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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan are preparing to mount a strong lobbying effort to secure a place in cricket’s historic return to the Olympic Games at Los Angeles 2028, According to sources. Amid reports suggesting that both Pakistan and New Zealand are at risk of exclusion. Cricket will make only its second appearance in Olympic history after a long hiatus since Paris 1900. The LA 2028 Games Organising Committee has scheduled the men’s and women’s cricket events for July 20-29, featuring six teams in each category. The organisers are expected to follow a regional qualification format, a standard method across…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Wasim Akram wants Babar Azam’s return to the squad for the Asia Cup, advising that he should bat at number three. According to details, Babar Azam last represented the Green Shirts in a T20 match against South Africa in December 2024. After that, he was dropped due to his lower strike rate. Now, with Fakhar Zaman injured, voices are being raised for the senior batter’s comeback, and former captain Wasim Akram shares the same opinion. Speaking exclusively to Cricket Pakistan , Akram said, “If I had the authority, I would definitely include Babar Azam in the…
Australia chair of selectors George Bailey feels he is dealing with the situation well and hopes the Australia A series will help him regain his touch. “After his return (from the West Indies), he has reflected on that (his performances), put a few things into his training and has launched himself back into getting ready for India,” Bailey said. The Aussie captain Pat Cummins, however, continues to back Konstas, who Australia would hope can solve their top order hitch before the big Ashes series, which will also be Australia’s first home series in the new World Test Championship cycle. Talking…
THE HUNDRED – MEN’S COMPETITION 2025 Brydon Carse sent down 155 overs in the recently-concluded Test series against India © Getty England fast bowler Brydon Carse has been rested for The Hundred 2025 after consultation with the England medical staff. The Northern Superchargers will replace him with Lancashire quick Mitchell Stanley. “At the end of a long series against India and following consultation with the medical staff, I am sadly not able to play for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred this year,” Carse said. “I look forward to watching on from the sidelines and to representing the team again in…
Having barely recovered from jet lag following their all-conquering Caribbean tour, Australia’s cricketers were in good spirits on Thursday for their first training session in the Northern Territory in 17 years. A three-flight and 35-hour minimum travel time to return to Australia following the final T20I in St Kitts, with a few delays thrown in, meant most players had only three or four days at home before they found themselves heading back to the airport. Arriving in Darwin on Wednesday, they were greeted with weather not dissimilar to what they had acclimatised to over the previous six weeks; 31 degrees…
Chris Woakes says he is “still gutted” that he couldn’t secure a “fairytale” England series victory over India with his incredible one-armed heroics on the final day of the fifth Test at The Oval.India levelled the five-Test series 2-2 when clinching a six-run win in the most dramatic of finishes on Monday, which saw Woakes walk out out to the middle at No 11 with his arm in a sling. It was remarkable act of bravery from the all-rounder, who dislocated his shoulder earlier in the Test when fielding. Woakes walked out to the middle with England still requiring 17…
Tasmania opener’s strong case for a Test debut this summer has been noted by national selectors Weatherald cashes in to further push Test claims Jake Weatherald is firmly in the mix to make his Test debut in this summer’s Ashes and has been encouraged to maintain consistency by selection chief George Bailey. Three-and-a-half months out from the first ball being bowled in Perth, Australia are yet to settle on an opening combination for the series opener against England, with Weatherald the latest to build a strong case. The left-hander finished as the leading run-scorer in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield season…
Feeling refreshed after a quick Greek holiday, a “fully fit” Kagiso Rabada is excited to reignite South Africa’s battle with Australia in Sunday’s first T20I in Darwin. Rabada hasn’t played a competitive match since taking nine wickets in the Proteas’ World Cup Test Championship final victory over the Aussies in early June, sitting out his side’s subsequent Test series against Zimbabwe in favour of a few days in the Mediterranean.But the 30-year-old quick is ready to grab the white ball and renew hostilities with Australia in the BKT Tyres T20 and ODI series beginning this weekend. “The rivalry between Australia…
MEN’S HUNDRED, 2025 With 3 runs to win off 2 balls, Reece Topley hit a four to cap off the dramatic finish © Getty Reece Topley, the No. 11 batter, cracked a boundary off the penultimate ball of the run chase to help Southern Brave secure a stunning one-wicket win in their opening encounter of The Hundred, on Thursday. Brave overhauled Manchester Originals’ total of 131 for 4 with one ball to spare. After Sonny Baker had cleaned up James Vince early in the chase, Leus du Plooy and Jason Roy put on a steady 32-run stand for the second…
The 19-year-old opener is the only Test incumbent picked for the Australia A tour of India next month Sam Konstas’s road to retaining his Test spot for this summer’s Ashes will take a detour after the teenage opener was picked in an Australia A squad for a tour of India next month. Konstas was the only incumbent Test player picked to face India A in a pair of first-class matches in Lucknow where Australia’s focus is squarely on preparing emerging players for the next Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour in early 2027.Cooper Connolly, Todd Murphy and Nathan McSweeney are the only other…