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Travis Head starred with both bat and ball as world champions Australia beat England by 49 runs in a rain-marred fifth and final one-day international on Sunday to complete a 3-2 series win. England were set for a huge total when opener Ben Duckett (107) and in-form captain Harry Brook shared a third-wicket stand of

Franchises can retain up to six players each, the right-to-match option is back at the auction, and the Impact Player rule will remain in place for IPL 2025. That aside, the auction purse is bigger at INR 120 crore (US$ 14.33 million approx.), INR 20 crore more than last year. These are among the most

File photo of Sri Lanka cricket team.© AFP Sri Lanka will host the West Indies for white-ball bilaterals in October, with a three-match T20I and ODI series, according to the ICC. Sri Lanka will seek to take confidence from their positive run in recent months, with an ODI series win over India, a Test match

Hampshire 62 for 5 (Leach 3-9) trail Somerset 136 (Kohler-Cadmore 63, Dawson 4-28, Abbott 4-37) by 74 runs Kyle Abbott and Liam Dawson claimed four wickets each as Hampshire boosted their bid for runners-up spot in the Vitality County Championship by skittling nearest rivals Somerset for 136 on the opening day of the final Division

Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday revealed that he didn’t have the “inspiration” left to take the domestic cricket route for a place in the national side and that was the reason why he chose to retire from the game last month. The 38-year-old Dhawan retired from international and domestic cricket late in August

Ishan Kishan‘s return to red-ball cricket continues to gather steam with his selection in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup, which will be played in Lucknow from October 1 to 5. Kishan recently marked his first appearance in first-class cricket since July 2023 – a period notable for the loss of his

Team India registered a thumping 280-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series on Sunday in Chennai. Bangladesh were chasing a mammoth target of 515 and on the fourth day, they got bundled out for 234. All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin was the star performer as he first scored a powerful century with

Ajaz Patel has 70 Test wickets at 28.50, but he has only featured in 17 of the 45 Tests New Zealand have played since his debut. This is down to New Zealand’s seam-focused strategy at home. If they need a spinner at all on pitches that tend to start out with plenty of grass on

Australia were indebted to Alex Carey as they beat England by 68 runs in the second one-day international at Headingley on Saturday to go 2-0 up in a five-match series. The world champions were in trouble at 221-9 after losing the toss. But Carey made a dashing 74, with the wicketkeeper dominating a last-wicket stand

Afghanistan opt to bat v South Africa After taking full advantage of South Africa’s decision to bat first and reducing them to 36 for 7 in the first match, Afghanistan decided to post a total in an attempt to win the series with a game to spare. But, given the heat in Sharjah, which has

Picture from India vs Bangladesh first Test match in Chennai.© AFP Bangladesh got off to a superb start in the first Test match against India in Chennai, but by the end of play on the opening day they found themselves in a spot of bother. The visitors reduced the Rohit Sharma-led side to scores of

Durham 262 and 1 for 1 trail Surrey 415 (Patel 134, Lawes 58, Burns 55, de Leede 4-106) by 152 runs Ryan Patel‘s career-best 134 guided Surrey to 415 and the vital advantage of a 153-run first innings lead against Durham at the Kia Oval. And Dan Worrall then had nightwatchman Callum Parkinson superbly held

Rohit Sharma (L) and Jasprit Bumrah© X (formerly Twitter) Pakistan-born fast bowler Zahoor Khan, who plays for the UAE cricket team, was part of the Mumbai Indians set-up as a net bowler back in 2014. Although he did not play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the fast bowler had the opportunity to play against

Play three fast bowlers or three spinners? Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir will have to make that call when they sit down to finalise India’s XI for the first Test against Bangladesh, starting on September 19 in Chennai. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Chepauk pitch will be a red-soil one, with quality bounce and carry.

Star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin showered praise on Jasprit Bumrah and called him a “once-in-a-generation” bowler. After his stupendous performance at the T20 World Cup, Bumrah will make a return into Team India for the first time. The 30-year-old has been named in India’s Test squad against Bangladesh, which will kick off in MA Chidambaram

South East Stars 221 for 7 (Davidson-Richards 90*, Moore 52*) beat Southern Vipers 220 for 9 (Harman 38, Corteen-Coleman 3-33) by three wickets The South East Stars are through to the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final, after a thrilling fightback against the Southern Vipers in their semi-final at Beckenham. The Vipers had posted 220 for

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has lauded Virat Kohli for revolutionizing Test cricket in India. Ponting highlighted the significant impact Kohli had since taking over as Test captain, leading to a remarkable turnaround in the team’s performance. Kohli’s captaincy, which began at the end of 2014 and continued until early 2022, saw India flourish. He

Ireland have dropped Test captain Andy Balbirnie from their T20I squad to face South Africa in Abu Dhabi later this month, with the selectors looking to create “a new dynamic” at the top of the order. Balbirnie is Ireland’s second-highest T20I run-scorer but has struggled for form this year, averaging 24.83 in his 12 innings