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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Rishabh Pant celebrates his 50 in the second innings at Edgbaston © Getty Minutes before the Lunch break on the fourth day of the Headingley Test, Rishabh Pant, batting on a century, lost his shoe while setting off for a run. As he was putting it back on, Washington Sundar ran out with a bottle of water. And perhaps a message too. Swinging freely until then, Pant appeared to suddenly play for the break. It is unknown if it was a response to the message he’d received but as it turned out, he was dismissed…
ENGLAND DOMESTIC CRICKET Salt’s bat did not pass through the gauge on the field initially © Getty Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) has confirmed that Phil Salt has been cleared of any breach of the ECB’s Anti-Corruption Code. The allegations related to a potential breach of ECB Directives 3.2 and 3.3, after Salt’s bat failed an on-field bat-gauge test during a Vitality Blast fixture. Salt maintained that the bat in question – one he has used consistently over the past two years for England, Lancashire, and in the IPL – had never previously raised any concerns. On Tuesday, the Cricket…
South Africa have completed their tenth Test victory in succession, thrashing Zimbabwe to win the two-Test series against their neighbours 2-0 South Africa have completed an innings and 236-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe on the third day of the second Test to convincingly sweep the two-match series at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. South Africa, who were put in to bat and declared their first innings on 5-626, bowled Zimbabwe out for 220, having enforced the follow-on after skittling out the home side for 170 in their first innings. Zimbabwe were 1-51 in their second innings overnight and, although they added…
The Vitality Blast 2025 delivers another thrilling T20 fixture on July 6. Fans can follow the match with live streaming, in-depth previews, ball-by-ball coverage, and comprehensive post-match reports across all games. Stay updated with the latest action from England’s premier domestic T20 competition. Vitality Blast 2025 South Group Match Somerset vs Essex Eagles – Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions – July 8 Somerset vs Essex, Match 89, Vitality Blast Tom Kohler-Cadmore smashed a brilliant half century to propel Somerset to a convincing 95-run victory over Essex Eagles at the Cooper Associates Ground and guarantee the runaway South Group leaders…
BRAND WARS First-time winners RCB have displaced CSK at the top spot with a brand value of USD 269 million. © BCCI/IPL The value of the IPL, as a business entity, has risen to USD 18.5 billion, up by 12.9 percent, according to a study by Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the US-based global investment bank. The stand-alone brand value of the IPL has increased by 13.8 percent to USD 3.9 billion over the past year. In another significant development, first-time winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have displaced Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the top spot with a brand value of USD…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Kusal Mendis celebrates his century © AFP Kusal Mendis’s sixth ODI hundred and a collective bowling effort helped Sri Lanka register their eighth successive series win at home (bilateral ODIs), as they downed Bangladesh by a comfortable margin of 99 runs in the third and final ODI in Pallekele on Tuesday (July 8). Kusal’s 124, along with Charith Asalanka’s 58 set the platform for Sri Lanka’s competitive total of 285 for 7. In reply, Bangladesh were bowled out for 186, with Towhid Hridoy’s 51 the lone resistance as Dushmantha Chameera (3-51), Asitha Fernando (3-33),…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has announced a 15-member squad for their upcoming two-match Test series against Zimbabwe, set to be played from July 30 to August 11 in Bulawayo. The series will not count towards the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), and as a result, Kane Williamson and Michael Bracewell have not been included. Williamson is currently playing for Middlesex in the County Championship and will feature in The Hundred for London Spirit, while Bracewell is representing MI New York in the Major League Cricket (MLC) in the USA. New Zealand’s new all-format head coach Rob…
THE HUNDRED, 2025 Deepti Sharma was the MVP in 2024 © Getty India all-rounder Deepti Sharma has pulled out of The Hundred 2025 citing workload management, and will be replaced by Australia’s Charli Knott in the London Spirit squad. Deepti, who took Spirit over the line in the title clash of the 2024 edition, is currently in England for India’s ongoing white-ball series against the hosts and has taken the decision to withdraw given a packed international calendar leading up to the home ODI World Cup in September-November. India will host reigning champions in the format, Australia, for a three-match…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL India registered a massive 336-run victory over England in the second Test at Edgbaston, marking their first win of the ongoing 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. India’s win helped them earn their first points in this WTC cycle, moving their points percentage (PCT) to 50%, the same as England, who had won the opening Test at Headingley. After trailing 0-1 in the five-match series, captain Shubman Gill led from the front, scoring 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second. India posted 587** in their first innings and declared their second at…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is currently in discussions with Cricket West Indies (CWI) to revise the format of the upcoming white-ball tour, with the possibility of replacing the scheduled ODIs with extra T20I matches. Speaking to the media after Pakistan announced its squad for the Bangladesh T20I series, PCB Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sumair Ahmad Syed confirmed that talks with the West Indies board are in the final stages and a decision is expected in the next couple of days. “As you know, we have the T20 World Cup coming up early next year, so…