The first Ashes Test is poised nicely with around 98 overs of play left on the final day. Australia need 174 more runs to win while England require seven wickets.
AUS vs WI, 1st Test: Marnus Labuschagne has scored a gritty 100 in the first Test match against West Indies. The Australian youngster scored a double hundred in the first innings and is the player to score a double century and a century in the same Test match.
Match Referee David Boon imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was found to be five overs short of the target with time allowances taken into consideration.
Virat Kohli's enduring love affair with Adelaide Oval resulted in a classy 74 but his untimely run-out triggered a batting collapse as India ended the opening day at 233 for 6.
The last time New Zealand lost a Test series at home was back in March 2017 and the hosts were backed as 'favourites' by Ajinkya Rahane on Thursday.
Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series on Thursday in Harare.
If the curator rolls out a green top, it could suit the fast bowlers of both India and Australia.
India pulled off their biggest win over West Indies with a 272-run humiliation inside three days in the first Test here Saturday.
The West Indies handed a big setback even before toss with the last-minute withdrawal of captain Jason Holder, looked ordinary at best on the field.
While the rest could not contribute, it was Kohli who stood tall on the second day at Edgbaston, Birmingham as he scored his 22nd Test century.
As Team India gear up to battle England in a gruelling five-match Test series, skipper Virat Kohli believes that his players are ready to take on the challenge ahead and feels that the bowling depth can make a huge difference. India play England in the 1st Test at Birmingham on August 1.
The visitors were bowled out for 126, their lowest total against Sri Lanka, eclipsing the 168 all out in Durban in 2011.
Wicketkeeper Dowrich put on a crucial 90 run-stand with captain Jason Holder for the sixth wicket for the hosts before the latter was given out caught behind after Sri Lanka appealed the umpire's not out decision.
Babar Azam was the top scorer with 68 before retiring hurt, while Azhar Ali (50), Asad Shafiq (59) and Shadab Khan (52) also made half-centuries on a day when England dropped five catches.
Both the seamers shared eight wickets among them to bundle out hosts for a paltry 184 before Pakistan ended the day one of the first Test for 50/1 at Lord's.
Root had batted more than three hours for his 51 to rally England's resistance in the face of that heavy deficit but his dismissal on the brink of stumps on day 4 swung the match back in New Zealand's favour.
Kiwi pacers - Trent Boult took a career-best 6/32 and Tim Southee took 4/25 in the first day-night Test played in New Zealand to jointly bowl out England for 58 in 20.4 overs on day 1.
Australian captain Steve Smith made 56, his fifth straight score of 50 or more in Tests, but his fall to spinner Keshav Maharaj before tea was the biggest moment of the day of the first Test for the hosts.
Centurion, South Africa: Dale Steyn rocketed to his 25th five-wicket haul in tests to finish off the West Indies on Saturday as South Africa won the first test by an innings and 220 runs on
Centurian, South Africa: Seamer Vernon Philander struck twice in two overs for South Africa to stall a reasonable start by the West Indies to its first innings on day three of the first test at
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