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Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell tipped for Ashes impact after standout ODI performances Bring it back! Khawaja, Hazlewood rate old Aussie kits England head coach Brendon McCullum has dubbed this winter’s Ashes “the biggest series of our lives”. It is still two and a half months until his side line up for the first Test in Perth but there is no escaping the importance of a tour that could define the ‘Bazball’ project. Ordinarily, Sunday’s gargantuan 342-run win over South Africa in Southampton would be seen exclusively as a bellwether for England’s white-ball fortunes. But with Australia on the horizon,…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ENGLAND 2025 In the past 12 months alone, men’s international cricket had to put up with four dead rubbers in Tests, a dozen in ODIs and 32 in T20Is ©Getty With apologies to The Everly Pregnant Brothers – and thus also to The Specials – here’s a message to you, Rooty: your 19th ODI century should be struck from the record. Or be qualified by an asterisk that explains you scored it in a match of diminished status; in a friendly, not a fully-fledged ODI. The game in question was between England and South Africa in…
Tait took over as Bangladesh’s bowling coach in May 2025. ©Cricbuzz Bangladesh pace bowling coach Shaun Tait is optimistic about his team’s chances in the upcoming Asia Cup. Bangladesh won three T20I series in a row leading to the continental tournament. During an exclusive chat with Cricbuzz Tait opened up about his coaching philosophy and much more. Here are the excerpts. How are the pacers responding at the moment? Look, it’s been enjoyable working with them. That’s what I know. I think they bowled pretty well in that last series. And we won the last two T20 series so that’s…
ENGLAND TOUR OF IRELAND Ireland will host England for three T20Is in Malahide © Getty Ireland will be missing the services of the experienced Mark Adair and Josh Little when they host England for a historic three-match T20I series at Malahide, starting September 17. The duo are still in rehab and were therefore unavailable for selection. The series marks the first time Ireland are hosting England at home in the shortest format. The two sides have only met twice previously in T20Is – the first in 2010 being a wash out and Ireland securing a famous five-run win at the…
ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL Rishabh Pant was hit on his foot by a Chris Woakes delivery on the first day of the Manchester Test © Getty Rishabh Pant is back in India and will soon head to the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for rehabilitation. The wicketkeeper-batter, who fractured his right foot during the fourth Test against England in Manchester on July 23, has spent the past few days consulting specialists. While the details of the assessment are still awaited, it appears that Pant (27), one of the finest batters across formats, is targeting India’s next home series against…
Pakistan is set to host Sri Lanka for a series of one day international (ODI) matches in Rawalpindi from Novermber 11-15, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. A day earlier, the PCB announced that it was set to host Sri Lanka and Afghanistan for a T20 International (T20I) tri-series for the first time from November 17 to 29 in Lahore and Rawalpindi. In a press release, the PCB noted that this would be Sri Lanka’s first bilateral ODI series in Pakistan since 2019, when they last visited for a three-match series that the Green Shirts won 2-0, with…
England head coach Brendon McCullum dubbed this winter’s Ashes as “the biggest series of our lives” as he said the XI for the first Test in Perth is yet to be decided.England begin their bid for a first Ashes win away from home since 2010/11 – and first anywhere since the home triumph in 2015 – at Optus Stadium on November 21. Jacob Bethell’s first professional hundred against South Africa, albeit in the ODI format, has boosted his hopes of playing in the series opener, perhaps at the expense of vice-captain Ollie Pope at No 3. Please use Chrome browser…
England’s one-day international cricket has been a grim watch for quite some time – so thank heavens for Sunday in Southampton.They scored 414-5 and then rolled South Africa for 72. The 342-run victory was not just England’s biggest by runs in men’s ODIs but the biggest by runs in men’s ODIs. The problem is that this win came after the series had been lost with a hammering at Leeds and a narrow defeat in Lord’s giving the Proteas an unassailable 2-0 lead. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the third ODI as England thumped…
England’s one-day international cricket has been a grim watch for quite some time – so thank heavens for Sunday in Southampton.They scored 414-5 and then rolled South Africa for 72. The 342-run victory was not just England’s biggest by runs in men’s ODIs but the biggest by runs in men’s ODIs. The problem is that this win came after the series had been lost with a hammering in Leeds and a narrow defeat at Lord’s giving the Proteas an unassailable 2-0 lead. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the third ODI as England thumped…
Asia Cup is India’s first multi-nation tournament since winning the T20 World Cup, and their last before the next one at home. ©Getty There are words that linger longer than moments. For India in T20Is, two of them were “maarte jao.” Rinku Singh heard them when he was going in to bat at 41/3 in the Delhi T20I against Bangladesh. It was not the sort of message that Indian batters of a previous generation grew up hearing. India went on to finish with 221 that night, then piled on 297 next. They won both those games. That Rinku was told…