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Warner laughs off early retirement talks

Australia opener David Warner has dismissed suggestions he and Steve Smith are going to quit test cricket after the final Ashes contest against England beginning at the Oval on Thursday.

England name unchanged team for final Ashes Test

England have named an unchanged team for the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval starting Thursday, with record wicket-taker James Anderson keeping his place in the side.

‘Oval is going to be good venue for India’

India batting great Sachin Tendulkar reckons the spin-friendly Oval pitch will make India a confident side and their tweakers could become doubly dangerous if they are able to get “that drift” and make the ball talk in the air

Stage set for England-South Africa series-decider

England and South Africa go into Thursday’s final Test at The Oval without key batsmen as each looks to secure a series that is intriguingly poised at 1-1 after emphatic victories by both sides.

Laxman 281 voted best Test innings

VVS Laxman's batting feat against Australia in Kolkata in 2001 has been voted the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years by a 25-member panel of cricketers, writers, broadcasters, historians and statisticians assembled by the Cricket Monthly.

Australia in Bangladesh 2015-16 / Smith prepared to 'bore' Bangladesh out

Australia must stifle their attacking instincts in the subcontinent and "bore" batsmen into giving up their wickets, captain Steven Smith has said.

Haddin retires from Test matches

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has retired from Test cricket.

Sanga drives Surrey to first final in four years

Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara played one of the finest knocks of his long career at The Oval as Surrey beat Nottinghamshire by four runs.

July 26, 2023
July 26, 2023

Warner laughs off early retirement talks

Australia opener David Warner has dismissed suggestions he and Steve Smith are going to quit test cricket after the final Ashes contest against England beginning at the Oval on Thursday.

July 26, 2023
July 26, 2023

England name unchanged team for final Ashes Test

England have named an unchanged team for the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval starting Thursday, with record wicket-taker James Anderson keeping his place in the side.

June 7, 2023
June 7, 2023

‘Oval is going to be good venue for India’

India batting great Sachin Tendulkar reckons the spin-friendly Oval pitch will make India a confident side and their tweakers could become doubly dangerous if they are able to get “that drift” and make the ball talk in the air

September 7, 2022
September 7, 2022

Stage set for England-South Africa series-decider

England and South Africa go into Thursday’s final Test at The Oval without key batsmen as each looks to secure a series that is intriguingly poised at 1-1 after emphatic victories by both sides.

January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016

Laxman 281 voted best Test innings

VVS Laxman's batting feat against Australia in Kolkata in 2001 has been voted the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years by a 25-member panel of cricketers, writers, broadcasters, historians and statisticians assembled by the Cricket Monthly.

September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015

Smith prepared to 'bore' Bangladesh out

Australia must stifle their attacking instincts in the subcontinent and "bore" batsmen into giving up their wickets, captain Steven Smith has said.

September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015

Haddin retires from Test matches

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has retired from Test cricket.

September 8, 2015
September 8, 2015

Sanga drives Surrey to first final in four years

Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara played one of the finest knocks of his long career at The Oval as Surrey beat Nottinghamshire by four runs.