FairPlay Red
FairPlay Red: Test and first-class cricket
FairPlay Red is FairPlay's home for red-ball cricket: Tests, the Ranji Trophy and the other first-class competitions. Fixtures, live scores and results come from verified match data and update through the day.
- Live now
- 4 matches
- Next start
- Fri, 9 Oct
- 1 match that day
- Last 12 months
- 415 results
What FairPlay Red covers
Red-ball cricket is the long form of the game: matches played in white clothing over four or five days, with two innings for each side. FairPlay Red follows every red-ball match in FairPlay's match data, international and domestic, and links each one to its match centre, competition and teams.
FairPlay Red is part of FairPlay on fairsplays.in, not a separate website, app or account. Everything here is free to read.
Tests
Matches between two national teams with Test status, scheduled for up to five days, including the ICC World Test Championship.
First-class
Domestic red-ball competitions on FairPlay right now include Ranji Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Irani Cup, County Championship Division One, County Championship Division Two, Duleep Trophy.
Live red-ball cricket
Matches in play now, including those between sessions or at the close of a day's play.
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9 Oct 2026 · 11:30 IST
Next red-ball matches
Grouped by competition and round, with start times in IST. Showing the next 40; each competition page lists the rest.
ICC World Test ChampionshipAustralia tour of South Africa, 1st Test
1 match from Fri, 9 Oct
9 Oct 2026 · 13:00 IST
Ranji TrophyElite Group A
8 matches from Sun, 11 Oct
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
Ranji TrophyElite Group B
8 matches from Sun, 11 Oct
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
Ranji TrophyElite Group C
8 matches from Sun, 11 Oct
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
Ranji TrophyElite Group D
8 matches from Sun, 11 Oct
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
Ranji TrophyPlate Group
6 matches from Sun, 11 Oct
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
11 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
18 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
ICC World Test ChampionshipAustralia tour of South Africa, 2nd Test
1 match from Sun, 18 Oct
18 Oct 2026 · 13:30 IST
Red-ball cricket in numbers
Finished red-ball matches in FairPlay's data over the last 12 months, to Fri, 9 Oct, 11:40 IST.
- Results
- 415
- across 13 competitions
- Drawn
- 30%
- 126 matches ended in a draw
- Won by an innings
- 68
- the winners batted only once
- Follow-on
- 66
- of 397 matches with a third innings
375 four-day matches and 40 five-day matches, by the length each match was scheduled for.
| Total | Team | Against | Competition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Ranji Trophy | 29 Jan 2026 |
| 736 | Karnataka | Uttarakhand | Ranji Trophy | 15 Feb 2026 |
| 731 | Somerset | Surrey | County Championship Division One | 24 Sept 2026 |
| 708 | East Zone | South Zone | Duleep Trophy | 6 Sept 2026 |
| 691 | Leicestershire | Surrey | County Championship Division One | 10 Apr 2026 |
Full Test and first-class statistics: team records, fourth-innings chases, winning margins, the toss and venues.
Latest red-ball results
The most recent finished, abandoned or cancelled red-ball matches.
1 Oct 2026 · 09:30 IST
Irani Cup · Five-day
Jammu & Kashmir278 (64.2 ov) & 111 (28.4 ov)
Rest of India237 (68.1 ov) & 319 (99.5 ov)
Rest of Ind won by 167 runs
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division One · Four-day
Glamorgan505 (157.1 ov)
Essex129 (45.1 ov) & 351/6 (85.3 ov)
Match drawn
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division One · Four-day
Nottinghamshire251 (99.4 ov) & 85 (38.5 ov)
Yorkshire179 (53.1 ov) & 159/9 (52.5 ov)
Yorkshire won by 1 wicket
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division One · Four-day
Somerset731 (171.1 ov)
Surrey422 (121.3 ov) & 127/5 (54 ov)
Match drawn
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division Two · Four-day
Kent353 (92.4 ov) & 120/2 (26.3 ov)
Gloucestershire229 (69.5 ov) & 241 (75.1 ov)
Kent won by 8 wickets
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division Two · Four-day
Middlesex255 (54.5 ov) & 134/3 (41.3 ov)
Northamptonshire103 (37 ov) & 285 (105.3 ov)
Middlesex won by 7 wickets
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division One · Four-day
Warwickshire372 (113.3 ov)
Leicestershire125 (47 ov) & 168 (56.1 ov)
Warwickshire won by an innings and 79 runs
24 Sept 2026 · 15:00 IST
County Championship Division One · Four-day
Hampshire128 (59 ov) & 238 (54.4 ov)
Sussex244 (71.5 ov) & 319/9 (78 ov)
Sussex won by 197 runs
Leading red-ball performers
From the last 40 red-ball scorecards stored by FairPlay, across all competitions.
| Player | Team | Inns | Runs | HS | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lammonby | Somerset | 6 | 499 | 229 | 58.84 |
| Asa Tribe | Glamorgan | 7 | 471 | 184 | 48.26 |
| James Bracey | Gloucestershire | 10 | 456 | 113 | 69.30 |
| Sam Hain | Warwickshire | 5 | 418 | 142 | 51.41 |
| Tom Abell | Somerset | 6 | 417 | 307 | 69.97 |
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Best | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Bamber | Warwickshire | 94.2 | 24 | 6/26 | 2.59 |
| Ryan Higgins | Middlesex | 142.3 | 24 | 4/30 | 2.78 |
| Matt Milnes | Kent | 103.4 | 22 | 5/53 | 2.90 |
| James Langridge | Gloucestershire | 111.4 | 22 | 5/51 | 4.36 |
| Ben Allison | Worcestershire | 128.3 | 21 | 6/42 | 3.05 |
Red-ball competitions on FairPlay
Every competition with a red-ball result in the last 12 months or a red-ball match still to come, next match first.
| Competition | Type | Scheduled length | Results (12 months) | Next match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC World Test Championship | International | Five days | 24 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Ranji Trophy | Domestic | Four days | 133 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Sheffield Shield | Domestic | Four days | 28 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Irani Cup | Domestic | Five days | 1 | None scheduled |
| County Championship Division One | Domestic | Four days | 70 | None scheduled |
| County Championship Division Two | Domestic | Four days | 56 | None scheduled |
| Duleep Trophy | Domestic | Four days | 5 | None scheduled |
| Test Series Women | International | Four days | 2 | None scheduled |
| Test Series | International | Five days | 6 | None scheduled |
| Logan Cup | Domestic | Four days | 20 | None scheduled |
| Plunket Shield | Domestic | Four days | 24 | None scheduled |
| Ashes Series | International | Five days | 5 | None scheduled |
| Quaid-e-Azam Trophy | Domestic | Four days | 41 | None scheduled |
How red-ball cricket works
Two innings each
Each side can bat twice, and the side with more runs at the end wins. A side that wins “by an innings” scored more in one innings than its opponents managed in two, so it never needed to bat again.
Four days or five
Tests are scheduled for up to five days. Most domestic first-class matches are scheduled for four: in the last 12 months FairPlay recorded 375 four-day matches and 40 five-day matches.
Why draws happen
To win, a side usually has to bowl the other out twice. If the scheduled days end before that happens, the match is drawn. Captains can declare, ending their own innings early, to leave enough time to bowl the other side out.
The follow-on
If the side batting first leads by at least 200 runs in a match of five days or more, or 150 runs in a match of three or four days, its captain can make the other side bat again straight away. This is set out in Law 14 of the MCC Laws of Cricket. In FairPlay's data the follow-on was enforced in 66 matches out of 397 with a third innings.
Red, white and pink
Matches played in white clothing use a red ball. Limited-overs matches in coloured clothing use a white ball, and day-night Tests use a pink ball that is easier to see under floodlights.
FairPlay Red questions
What is FairPlay Red?
FairPlay Red is FairPlay's section for red-ball cricket: Tests and first-class matches such as the Ranji Trophy. It brings together the next fixtures, live scores, results, leading performers and the main red-ball figures from the last 12 months, all from verified Sportmonks match data.
Is FairPlay Red a separate website or app?
No. FairPlay Red is a page of FairPlay on fairsplays.in. It is not a separate website, app or account. To use FairPlay like an app, add fairsplays.in to your phone's home screen; there is nothing to download.
When do the next Ranji Trophy matches start?
The next Ranji Trophy matches stored by FairPlay start on 11 Oct 2026, with 19 matches on that day. Start times are listed in IST under "Next red-ball matches", and each match has its own match centre with the scorecard once play begins.
What is the difference between a Test and a first-class match?
Every Test is a first-class match, but a Test is played between two national teams with Test status. Domestic first-class matches, such as the Ranji Trophy, are played between state, county or provincial sides. Both use a red ball and give each side two innings.
Why do so many red-ball matches end in a draw?
To win, a side usually has to bowl the other out twice before the time runs out. When the scheduled days end first, the match is drawn. In FairPlay's data, 126 of the 415 red-ball results in the last 12 months were drawn (30%).
Where do the FairPlay Red figures come from?
Fixtures, scores and results come from Sportmonks match data, which FairPlay checks every minute. The figures cover finished red-ball matches from the last 12 months; they describe what happened and are not a tip or a prediction.
18+ only. Fixtures, scores and results come from Sportmonks match data and are checked every minute (this page was built at 11:40 IST). They are information, not a tip or a promise of any result. See how FairPlay's data works.