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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Shubman Gill became the youngest captain to win a Test overseas while Akash Deep registered the best match figures by an Indian bowler in England © Getty Stats highlights from India’s record breaking series levelling win in Edgbaston: 336 runs – The victory margin for India, the highest ever for them in an away win. Their previous biggest away win came against West Indies in North Sound in 2019 when they won by 318 runs. This is the fourth biggest win by runs for India in all Tests and second biggest against England after the…
Australia have extended their reign on the Frank Worrell Trophy by at least another couple of years after romping to a series-clinching 133-run win in the second Test in Grenada. Nathan Lyon sealed a second straight 100-plus run triumph just before tea on day four as West Indies collapsed to 143 all out in their second innings, never seriously threatening the 277 required for victory. It gave Australia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series, continuing their 30-year stranglehold on the famed silverware named after Windies legend Sir Frank Worrell, which they have held since Mark Taylor’s side ended…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Mulder hit a mammoth 264* on Day 1 of the second Test. © Zimbabwe Cricket Key stats from the first day of the second Test between Zimbabwe and South Africa in Bulawayo: 1 Wiaan Mulder (264*) became the first captain to score 250-plus runs in their first innings as a Test captain, surpassing 239 runs by New Zealand’s Graham Dowling against India in Christchurch in 1968. He is only the third Test captain to score a double century in their debut innings. Mulder also became only second South African Captain after Graeme Smith (277…
England have added fast bowler Gus Atkinson to their squad for the third Test against India at Lord’s.England fell to a 336-run defeat in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday, with the tourists levelling the five-match series at 1-1. The teams now head to Lord’s for the third Test, starting on Thursday, live on Sky Sports as England look to make a comeback from their heavy defeat.England, set a mammoth 608 to win, struggled to take wickets on a flat pitch, with India’s captain Shubman Gill scoring 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second, to help…
England captain Ben Stokes faces a bowling conundrum as Surrey quick Gus Atkinson joined pace bowler Jofra Archer in the squad for the third Test against India at Lord’s.England fell to a 336-run defeat in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday, with the tourists levelling the five-match series at 1-1. The teams now head to Lord’s for the third Test, starting on Thursday, live on Sky Sports as England look to make a comeback from their heavy defeat.”At 200-5 [on the first day] we were happy but we just weren’t able to blast them open,” Stokes said after his…
England captain Ben Stokes faces a bowling conundrum as Surrey quick Gus Atkinson joined pace bowler Jofra Archer in the squad for the third Test against India at Lord’s.England fell to a 336-run defeat in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday, with the tourists levelling the five-match series at 1-1. The teams now head to Lord’s for the third Test, starting on Thursday, live on Sky Sports as England look to make a comeback from their heavy defeat.”At 200-5 [on the first day] we were happy but we just weren’t able to blast them open,” Stokes said after his…
Akash Deep took 10 wickets in a Test match for the first time as India thrashed England by 336 runs at Edgbaston on Sunday for a series-levelling win. Deep was playing in the second Test of the five-match series after India rested outstanding quick Jasprit Bumrah. The 28-year-old took 6-99 as England, set a mammoth 608 runs to win, were dismissed for 271 on the fifth day. Deep’s match figures of 10-147 were far and away the best of his eight-Test career. Jamie Smith was the lone England batter to pass fifty in the second innings, with the wicketkeeper’s 88…
Lando Norris won a treacherous rain-hit British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg took third for the veteran German’s first-ever podium in 239 race starts. Briton Norris returned to a rapturous reception from his home fans as he moved to within eight points of Piastri in the drivers’ standings. “It’s beautiful, everything I ever dreamed of, this is everything I wanted to achieve, aside from winning the championship this is as good as it gets,” beamed Norris. Piastri, who finished less than seven seconds behind Norris, threw away the win after…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Washington removed Stokes at the stroke of Lunch. © Getty A rain delay pushed back the start of play by 100 minutes on the final day at Edgbaston, but Akash Deep wasted no time once the action resumed, landing early blows to boost India’s hopes of a series-levelling win. England offered resistance through a 70-run sixth wicket stand involving Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith but the wicket of the England captain late in the session brought India a step closer to victory as the hosts went into Lunch on Day 5 of the second Test…
MLC 2025 Can SFU confirm their spot in the Qualifier © Sportzpics The final league stage encounter between San Francisco Unicorns and Los Angeles Knight Riders might still have a lot riding on it, even as the latter has already been resigned to finish at the bottom of the table. SFU are currently second but not guaranteed a top-two finish yet. If Washington Freedom beat MI New York and go two points ahead, Unicorns will then need a win regain that position. Beyond just the result of the contest between arguably the most dominant side of the competition against the…