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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Yorkshire County Cricket Club has announced the signing of Pakistani opener Imam-ul-Haq as their overseas player for the rest of the 2025 season. The 29-year-old left-handed batter will be available immediately and is set to play in Yorkshire’s upcoming County Championship match against Surrey at Scarborough. He will also take part in the Metro Bank One Day Cup and the remaining games of the Rothesay County Championship in September. Imam, who is the nephew of former Pakistan legend Inzamam-ul-Haq, has a strong first-class batting average of 43.27. He recently led Pakistan Television to a title win…
ASIA CUP 2025 The stand-off could see either of the two countries pulling out from the Asia Cup © Getty A major power tussle is brewing between India and Pakistan, with potential implications on the cricket field – particularly the Asia Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considering boycotting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)-chaired Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), scheduled for July 24 and 25 in Dhaka. The BCCI has insisted that the venue be shifted from Dhaka as a condition for its participation, and its stance is reportedly backed…
Liam Dawson will replace the injured Shoaib Bashir in the only change to England’s side to face India in the fourth Test match at Old Trafford.Left-arm spinner Dawson is set to play his first Test since July 2017 with a fractured finger having ruled Bashir out of the rest of the series. After sustaining the injury, Bashir had remained involved in the third Test at Lord’s and took the final wicket in a dramatic England victory.More to follow…. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch back some of England’s most dramatic Test wins in recent years…
NEW ZEALAND TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Sikandar Raza missed the Tests against South Africa after opting to play in MLC © Getty Ben Curran and Sikandar Raza have returned to the Zimbabwe Test squad for the upcoming New Zealand Test series, Zimbabwe Cricket announced in a press release while releasing the 16-man squad for the two Tests on Monday (July 21). The squad has four changes from the one that faced South Africa in the two-test series, earlier this month. In addition to the return of the aforementioned duo, Roy Kaia and Tanunurwa Makoni have also returned to the squad.…
NZ VS SA, T20I TRI-SERIES, 2025 NZ have won both their games so far © Getty Tri-series are rare and far between, but they usually grab eyeballs with three teams vying for a trophy, rather than just two in a bilateral series. But that cannot be said for the ongoing tri-series in Zimbabwe. With two games to go for the final, South Africa and New Zealand are confirmed finalists – with hosts Zimbabwe losing three on the trot – and tomorrow’s clash between the same two sides will merely act as a precursor to the final on Saturday. New Zealand…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The International Cricket Council (ICC) has begun considering the expansion of the T20 World Cup to 32 teams in the future editions of the tournament. During its annual meeting in Singapore, the ICC made a key decision regarding cricket’s participation in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. It was decided that a hybrid qualification model will be adopted for Olympic qualification. Under this model, some teams will qualify directly for the Olympics based on ICC T20I rankings, while others will have to earn their place through global qualifier tournaments. India, currently ranked No. 1 in the ICC…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL A proposal to limit the number of Test teams has surfaced during ICC meetings, suggesting the exclusion of financially struggling sides from the longer format. There is also ongoing consideration of dividing Test-playing nations into two divisions. According to details, only a limited number of teams may be allowed to play Test cricket after 2027. Since the first-ever Test match between Australia and England in 1877, only 12 countries have been granted Test status. Test cricket is considered the most prestigious and respected format of the game, but the rise in popularity of limited-overs cricket has…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Team India have suffered a major blow ahead of the fourth Test against England, as all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy and pacer Arshdeep Singh have been sidelined due to injuries. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Reddy has been ruled out of the remaining two matches of the five-Test series after sustaining a left knee injury. The 22-year-old will return home for further medical treatment and evaluation. Reddy had played in the second and third Tests at Edgbaston and Lord’s, contributing with both bat and ball. Meanwhile, left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL “Their patriotism is just for show; they run wherever the money is.” “They said different things on TV, but now they’re ready to play with Pakistani cricketers for dollars.” For the past two days, such messages have been flooding social media regarding former Indian cricketers. The World Championship of Legends is currently ongoing in England, featuring former stars from Pakistan, India, and other countries. Thankfully, we don’t mix politics with sports, so no one here pressured our players to refuse to play against India. But the “narrow-mindedness” of our neighbours is well known — they turned…
Harry Brook says England have no intention of dialling down the intensity ahead of the fourth instalment of their gripping Test series against India.England lead India 2-1 in the five-match series heading into the fourth Test at Old Trafford after a 22-run victory at Lord’s that was as fiery as it was dramatic. Verbal exchanges between players and an enthralling final-session conclusion saw the Lord’s thriller evoke memories of the 2005 Ashes series, 20 years on from the summer when cricket gripped the nation.Brook was just six years old when Michael Vaughan’s side ended 18 years of Ashes hurt. Too…