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Nathan McSweeney kept his name in the Ashes conversation after another standout performance, but the Australia A captain could not stop India A from surging back into contention in the second four-day match in Lucknow. The home side will resume Friday’s final day needing a further 243 to win with eight wickets in hand after KL Rahul (74) broke the back of their fourth-innings chase in pushing his side to 2-169 at the Ekana Stadium.But India have bigger concerns after Rahul became the second member of their Test squad in as many days to suffer an injury in this match.…
CAPTAINCY SHUFFLE File Photo: Rajat Patidar and Shreyas Iyer. © BCCI Shreyas Iyer will captain India ‘A’ in the three-match one-day series against Australia A from September 30 to October 5 at Green Park, Kanpur. Rajat Patidar, originally named captain for this assignment, has now been asked to lead the Rest of India squad against Ranji Trophy Champions Vidarbha in the Irani Cup, starting October 1. The leadership reshuffle means Tilak Varma, who was set to captain the second and third games, becomes Iyer’s deputy. The rest of the India ‘A’ squad remains unchanged, with Harshit Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak…
SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT Nitish Reddy was ruled out of the England series after the third Test. © Getty Nitish Kumar Reddy and Devdutt Padikkal have returned to India’s squad for the two-Test home series against West Indies, with no place for either Karun Nair or Abhimanyu Easwaran. The squad was announced by BCCI’s Chairman of Selectors, Ajit Agarkar, on the sidelines of Asia Cup in Dubai. The 15-man squad will be led by Shubman Gill, with senior pro Ravindra Jadeja named his vice-captain. Squad: Shubman Gill (c), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk),…
Catch all the live action from Rothesay County Championship 2025 Round 15, Day 2. Get streaming access, score updates, and match reports from Division One and Two fixtures. Rothesay County Championship 2025 Previews & Predictions – Expert Cricket Analysis for Fixtures from September 24-27th County Championship Division One LIVE SCORES – Essex vs Somerset, County Championship Division One LIVE SCORES – Hampshire vs Surrey, County Championship Division One LIVE SCORES – Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire, County Championship Division One LIVE SCORES – Worcestershire vs Sussex, County Championship Division One LIVE SCORES – Yorkshire vs Durham, County Championship Division One County Championship…
Sydney Thunder have swooped on the veteran off-spinner for BBL|15 after he announced his IPL retirement Every Ravichandran Ashwin Test wicket on Australian soil Sydney Thunder have landed one of the “biggest signings in BBL history” with Ravichandran Ashwin to play for the club in KFC BBL|15. Ashwin, who retired from international cricket during last summer’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, also called time on his Indian Premier League career last month to become “an explorer of the game around various leagues”. And one of his first stops will be the Big Bash, signing with the Thunder for the second half of…
WPL APPOINTMENT Mumbai Indians have won two of the three WPL seasons so far. © BCCI Mumbai Indians Women have appointed former Australian international cricketer Lisa Keightley as the head coach for the upcoming season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). She will replace two-time WPL winning coach Charlotte Edwards who joined the England national team as head coach, earlier this year, in April. Keightley, 54, has represented Australia 92 times (9 WTests, 82 WODIs, 1 WT20I) in her career and was part of the women’s World Cup winning squads in 1997 and 2005. Having turned to coaching following her…
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav is facing controversy after the International Cricket Council (ICC) acknowledged remarks he made following India’s Asia Cup group-stage victory over Pakistan on September 14, saying that it is reviewing a complaint lodged by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and may proceed with a formal hearing, Hindustan Times reported on Thursday. The move comes after the PCB lodged an official complaint with the ICC against Yadav for dedicating its September 14 win over Pakistan to “the families of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack”. At least 24 people had been killed in the April attack, which…
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav is facing controversy after the International Cricket Council (ICC) acknowledged remarks he made following India’s Asia Cup group-stage victory over Pakistan on September 14, saying that it is reviewing a complaint lodged by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and has had a formal hearing, Hindustan Times reported on Thursday. The move comes after the PCB lodged an official complaint with the ICC against Yadav for dedicating its September 14 win over Pakistan to “the families of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack”. At least 24 people had been killed in the April attack, which led…
After leaving New South Wales to look for opportunities elsewhere in 2013, the opener is poised to finally earn a cap for the Breakers All it took was an off-hand comment to Maitlan Brown, and the wheels were in motion for Katie Mack’s New South Wales homecoming. Mack is set to be finally presented with her NSW Breakers cap on Friday morning, ahead of their WNCL season opener against Victoria, marking a full-circle moment in the 13-year career of the Sydney-born opening batter.The 32-year-old came up through the NSW pathways, during a period where the Breakers were a near-unstoppable force…
Incoming New South Wales coach Peter Clarke is taking a holistic approach to his new role, as he forms a fresh Breakers brains trust for season 2025-26 alongside newly appointed captain Lauren Cheatle. Clarke, who served as the longtime Australia women’s team psychologist before taking up the vacant head coaching role with the reigning Women’s National Cricket League champions earlier this year, is bringing his unique expertise to the Breakers as they pursue a second-straight WNCL title.While some pundits unfamiliar with Clarke’s background might have been surprised by his career pivot, he has long combined coaching with his work as…