Tag: Test cricket
On the 8th of July, the gentleman's game marked its return after a 116-day hiatus caused due the COVID-19 pandemic. As we all know, the ICC had introduced the new norms in these special times. The application of saliva on the ball had been disallowed while cricketers were also mandated to undergo a quarantine period before the on-field action began. The England & Wales Cricket Board had kept the Windies players in a bio-secure bubble before the scheduled start of the series in order to prevent them from COVID-19 infection. This rule of quara....
England's Eileen Whelan, the oldest living Test cricketer across genders, turned 109th on Friday. ....
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he finds questions about his comeback to ODI and T20Is "laughable" as he is at peace with himself where he is in his international career. Ashwin is an integral part of the Indian Test team but has not played a limited overs match in international cricket since July 2017 despite being a regular in the Indian Premier League. ....
Left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant on Tuesday became the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to score 1,000 runs in Test cricket. ....
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday became the first player in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen. ....
Rohit Sharma has been considered one of the stalwarts of Indian batting for over a decade, but quite surprisingly this is only the second time in his 13-year international career that he has played six Tests in a row that India have played. ....
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has lashed out at former captain Michael Vaughan for questioning the former's commitment to Test cricket. Archer said that he remains committed to performing in all formats for England and that he has never had a conversation on cricket with Vaughan. ....
Hashmatullah Shahidi was aged 9 when he started taking cricket seriously and his father took him to a club in Kabul. ....
Former Pakistan and batsman Inzamam ul Haq has lashed out at Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for replacing a Test match with two T20 Internationals during the forthcoming tour of the West Indies saying that Test cricket shouldn't be sacrificed. ....
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson acknowledged World Test Championship (WTC) for bringing context to Test cricket and making the longest format of cricket exciting. ....