12.24am EST 00:24 So another terrific Test is in the books. Thanks all for your company and comments, join us again on Friday morning for more of the same! 12.16am EST 00:16 Joe Root poses with large cheques – people still use those? – after...
Over by over reports
Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day five – live!
12.05am EST 00:05 My guess is that Bairstow will stay in – he’s batting three and they’ve been desperate to find a spot for him, keeping him in for a lot longer than he deserved before dropping him – but I’d be very tempted to...
Australia v India: fourth Test, day four – live!
6.46pm EST 18:46 10th over: Australia 39-0 (Harris 9, Warner 30) Natarajan hasn’t got the line right to Harris, bowling too wide both sides of the wicket and letting the batsman leave most of the over. Adding a number to the ‘maidens’ column doesn’t always...
Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day four – live updates from Galle!
3.52am EST 03:52 112th over: Sri Lanka 278-5 (Mathews 40, Dickwella 25) The groundstaff are poised now; this looks ominous. I’m a little surprised that, given such, Root hasn’t given Leach a go, but he twizzles through another over of his own which yields a...
Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day four – live updates from Galle!
11.56pm EST 23:56 70th over: Sri Lanka 180-3 (Thirimanne 91, Mathews 9) Broad goes off and Jack Leach comes on, so it’s spin from both ends. After a year of illness and inaction, Leach is still scraping off the rust. He hands Mathews a freebie...
Australia v India: fourth Test, day three – live!
7.52pm EST 19:52 44th over: India 118-3 (Rahane 31, Agarwal 5) Cameron Green to bowl after the [sponsor name] scheduled hydration interval. His fourth over for the innings, first of the day. Yet to take a Test wicket in his fourth match. Has made runs....
Australia v India: fourth Test, day three – live!
7.01pm EST 19:01 33rd over: India 82-2 (Pujara 12, Rahane 14) Another little bit of fortune for the Indians, as Cummins bounces Rahane but the ball takes off, clearing Paine’s leap and going for four byes. Aside from that, Rahane defends. The deficit on the...
Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day three – live!
2.49am EST 02:49 11th over: Sri Lanka 23-0 (K Perera 15, Thirimanne 8) “Morning Rob, morning everyone,” says Luke Regan. “Hard to describe to a non-cricket fan the odd frisson of excitement checking the overnight England sub-continent score first thing. It’s like an absurd Xmas...
Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day three – live!
12.15am EST 00:15 106th over: England 382-7 (Root 206, Leach 0) Well that was an eventful over. The Root LBW appeal was pretty close, though I suspect he was just outside the line. I did Bess a slight disservice: when he knew there was going...
Australia v India: fourth Test, day two – live!
9.09pm EST 21:09 Lunch – Australia all out 369 We’ll take the 40-minute break now, starting six minutes late. Quite the late flurry from Australia’s 9, 10 and jack. That looks like a very solid score without being a dominant one. As ever, wait until...