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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Opener John Campbell hit his first Test century as a defiant West Indies moved 18 runs from making India bat again on day four of the second Test on Monday. West Indies were 252-3 at lunch in their second innings at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. Campbell made 115 before being trapped lbw by Ravindra Jadeja to end a 177-run third-wicket stand with Shai Hope, who was on 92 at the break. Skipper Roston Chase was on 23 to help frustrate an Indian attack that has bowled more than 150 consecutive overs. West Indies resumed on 173-2…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Defending champions Australia chased down a mammoth 331 to beat India by three wickets with an over to spare in a pulsating Women’s World Cup clash in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. It was the highest successful run chase in the history of women’s ODIs. At the halfway mark, India were sitting pretty having piled up their highest ever World Cup total of 330 all out. But Alyssa Healy had other ideas. The Australian skipper unleashed a stunning exhibition of strokeplay, cracking 142 off 107 balls in a knock that will go down among the finest in tournament…
Australia captain Pat Cummins says it is “less likely than likely” that he will be fit for the Ashes series opener against England next month.The fast bowler is recovering from lumbar bone stress in his lower back and has not played since July, although he has resumed running in training. The 32-year-old faces a race to be fit for the first Test in Perth on November 21, but admits he may be prepared to gamble with his fitness given the significance of the series.Cummins, who said he planned to resume bowling drills next week, told Cricket Australia’s official website: “You’d want…
Joe Root feels better placed than ever to score his first Test hundred in Australia as he looks to help England regain The Ashes during a “mentally fatiguing” series.Root expects the spotlight to be on his lack of an Ashes ton overseas in the build-up to this winter’s contest, which begins in Perth on November 21, although his priority is team success. The Yorkshireman’s highest Test innings in Australia to date across three tours is the 89 he struck in the 2021/22 series opener at Brisbane, one of his nine fifties in the country. Please use Chrome browser for a…
BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE Fortune Barishal players pose with the trophy after winning the BPL earlier this year © Cricbuzz Bangladesh Premier League’s defending champions Fortune Barishal have requested the BPL governing council to reschedule the tournament as they are struggling to prepare for the tournament on short notice. The league’s governing council had recently announced that the upcoming edition of the BPL will consist of only five teams and shall commence from mid-December. Following the announcement, the body also invited Expression of Interest for franchise ownership rights for BPLT20. “The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially opened the process for…
Ravi Shastri believes the ODI series in Australia will be an important challenge in the Indian veteran duo’s quest to play another World Cup Legendary Indian figure Ravi Shastri believes Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma aren’t certainties for the 2027 ODI World Cup and both need a big series against Australia to solidify their spots. With both Kohli and Sharma now retired from Tests and T20Is, ODI cricket is the only international format that remains for the Indian greats with the pair seeking the ultimate success at the 2027 showpiece tournament, which will be held in southern Africa. That World…
Opener Phoebe Litchfield’s 40 from 39 balls assisted Healy in getting Australia’s batting innings off to a belief-building start, before Ellyse Perry (47* off 52) and Ashleigh Gardner (45 off 46) also made valuable contributions. “Probably something we haven’t quite done thus far in this World Cup is to set a platform in the first 10,” Healy continued. “Phoebe and I were able to do that, which was cool. I think it needed somebody to make 100 to chase down that total. Obviously you’d probably like two to make 100 just to make it easy, but somebody needed to, if…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, 2025 Alyssa Healy celebrates her century ©Getty It must not have been easy being Alyssa Healy walking into the 2025 World Cup game against India – her batting rhythm missing, frustration admittedly building in the nets and a personal rivalry simmering against an unlikely nemesis. But then, that’s the thing about big-match players: they don’t flinch, they rise. And rise she did – absorbing pressure around her, launching a calculated assault and meticulously taking down India’s weakened bowling to stretch Australia’s unbeaten run in World Cups to 12 games. Eight overs into their marquee World Cup…
West Indies batter John Campbell scored an unbeaten 87, showing fight after they’d been asked to follow on in the second Test against India West Indies batter John Campbell scored an unbeaten 87, showing fight after they’d been asked to follow on in the second Test against India. John Campbell scored a career-best 87 not out as West Indies battled on in their second innings of the second Test against India, despite the hosts enforcing the follow-on. Campbell’s previous Test best had been 68 against New Zealand in 2020, and on a slow-turning pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on…
Australia’s Test captain has provided an update on his recovery from lumbar back stress ahead of the Ashes Pat Cummins concedes he’s “less likely than likely” to suit up for next month’s Ashes opener in Perth as he begins to ramp up his training schedule ahead of his return to bowling. While he admits he’s still “a couple of weeks away” from bowling on turf wickets, the Australian captain said he was feeling better with each session in his recovery from lumbar back stress. Cummins resumed running last week and plans to start bowling drills next week. While he hasn’t…