By this time tomorrow, the first Test will be afoot at Lord’s. If you’ve fallen into the hype-moat surrounding this series (who hasn’t, really, except for one or two continents), then surely you must believe that this will be the best, most competitive Test series since the legendary West Indies v India saga of 2011.
There’s every reason to lock yourself up with a TV, lapt...
It would be the understatement of understatements to say that the series has been full of action so far, but that doesn’t stop anyone from saying it either way.
Such competitive pitches... it could have been so much more than the one-sided whipping it has turned out to be. The first session at Lord’s is proof of that. And then, like Dhoni said, everything that could go wrong, did.
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The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
It’s do or die time for India if they want to avoid a rare home series loss to go with a dethroning as the world’s No. 1 Test team in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, which starts on Sunday.They did it in 2008 - South Africa was 1-0 going into the final Test and lost it inside three days. This time there is a lot more at stake, however, not least of which the small matt...
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