Heavy rain led to day four ending early
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New Zealand have a good chance of saving the first Test against Australia in Brisbane after a good portion of the fourth day was abandoned due to rain.
Shah is mobbed by his team-mates after leading Pakistan to victory
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England were six and a half overs away from saving the second Test in Dubai, but Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah wouldn’t let that happen as he took four wickets to lead his side to a 178-run win.
“There shouldn’t be any ‘pick-and-choose’ method”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez believes that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should make it mandatory for all bowlers to get their actions tested.
“Day-night cricket is worth a shot”
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Former India batsman VVS Laxman believes that the cricketing community have to give day-night Tests a chance since it could be the answer to saving the longest format of the game.
“We played this game in the backyard when we were youngsters and we had fun and that’s the way I like to play now”
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South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced that he wants the Sydney Thunder to have fun during the upcoming edition of the Big Bash League (BBL).
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Parry was named Man of the Match for taking three wickets on debut
England’s bowling attack was the team’s saving grace as they ripped through the West Indies’s batting line-up to level the series in a hard-fought three-wicket win in Antigua.
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“I think we as a team have to support the decision Dale and Vernon made in the middle”
Even after his own team-mate, Faf du Plessis, stated that South Africa should have gone for the win during the first Test against India in Johannesburg, Proteas captain Graeme Smith noted that it “was in the best interest of the team” to save the Test match instead of looking to go down in history as the side who chased down the highest Test score.
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“He hasn’t got runs for a year now”
Former England captain Michael Atherton has announced that wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior is “horribly out of nick” after having been dismissed cheaply in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane and the first innings of the second Test in Adelaide.
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Dravid believes Test matches are the “life source” of cricket
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has always been a keen advocate of saving Test cricket, and once again, he has made a desperate plea for more Test matches to be played as he believes it provides players with a solid foundation, which helps them prosper in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.
Gooch believes Cook has established himself as one of the greatest batsmen England have ever produced
England batting great Graham Gooch has branded Test captain Alastair Cook’s “fighting” innings of 176 against India during the first Test at Ahmedabad as the best of his international career to date.
