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Test veteran KL Rahul has led India A to victory in their four-day match against Australia A in Lucknow after tonning up alongside Sai Sudharsan. Chasing a victory target of 412, Rahul showed all the poise of a 63-Test stalwart to finish unbeaten on 176 (210 balls, 16 fours, four sixes) and lead the hosts to 5-413 on Friday’s fourth and final day. Rahul received great support from Sudharsan, who followed his first-innings 75 with a gritty even 100 (172 balls, nine fours, one six) before being caught off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli. The 33-year-old Rahul retired hurt on 74 late on…
ASIA CUP 2025 File Photo: Mike Hesson putting the Pakistan team through a fielding drill. © Getty Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson has urged his players to block out distractions and focus solely on cricket as they gear up to face India in the tournament final. The arch-rivals will meet for the third time in the competition, with much of the talk so far revolving around off-field issues and on-field gestures rather than the cricket itself. “Look, my message to the players is just focus on cricket and that certainly we will be doing. In terms of gestures there has…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Babar Azam’s return is expected in the T20I series against South Africa. The proposal to send the senior batter to Dubai for the Asia Cup could not be implemented. According to details, Babar Azam last played a T20 International match against South Africa in December. Since then, he has not been included in Pakistan’s T20 squad, with his strike rate cited as the reason. Sources say that selector Aaqib Javed and head coach Mike Hesson believe that giving opportunities to new players instead of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan is the right policy. However, after two…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan secured their place in the Asia Cup 2025 final, defeating Bangladesh by 11 runs in a tense Super Four match at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday night. Pakistan’s bowlers rose to the occasion, restricting Bangladesh to 124-9 in their 20 overs. This victory marks the first time Pakistan will face India in the Asia Cup final. Pakistan lost the toss and were asked to bat on a bowler-friendly pitch. At first, Bangladesh’s decision seemed to pay off as Pakistan struggled, managing only 135-8. However, Pakistan’s bowlers put up a strong fight, with Saim Ayub…
South Australia’s top order fired in their season opener against Tasmania Twin tons to Courtney Webb and Maddie Penna set South Australia’s 36-run win in a high-scoring clash against Tasmania. SA posted a massive 5-330 after Penna (109) and then Webb (123no) raised the bat on a glorious pitch at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide. The pair put on 197 runs for the third wicket after both openers Emma de Broughe (23) and Bridget Patterson (37) had both got starts following captain Jemma Barsby’s decision to bat first at the toss. Webb crashes 78-ball ton in career-high knock Penna hit…
It was far from easy by the Breakers are on the board in 2025-26 New South Wales’ English star Georgia Adams, with help from a next-gen star, has guided the Breakers to a season-opening three-wicket victory against Victoria in Melbourne. The reigning WNCL champions found themselves in a bit of strife at 5-80 in pursuit of the Vics’ 181, but Adams showed composure on a pitch that proved hard to score on all day to finish on 45 not out. Her unbroken 53-run partnership for the eighth wicket with 15-year-old Caoimhe Bray (27no) was the largest of the match and…
Pakistan have at least upheld the status of being second best team in the continent. FOR all the talk about their apparent mediocrity after their twin thrashings against India in the Asia Cup, Pakistan have at least upheld the status of being the second best team in the continent. The status was sealed on Thursday, when Pakistan edged Bangladesh by 11 runs in a tense, low-scoring Super Four encounter. The win meant Pakistan have beaten all their opponents in the campaign apart from India, and that the archrivals will meet for the third time in three weeks in the Asia…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, 2025 The series decider in Delhi could have foreshadowed what’s to come. ©Getty If the 2017 World Cup put the women’s game on the global cricket map, the 2025 edition in India promises to be a game-changer. As the first ICC event to be hosted in India in almost a decade, its influence will be seismic. Australia and England have traditionally traded the silverware in the 21st century, but co-hosts India enter the tournament brimming with confidence. They’re one of just three teams with a positive win-loss record in the current cycle, alongside the traditional powerhouses,…
NEW ROLE Stead’s term with the Black Caps was highly successful. © Getty Gary Stead, New Zealand’s former head coach, has accepted a high performance coaching role with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) where he will be tasked with developing supporting players and coaches, along with the high performance programmes. Stead had recently completed an eight-year stint as head coach of New Zealand earlier this year. In a successful period for the team, he guided New Zealand to the World Test Championship in 2021 and also oversaw the team’s historic whitewash of India last year. Notably, New Zealand also reached the…
Ravichandran Ashwin could bat up the order for the Sydney Thunder with the David Warner-led side banking on bulk allrounders to balance their XI in KFC BBL|15. Ashwin, who will become the first capped Indian men’s player to feature in the Big Bash after signing to play for the Thunder in January, is the fifth spinner on the club’s list for this season. The Indian superstar joins fellow offie Chris Green, leg-spinners Tanveer Sangha and Shadab Khan and left-arm finger spinner Tom Andrews. Every Ravichandran Ashwin Test wicket on Australian soil But Thunder boss Trent Copeland says Ashwin’s batting –…