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Manchester weather update, IND vs ENG Test Day 5: Rain could affect the morning session's play at Old Trafford today. (AP)

Manchester Weather update today, IND vs ENG Test Day 5: Will rain come to India's aid at Old Trafford on final day?

July 27, 2025 10:19 am

Manchester weather update, IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 5: Rain is likely to persist throughout the morning in Manchester with chances of rainfall peaking at 11 AM, an hour into the morning session at Old Trafford today.

Anshul Kamboj conceded 0/17 in three overs with the new ball before being removed from the attack for Mohammed Siraj on Thursday. (AP)

'Anshul Kamboj over Siraj with new ball was tactically wrong': Ricky Ponting, Nasser Hussain slam Shubman Gill's decisions in Manchester Test

July 25, 2025 10:07 am

IND vs ENG: Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain slammed India captain Shubman Gill for throwing debutant seamer Anshul Kamboj into the deep end early with the new ball alongside Jasprit Bumrah as England waltzed to 225 for two in only 46 overs in Manchester on Thursday.

A student at Oxford University, Abbas Ali Baig made a rare Test debut for India in Manchester in 1959. (X)

From Oxford University to century on India Test debut in Manchester - the story of Abbas Ali Baig

July 23, 2025 2:09 pm

Like Anshul Kamboj who could make his Test debut in Manchester on Wednesday for India, a 20-year-old Abbas Ali Baig was nowhere in contention when the 1959 tour of England began, before being drafted in for his maiden cap at Old Trafford while studying at Oxford University.

The Old Trafford pitch is throwing up plenty of speculation in the day's leading up to the important fourth Test of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy. (AP)

'Very, very flat': David Lloyd's verdict on fourth Test Old Trafford pitch, contrary to Shastri and others' assessment

July 23, 2025 8:32 am

IND vs ENG: While Indians expect Manchester to offer more bounce than any other venue, locals following county matches reckon the Old Trafford pitch stays flat and might even aid spin, and last all five days

Despite racking up over 10,000 Test runs and 34 centuries, Sunil Gavaskar considers his 57 in Old Trafford, Manchester as the best knock of his career. (File)

Why Sunil Gavaskar calls a 57-run knock against England in Manchester the 'most satisfying innings' of his career

July 20, 2025 3:49 pm

India batting legend Sunil Gavaskar would reveal how he would come up against a series of challenges at the Old Trafford in Manchester in 1971 as he prepared to open the innings alongside Ashok Mankad in response to England's first-innings score of 386.

Atherton reckoned that India should think about playing Kuldeep Yadav, and even think about playing three spinners. (File Photo)

Why Old Trafford pitch was turned 90 degrees and Mike Atherton says Kuldeep Yadav should play India's 4th Test against England

July 19, 2025 8:11 pm

Around a decade back, the pitch at Old Trafford was moved 90 degrees from its east-west sitting to north-south direction.

India vs England: MS Dhoni's stoic 71 and Varun Aaron shattering Stuart Broad's nose grabbed eyeballs at Old Trafford in 2014. (Reuters)

India at Old Trafford: When MS Dhoni hit 71 after walking in at 8/4 and Varun Aaron fractured Stuart Broad's nose

July 19, 2025 1:42 pm

IND vs ENG: What happened the last time India turned up at Old Trafford? MS Dhoni's gritty 71 after a horrendous Manchster batting collapse and a fiery Varun Aaron bouncer that left Stuart Broad with a bloodied and broken nose and a lot of nightmares.

IND vs ENG: Sachin Tendulkar hit a cracking 4th-innings century in the 1990 Old Trafford Test in Manchester. (File)

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