Ben Stokes (Images credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: England produced a brilliantly paced run chase to gun down a massive 371-run target and defeat India by five wickets in the series-opening Headingley Test on Tuesday — with 14 overs to spare. The hosts pulled off the 10th highest successful run chase in Test history with…
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India Under-19 thrashed England Young Lions by 231 runs in a high-scoring Tour Match played at Loughborough on Tuesday. The Ayush Mhatre-led side hammered 444 for nine in 50 overs with Harvansh Pangalia notching up a hundred and three players — Rahul Kumar, Kanishk Chouhan and RS Ambrish — scoring half-centuries. The skipper failed to…
TimesofIndia.com in Leeds: Head down, Shubman Gill started that walk back to the change room with his team right behind him. Jamie Smith had clobbered Ravindra Jadeja for a maximum to seal the record chase, and give high-flying England a 1-0 lead over India in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.Smith and Joe Root were greeted by their…
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India captain Shubman Gill identified a number of faultlines in his side’s showing against England in a five-wicket loss in the first Test at Headingley here on Tuesday. “(It was) a brilliant Test. We had our chances. Dropped catches and lower order not contributing cost us. Yesterday, we were thinking of giving them 430, but…
European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Benfica play their final games of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup group stage against each other on Tuesday. A point would come with guarantees for both sides – Bayern to win Group C, Benfica to go through to the round of 16 in the US. The Portuguese side can…
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has admitted that his side is struggling to prepare properly for matches at the Club World Cup due to the extreme heat currently sweeping across the East Coast of the United States. With temperatures soaring in Philadelphia, where the Blues are set to play ES Tunis in their final group stage…
A majestic 149 from Ben Duckett helped England chase down the 371-run fourth innings target and take a 1-0 series lead over India after day five of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy first Test on Tuesday. The left-handed opener combined for a 188-run opening partnership with Zak Crawley to set the host on its way in the…
Australia announced its playing XI for the first Test against West Indies, which will take place at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, from Wednesday, June 25. Sam Konstas returns to the fold since making his debut during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India last year. Josh Inglis was included as well, replacing an injured Steve…
