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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND 2025 Chris Woakes dislocated his shoulder while fielding on the opening day of the Oval Test © Getty Injured all-rounder Chris Woakes will be available to bat on the final day of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy decider at The Oval, if England need him. Woakes suffered a suspected shoulder dislocation on the opening day and hasn’t taken the field since, but is prepared to come out at No. 11 should England require his services to chase the remaining 35 runs and clinch the series for England. They still have four wickets in hand. “He’s all-in, like the…
Lucy Hamilton bagged the second-best figures in WBBL history before her 19th birthday – and now with her first preseason as a full-time cricketer under her belt, she’s eyeing bigger and better things for season 2025-26. Left-arm quick Hamilton, who made headlines when she captured 5-8 for Brisbane Heat against Melbourne Stars last summer, is poised to make her Australia A debut during this month’s multi-format series against India A.Played across Mackay and Brisbane, the ‘A’ series action starts with the first of three T20s in Mackay on Thursday, with all games to be streamed live on cricket.com.au and Kayo…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Bad light and rain have forced the final Test into Day 5 with everything on the line. ©Getty It just had to go to the 25th day. This series, with its aching limbs and second winds, its fourth-innings chaos and final-session drama, was never going to end prematurely. Not quietly. Not painlessly. Not without sending everyone involved into one more evening of dreaming up possibilities. And yet, for most of the fourth day at The Oval, it looked like we would not get there. The clouds hung around simply minding their business, playing spectator, not…
BIRMINGHAM: Former captain A.B. de Villiers’ superb century helped South Africa outplay Pakistan by nine wickets in the final of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) here at Edgbaston on Saturday. Chasing a tough-looking 196, South Africa raced to their target in just 16.5 overs for the loss of only one wicket thanks to A.B. de Villiers’ swashbuckling unbeaten knock of 120 off just 60 balls. Hashim Amla (18) opened the innings alongside De Villiers who struck 12 fours and seven sixes in his breathtaking innings. He added 125 runs in an unbeaten partnership with J.P. Duminy (50 not out…
Join us as we recount perhaps the greatest Ashes Test ever played Kasprowicz’s recall of THAT Edgbaston moment Andrew Ramsey, The Australian newspaper’s cricket correspondent for the 2005 Ashes, keeps both gloves on his bat to re-live one of the greatest Ashes Tests ever with host, Louis Cameron, on the 20th anniversary of the Edgbaston epic. It was a Test made famous by Glenn McGrath’s rolled ankle, Ricky Ponting’s fateful ‘we’ll have a bowl’, reverse swing, Andrew Flintoff brilliance, Shane Warne stepping on his stumps, Michael Kasprowicz’s last-ditch departure and an iconic photograph of sportsmanship. But we have delved even…
England need 35 runs and India require four wickets after a late downpour sent the final Test into a fifth-day decider at The Oval England had moved to within 35 runs of securing a famous victory over India when bad light and torrential rain ended an extraordinary fourth day of the final Test at The Oval on Sunday. Harry Brook and Joe Root shared a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 195 to put England on the brink of completing a record run chase that would have given them a 3-1 series win.With India on the ropes, however, and England needing just…
BANGLADESH NEWS The skills-training will now be held in Sylhet. © Getty Bangladesh national team’s preparation camp ahead of the Netherlands T20I series will be shifted to Sylhet after initially beginning in Dhaka, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Sunday (August 3). Bangladesh is planning to host Netherlands for a three-match T20I series ahead of the Asia Cup as part of their preparation for the continental tournament. According to draft itinerary, Netherlands are expected to arrive on August 14 to play the series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Bangladesh are set to begin their camp on August 6 at…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Prasidh Krishna kept India’s chances alive with two strikes in a dramatic final session on Day 4 © Getty For the fifth time in five Tests, this England-India series will go down to the final day. And just like the others, it offers no easy answers. At The Oval, England need a further 35 runs, India another four wickets, after a dramatic fourth day that met an anticlimactic, premature end due to bad light and rain. England appeared firmly in control at Tea, riding on Harry Brook’s blistering 91-ball century and Joe Root’s unbeaten 98,…
England’s spellbinding series against India will get the gripping finish it so richly deserves after bad light and rain extended the fifth Test at The Kia Oval into a final day.England are 339-6 and need a further 35 runs to pull off their second-highest run chase of 374 and secure a 3-1 series win after six weeks of high drama, with India requiring four wickets for a 2-2 draw. There remains a distinct possibility Chris Woakes – who suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder fielding on day one that may rule him out of The Ashes – is required to bat,…
England’s spellbinding series against India will get the gripping finish it deserves after bad light and rain extended the fifth Test at The Kia Oval into a final day.England are 339-6 and need a further 35 runs to pull off their second-highest Test chase of 374 and secure a 3-1 series win after six weeks of high drama, with India requiring four wickets for a 2-2 draw. There remains a distinct possibility Chris Woakes – who suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder fielding on day one that may rule him out of The Ashes – bats, with the stricken all-rounder seen…