Leading the chorus of protests against the Motera pitch for the third test in the ongoing India-England series is The Telegraph’s Scyld Berry

The South Africa Women’s Tour of India 2021 consists of 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is and is scheduled to be played from March 7th – March 23rd 2021 at Lucknow

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee has picked the squads for India Women’s upcoming Paytm ODI and T20I series against South Africa Women.

Left-arm spinner, round the wicket angle to right-handers, one comes in with the arm, another prodigiously spins away after pitching, undercut on the ball, an exploding surface, chirping fielders all around the bat and a buzzing crowd.

What makes for a perfect pitch? One that examines the opening batsmen in the first session of day one and generally gets better for batting as the game moves forward, before breaking down late in the piece.

Mark Butcher, Kevin Pietersen and Steve Harmison react on talkSPORT 2's exclusive coverage of England's tour of India

"When you play on a pitch like that, you need to have intent and look to score runs as well." Rohit Sharma speaks after day 2 of the India v England 3rd Test.

India moved a step closer to the World Test Championship Final against New Zealand with a dramatic 10-wicket win over England in the third Test on the second day of the newly built Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the four-Test series.

It is flash back 1974. As the tall Tony Greig, of England started his run up in a test match in Eden Gardens, the commentator said, ”Here comes tony Greig from the Maidan end.” Like the Nursery end of Lord’s or Paddington end of the Sydney cricket ground, the ‘Maidan’ end of Eden Gardens has a special place in the history of cricket.

Axar Patel, Member, Indian Cricket Team addressed a virtual press conference after the first day’s play of the third Paytm day-night pink-ball India-England Test currently being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Virat Kohli, Captain, Indian Cricket Team, addressed a virtual press conference ahead of the third Paytm day-night pink-ball India-England Test at Ahmedabad starting from 24th February 2021.

The 3rd test of the four-match series between England and India will be played at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad in India.

Team India fast bowler Umesh Yadav appeared for a fitness test on Sunday, 21st February at Motera. He has cleared his fitness test and has been added to the squad

Ishant Sharma, Member, Indian Cricket Team, addressed a virtual press conference ahead of the third day-night Paytm pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad.

Day five of the Jharkhand Women's T20 Trophy saw wins for Bokaro Blossoms and Jamshedpur Jasmines.

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met on Wednesday to pick the squad for the last two Test matches to be played at Ahmedabad against England.

Ravi Ashwin, Member, Indian Cricket Team, addressed a virtual press conference after the 2nd Paytm India-England Test in Chennai.

India wrapped up a massive 317 run win over England in the second Test of the Anthony D'Mello Trophy on Tuesday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Match news, results and scorecards from the second day of the ongoing Jharkhand Women's T20

Mr Axar Patel, Member, Indian Cricket Team, addressed a virtual press conference after the third day’s play of the 2nd Paytm India-England Test in Chennai.