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Australia have arrived in India fresh, hungry and with their sights set on history. Alyssa Healy’s squad commenced their ODI World Cup campaign in typically clinical fashion in Chandigarh on Friday, enjoying their first hit out ahead of the first of three bilateral one-dayers against India.Rolling up to the new Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, which will host an international match for the first time on Sunday, the Australian group brushed off any lingering jetlag and got their first taste of the conditions with a centre-wicket nets session. The only absentee was Grace Harris, whose departure for the subcontinent…
Phil Salt’s 39-ball ton, the fastest by an Englishman, powers hosts to highest ever T20I score against a full member Phil Salt has hit the fastest and biggest hundred for England to launch the third biggest men’s total in the history of T20 internationals and ensure a smashing 146-run win over South Africa at Old Trafford. Salt’s unbeaten 141, after reaching three figures in a record 39 balls, and Jos Buttler’s 83 decorated England’s extraordinary total of 2-304, which included 18 sixes and 30 boundaries on Friday evening (Saturday AEST). It was just the third time the 300-run barrier has…
Despite being ignored last year in a second string squad, Varun staged a strong comeback into India’s white-ball squads. ©Getty He had already been asked to send his Adidas sizes. Shirt, trousers, tracksuit: all ticked off, as if the place in India’s squad was a formality. That was how sure Varun Chakaravarthy was, in July 2024, that his time had come again. India were preparing to send a second-string team to Zimbabwe after the T20 World Cup win, the kind of series built for fringe players to audition. Varun fit that mould better than most: more than 40 wickets across…
Phil Salt smashed a new England-record T20I score of 141 on an extraordinary night in Manchester, the hosts scoring 300 for the first time as they beat South Africa by 146 runs to level the series.Salt struck eight of England’s 18 sixes for the innings, to go with 15 boundaries, as he blasted a 39-ball hundred to also best Liam Livingstone’s previous record-fastest mark off 44 deliveries. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Phil Salt hits a new England record-fastest hundred in second T20 international cricket, off 39 balls against South Africa Salt started as he…
BCCI ELECTIONS Harbhajan Singh has featured in 367 matches for India © Getty After Sachin Tendulkar, it is now Harbhajan Singh whose name is being linked to the top post at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Tendulkar has already denied being in the fray, but Harbhajan is yet to clarify, leading to speculation over his possible interest. There appears to be some substance to the latest buzz, with the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) nominating the 45-year-old former spinner, who holds 367 international caps across formats. The picture will become clearer once the nominations are officially filed,…
The Green Shirts crushed Oman with ease, but still need to up their game as the India clash looms. A disclaimer to start with: it was just Oman. So, Pakistan fans, don’t get too excited. I hope most of you won’t, since, traditionally, this team keeps finding new ways to disappoint us. With the emotions now set aside, let’s “objectively” look into what Pakistan came up with in their Asia Cup opener at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. The boys in green, as expected from them, swept aside the Omanis with utter disdain, continuing the pattern of big…
ASIA CUP 2025 On a slow surface, where run scoring was difficult, Mohammad Haris scored a 43-ball 66 © AFP Pakistan began the Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a clinical 93-run victory over Oman on the back of Mohammad Haris’s quickfire fifty and a complete bowling performance led by the spinners. A stroke-filled 66 off 43 from Haris, coming in at one-down, and late cameos propelled Pakistan to a commanding 160/6 on a slow Dubai surface. Barring an expensive powerPlay over, Oman never looked in the chase and lost wickets in heaps in the middle overs to succumb to 67…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson praised his team’s bowling attack but admitted that the batting lineup is still developing as they prepare for their Asia Cup opener against Oman in Dubai on Friday, according to ICC. Pakistan head into the Asia Cup in strong form, winning 10 of their last 14 T20Is under coach Mike Hesson. However, the success has come with a reshaped batting order that no longer features experienced stars Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. This has opened the door for players like Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub to step up, but Hesson believes…
Speaking further on the England tour, Muzumdar pinpointed the crucial takeaways for the side ahead of the World Cup. “We had the results as you know it. 2-1 in the ODIs, and we also won the T20I series, a first-time result in England. A great 40-day tour, and we gelled really well. It was a great team effort. “Everyone contributed. [Our first win on the tour] Was setup really nicely by Smriti [Mandhana], who got a hundred at Trent Bridge, and ended really well with Harman getting a hundred at Durham. In between, there were solid positives about most of…
ASIA CUP 2025 Bangladesh secured a 2-1 series win against Sri Lanka in the last series played between the two teams © Getty Tanzim Sakib, the Bangladesh pacer, is confident going into the team’s upcoming clash against Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asia Cup, citing the recent success against the Asian side. In the last five encounters between the two teams, Bangladesh have won three times, including a 2-1 series win in Sri Lanka in July this year. After having secured a comfortable seven-wicket win in their opening encounter against Hong Kong, Bangladesh are set to face Sri Lanka in…