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Prithvi Shaw has made the second-highest Ranji Trophy score of all time. The opener, resuming on an overnight score of 240, began the second day of Mumbai’s Group B match against Assam in ominous manner, scoring 139 runs off 99 balls before he was out for 379. Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, who scored an unbeaten 443 for

Shadab Khan, who has been a consistent performer for Pakistan over the past four-five years, especially in white-ball cricket, is currently not part of the team for the ongoing three-match ODI series against New Zealand. Pakistan lead the series 1-0 after beating the Kiwis by six wickets in the series-opener in Karachi on Monday. Shadab,

Norma Whiteman, the Australia Test cricketer, has died at 95. A middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Whiteman (also known as Norma Johnston) played seven Tests from 1948 to 1951. Until her passing, Whiteman was the oldest Australian Test cricketer alive. “Everyone across Australian Cricket will be saddened to hear of Norma’s passing,” Cricket Australia chief

South Africa batted out for a draw on the final day of the third Test in Sydney on Sunday, denying Australia a series clean sweep. Australia entered the fifth day of the rain-ravaged Test requiring 14 wickets for victory, but the Proteas comfortably saw off the threat to earn a first draw in their last

Tea South Africa 71 for 3 (Bavuma 28*, Zondo 5*, Hazlewood 1-11) trail Australia 475 for 4 dec (Khawaja 195*, Smith 104, Labuschagne 79, Head 70, Nortje 2-55) by 404 runs A fired-up Josh Hazlewood extended the struggles of South Africa captain Dean Elgar as Australia claimed three wickets quickly after play finally resumed on

Hardik Pandya in post-match presentation© BCCI/Sportzpics The Indian cricket team lost the second T20I of the 3-match series against Sri Lanka in a nail-biting affair that saw the middle-order batters Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel keep the team in the hunt for 207-run target. India’s top-order crumbled, putting immense pressure on the batting unit in

Lunch New Zealand 449 and 76 for 1 (Latham 37*, Williamson 29*, Hamza 1-9) lead Pakistan 408 (Shakeel 125*, Imam 83, Sarfaraz 78, Ajaz 3-88, Sodhi 3-95) by 117 runs The first session of day four saw Pakistan all out for 408 inside one over, after which the pair of Tom Latham and Kane Williamson

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who was injured in a horrific car crash last week, will be shifted to Mumbai from Dehradun for further treatment. Pant suffered two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee along with injuries on his right wrist, ankle, toe and back. He is currently under observation at

Unadkat, the Saurashtra captain, removed Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal and Yash Dhull off the third, fourth and fifth deliveries of the match, after Delhi’s captain Dhull had chosen to bat on winning the toss. It was the first-ever first-over hat-trick in the history of the Ranji Trophy; the previous earliest hat-trick in a match was

2nd Test, Day 1 Live: Pakistan and New Zealand eye win in series decider.© AFP PAK vs NZ, 2nd Test, Day 1 Live Updates: Tom Latham and Devon Conway are solid at the crease and New Zealand are in control after their skipper Tim Southee won the toss and opted to bat first against Pakistan

Perth Scorchers 156 for 5 (Inglis 47, Bancroft 46, K Richardson 2-21) beat Melbourne Renegades 155 for 6 (Finch 65, Tye 3-32) by five wickets Nic Maddinson‘s suspected serious knee injury has compounded Melbourne Renegades’ woes after they suffered a fourth consecutive BBL defeat. Renegades copped a five-wicket loss to the red-hot Perth Scorchers at

1st Test, Day 5: First Test between Pakistan and New Zealand ends in a draw© AFP PAK vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 5 Highlights: The first Test of the two-match series between Pakistan and New Zealand ended in a draw after bad light forced an early stumps on Day 5 in Karachi. Chasing 138, New

Rashid Khan has been reappointed Afghanistan captain in T20Is, replacing Mohammed Nabi after the allrounder stepped down from the role following the 2022 T20 World Cup. Rashid isn’t new to the role, having captained Afghanistan across formats before. Mirwais Ashraf, the ACB chairman, said that Rashid’s experience of playing in different T20 leagues across the

Mannat Kashyap runs out Jenna Evans at non-striker’s end© Twitter The Indian U19 women’s team is currently playing a T20 series against South Africa U19 team as part of its preparations for the upcoming inaugural U19 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. India is being led by its senior team player ShafaliVerma and the team made

Sydney Thunder 0 for 124 (Hales 59*, Gilkes 56*) beat Brisbane Heat 6 for 121 (Munro 43, Green 2-14) by 10 wickets Sydney Thunder overcame their demons with a belligerent chase on a tricky Sydney Showground Stadium surface to thrash Brisbane Heat by 10 wickets and snap a three-game losing streak. Thunder won their first

England Test captain Ben Stokes has hit out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for not paying enough attention to scheduling, adding that the rising popularity of domestic T20 leagues across the world is threatening the existence of the longest format of the game. Stokes, who led his side to a 3-0 Test clean-sweep of

India’s stand-in captain KL Rahul admitted they missed Kuldeep Yadav but didn’t regret the decision of leaving him out for an extra fast bowler because a team is selected for all five days and they felt three fast bowlers was the right balance for the conditions in Mirpur. Of the 36 wickets that bowlers took

India were in a tricky spot at stumps on the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Saturday. Bangladesh spinners, led by skipper Shakib Al Hasan and young Mehidy Hasan Miraz, forced Indian batters to press the panic button in a tricky chase of 145 as the visitors ended an engaging