Vithushan Ehantharajah

Associate editor, ESPNcricinfo

'We ran second for five days' - McCullum admits England got the toss wrong

"It's just we thought this pitch might get better to bat on as we went through the five days but as we saw it didn't," Brendon McCullum says after Edgbaston defeat

06-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Akash Deep ten-for seals statement win for India

Shubman Gill's 430 runs got him the Player-of-the-Match award - he took the match-winning catch to celebrate what was his first win as Test captain

06-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Bats in the belfry as England prepare to live down their self-made image

England have said, over and over, that they are prepared to chase anything. Could that be about to change?

05-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Siraj six-for hands India huge lead despite Smith and Brook hundreds

Day three at Edgbaston was as stirring, emotional and mesmerising as this format gets

04-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Draw your own conclusion? England's bid for smarter choices may start now

Can England swallow their pride and settle for stalemate in the second Test?

03-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Gill holds India together with second hundred as captain

England picked up five wickets on the first day at Edgbaston to leave the match in the balance

02-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Live Report - Shubman Gill and Akash Deep clinch victory for India

All the updates, stats, colour and more from the second Test between England and India in Birmingham

02-Jul-2025 • Updated on 05-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah (today), Matt Roller (yesterday)

Archer waits in the wings as Stokes puts focus on squad togetherness

Moeen Ali and Andrew Flintoff provide coaching cameos as England build up to Edgbaston Test

01-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

How Ben Stokes got his bowling mojo back

From an obsession with fitness to fixing bad habits, Stokes' return to form with the ball is a boon for England

30-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Archer return deferred as England name unchanged team for second Test

Selectors keep faith with Woakes, Carse, Tongue as frontline seam attack for Edgbaston

30-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

How creeping Crawley has become Bazball's straight man

Opener's willingness to produce a tempo against type allowed England to build towards another famous win

25-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Ben Duckett on the road to joining the best

Could he be more productive? Should he be more selfish? Beauty of Test cricket is there's always room for more of both

24-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Pant, Rahul centuries set England 371 to win at Headingley

India's batting collapsed second time in the match, as they lost 6 for 31 to be bowled out for 364

23-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

One short but no picnic for India: How Brook's onslaught changed the Test

Unfettered attitude to risk and reward both makes and breaks a memorably chaotic innings

22-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

David 'Syd' Lawrence, Gloucestershire and England fast bowler, dies aged 61

Family announce passing after year-long battle with Motor Neurone Disease

22-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

India's gaffes overshadow Bumrah's jaffas, Pope ton makes it England's day

Ben Duckett's 62 in a 122-run stand with Pope held England's response together after India finished on 471

21-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Stokes repents in late spell after India capitalise on England's bowl-first call

Ben Stokes insists his team-mates will be able to pull him up on bowling too much

20-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Wood targeting fifth India Test for potential comeback

Fast bowler currently rehabbing after undergoing knee surgery in March

20-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Pope must seek selfishness to end the Bethell debate

England's incumbent has been given the backing of his captain for now, but he knows he needs to produce

19-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Rules of three: how England have dealt with a most thorny batting position

The Pope-Bethell question highlights how picking a No. 3 has never been easy for them

19-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

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