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Manchester Test: England dominates India; terrible 2nd innings start for
Updated : 10 months ago IST
This is England's second-highest total against India, only behind 710/7d at Edgbaston, 2011. India had a poor start to their second innings, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan in the first over for ducks each. India were 1/2 at Lunch with KL Rahul 1* and Shubman Gill 0* unbeaten on th
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India concede first 500-plus total away from home in Tests since 2015
Updated : 10 months ago IST
After England elected to bowl first and reduced India to 358 runs in the first innings, they replied with 544/7 at the end of day three, thanks to brilliant fifties from Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes and a historic century from Joe Root, which helped him leapfrog above
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"A privilege to watch him knock off those milestones...": Atherton hails R
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Root continued his history-making ways, going past Australian legend Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run-getter of all time in Test cricket history.Root accomplished this feat during the third day of the fourth Manchester Test against India. At the end of the second session, the v
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Joe Root overtakes Ponting, becomes second-highest run-getter in Test cric
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Root accomplished this feat during the third day of the fourth Manchester Test against India. At the end of the second session, the veteran batter was unbeaten at 121* in 201 balls, with 13 fours. Before this Test, he needed 120 runs to overtake Ponting.
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Path towards Sachin: Joe Root 120 runs away from becoming 2nd-highest Test
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
With the series in England's favour by 2-1 and Root having made up for mixed performances in the first two Tests with a century during the third Test at Lord's, the veteran would be aiming to continue being the ultimate run-machine for England.
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"Not surprised to see his numbers": Pietersen lauds Gill following his her
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Shubman Gill concluded a record-breaking Birmingham Test against England with breathtaking knocks of 269 and 161 across both innings, making him the batter with the second-highest aggregate of runs in a Test match.
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"Big crowd, lot of expectations, he has handled it very well...": Indian b
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Gill concluded a record-breaking Birmingham Test against England with breathtaking knocks of 269 and 161 across both innings, making him the batter with the second-highest aggregate (430) of runs in a Test match after Graham Gooch (456) against India at Lord's in 1990.
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Numbers etched in history: A deep look into Gill's historic Birmingham out
Updated : 11 months ago IST
While the first innings knock of 269 in 387 balls (with 30 fours and three sixes) was a marathon to tire out England bowlers simply, he pressed the accelerator in the second innings to construct a knock of 161 in 162 balls, with 13 fours and eight sixes, which was just as mesmerising.
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"England will play Bumrah carefully, Bazball everyone else...": Ravichand
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
England's 371-run chase against India in the first test now stands as their second-highest successful pursuit in Test history
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Wait for Jofra Archer continues as England announce unchanged playing XI f
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Three Lions roared in the opener and raced to a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after gunning down a record-shattering 371-run target in the first Test at Headingley, their second-highest successful chase in the format.
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Taming legends, tonking sixes, showing grit: Will a great England tour gro
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The southpaw ended the previous World Test Championship (WTC) cycle as the second-highest run-getter, scoring 1,798 runs in 19 matches and 36 innings at an average of 52.88, with four centuries (two of them converted into double tons) and 10 fifties. His best score was 214*.
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South Africa chase second-highest runs at Home of Cricket after clinching
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This is the sixth time SA have successfully chased down a 250-plus target in Tests, their fourth against Australia.
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