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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL AB de Villiers produced a batting masterclass to guide South Africa Champions to a dominant 10-wicket victory against England Champions in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 at Leicester on Thursday. After winning the toss, South Africa chose to bowl first—a decision that paid off well as they restricted England to 152/6 in their 20 overs. England’s opener Phil Mustard top-scored with 39 off 33 balls, hitting one six and three fours. Samit Patel added a quick 24 from 16 deliveries, while captain Eoin Morgan contributed 20 off 14 balls with one six and two…
BANGLADESH CRICKET Bangladesh have sealed back-to-back T20I series wins against Pakistan and Sri Lanka © AFP Litton Das, the Bangladesh T20I skipper, said on Monday that his team needs to improve its death over bowling as they prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup, scheduled in India and Sri Lanka in early next year. Under Litton’s leadership, Bangladesh clinched back-to-back T20I series wins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively. However, despite the success he has urged his bowling unit to improve in the death overs. “We are bowling very well with the new ball, but we need to do well…
NEW ZEALAND TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 New Zealand head coach Rob Walter believes Michael Bracewell is the closest like-for-like replacement for Glenn Phillips © Getty Michael Bracewell has been drafted into the New Zealand squad for the first Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. He replaces the injured Glenn Phillips, who was earlier ruled out of the tour due to a right groin injury he picked up during the final of Major League Cricket. Bracewell was initially unavailable for the two-Test series due to his commitments with Southern Brave in The Hundred but is currently in Zimbabwe as part of the…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 It was a rare day of cricket where Jasprit Bumrah’s precision went missing ©Getty ‘Never forget leg day.’ It’s an adage fitness trainers swear by. On Thursday at Old Trafford, India had a ‘leg day’ they’ll do well to forget. It was a face – Shubman Gill’s – that told the story though. In the 22nd over of England’s innings, Jasprit Bumrah finally appeared to have found a patch. Three balls in the channel, all to Duckett, all full of menace. Two of them straightened from around the wicket and zipped past Duckett’s defence. For…
With a fractured foot, a limping gait, and zero regard for pain, Pant once again walked into legend ©Getty Rishabh Pant has done the audacious, the ridiculous, and the unforgettable often enough for it to no longer surprise. At Lord’s last week, he batted with a damaged finger and nearly dragged India back with a gutsy 74 before a run-out cut him short. At the SCG in 2021, he played through a bruised elbow to score a match-saving 97. But what he did in Manchester may have topped them all. Yesterday, he under-edged a reverse-sweep off a fast bowler onto…
DHAKA: Paceman Salman Mirza grabbed three wickets and opener Sahibzada Farhan struck an aggressive fifty in Pakistan’s consolation 74-run win in the third T20 on Thursday as Bangladesh took the series 2-1. Salman, playing only his third international, demolished Bangladesh’s top order with figures of 3-19 as the home team was bowled out for 104 in 16.4 overs in Dhaka. Sahibzada’s 41-ball 63 studded with five sixes and six fours got Pakistan off to a strong start and Hasan Nawaz clubbed 33 off 17 balls to help them to 178-7 after they were sent in to bat. Salman struck with…
DHAKA: Paceman Salman Mirza grabbed three wickets and opener Sahibzada Farhan struck an aggressive fifty in Pakistan’s consolation 74-run win in the third T20 on Thursday as Bangladesh took the series 2-1. Salman, playing only his third international, demolished Bangladesh’s top order with figures of 3-19 as the home team was bowled out for 104 in 16.4 overs in Dhaka. Sahibzada’s 41-ball 63 studded with five sixes and six fours got Pakistan off to a strong start and Hasan Nawaz clubbed 33 off 17 balls to help them to 178-7 after they were sent in to bat. Salman struck with…
It was the format that took Australia’s men’s team the longest to fully grasp but now that they have, they’ve become a dominant force in T20 cricket. Australia made a surprise surge to their first men’s T20 World Cup triumph in 2021, but never have they enjoyed such a sustained period of success in the shortest format than their current run over the past 18 months. Mitch Marsh’s side have won 19 of their past 23 matches – a winning percentage of 82.6 since the start of 2024 – which includes Australia’s longest T20 winning streak of eight matches from…
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett have stunned India after Ben Stokes’ first five-wicket haul since 2017 A superb 166-run opening partnership between Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett has spearheaded England’s recovery on day two of the fourth Test against India. The hosts were 2-225 at the close of play, still trailing the tourists by 133 runs after an absorbing day of at Old Trafford. A gutsy half-century from the injured Rishabh Pant helped India post 358 in their first innings at Old Trafford, with England captain Ben Stokes’ first five-wicket Test haul in eight years helping see off the tourists’…
The Bulls have announced two late additions to their contracted players for the new season Queensland have made a couple of late additions to their playing squad for the upcoming season with Zanden Jeh and Hayden Kerr becoming Bulls players. It tops off a big month for the 22-year-old Jeh who was catapulted into the Australia A squad from relative obscurity having never played first-class or List A cricket. Against Sri Lanka A, the left-arm spinner performed admirably in extremely batter-friendly conditions in Darwin, taking 3-132 from 43 overs in the second four-day clash.Jeh’s appearances in both red- and white-ball…