Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will make a return to Test cricket after nearly 17 months as Pakistan will go in with two spinners and two pacers in the first Test against South Africa, beginning October 12 in Lahore. Despite all the talk about preparing spin pitches and including four specialist spinners in their…
India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Thursday said overcoming the fear of failure in knockout games has been a key contributor to the national team’s stellar success over the past 15 months. India has won two ICC titles and the Asia Cup since its T20 World Cup triumph in June 2024. The Champions Trophy win…
England cricket legend Andrew Flintoff has walked away from his role as coach of Northern Superchargers after feeling undervalued by the new owners of The Hundred franchise. Indian media conglomerate the Sun Group recently took control of Superchargers as part of the influx of new investors into the competition. Flintoff, 47, has been the coach…
Champions are made from the clay of hard work in the off-season. But ever so often, winners come about purely through bravery. One spark is enough to create a moment to cherish for posterity. This could have been the epilogue of a famous win for Pakistan against Australia in its Women’s ODI World Cup 2025…
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Wednesday announced that it will install a statue of former India captain and national selector Dilip Vengsarkar at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The decision was taken by the apex council of the MCA during a meeting held on Wednesday. “The decisions taken by the apex council reflect our…
The Indian ODI squad will depart for Australia in two separate batches on October 15 from the national capital with logistics and ticket availability determining the final travel schedule. India will play a three-match ODI series followed by a five-match T20I affair Down Under. According to sources in the BCCI, one group of players will…
England spinner Charlie Dean is ready to face the ‘different kind of challenge’ Bangladesh can pose during their Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 league stage fixture on Tuesday at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati. Both teams will meet only for the second time in this format. The last time they met was in the 2022…
South Africa showed that the shellacking at the hands of England was an exception, not the norm, with a dominant six-wicket win against New Zealand in a Women’s World Cup league fixture at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Monday. Tazmin Brits (101, 89b, 15×4, 1×6) and Sune Luus (83 n.o., 114b, 10×4, 1×6) carried…
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Monday confirmed that the umpire’s decision to adjudge Pakistan’s Muneeba Ali run out against India in the 2025 Women’s World Cup was entirely in accordance with the rules. Muneeba was given run out in the fourth over of the Pakistan innings after Deepti Sharma threw the ball onto the…
India A batters dug themselves a hole, attempting heedless slogs against the Australia-A spinners, before Vipraj Nigam saved them the blushes and ensured Prabhsimran Singh’s hard work (102, 68b, 8×4, 7×6) was not undone by steering the side over the line in its pursuit of 317 runs in the third unofficial one-day at the Green…