70 in the game.
It was Roach who sowed the seeds of England's match-defining 77 all out in Bridgetown and he took 4-30 here.
Team India captain Virat Kohli said that Australia played relentless cricket and deserved to win in Perth on Tuesday.
Australia took just an hour and 15 overs on day five to bowl India out for 140 in the second innings and win the match by 146 runs in Perth and level the four-match series 1-1.
It was Kohli's sixth Test hundred on Australian soil, joining Tendulkar and became the second-quickest batsman in Test history to score 25 Test tons after Sir Donald Bradman.
Australia captain Tim Paine said that the Perth pitch won't play that badly despite it having a green tinge all over it.
Chase, along with skipper Jason Holder (52), did enough to ensure that the West Indies will have a good first innings total to fight against a heavyweight Indian batting line-up.
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