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Michael Atherton suspects Jacob Bethell will get the nod to start at No 3 over Ollie Pope in the first Ashes Test in Perth.Atherton and fellow former England captain Nasser Hussain dissected the England squad named for the Ashes series in Australia, which starts at Optus Stadium on November 21, on the latest edition of the Sky Sports Cricket podcast. Hussain said England’s selection panel “had not blinked” in choosing a squad to suit the style in which head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes want to play, while Atherton said the change of vice-captain from Pope to Harry…
AUSTRALIA A TOUR OF INDIA 2025 KL Rahul retired on 74 © Getty After bowling Australia A out for 185 in the second innings, India A made steady progress towards their 412-run target in the 2nd Unofficial Test at Lucknow. On the final day of the game, India A will still require 243 runs to win with eight wickets in hand. Having lost four wickets cheaply at the end of Day 2, Australia A mounted resistance this morning. Nathan McSweeney and Josh Philippe shared a 90-run stand for the fifth wicket to rescue their side from a perilous position. Philippe’s…
Nottinghamshire captain Haseeb Hameed led from the front with a century against Warwickshire as they secured the two bonus points they needed to be crowned county champions for the first time in 15 years.Hameed scored 122 at the top of the order, setting up the hosts to comfortably go past the 300 they needed to get the points to win a seventh title by moving out of the reach of defending champions Surrey. Joe Clarke (52) and Kyle Verreynne maintained the momentum, with the latter bringing up his half-century with a cover drive for four before pulling his next scoring…
INDIA WOMEN – INJURY UPDATE Reddy was hit on the knee and had to be helped off the field © Getty India suffered an injury scare ahead of the World Cup 2025 campaign with medium-pace allrounder Arundhati Reddy wheeled off the field in their first official warmup at the BCCI CoE in Bengaluru on Thursday (September 25). The incident occurred in the 13th over of England’s batting, after India – under Jemimah Rodrigues – opted to bowl first. After two no-balls on the trot and conceding a six off the second, Arundhati managed to squeeze in a dot, which the…
Joe Root has warned England will hit Australia with something different in this winter’s eagerly-anticipated Ashes series.Ben Stokes takes a 16-man squad to Australia for the five-Test series, from November 21 to January 8, with the objective of reclaiming the urn for the first time since 2015. Root, England’s all-time leading run-scorer, spearheads a batting line-up tasked with breaking Australia’s dominance and firing the tourists to an historic victory Down Under.”It’s a big series like that against a side that have got a great record at home, especially against us previously,” Root told Sky Sports News. “But I think it’s…
Mahedi, Taskin make the breakthroughs for Bangladesh. Pakistan will be batting first after losing the toss in a virtual semi-final against Bangladesh in their men’s Asia Cup Super Four fixture at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The winner will book a place in the final against India. Live Coverage begins (Refresh for updates): Over 7 — Pakistan – 29-3 Fakhar is gone! picked the long-off fielder to perfection! Over 6 — Pakistan – 23-2 Muztafizur Rahman is into the attack, the left-arm slingy pacer can trouble Pakistan further as they look to rebuild. 5.5: The skipper gives the charge…
After posting sub-par 135-8, Pakistan hit back with three wickets in topsy-turvy clash against Bangladesh. Pakistan stumbled to 135-8 in the virtual semi-final against Bangladesh in their men’s Asia Cup Super Four fixture at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The winner will book a place in the final against India. Live Coverage begins (Refresh for updates): Pakistan’s chase Over 8 — Bangladesh – 44-3 Mohammad Nawaz into the attack! Over 7 — Bangladesh – 38-3 6.2: Abrar into the attack, and Nurul had no idea which way that one was turning! Abrar comes into the attack and delivers a…
After posting 135-8 in virtual semi-final against Bangladesh, Shaheen, Haris star with three wickets apiece as Pakistan clinch a thrilling 11-run victory. Pakistan won by 11 runs after stumbling to 135-8 in the virtual semi-final against Bangladesh in their men’s Asia Cup Super Four fixture at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. With that win, the Green Shirts bookëd their final date with archrivals India for the first time in the 17th iteration of the Asia Cup on Sunday. Speaking at the post-match ceremony, player-of-the-match Shaheen Afridi said: “I attacked up-front as the team needed an early breakthrough — the…
FRACAS DEEPENS The Super Four encounter between the sides featured a lot of verbal exchanges. © Getty The India-Pakistan cricket rivalry may have just escalated further. Recent acrimonious exchanges between players have now drawn administrators into the controversy, intensifying tensions between the two sides. Following a series of complaints and counter-complaints lodged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against each other’s players, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has scheduled hearings for Thursday, September 25. Meanwhile, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has added fuel to the fire. Naqvi posted a video of…
THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF BRENDAN TAYLOR Brendan Taylor having a reflective moment out in nature during his time at the recovery centre ©Cricbuzz Some time towards the end of 2021, a part of Brendan Taylor died. The loss was agonising for an overly proud 35-year-old – so painful, in fact, that he had allowed it to drag him into a spiral of addiction that drew the walls of his life in ever tighter, suffocating any sense that he could live without it. This inner delusion was in itself creating a tangled web of dilemmas in his external world. “It…