The drainage facility at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur has brought back the question, should India have just five Test centres like Australia and England? The conversation has gained steam yet again with no play on two days straight in Kanpur during the second India vs Bangladesh Test.
Only for the eighth time in 147 years of Test cricket that not a single ball was bowled on all five days in a game as the Afghanistan-New Zealand one-off clash was abandoned in Greater Noida. Persistent rain in the last three days and poor drainage facilities meant that no play was possible at all.
Afghanistan will be playing their 10th Test match and first-ever against New Zealand in Greater Noida, starting September 9. For New Zealand, this will be the start of a big Test season in Asia with two games in Sri Lanka after this and three matches against India in India.
After sweeping the three-match ODI series, the Indian women's cricket team will be hoping for a similar result in the one-off Test against South Africa. India won both their Test matches at home at the end of last year against Australia and England and aim for a similar result in Chennai.
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Afghanistan will play their ninth Test match in their short history of being a full-member nation against Ireland, who are sailing in a similar boat with just one less game in the longest format. Both teams are yet to find their feet in the format, especially Ireland who haven't won a Test match.
Ravi Shastri made a rare fumble during toss time in the Australia vs Pakistan test series opener in Perth, the video of which has now gone viral.
The Indian women's cricket team will be finally playing a home Test after nine years as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co take on England starting Thursday, December 14 in Navi Mumbai. After avoiding a whitewash in T20Is, Harmanpreet will be keen to turn it around in Tests on her red-ball debut as captain.
England's red-ball captain Ben Stokes joins elite list of players, equals the likes of Jacques Kallis, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Ian Botham.
ENG vs NZ 2nd Test: Harry Brook has been in the form of his life. In the second Test match of the series that is being played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, the youngster slammed an impressive century and has created a massive record
Albanese who will be on his maiden trip to India as Prime Minister will hold discussions on a range of issues including trade, investment and critical minerals with PM Modi.
ENG vs SA, 3rd Test: Team England faced a massive setback as they lost Jonny Bairstow to a freak accident at the golf course. Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the T20I World Cup too. The hosts have inducted Harry Brooks as Bairstow's replacement.
ENG vs SA, 3rd Test: As the series hangs in balance, Dean Elgar-led South Africa and Ben Stokes-led England will lock horns with each other to win this three match Test series today at the Kennington Oval, London
World Test Championship 2023: England have named their playing XI who will take on South Africa in the second Test match that will played in Old Trafford, Manchester starting on August 25, 2022, Thursday
ENG vs SA, 1st Test, Day 3, Highlights: SA win by an innings and 12 runs
When Australia's tour to Sri Lanka was announced, everybody had predicted that the mighty Aussies will easily steamroll the host side and will clinch every series that was a part of their tour.
New Zealand's number five batter Henry Nicholls was dismissed in one strange fashion, a kind of dismissal that rarely comes by in any form of cricket.
New Zealand were the first team to qualify for the final after Australia were docked penalty points for slow over-rate during the Border-Gavaskar series. India booked their berth for the summit clash after defeating England 3-1 at home.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma got the starts but failed to convert them on all occasions in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, reigniting doubts over his place in the Test side -- especially in away matches.
There have been reports that the third Test between India and Australia, scheduled to take place in Sydney, could be shifted to Melbourne amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the city.
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