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Ravichandran Ashwin will be the first Indian cricketer to play in the BBL ©Getty Ravichandran Ashwin is all set to receive a grand welcome when he arrives in Australia in the new year. And it’s not just the top brass at Sydney Thunder who’ll be lining up to greet the superstar Indian spinner as he becomes the first Indian cricketer to play in the Big Bash League. Ashwin is instead likely to be sought by a number of stakeholders within and around Australian cricket as he makes his way here to pave an unprecedented path in January. While the final…
Get all the latest goss from inside the Aussie women’s camp with cricket.com.au’s brand new vodcast offering, ‘The Diary Room’ Aussie guns Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux are the first duo to join ‘The Diary Room’, cricket.com.au’s brand new video series taking fans closer than ever before to the Aussie women’s team. The two Victorians join host Emily Collin to chat about life in India with the ICC Cricket World Cup rapidly approaching, before an entertaining game of ‘Never Have I Ever.’ EPISODE INDEX 01:20 – TLDR: Get to know the girls 06:15 – Cricket Adjacent: what’s the latest…
India endured another tough outing in the field against Bangladesh. ©Getty India booked their spot in the Asia Cup final, but did so while dropping five catches. The result was expected; the unforced errors were not. This wasn’t the kind of chaos they’ve been training for. All tournament, India have leaned into entropy. Batting positions have been shuffled, overs have been reallocated, players have been pushed into uncomfortable spots. The idea is clear: a World Cup is around the corner and they don’t want to be caught off guard on a big night. Better to test everything now, even if…
The first woman from Pakistan to score a T20I hundred, the southpaw opener heads into this month’s World Cup in good form. On a balmy February night at Cape Town two years ago, Ireland’s Leah Paul stood at her bowling mark in the 19th over of the innings; her side having had a tough day in the field — courtesy of the batter waiting for her at the other end. Pakistan’s Muneeba Ali shuffles in the crease and moves outside the leg stump. Paul follows, but the left-handed batter caresses the ball to the boundary from in between the legs…
With eight teams competing for four semi-final spots, the 33-year-old emphasised the value of banking early points, even if the performances aren’t perfect. “The group stages at World Cups are just about qualifying for the semis and so you don’t need to play your best cricket but you do need to win. So the key for the sides is to just be able to fight their way through.” Drawing on her own World Cup-winning experiences in 2013 and 2022, Lanning underlined that not every win needed to be ’pretty’ – just timely. “I think in every World Cup that I’ve…
ASIA CUP, 2025 Bangladesh were impressive in the field against India on Wednesday and would try to replicate that same energy on Thursday © Getty Having beaten Sri Lanka and lost to India, the fate of both Pakistan and Bangladesh lie in the upcoming do-or-die encounter in Dubai on Thursday. Unlike Bangladesh, who made wholesale changes ahead of the clash against India, and still remain as uncertain of what their best combination is, Pakistan are better placed with their answers. The comfortable victory against Sri Lanka may not have erased their batting troubles, but they know better than their opposition…
VALENCIA: Real Madrid maintained their flawless start to the season with a swashbuckling 4-1 victory over Levante on Tuesday, as Vinicius Jr orchestrated the first-half demolition before Kylian Mbappe’s second-half brace sealed a comprehensive win. The result keeps Real comfortably atop the standings on 18 points after six matches, stretching their lead to five points over reigning champions Barcelona, who have a game in hand ahead of Thursday’s clash at Real Oviedo. Levante languish in 16th place on four points. It was a particularly satisfying night for Vinicius, who was under scrutiny after a mixed start under new manager Xabi…
LIVERPOOL: Southampton’s Ryan Manning (R) in action with Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitike during their League Cup match at Anfield.—Reuters LIVERPOOL: Alexander Isak scored his first goal for Liverpool while Hugo Ekitike was sent off after bagging a late winner as the hosts beat second tier Southampton 2-1 at Anfield to reach the fourth round of the League Cup on Tuesday. The Swede, a record 125 million pounds ($169.04 million) signing from Newcastle United, found the net in the 43rd minute of a scrappy match — 38 seconds after Southampton’s Adam Armstrong had hit the crossbar. Federico Chiesa provided the assist, as…
LONDON: Boris Becker says he regrets winning Wimbledon at the age of just 17 because he struggled to cope with the expectations that followed his first Grand Slam title. Becker defeated Kevin Curren in the 1985 final at the All England Club to become Wimbledon’s youngest men’s singles champion. The German, known for his flamboyant style of play, went on to win five more Grand Slams, including Wimbledon in 1986 and 1989, after his breakthrough triumph. “If you remember any other wunderkind, they usually don’t make it to 50 because of the trials and tribulations that come after,” the 57-year-old…
ASIA CUP, 2025 India won by 41 runs. © Getty India sealed a spot in the Asia Cup final with a convincing 41-run win over Bangladesh. They also knocked Sri Lanka out of the race in the process. Powered by Abshishek Sharma’s 37-ball 75, India got off to a tearaway start but Bangladesh managed to silence India’s batters thereafter to restrict them to 168/6. The challenge posed by India’s spinners, however, proved too tough to handle for Bangladesh, who were bundled out for just 127. Where was the game won? In the PowerPlay. Or between overs four and six to…