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Boxing Day Test centurion Nitish Kumar Reddy will make his comeback from injury against Australia A in Lucknow later this month. Reddy, who cracked his maiden Test ton at the MCG during last summer’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, has been named in a strong India A squad to take on the Australians in two first-class matches in Lucknow from September 16. India A four-day squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (vice-captain, wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Harsh Dubey, Ayush Badoni, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur. Second…
Sean Dickson smashed a brilliant 71 off 26 balls to see Somerset through to Vitality Blast Finals Day with a nerve-tingling four-wicket victory over Birmingham Bears (Warwickshire) at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. Match Analysis The visitors posted 190 for six after winning the toss, Alex Davies top-scoring with 71 off just 39 balls, with 13 fours. Rob Yates provided a lightning start with 25 off ten deliveries, but Ben Green’s two for 30 enabled Somerset to peg their opponents back. Even so, it took a stupendous knock from Dickson, who blasted 5 fours and 6 sixes, to see…
Liam Livingstone came up with a remarkable undefeated 85 from 45 balls to book Lancashire’s ticket to Vitality Blast Finals Day as they beat Kent by three wickets at Old Trafford.Throughout his innings, Livingstone was eyeing the boundary, knocking seven sixes and four fours on the way to wrapping up his side’s win with nine balls remaining as they reached their target of 154. Stand out for Kent was Fred Klaassen (3-14) but even his bowling did not prove the difference as Lancashire got over the line.It was the Spitfires who won the toss and decided to bat but their…
Liam Livingstone came up with a remarkable undefeated 85 from 45 balls to book Lancashire’s ticket to Vitality Blast Finals Day as they beat Kent by three wickets at Old Trafford.Throughout his innings, Livingstone was eyeing the boundary, knocking seven sixes and four fours on the way to wrapping up his side’s win with nine balls remaining as they reached their target of 154. Stand out for Kent was Fred Klaassen (3-14) but even his bowling did not prove the difference as Lancashire got over the line.It was the Spitfires who won the toss and decided to bat but their…
DULEEP TROPHY, 2025 Rajat Patidar [file pic] made 77 as Central Zone picked up a 118-run lead on Day 3. © BCCI/IPL West Zone vs Central Zone West Zone endured a hard toil on the third day as they were kept at bay by Central Zone. Shubham Sharma and Rajat Patidar continued to pile on the runs when play began on the third day before Dharmendrasinh Jadeja broke the partnership. With Patidar gone for 77, Jadeja struck again before Shubham was run out four runs short of a century. At 322/5, there was an opportunity for West Zone to get…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL England announced Friday they were resting opening batsman Ben Duckett from an upcoming T20 series against South Africa following successive one-day international losses to the Proteas, with Sam Curran recalled for the first time this year. Duckett, a first-choice all format player, was out for scores of five and 14 in this week’s two ODIs, with defeats at Headingley and Lord’s leaving England 2-0 down in a three-match contest ahead of Sunday’s finale in Southampton. The usually lively left-hander has looked weary after being one of a handful of England cricketers involved throughout a gruelling five-Test…
SRI LANKA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Raza finished with figures of 3/11. © Getty “We just need to avoid losing wickets on a regular basis” said Charith Asalanka at the toss ahead of the 2nd T20I. Unfortunately for Sri Lanka, the exact opposite transpired as they were skittled out for just 80 before hosts Zimbabwe successfully chased it down with five wickets and 5.4 overs to spare. Asked to bat first, Kusal Mendis was the first of the ten Sri Lankan casualties as he carved the first ball of the second over straight down third man’s throat. His opening partner,…
Donald Trump will become the first sitting United States president to attend the US Open in a quarter-century on Sunday, as he joins the legions of fans in New York to catch a highly anticipated showdown between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Republican Trump has attended numerous sports events to meet with his supporters, but he may not receive the warmest welcome at the US Open in deeply Democratic New York City. He was once a fixture of the tournament before taking office and in 2015 was booed by some tennis fans not long after launching his presidential campaign. Ticketholders…
LET’S TALK MONEY The BCCI has ‘provisioned INR 3,150 crore towards income tax obligations for FY 2023-24’. © Getty Death and taxes are not the only certainties in life after all – the ever-swelling riches and coffers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it seems, are just as guaranteed. As per a report, circulated among the state associations, the Board had a bank balance of INR 20,686 crore as of 12 months back. Inevitably that must have gone up exponentially over the last one year, the financial assessment of which will be revealed at the AGM…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pace bowler Fareed Ahmad kept cool in the last over Friday to foil Asif Khan’s aggressive hitting as a depleted Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates by four runs in a tri-series match. After Asif opened the final over with a four, a six and a two, Ahmad beat the bat with the next two balls. Asif needed to find the boundary off the last ball but was caught as Afghanistan held on to win at the Sharjah stadium. Afghanistan, already sure of facing Pakistan in Sunday’s final, rested six of their main players including skipper Rashid…