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Gloucestershire’s Andrew Symonds was just three weeks removed from hitting a world record 20 sixes in a first-class match when he drew the ire of one of cricket’s most powerful figures. “As long as I remain (England) chairman of selectors,” said Ray Illingworth in September 1995, “I won’t pick him again.” Illingworth’s remark came after 20-year-old Symonds’ decision to opt out of an England A tour to Pakistan. It marked the crescendo to a drawn-out period of confusion and controversy, played out simultaneously in the micro world of England’s County Championship and the macro world of Anglo-Australian relations. But the…
Steve Smith steered Welsh Fire to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston.Set 139 for victory, the Fire, who started the evening bottom of the table, reached their target with 11 balls to spare. Stevie Eskinazi broke the back of the chase with a 29-ball 42 before Smith (47 not out, from 36) completed a comprehensive win.The Australian legend has struggled for form in his first season of The Hundred, making a top score of 29 in his first five knocks, but he played sensibly while Eskinazi and Jonny Bairstow (35 from 21) provided the pyrotechnics at the…
Steve Smith steered Welsh Fire to a comfortable eight-wicket victory at Edgbaston to leave Birmingham Phoenix with a mountain to climb to qualify for the Eliminator and keep their own slim hopes alive. Match Analysis Set 139 for victory, the Fire, who started the evening bottom of the table, reached their target with 11 balls to spare, Stevie Eskinazi breaking the back of the chase with a 29-ball 42 before Smith (47 not out from 36) scripted a comprehensive win. The Australian legend has struggled for form in his first season of The Hundred, making a top score of 29…
SA20 AUCTION Chawla announced his retirement from all cricket in June 2025. © BCCI/IPL Thirteen Indian players, including Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Kaul and Ankit Rajpoot, have registered for the SA20 auction ahead of the fourth season. They are among 784 players who have signed up for the September 9 event. As mandated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), all the Indian entrants are either retired or have relinquished their claims to play for India or in the IPL. Mahesh Ahir (Gujarat), Sarul Kanwar (Punjab), Anureet Singh Kathuria (Delhi), Nikhil Jaga (Rajasthan), Mohamed Faidh (state not mentioned),…
Welsh Fire’s rock-bottom women’s side finally recorded their first win of this year’s Hundred, seeing off fellow strugglers Birmingham Phoenix by 36 runs at Edgbaston.After five straight defeats, Gareth Breese’s side were able to indulge in some overdue celebrations as they easily defended a total of 150 for three, ending their hosts’ slim hopes of progressing to the Eliminator. England’s Sophia Dunkley paved the way, hitting 53 from 43 balls at the head of the innings, with back-up from Hayley Matthews (34 not out) and Jess Jonassen (44).South African quick Shabnim Ismail cut the chase down at source as she…
After five losses, Welsh Fire finally tasted victory in The Hundred Women’s 2025 as Jess Jonassen inspired a dominant win over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston, ending Phoenix’s Eliminator chances. Match Analysis Match Summary Welsh Fire claimed their first win of The Hundred women’s competition at the sixth time of asking, Aussie all-rounder Jess Jonassen inspiring a comprehensive victory over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston to end their hosts’ slim hopes of progressing to the Eliminator. Last year’s runners-up were playing for pride after five straight defeats extinguished their hopes of a top-three finish and they produced comfortably their best performance of…
ASIA CUP 2025 Nurul Hasan last played a T20I in November 2022 © Getty Wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan has received a call-up to the Bangladesh 16-player squad, announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. He last played a T20I three years ago. Apart from Nurul, Saif Hasan also makes a return to the national T20I set-up after a gap of one and a half-year. The batter last played for Bangladesh in the Asian Games 2023 before being left out. Nurul was knocking the door of the selection panel for quite some time through his performance in domestic cricket. He even…
Jacob Bethell is a massive part of the next generation who are going to take English cricket forward, according to Rob Key, managing director of England men’s cricket.The 21-year-old is set to become the youngest England men’s captain for an international match, having been named as stand-in skipper for the rested Harry Brook for the upcoming T20 series in Ireland in September. Bethell is also included in England’s squads for the preceding one-day international and T20 series’ against South Africa, with the first ODI taking place at Headingley on Tuesday, September 2 – live on Sky Sports Cricket from 12.30pm…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA 2025 Tristan Stubbs’ 74 on Friday marked the first time he reached 50 in 14 innings across formats ©Getty That South Africa beat Australia in Mackay on Friday to clinch their men’s ODI series with a game to spare was only the tip of the iceberg. There’s plenty going on below the waterline, particularly in a batting sense. The visitors, who won the first match by 98 runs in Cairns on Tuesday, added an 84-run thumping at the Great Barrier Reef Arena to make Sunday’s game at the same venue an irrelevance. Lungi Ngidi was…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir, playing for Trinbago Knight Riders, achieved a historic milestone by claiming his 400th wicket in T20 cricket during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 clash against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Wednesday. Amir reached the landmark when he dismissed Fabian Allen, becoming only the second Pakistani bowler to bag 400 wickets in the shortest format. He achieved the feat in his 343rd T20 match and is now ranked ninth on the all-time list of T20 wicket-takers. The record for most T20 wickets by a Pakistani…