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Shai Hope returns to the Test squad after last featuring in the format in December 2021 ©Getty “Like a breath of fresh air” is how Shai Hope describes to Cricbuzzthe West Indian Test dressing room that he’s returned to for the first time in three-and-a-half years. The stylish Bajan right-hander last donned the whites in December 2021 in Galle. Only three members apart from himself still remain in the current Test squad. Three Bajans, the ageless Kraigg Brathwaite, new captain Roston Chase and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican. It was the classy batter’s 38th Test and would be his last for…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL England pulled off a sensational chase of 371 runs to defeat India by five wickets in the opening Test of the five-match series at Headingley on Tuesday, thanks to a brilliant century by opener Ben Duckett. The home side began the final day at 21 without loss and built a solid platform through openers Duckett and Zak Crawley. The pair added 188 runs for the first wicket, putting England in a strong position to chase the massive target. Duckett was the main aggressor, scoring a quickfire 149 off 170 balls, which included 21 fours and one…
CNN — Former world No. 1 Andy Murray says he is confident his statue at Wimbledon, set to be unveiled at the 150th edition of the championships in 2027, will be an improvement on the infamous terracotta warrior made for him at the 2011 Shanghai Masters. “I thought I was better looking than that,” Murray quipped when unveiling the statue, which was built for his victory at the 2010 tournament. It is just one of a number of less than flattering statues to be unveiled in honor of athletes over the years, with Dwyane Wade’s bronze sculpture outside the Miami…
England pulled off their second-highest run chase in Test cricket to beat India in thrilling fashion in the first meeting at Headingley, while the visitors became the first side to lose a Test despite scoring five centuries – so here’s how we rated the players from both sides… England player ratingsZak Crawley – 6Batting: 4 and 65 Crawley could make a compelling case for a higher score, given he played his part in the 188-run opening partnership to kick off England’s stunning run chase, but just the 65 of those came off his bat in the Ben Duckett-dominated stand.Crawley got…
The Unicorns have won five in a row. ©MLC The pre and post game tunnel walk rituals in the NBA serve as a fashion ramp for players to sport their individuality, sense of style and multi-million dollar brand endorsements ranging from shoes to jewellery. Over time it has transformed itself into being one of the league’s inherited rhythms. While the cricketing world hasn’t made a spectacle of those tunnel walks, the San Francisco Unicorns, on a high of riding a five-match winning streak, are disrupting that space in their own right. With stand-in captain Matt Short leading the charge by…
MLC 2025 Shubham Ranjane scored 70 in his team’s win © Sportzpics Texas Super Kings returned to winning ways with a clinical performance that saw them brush aside LA Knight Riders by 52 runs. Even though chasing sides have done well in Dallas this season on what’s been a high-scoring venue, LAKR stuttered in the run chase of 197 right from the start as they eventually ended up with just 144/7. Opting to bowl first, LAKR actually made a top start even though Faf du Plessis began by smashing three boundaries off the first four balls he faced. The in-form…
CNN — While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind. In the middle of what was meant to be a playoff-contending season for the Indianapolis Colts, Smith instead was consumed with thoughts about his faith. What started out as the formative steps in his religious journey quickly became an all-encompassing struggle. But he wasn’t just coming to terms with his faith; he was also learning about his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In particular, Smith was dealing with religious scrupulosity – a subtype of…
Ben McDermott is heading back to Tasmania for personal reasons after two seasons with the Bulls Ben McDermott has been released from his Queensland contract, citing personal reasons, and is returning to Tasmania, where he will seek to continue his domestic cricket with the Tigers, it was confirmed today. The former Australia T20 and ODI representative was in the final season of a three-year deal with his home state of Queensland, but is instead heading back to Tasmania, where he has played the bulk of his career. McDermott, 30, made his Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup debuts with Queensland as…
With Bumrah going without a wicket, England managed to successfully chase down the large victory target of 371 to win the crucial opening Test in Headingley on Tuesday on the back of a superb century from opener Ben Duckett. Seamers Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur collected a pair of wickets each in England’s chase, with the more experienced trio of Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Bumrah all struggling to make much of an impact as the hosts drew first blood in the series. “This bowling attack has one bowler with five Tests under his belt, one has four, one has…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 India dropped crucial catches throughout the Test match on a surface that didn’t offer a lot of help. © Getty Eventually, India’s fight simply ran out in the twilight of the fifth and final day’s play at Headingley. After five days of controlling the tempo but never quite slamming the door shut, they watched England complete a 371-run chase with clinical ease. It was India’s seventh defeat in their last nine Tests, and perhaps the most frustrating of the lot, because they had no business losing it. India scored 835 runs in the game, produced…