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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Opener KL Rahul hit an unbeaten 58 as India beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the second Test to sweep the series 2-0 on Tuesday. Chasing 121 for victory, India resumed on 63-1 and reached their target in the first session after losing two wickets on day five at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. West Indies skipper Roston Chase struck twice with his off-spin to send back overnight batter Sai Sudharsan for 39 and skipper Shubman Gill for 13. Rahul hit the winning four and India celebrated victory over the visitors, who had launched a…
Alice Capsey says England’s unbeaten Cricket World Cup run is fuelled by a determination to avoid a repeat of their Ashes pain.England were trounced in all formats of the five-match campaign Down Under in January and February as Australia recorded a whitewash to retain the Ashes for the sixth successive time. The series prompted wholesale changes to the England set-up, with Charlotte Edwards replacing Jon Lewis as head coach and Nat Sciver-Brunt taking over as captain after Heather Knight stepped down.Under new leadership, England have made a flawless start to their World Cup redemption campaign, securing wins over South Africa,…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The affairs of the Pakistan Super League are progressing as slowly as those of Test cricket. The valuation process for existing franchises has dragged on, delaying the sale of new teams and the renewal of commercial agreements. Even the dates for the 11th edition have not yet been finalized, and the current teams are growing frustrated with the situation. According to details, separating Pakistan Super League (PSL) under the leadership of Salman Naseer has so far shown no visible benefits, as operations are moving at a very sluggish pace. There has been no contact with franchise…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan women’s cricketer Shawaal Zulfiqar lost her father, Zulfiqar Ahmad, who passed away in Sialkot on Tuesday. Shawaal, 20, is currently in Sri Lanka with the national team for the ICC Women’s World Cup, while her father was laid to rest in a suburban area of Sialkot. The team’s players, coaching staff, and management have expressed their heartfelt condolences to Shawaal and her family. It remains unclear whether she will continue to stay with the squad or return home. Pakistan have endured a tough start to their World Cup campaign, losing their first three matches, including…
There have been three different winners in the WTC since it’s inception in 2019 ©Getty To start off, the empty stands in Ahmedabad should give an answer. It was on expected lines though, for West Indies have been incredibly underwhelming for quite some time now and have been no match for India for the last two decades. They have now lost all six away Tests to India since 2013 – four by an innings and one by 10 wickets with five of these six games finished within three days. Even after a generous first innings declaration and a sub-optimal decision…
INDIA VS WEST INDIES, 2025 West Indies put up a good fight against India in Delhi © BCCI West Indies might have lost the series 2-0 to India but they gave a far better account of themselves in Delhi than they did in Ahmedabad. Their skipper Roston Chase labelled this performance as a “stepping stone” for the men from the Caribbean to improve as a Test-playing nation. “I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before. So, I think this is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Wazir Mohammad, the last surviving link to the start of Pakistan’s journey as a Test nation, has died at the age of 95, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Monday. Over the course of 20 Tests between 1952 and 1959, he only scored 801 runs as a middle-order batsman at an average of just over 27 but he played key roles in three of Pakistan’s earliest benchmark wins. “My Test record might not be very impressive but it gives me a great sense of pride that I made vital contributions in most of Pakistan’s maiden Test…
Joe Root has declared he’s ready to get the century monkey off his back in Australia this summer Joe Root has failed to score a century in 27 Test innings in Australia but the Englishman believes he is ready to end that streak when the Ashes begin in Perth next month. The former England captain has chalked up nine Test half-centuries in Australia, with a highest score of 89 in a nine-wicket loss in Brisbane in December 2021. Root, who was replaced as captain by Ben Stokes following that series, has since scored more than 4,000 runs and 16 centuries…
India completed a dominant 2-0 series whitewash over the West Indies with a seven-wicket victory in the second Test in Delhi.KL Rahul’s unbeaten 58 and Sai Sudharsan’s 39 off 76 balls saw India chase down 121 for victory before lunch to hand Shubman Gill his first series win as captain. India wrapped up the series opener in Ahmedabad within three days and seized control of the second Test by piling on 518-5 before declaring.West Indies crumbled for 248 in their first innings but, after being forced to follow on, they responded with a spirited second-innings effort.Inspired by centuries from John…
After their close call on Sunday, the Fire made light work of the Meteors on Tuesday Queensland has surged to the top of the WNCL table with a commanding bonus point win over ACT at Allan Border Field. Georgia Redmayne dominated the chase with a sensational century that featured 13 boundaries and saw her standing delighted at the non-striker’s end as the winning runs were hit. The Fire got to the target with a whopping 12 overs to spare, securing the bonus point to take them to 18 points ahead of the WBBL break, one point ahead of reigning champions…