Test Match

How the twin debuts of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid at Lord’s in 1996 defined the future of Indian cricket

As India battles on English soil for the World Test Championship as one of the two best Test teams in the world, the nation needs to thank the two men who made their debuts on this day at the Mecca of Cricket in 1996, forever transforming the future of the sport in the country.

I want to play many Test matches in my life, says Harmanpreet Kaur

Indian women will be playing a Test match after a gap of seven years when they take on hosts England in a one-off game in Bristol from 16 June.

'I love playing Test cricket': England captain Heather Knight delighted by women's Test against India

When Siva's flame lit up Bombay: Revisiting the remarkable story of England's 1984 tour of India

As if the two assassinations at the start of the tour were not enough to get along with, between the second and third Tests, the Bhopal gas tragedy happened

The greatest last wicket stand: Revisiting Shute Banerjee and Chandu Sarwate's 1946 record-breaking display at the Oval

Starting their tour in Worcester and stopping by at Oxford, the last team from Undivided India to tour Britain came to the Oval in London for a match that was destined to adorn the history books for decades to come.

Pakistan legend Wasim Akram says Shahid Afridi and not Virender Sehwag revolutionised opening batting in Test cricket

According to Akram, Sehwag came later and it was Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, who revolutionised the way the innings was opened.

Four-day Tests debate: Having conceived new products in 50 overs, T20s, officials should leave Test cricket alone

There must be a sincere attempt to improve batting and bowling skills that are needed for Test cricket to be exciting. Instead, there appears to be a bid to cut corners ostensibly to provide for more limited-over games.

Four-day Tests debate: Proposed change small price to pay in order to boost long term viability of longer format

It is a compromise, but if that compromise means fewer one off games, fewer two-match Test series but more Test cricket overall, and if it increases the long term viability of the format, it might well be one worth making.

Ashes 2019: Dissecting Jofra Archer's bowling action and what makes him a pace sensation

Jofra Archer, the Barbados-born pace sensation, who turned out for England this World Cup, wasn’t boasting when in one of his tweets, a couple of years ago, he had advised batsmen facing him to carry an extra helmet in their kit bags.

Mohammad Abbas: The new Pakistan pace sensation the cricketing world is in awe of

Mohammad Abbas, not surprisingly, comes from the land of the Imran Khans, the Wasim Akrams and the Waqar Younises. He bowls at a lively pace — though he isn’t frighteningly express like Younis and Shoaib Akhtar — but has the ability to move the ball both ways in any conditions.