England 474 for 8 decl and 5 for 0 (Strauss 3*, Cook*) lead India 286 (Dravid 103*, Abhinav 49, Broad 4-37, Tremlett 3-80) by 193 runs… The first couple of hours presented plenty of possible scenarios on Day 3 at Lord’s. First, Abhinav Mukund battled hard for 88 minutes, nudging, poking, slashing, punching, and fe…

India 17 for 0 trail England 474 for 8 decl. (Pietersen 202*, Prior 71, Praveen 5-106) by 457 runs… They were calling for his head before the start of the season. Come big series, tough conditions, early wickets, and Kevin Pietersen scored his first home century in three years, going on to beat India to [...]

England 127 for 2 (Trott 58*, Pietersen 22*, Zaheer 2-18) India… Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen took England to 127/2 against India when bad light stopped play on the first day of the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. Trott and Pietersen steadied England with an unbeaten partnership of 65 runs for the third wi…

Somerset 425 for 3 dec (Suppiah 156, Compton 88, Strauss 78) and 260 for 2 dec (Strauss 109*, Trego 85*) drew with Indians 224 (Raina 103*, Willoughby 6-76) and 69 for 0… If the forthcoming Test series goes well for Andrew Strauss and England, Somerset should be top of his Christmas card list. After finding [...]

West Indies 204 (Baugh 60, Bravo 50, Ishant 5-77) and 322 (Chanderpaul 116, K Edwards 110, Harbhajan 4-75) drew with India 347 (Dhoni 74, Abhinav 62, F Edwards 5-103) and 94 for 3 (Vijay 45, Dravid 34*)… India settled for a draw in the third and final Test against the West Indies after rock-solid century-maker [...]