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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday revealed the nominees for the Men’s Player of the Month award for June 2025, highlighting standout performances in Test cricket. South Africa’s Aiden Markram and Kagiso Rabada, along with Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka, have been shortlisted for their exceptional efforts during the month. Markram played a crucial role in helping South Africa win the ICC World Test Championship Final against Australia at Lord’s — their first ICC men’s trophy in 27 years. In that match, the 30-year-old contributed with both bat and ball. He broke a vital partnership by…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday announced their 17-member squad for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh, which is set to begin on July 10. Charith Asalanka will lead the team in the three-match series, while former captain Dasun Shanaka has been recalled after nearly a year. Shanaka last played a T20I in July 2024. All-rounder Chamika Karunaratne has also made a return to the squad. Meanwhile, Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been dropped following his disappointing performance in New Zealand, where he scored just 14 runs in two T20Is. The squad includes key players such as Pathum…
RECORD TRIPLE TON Wiaan Mulder became the second South African to score a triple century in Tests © Cricbuzz 367* – Wiaan Mulder now has the fifth-highest individual score in Test cricket history in a list headed by Brian Lara’s monumental 400* against England at St. John’s in 2004. He became the sixth batter to register a 350-plus score in a Test innings, and the second South African to record a triple hundred, after Hashim Amla, who had scored 311* against England at The Oval in 2012. Highest individual Test scores Score Player For Opponent Venue, Year 400* Brian Lara…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the domestic cricket schedule for the 2025–26 season, introducing a more competitive and merit-based structure. The season will begin with the Hanif Mohammad Trophy on August 15 across Karachi, Multan, Bahawalpur, and Rahim Yar Khan. Twelve regional teams have been split into two pools, with the top two finalists set to qualify for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which begins on September 22. The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy has been reduced from 18 to just 8 teams. Six sides—Lahore Region Blues, Sialkot, Peshawar, Islamabad, Abbottabad, and Bahawalpur—have qualified automatically based on last…
PAKISTAN DOMESTIC NEWS For context, the Karachi sides – 21-time winners of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – hold a stature in Pakistan’s domestic cricket comparable to Mumbai in India © PCB Following a major overhaul of the domestic cricket structure by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Karachi have lost their place in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – the country’s premier first-class competition. As part of the revamp, the PCB has reduced the number of participating teams from 18 to eight, resulting in the exclusion of both Karachi teams. For context, the Karachi sides – 21-time winners of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – hold…
London CNN — If ever there was a time for Novak Djokovic to shake off his troubles and share a dance with his son and daughter, it was after being tested to his limit against Alex de Minaur in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday. The Serb battled through a four-set fight against the Australian 11th seed on Centre Court, eventually finding a way to secure a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win after more than three hours of play. But despite looking both physically and mentally exhausted after match point, Djokovic still had the energy to perform a new…
South Africa stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder made the fifth-highest score in Test cricket – but opted to declare against Zimbabwe rather than chase Brian Lara’s record 400 not out.Mulder was unbeaten on 367 at lunch in his side’s total of 626-5 in Bulawayo but invited the Zimbabwe openers out to bat after the break instead. His surprising decision not to continue for the remaining 33 runs was immediately vindicated as Codi Yusuf had Takudzwanashe Kaitano caught behind off the first ball of the innings, and the hosts were soon reduced to 15-3. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is once again gearing up to go head-to-head with the Indian Premier League (IPL). The PCB has finalized the dates for PSL 11, and the tournament will be held in April and May with 8 teams. Once again, the Pakistani league is set to compete with the IPL. More venues will be added along with an increase in the number of matches. In a recent meeting, the franchises had demanded an early announcement regarding the schedule. Initially, the window for PSL was set for December 2025 and January 2026, but due…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Akash Deep picked up ten wickets in the Test. ©Getty There’s a famous image of Mohammed Shami beaming at the camera, holding up two broken pieces of a stump like trophies. It was taken after the final day of the Visakhapatnam Test in 2019, a game India won on the back of a classic Shami fourth-innings burst. At Edgbaston, nearly five years on and thousands of miles away, Akash Deep struck a strikingly similar pose: a ball in one hand, a stump in the other. Only, he wasn’t quite sure how to be in the…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the remainder of the USA’s Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 due to a hamstring injury, his franchise San Francisco Unicorns confirmed on Monday. The team stated that Rauf sustained the injury during the ongoing tournament and will be unable to feature in the remaining fixtures. New Zealand’s Ben Lister has been named as his immediate replacement. Rauf was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament at the time of his injury, claiming 17 wickets in eight matches for the Unicorns. His performance had been instrumental in the…