Another commanding session for England as they crossed the 200-run mark in their first innings after the conclusion of the second session of the ongoing fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on Sunday.
Axar Patel's century for Gujarat, Arshdeep Singh's match-winning five-wicket haul for Punjab, Harshit Rana's four-wicket haul for Delhi, another century off Devdutt Padikkal's bat were among the highlights of the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) Elite 2025-26 matches on Saturday. Hardik Pandya a
Dhruv Jurel's 160 and Rinku Singh's 63 for Uttar Pradesh, Shardul Thakur's four-wicket haul and Shams Mulani's five-fer for Mumbai, Ramakrishna Ghosh's seven-fer for Maharashtra, among others, were the highlights from the first innings of the Vijay Hazare Elite matches on December 29 so far.
The Aussie veteran made this upward movement in charts during his side's fourth Ashes Test at Melbourne against England. While he could score just nine in the first innings, falling to Josh Tongue, he made 24* in 39 balls, with a four, standing as a lone warrior as the Aussie batting crumble
At the end of the day, Australia was 4/0, with Scott Boland (4*) and Travis Head (0*) unbeaten. England was skittled out for 110 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 152 runs, with Neser (4/45) and Boland (3/30) being at their most unplayable. England trails by 46 runs.
Brook, England's vice-captain, achieved this milestone during his side's fourth Ashes Test, a prestigious Boxing Day fixture at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). During the first innings, he delivered a decent counter-attack after England was reduced to 16/4, scoring 34-ball 41, with two fours
Having already lost the Ashes series, England still have something to play for, as they have yet to end their 18-match winless streak in Australia since their series win in the 2010/11 season. With Tongue replacing an injured Jofra Archer, the English bowling produced the accuracy, relentles
Cummins gained this upward movement in the charts during his side's third Ashes Test against England at Adelaide Oval. During the first innings, he took 3/69 and derailed England's progress at numerous occasions, with wickets of Zak Crawley, Joe Root and Jamie Smith. He followed this with an
Ben Stokes bowled 19 overs for England in the first innings against Australia. The England captain didn't bowl over the Aussies' 66 overs stay at the crease on day three, despite owning England's best bowling average (25.87) in the series and leading the team's wicket-taking charts in Tests
The express quick achieved this feat during his side's do-or-die third Ashes clash against Australia at Adelaide Oval. While in the first innings, Archer took a five-wicket haul, returning with figures of 5/53, he also led a brilliant fightback for his side with the bat alongside his skipper
England's hopes of securing the Ashes urn and winning a series in Australia took a nosedive as Root was dismissed for a low score during the third Adelaide Test in the first innings. He nicked a delivery by Cummins to Alex Carey, scoring just 19 runs.
Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne's solid third wicket partnership stabilised Australia's first innings after a chaotic Wednesday morning to be 94/2 at lunch on day 1 in the third Ashes Test in Adelaide against England.