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Charlotte Edwards is adamant she is “seeing improvement” from her England side and “doesn’t care what anyone thinks” as she builds towards the World Cup starting in late September.India captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a century as India claimed a 13-run victory over England to win the one-day international series at Chester-Le-Street. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb led the recovery effort for the hosts with a mammoth 162-run partnership and the England skipper continued to shine before falling just short of a ton on 98.The hosts lost four wickets in the final five overs and Kranti Goud proved to be the…
Tensions continue to flare ahead of fourth Test as India captain Shubman Gill doubles down on criticism of England captain while counterpart Ben Stokes bemoans over-rate penalties India captain Shubman Gill has accused England of acting against the “spirit of the game” as tensions between the teams rumble on following last week’s heated third Test at Lord’s. The teams will meet again at Old Trafford on Wednesday for the fourth Test with India, 2-1 down in the five-match series, forced to make changes. The flashpoint that led to ill-feeling at Lord’s occurred on the third evening, when England’s openers had…
INDIA WOMEN TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Harmanpreet Kaur registered the second fastest hundred by an Indian in Women’s ODIs © Getty A blistering 84-ball 102 from Harmanpreet Kaur set the platform for India’s series-clinching 13-run win in the third ODI against England in Chester-le-Street. This was Harmanpreet’s first century since June 2024 and the second-fastest by an Indian Woman in ODIs as the visitors posted 318/5 – their eighth 300-plus total since January 2024. Harmanpreet was involved in an 81-run stand with Harleen Deol and 110 with Jemimah Rodrigues, after the openers added 64, with India riding on a collective…
England briefly threatened a record run-chase in women’s ODI cricket before falling to a 13-run defeat in their series decider against India in Durham.Chasing 319, skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt (98) led from the front, sharing in a 162-run partnership for the third wicket with Emma Lamb (68) after England got off to a disastrous start when stumbling to 8-2 in the opening three overs. The key dismissal came to end the 35th over, DRS showing Sciver-Brunt gloved an attempted sweep behind off Deepti Sharma (1-55), with England still needing a further 124 from the final 90 balls. Please use Chrome browser…
ZIMBABWE T20I TRI-SERIES, 2025 Tim Seifert’s unbeaten 66 helped New Zealand to a comfortable win over South Africa © AFP In a precursor to the tri-series final, New Zealand beat South Africa for the second time in a week, by seven wickets and 25 balls to spare. Once again, the core of the New Zealand bowlers were amongst the wickets with the trio of Jacob Duffy, Adam Milne and Mitchell Santner picking a brace. Chasing 135, Tim Seifert’s 66* heralded New Zealand to their third straight win of the tri-series. South Africa were sent in to bat, and Rassie van…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Gill’s form with the bat has allowed him take a more assertive approach as captain ©Getty At Lord’s, Shubman Gill told Zak Crawley to “grow some ba**s.” The words were sharp, but more telling was the fact that they came from him. Until that moment, no one quite knew what kind of Test captain Gill would be, or if he even wanted to leave any early stamp on the role just yet. His first two matches had been steady, if a little unremarkable. At times, he seemed content to play the part without entirely owning…
India captain Shubman Gill has accused England of acting against the ‘spirit of the game’ as tensions between the teams rumble on following last week’s heated third Test at Lord’s.The flashpoint that led to ill-feeling for the remainder of the match occurred on the third evening, when England’s openers had to bat out the final seven minutes but India only got through one over. Zak Crawley repeatedly pulled out of his stance to Jasprit Bumrah, then called for the physio after being rapped on the finger, leading an irate Gill to shout an obscenity towards the England batter.But while Gill…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. Bangladesh currently lead the series 1-0 after a convincing win in the opening game, where they comfortably chased down a low target of 111 runs to take a 1-0 lead. Pakistan will be eager to bounce back and level the series after a poor batting display in the first match, where they were bowled out for just 110 runs. Bangladesh, in response, reached the target in 15.3 overs with…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 After the storm at Lord’s, the attention turns to Old Trafford as the series moves into it’s decisive phase © Getty Old Trafford was unusually quiet two days out from the Test. The air, grey and heavy, carried little of the usual match-week bustle, apart from the players, who at this point of the series, appeared to be operating on autopilot. Outside, in nearby Deansgate, preparations were in motion for Manchester Day, the city’s annual burst of parades and performance, set to unfold over the weekend. Inside, though, it was about restraint and restarts, as…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Ben Stokes backed the decision to recall Liam Dawson to the Test side © Getty While there was no shortage of entertainment or drama during England’s narrow 22-run win over India at Lord’s, conversations about the over-rate ran rife throughout the contest as over a session’s worth of play was lost due to the pace of play. England were later docked WTC points and were fined 10% of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate. Stokes accepted the charge but maintained that current over-rate regulations disproportionately penalise pace-heavy attacks. “You can’t have the same…