Match Analysis

Deepti the batter makes a quiet statement

Her promotion to No. 6 raised a few eyebrows, but she showed her finishing chops with a match-winning, unbeaten 62 in the first ODI

17-Jul-2025•Shashank Kishore

Six years on from World Cup glory, Stokes and Archer light up Lord's again

England's captain said he had a feeling on an auspicious date, and so it transpired

14-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

India ponder the what-ifs after Lord's heartbreak

Gill says a "couple of boundaries here and there" could have tilted the result in India's favour

14-Jul-2025•Nagraj Gollapudi

Jadeja, and the curse of being so good

He once again came so close to sealing his place in popular legend, but it was not meant to be

14-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

Pink-ball theatre: Unplayable deliveries, unbelievable catches and T20 batting in Test cricket

And that was not all. West Indies picked up three injuries and had to manufacture an entirely new opening pair

13-Jul-2025•Andrew McGlashan

Big-game Stokes pushes his limits to keep England alive

He starred with the ball and in the field, and last-minute theatrics on the third day could set the stage for a special with the bat

12-Jul-2025•Matt Roller

Woakes accepts reduced role as his wizardry begins to dwindle

England's ego-less attack leader found a way to stay relevant but it wasn't the cut-and-thrust of old

12-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

New day, same old troubles: India left to play catch-up despite superior show

Small errors, non-traditional dismissals, another collapse, and India had lost another opportunity to make losing this Test improbable

12-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

The wait is Over: Six balls and a lifetime later, Jofra Archer returns with a bang

Four years after his last Test appearance, England's fast bowler scripts a perfect return to the big time

11-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Gillnetting: Woakes and Smith make England's grand plan work

Rather than the pace of Jofra Archer, it was Chris Woakes with the keeper up to the stumps that did for India's captain

11-Jul-2025•Matt Roller

For Crawley and Pope, the struggle gets real

Both England batters tried to rein in their natural games but failed in different ways

10-Jul-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Bumrah and Root show their class on bizarre Bazwalling day

Both were masterly on a pitch that had enough to keep them interested, but not enough to give maximum results for their efforts

10-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

India lift their fielding to the next level in bid to 'dominate no matter what'

Radha Yadav says "only the fielding part changed the momentum" in the fourth T20I where India restricted England to 126 with a supreme performance in the field

10-Jul-2025•Valkerie Baynes

Breaking Baz - India cook up the perfect new-ball formula

While England managed only eight wickets with the two new balls, India nearly doubled that tally

06-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

Stokes' batting in focus as England count cost of Edgbaston errors

Captain's poor form with bat typified off-colour display and leaves questions to be answered before Lord's

06-Jul-2025•Matt Roller

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

No Bumrah, no problem for India as Siraj steps up

Edgbaston six-for just reward for Mohammed Siraj, who assumed seniority in Jasprit Bumrah's absence

04-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

The session when the cult of Bazball came alive

Smith and Brook went into trance mode and reintroduced a third result to the match when it seemed like England were out of it

04-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

Smith's a keeper, as epic innings goes where England predecessors could not

Shades of Gilchrist's indomitability, as England's No.7 fulfils role that Buttler was once picked to produce

04-Jul-2025•Matt Roller

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

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