In a major blow, Pakistan men's cricket team is likely to not qualify for the upcoming Olympics.
Ben Stokes has pushed himself to the limit and missing the fifth India Test at The Oval gives England a peek into their worst nightmare, says chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt.
Four Indian Premier League franchise owners were on Wednesday confirmed as "strategic partners" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for teams in 'The Hundred'.
In a delightful and revealing segment during a recent interview with Shefali Bagga, Indian cricket icon Yuvraj Singh, who is currently leading India Champions in the ongoing World Championship of Legends 2025 in London, engaged in a unique and spontaneous challenge. WCL 2025: Yuvraj Singh’s spontaneous top three choices The task involved a ‘blind ranking’…
The England and Wales Cricket Board has finalised deals with "six strategic partners" for The Hundred, injecting over £500 million into English and Welsh cricket, including £50 million for grassroots development. These partnerships mark a historic moment, making The Hundred the first UK sports competition to secure franchise partnerships of this scale.
As the cricket world gears up for the much-anticipated fifth and final Test match of the ongoing series between England and India, all eyes turn to The Oval in London. Starting on July 31, 2025, this pivotal match promises to be a thriller. England currently holds a 2-1 lead in the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series,…
Ahead of the fifth and final Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy starting from July 31 against India, England skipper Ben Stokes reveals he has a muscle tear.
Shubman Gill, Indian cricket team captain, has all but confirmed that 26-year-old Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm pacer from Punjab, will play the fifth Test against England starting in London on Thursday
The batter impressed one and all with his free-flowing and fearless approach in IPL 2025.
Players battle through, sometimes they fade away, sometimes they come back stronger. It’s all part of the game I’ll be honest, I’m done in. Not feeling it. Quills deep in the red zone. This white blank page looks impossibly foreboding. I feel like I’m blinking up at a vast Eiger-shaped word document. Nine hundred words of Garamond from the summit and my crampons are made of blancmange. You think these Spin columns are easy? I had four days in bed after the last one. I need to get out of this. I’ve been called up, but now it’s plain to see it’s not working. Should I claim Scrivener’s palsy? The yips? Desperately and repeatedly slam the laptop lid on my knuckles? Channel Allan Border to Dean Jones at Chennai in 1986? “Let’s get a proper cricket writer out here. A southerner.” Andy Bull. Tanya Aldred. Let’s be ’avin you! Continue reading...
Stokes will miss out on the game at The Oval due to a shoulder injury, while Archer has been rested after having made his return to Test cricket following a long gap of four years
Former England cricket team star Nick Compton urged Jasprit Bumrah to play the first team for India and pointed out that the huge role he plays for his side.
Brendan Taylor, the former Zimbabwe cricket captain, is set to return to international cricket. His comeback will be in the second Test against New Zealand. This follows the end of his suspension for violating ICC's anti-corruption code. Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine expressed excitement about Taylor's return. Taylor has been working hard to regain his fitness.
After weeks of intense cricketing action, the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 has entered its final leg. In the fifth and final Test of the series, Team India will be aiming to level the contest 2-2 after securing a hard-fought draw in the previous match. However, a major concern looms over the Indian camp: who will replace…
Day two updates from around the grounds Sign up to get The Spin newsletter | Mail Tanya North Marine Road shimmies up between Scarborough’s terraces, a sloping patch of green overlooked on two sides. If the crowds do not flock like they once did, there were still plenty of bums on the salt-burned wooden benches. Yorkshire won the toss and duly ran through Sussex, courtesy of disciplined bowling and some nifty slip catching, as well as a sprinting over-the-shoulder swallow dive by James Wharton to catch a top edge off Tom Haines. But then came 30 overs of frustration as the last-wicket pair of Danny Lamb and Gurinder Sandhu added an unbeaten 60. After a high-class partnership with Rishi Patel (85), Rehan Ahmed ticked off hundred No 5 for the summer. It was the highlight of the day for Leicestershire, who then crumbled to Matt Parkinson. His seven for 104 temporarily cooled the brows of Kent members, whose last place in the table was made worse by news that their club had been docked eight points for disciplinary breaches. Continue reading...
