Mohali: India’s premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin led from the front, claiming three wickets to reduce England to 78/4 at stumps on day three of the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Monday.

After conceding a 134-run lead in the first innings, England kept losing their top order — skipper Alastair Cook (12), Moeen Ali (5), Jonny Bairstow (15) and Ben Stokes (5) — in quick succession, to still trail by 56 runs.

Joe Root, who opened the innings in place of injured Haseeb Hameed, was unbeaten on 36 along with night-watchman Gareth Batty (0) when the umpires removed the bails.

Brief Scores: England 283, 78/4 (Joe Root 36 not out, Jonny Bairstow 15, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/19) vs India 417.

(Agencies)

Mohali: England lost four wickets in the morning session to reach 92/4 at lunch on the opening day of the third Test against India at the Punjab Cricket Association I.S. Bindra Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Electing to bat after winning the toss, England lost opener Haseeb Hameed (9) before skipper Alastair Cook (27) and Joe Root (15) took them past the 50-run mark.

But a disciplined bowling effort helped the hosts bounce back with three quick wickets of Cook, Root and Moeen Ali (16) just before the lunch break.

Stumper Jonny Bairstow (20) and Ben Stokes (5) were at the crease when the umpires called for lunch.

Brief Scores: England 92/4 (Alastair Cook 27, Jonny Bairstow 20 not out, Ravichandran Ashwin 1/14, Mohammed Shami 1/22).

(Agencies)

Hamilton: New Zealand reached 77/2 on a rain-curtailed opening day of the second cricket Test against Pakistan at the Seddon Park here on Friday.

Only 21 overs could be bowled during the entire day as intermittent rain during the post-lunch session forced an early close to the day.

The hosts were off to a disastrous start with opener Tom Latham (0) and skipper Kane Williamson (13) perishing cheaply after Pakistan sent them to bat.

The visitors, who were without their regular skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, employed four seamers on a track which offered good pace and movement.

Pacers Mohammed Amir and Sohail Khan, who opened the bowling from either end got one wicket each.

Opener Jeet Raval (35 not out) and veteran Ross Taylor (29 not out) put on 38 runs for the third wicket in the morning session after which rain forced an early close of play.

Earlier, Williamson and Raval scored 34 runs for the second wicket after Latham departed with the scoreboard reading 5/1 for the Blackcaps.

The Kiwis are already 1-0 up in the two-match series after winning the first Test at Christchurch by 8 wickets.

Brief Scores: New Zealand 77/2 (Jeet Raval 35 not out, Ross Taylor 29 not out, Mohammed Amir 1/15, Sohail Khan 1/35)

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India reached 98 for three in their second innings to take a 298-run lead at the end of the third day’s play in the second cricket Test against England here on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, India bowled out England for 255 in their first innings as the visitors trailed India by 200 runs.

In the second innings, captain Virat Kohli led from the front with an unbeaten 56, forging a 58-run fourth wicket stand with Ajinkya Rahane (22 not out).

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Ravichandran Ashwin put England in a spin as India dominated the second day of the Vizag Test. (BCCI)

Visakhapatnam: England were in deep trouble after being reduced to 103/5 in their reply to India’s 455 all out in the first innings at the end of second day of the second cricket Test here on Friday.

Resuming the day at 317/4, India were bowled out for 455 an hour into the second session of play at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.

In reply, England lost five wickets for just 103 runs and are 352 runs short of India’s first innings score.

Joe Root (53) offered some resistance but the Indian bowling attack, spearheaded by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (2/20), had the visitors on the mat.

Pacer Mohammed Shami and debutant off-spinner Jayant Yadav returned figures of 1/15 and 1/11, respectively.

England suffered an early jolt when Shami beat England skipper Alistair Cook with a delivery that moved in to beat the bat before breaking the offstump into two.

Haseeb Hameed and Root tried to build a partnership before the former was run out following a horrible mix-up.

England lost quick wickets thereafter with Ben Duckett, Root and Moen Ali returning to the pavilion in quick succession.

Earlier, India were bundled out for 455 in their first innings just after lunch.

Resuming the day at 317/4, Indian skipper Virat Kohli (167) and all-rounder Ashwin (58) took India past the 350-run mark before England off-spinner Moeen Ali dragged the hosts back with three quick scalps in the morning session.

Ashwin, who registered his eighth Test half-century, added 64 vital runs with Jayant Yadav (35) for the eighth wicket to take India to 415/7 at lunch.

Coming back after the break, England managed to take the remaining three wickets with leg-spinner Adil Rashid accounting for Jayant and Umesh Yadav (13) while Ashwin fell prey to Ben Stokes.

For the visitors, comeback man James Anderson and Ali were the pick of the bowlers with three wickets each while Rashid took two. Pacers Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes chipped in with one wicket apiece.

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Vijayawada: The India women’s team edged past West Indies by 15 runs in the third One-Day International (ODI) match at the Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA cricket ground here on Wednesday.

After pocketing the first two ODI’s in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s championship, Indian eves posted a fighting total of 199/6 in their allotted 50 overs.

Veda Krishnamurthy was the highest scorer as she scored 71 runs in 100 balls. Devika Vaidya and Deepti Sharma contributed 32 and 23 runs respectively.

For West Indies, Chedean Nation took two wickets for 21 runs.

In reply, West Indies started off on a good note as openers Hayley Matthews and Shaquana Quintyne forged a 49-run partnership before Rajeshwari Shivanand Gayakwad (4/34) along with Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur and Devika Vaidya created havoc in the West Indian side to clinch the issue in their favour.

Hayley Matthews was the highest scorer for West Indies with 55 runs while Kycia Knight contributed with 44.

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Vizianagaram: Karnataka scored 78 against Rajasthan in their second innings, swelling their lead to 302 runs, on Day Two of the Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match at the PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex here on Monday.

Openers Ravikumar Samarth (46) and Lokesh Rahul (32), who was sidelined from the Indian Test squad due to an injury, were at the crease when umpires called off the day’s play.

Resuming the day at 345/6, Karnataka batsmen could not add much to the score as Rajasthan Tanvir Mashart ul-Haq took fifer to wrap up the proceedings. Pankaj Singh and Salman Khan contributed with two wickets each.

In reply, Rajasthan were all out for 148 as pacers Vinay Kumar and S. Aravind took four wickets each.

In other matches across the country, Vidarbha scored 141/1 in their second innings, trailing by 132 runs against Maharashtra on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match at the Eden Gardens at Kolkata.

Faiz Fazal and Ganesh Satish of Vidarbha were at the crease when the umpires called off the day’s proceedings.

In Rajkot, Tamil Nadu scored 60/1, trailing by 277 runs in their second innings against Bengal in Group A Ranji trophy match at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.

Abhinav Mukund (19) and Kaushik Gandhi (25) were at the crease when umpires dislodged the bails for the day.

Resuming the day at 190/3, Bengal posted 377 as Krishnamoorthy Vignesh scalped four wickets while Aushik Srinivas took three wickets.

In Cuttack, Jammu and Kashmir scored 84/1 in their first innings, trailing by 418 runs against Haryana in Group C match at the Barabati Stadium.

Shubham Khajuria (48) and Pranav Gupta (25) were at the crease at the end of day’s play.

Resuming the day at 295/5, overnight batsman Rajat Paliwal (194) scored a brilliant century to put Haryana in commanding position. lower-order batsman Sanjay Pahal contributed with a crucial 59-runs.

For Jammu and Kashmir, Parvez Ghulam Rasool Zargar took three wickets while Samiullah Beigh and Aamir Aziz took two wickets each.

In Mumbai, Goa scored 96/3 after bowling out Kerala at 342 runs in their first innings of the Group C Ranji Trophy match at the Brabourne Stadium.

Sagun Kamat (21) and Darshan Misal (1) were holding the fort when umpires called off the day’s play.

In Mysore, Mumbai scored 51/2 in their second innings, taking their lead to 59-runs against Uttar Pradesh on the second day of the Group A Ranji Trophy match at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground.

Akhil Herwadkar (15) and Shreyas Iyer (3) were batting when umpires dislodged the bails for the day.

Resuming the day at 22/1, Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 225 as Tushar Deshpande scalped three wickets while Abhishek Nayar, Vishal Dabholkar and Aditya Dhumal took two wickets each.

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Rajkot: India were bowled out for 488 on the fourth day, trailing by 49-runs against England in the First Test match at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium here on Saturday.

For the visitors, Adil Rashid took four wickets while Moeen Ali and Zafar Ansari scalped two wicket each.

Earlier, stumper Wriddhiman Saha and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin put on an undefeated 50-run stand to take India to 411/6 at lunch.

Brief scores: India (First Innings): 488 (Murali Vijay 126, Cheteshwar Pujara 124, Ravichandran Ashwin 70, Virat Kohli 40; Adil Rashid 4-114) Vs England 537.

(IANS)