Ray Illingworth

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday expressed grief at the death of former England captain Ray Illingworth at the age of 89.

Ray Illingworth, a former England cricket captain, has died. He was 89.

Former England cricket captain Ray Illingworth has revealed he is receiving treatment for cancer.

Vice-captain Virat Kohli has a series average of 13.5, the joint second-lowest by an Indian top-order batsman in an overseas series of eight Test innings or more.

The England team was going through a great phase and that defeat was one of the rare series losses that Illingworth suffered as captain during his reign from 1969-73.

Former cricketer Ian Chappell has praised Australian skipper Pat Cummins as the "most inspirational player" and praised his cricketing skills. Chappell praised Cummins for his pivotal role in Australia's recent successes, including the ICC World Test Championship, Ashes retention, and the sixth ICC Cricket World Cup title. Chappell praised Cummins' exceptional skills as a fast bowler, citing his ability to take crucial wickets and trouble top-tier opposition batters.

Born on this day in 1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Don Bradman is widely regarded as the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. He is known for leading an Australian team known as "The Invincibles" on a record-breaking unbeaten tour of England.

The title doesn’t refer to the evocative age-gap Hollywood romance of 1971 that became the ultimate fantasy for millions of teenage boys. It is about an agonising summer afternoon in 1974 — June 24 to be precise — when Ajit Wadekar-led India capitulated in 17 overs for just 42.

Whatever be England's troubles blame it on Shane Warne, believes Graham Gooch as he singled out Warne for passing on his dislike for coaches to Pietersen during their time together at Hampshire.

An old controversy resurfaced as parallels are drawn to the Stokes-Jadeja incident. In the 1983 Bangalore Test, Pakistan's captain Zaheer Abbas controversially left the field, halting play for nearly half an hour and leaving Sunil Gavaskar stranded. Gavaskar, battling illness, eventually completed his century amidst the drama, with teammates and officials questioning Zaheer's sportsmanship.

The England great has announced that he will retire from Test cricket after fifth and last match of the series against India at the Oval.

England crashed to 185 all out on day one of the third Test on Sunday, leaving their Ashes dreams on the brink of ruin in the face of a relentless Australian attack.

Nature of verbal exchanges between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja is not yet known. So, it cannot be said that there was any racial connotation to it.

The Afghanistan-New Zealand one-off Test was abandoned without a ball being bowled, making it the eighth such instance in cricket history. Previous occurrences span from 1890 to 1998. These matches were called off due to continuous rain or fog, affecting teams like England, Australia, and Pakistan. The article details these events chronologically.

Ajit Wadekar, who skippered India to historic away triumphs against the West Indies and England in 1971, passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday. He was 77 and ailing for a while.

True test for England lies in their ability to defend the Ashes title in Australia, which is altogether a trickier business and a rare feat achieved only on four occasions by the Poms since the controversial Bodyline series of 1932-33, feels former English cricketers.

England enter the Ashes with their quickest pace attack in decades and a matured Bazball philosophy, aiming to end a 15-year drought in Australia. With Mark Wood, Jofra Archer and a battery of genuine quicks, Ben Stokes’ side arrives believing speed can break the long-standing barrier. For Bazball, this is the defining series: victory brings vindication, defeat invites its fiercest scrutiny yet.