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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Shubman Gill was lavish in his praise of Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna © Getty Shubman Gill(India captain, Indian Player of the Series) (On the match and the series) – Definitely both the teams played brilliantly throughout the series. Both the teams came up with their A-game, happy to get on the right side today. When you have bowlers like Siraj and Prasidh, captaincy seems easy. They were making the ball talk. Yes, there was a bit of pressure on us but they were really bowling well. We were confident. We wanted them to feel…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Siraj claimed a fifer in the second innings, picking three wickets on the fifth morning with the old ball. © AFP Stats highlights from India’ thrilling series leveling win at the Oval: 6 runs – Winning margin for India, the closest ever for them in a Test bettering the 13-run win over Australia at the Wankhede in 2004. The previous narrowest against England was by 28 runs at the Eden Gardens in 1972. Only twice have England suffered closer defeats by runs – by one run against New Zealand in Wellington in 2023 and by…
After 25 days of on-pitch action, India and England battled to a 2-2 draw in a most thrilling series. It was a see-sawing ICC World Test Championship series that saw both teams battle through despite broken limbs with unbroken spirits. Below, we look at the key takeaways after a hard-fought draw. India prove their mettle once again on foreign soil Heading into the fifth Test with the series on the line, facing a formidable England side at home, and without the services of Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah, few would have predicted a fightback of this magnitude from a young…
Sarah Glenn insists she needs to be back playing her “best cricket” in order to regain her place in the England squad, and is hopeful that a strong Hundred campaign can revive her home World Cup dream. The 25-year-old was a key part of the London Spirit side that won the 2024 Women’s Hundred, defeating Welsh Fire by four wickets. Glenn took 13 wickets in the competition, second in the overall standings. The spinner, though, has recently struggled for form on the international stage. Glenn did not take a wicket in two Ashes matches down under and failed to make…
The Hundred is back for 2025, with London Spirit’s women’s side and Oval Invincibles men out to defend the titles they won at Lord’s last summer.You can watch EVERY match across the women’s and men’s competitions live on Sky Sports, starting with the Spirit-Invincibles double-header at Lord’s on Tuesday. Read on for our team guide as we pick out some of the players to watch across the competition this August. Image: Ellyse Perry will captain Birmingham Phoenix and play alongside Australia team-mates Georgia Voll and Megan Schutt Birmingham PhoenixWomen’s squad: Ellyse Perry (Australia, captain), Georgia Voll (Australia), Emma Lamb, Amy…
Delays are annoying. Just ask anyone who gets the train to work.But they don’t often lead to the sort of long-standing beef we witnessed in the utterly pulsating England vs India Test series. England’s second innings starting 90 seconds late on the third evening of the third Test at Lord’s – and Zak Crawley’s subsequent time-wasting tactics – triggered copious aggro. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Tensions rose between England and India late on day three of the Lord’s Test due to Zak Crawley’s timewasting tactics, leading to more aggro over the rest of the…
INDIA IN ENGLAND, 2025 Stokes felt that series was a great advertisement for Test cricket © Getty Ben Stokes, the England captain, praised the quality of cricket on display during the 2-2 series draw with India, describing it as one of the most compelling Test series he has been part of, despite his disappointment at missing out on a series victory. Speaking after India’s dramatic six-run victory in the fifth Test at The Oval, Stokes acknowledged the fairness of the drawn series result although he expressed his frustration at England’s inability to get over the line in a tight finish.…
England and India exchanged control throughout the series, with neither side managing to win back-to-back Tests, and Stokes reflected on the ebb and flow of the contest. “India have been in control, we’ve been in control, then it’s gone back to them, then it’s gone back to us. “To be a part of it and be able to experience five games like this has been pretty special. We had a similar situation here in 23 with the Ashes, where we had to come here and win the game, and that again was another special series to be a part of.”…
Andy Anson©Lancashire Cricket Club Lancashire Cricket confirms Andy Anson OBE will step down as Chair, with Dame Sarah Storey appointed Interim Chair as the club enters a new leadership phase. At a Board Meeting on Monday 7 July, Anson announced his decision to resign from the role, following the India Test Match at Emirates Old Trafford. This follows on from his appointment to a new full-time role working with leading private equity company BD Capital, and his decision to step down as CEO of the British Olympic Association, earlier in the month. Anson has served as Lancashire’s Chair since November…
ASIA CUP, 2025 Nurul is part of the 25-member preliminary squad © Getty Bangladesh Cricket Board included out-of-favor Nurul Hasan in their 25-member preliminary squad for the upcoming Asia Cup and the three-match T20I series against Netherlands, scheduled later this month. Nurul and Mossadek Hossain were overlooked for quite some time despite scoring regularly in the domestic circuit. While Nurul manage to make a cut in the preliminary squad Mossadek failed to draw the attention of the selection panel to get a nod to try his luck alongside other members of the preliminary squad. Mossadek was also not considered for…