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New book uncovers Indian mystery probed by Sherlock Holmes author

10:44 am February 28, 2021

London: Arthur Conan Doyle, the British creator of the world-famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, was drawn to investigate just one real-life crime during his lifetime and it involved a British Indian man wrongly accused of a series of mysterious crimes in an English village in the early 20th century. ASTRO ACCENT – For Birth Chart […]

More India is allowed to get away, more toothless ICC will look: Vaughan

11:23 pm February 26, 2021

London: Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Friday said the more India is allowed to ”get away” with producing pitches that are not deemed good enough for Test cricket, the more ”toothless” the ICC will look. England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to go down 1-2 in the four-match series. ASTRO ACCENT […]

Pitch was good, quality of batting was not: Kohli

11:10 pm February 25, 2021

Ahmedabad: India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said poor batting and not the pitch was responsible for the day-night third Test against England winding up inside two days and described the performance of batsmen on both sides as “bizarre”. Kohli insisted there were no demons in the pitch, which has been called “not ideal” by […]

List of Test matches which ended on Day 2

11:02 pm February 25, 2021

Ahmedabad: Following is the list of Tests worldwide which ended on Day 2 with a result before India’s win over England in the day-night third match here on Thursday. 1) England vs Australia at The Oval on 28 Aug 1882: Australia won 2) England vs Australia at Lord’s on 16 Jul 1888: Australia won 3) […]

Mayhem at Motera: England fold for 81

10:15 pm February 25, 2021

Ahmedabad: There was no end to England’s batting woes against the spin duo of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin as the side folded for 81 in its second innings to set India a target of 49 on the second day of the low-scoring day-night third Test here on Thursday. Patel picked five wickets in the […]