A four-wicket haul by pacer Tim Murtagh followed by a sedate 60 from Andrew Balbirnie helped Ireland level the three-match One-Day International series against Afghanistan with a three-wicket win in Belfast on Wednesday.
It's been a busy few months for Rahul Dravid and his India A team. A successful tour of England was followed by a quadrangular one-day tournament involving India A, India B and A sides from Australia and South Africa. Now India A will also take on Australia A in two four-day games next month.
Shambolic at Lord’s, suddenly the tourists appear to have all the momentum – the promise of a return of the sun and a historically good batting surface at the Ageas Bowl couldn’t have arrived at a better time. If Virat Kohli has managed to make 440 runs so far in the series on seaming tracks, imagine what he could do on a flat one.
Apart from the two Tests, both teams will also be involved in five ODIs and three T20Is.
He was 90 and is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.
Sri Lankan cricket's anti-corruption unit detained two Indian spectators on suspicion of match-fixing during a domestic Twenty20 league game, officials said on Wednesday.
In April this year, the high court had appointed former Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale and former Bombay High Court judge V M Kanade as administrators of the cricket body.
Young Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes, who has been ruled out due to an injury, are the two players who have been left out.
Pacer sizzles on comeback after injury picking up 2 for 33 in a nine-over spell
India celebrated the National Sports Day on 29th August and right from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to legendary Sachin Tendular paid tribute to hockey wizard Dhyanchand - whose birth anniversary is recognised as National Sports Day.
A combined effort with both bat and ball helped India B thump Australia A by nine wickets in the final of the Quadrangular Series at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
All-rounder Mohammad Nabi has become the first Afghanistan player to reach 100 ODI caps. Nabi reached the landmark when he was named in the team for the second ODI against Ireland.
With the fourth Test between England and India set to start on Thursday (August 30) at Southampton, here’s a quiz to test how closely you have been following the series so far.
Catch all the action of the second ODI between Ireland and Afghanistan through our live commentary.
Catch all the action from the final of the Quadrangular Series between India B and Australia A through our live blog.
It might be setting the cat among the pigeons to bench Shami for Umesh at this stage of the series, but where the extra 40-50 balls or runs make a huge difference, it may well be a risk worth taking.
Wahab Riaz has not played an ODI since Pakistan's group-stage game against India in the Champions Trophy 2017, but has not given up hopes on playing the World Cup next year.
West Indies fast bowler Ronsford Beaton can resume bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after his bowling action got clearance from the International Cricket Council (ICC).
A four-wicket haul from Imran Tahir and a cameo by Sohail Tanvir helped Guyana Amazon Warriors beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by four wickets in a thrilling CPL 2018 game at Warner Park.
Traditionally, the track at Rose Bowl has been more favourable to the fast bowlers. The venue has hosted only two Tests since its inception. While Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera helped Sri Lanka pull off a draw in 2011, India were blown by England's all-round performance in 2014.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has urged the national cricket boards to take more responsibility in saving Test cricket and said that he cannot think of any other format at the moment, hinting at that England Cricket Board's new 100-ball format really doesn't appeal to him.
India's pace attack will target Jonny Bairstow should he defy a broken finger to bat in the fourth Test, according to seamer Mohammed Shami.
India speedster Mohammed Shami is amazed at how Jimmy Anderson is able to deceive batsmen with his guile even when he is not as quick as his Indian counterparts.
We list five potential weaknesses India could potentially target in the England camp.
Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq and Kumara Sangakara will be among the stars who will feature in the inaugural Afghanistan T20 League which will be held in Sharjah in October.
The BCCI has decided to shift the two four-day matches between India A and Australia A to Bengaluru from Vizag after threat of heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh. Heavy rains are expected in the coastal state due to formation of a depression in the bay of Bengal.
Pakistan announced the itinerary for their series against Australia and New Zealand to be played in the United Arab Emirates over the next three months.
The former Bihar Chief Minister was sent to Birsa Munda prison. A doctor from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) will examine his medical condition.
Mamata has been keen on strengthening its IT wing, which is the most effective medium to reach the government’s work to the masses, and has time and again urged the youth to take on social media hate mongering.
Nitish said he preferred to rear a 'desi' cow and he was right now in search of a suitable bull, expressing hope that the university can help him in this regard
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To Gandhi's demand of a JPC probe and sarcastic suggestion to Jaitley to revert in 24 hours, Shah retorted, "Why wait 24 hours when you already have your JPC-Jhoothi Party Congress."
RSS sources had claimed two days ago that it could invite Gandhi to a three-day lecture series by Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat in New Delhi next month.
All those who applied for tickets were made to promise by party's working president Jitu Patwari that they would remain loyal even if they are denied a ticket.
The party's Jangpura MLA Praveen Kumar too had removed his last name "Deshmukh" in the 2015 Assembly poll. In his election affidavit, the legislator had mentioned his name as Praveen Kumar
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Varavara Rao had been arrested earlier as well, while Vernon Gonzalves was convicted. Gautam Navalakha has had links with Kashmiri separatists, Patra alleged.
Arun Jaitley has accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of delaying the Rafale deal by over a decade and seriously compromising national security.
Condemning arrests of five activists after raids in seven cities, Rashtriya Janata Dal ,Lalu Prasad Yadav, said that the country “is headed for autocracy”.
According to political analysts in Hyderabad, KCR is trying to play safe by planning to advance the elections even if the alliance fares badly in the Lok Sabha polls, at least his base will be safe in the state.
The incident comes a day after MK Stalin became the president of the DMK.
Party sources explained that the alliance would be key since AISA had the experience in university polls, while AAP could utilise its government in Delhi to implement key projects for DU students.
Incidents of killings have been reported from several parts of the state after a division bench of the Supreme Court on August 24 allowed the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) to declare results of the 20,159 seats.
Bhima Koregaon Probe LIVE Updates: The petitioners have urged the Supreme court to seek explanation from the Maharashtra police over 'arbitrary' arrests of five activists on Tuesday in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence.
The Kailash yatra concludes on September 8 and Rahul is expected to leave as early as this week.
The impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 6,112.20 crore per annum and Rs 4,074.80 crore in the financial year 2018-19 (8 months from July, 2018 to February, 2019).
The 30-share BSE index, after rising over 96 points at the outset on selective buying metal, power and IT stocks, turned choppy and was trading 54.08 points, or 0.14 per cent, lower at 38,668.85 at 0930 hrs
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local currency opened a tad higher at 70.57 a dollar from its previous close of 70.59 but slipped to hit a fresh low of 70.82, down by 23 paise
NALCO was the third highest Net Foreign Exchange Earning central public sector enterprise in the country. It has also declared a record dividend payout of Rs 1,102 crore, an increase from 56 per cent in 2016-17 to 114 per cent in 2017-18.
In case of Rs 100 denomination note, there was an increase of 35 per cent in counterfeit notes detected.
The proposed strategic stake sale of debt-laden Air India failed to take off in May and the government is now working on ways to revive the fortunes of the airline.
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