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New Zealand vs England 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score Updates© AFP New Zealand vs England 2nd Test, Day 2 Live Updates: New Zealand lost five wickets to be on the ropes in response to England’s 280 after Harry Brook smashed a century on the first day of the second Test on Friday. The Black

Picture of Shammi Silva.© X/@ACCMedia1 Sri Lanka’s Shammi Silva has taken over as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), succeeding India’s Jay Shah, who recently became the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Shah had vacated the position after three terms as ACC President. It won’t be Silva’s maiden role with the

In his own words, he was not “serious” about cricket in his early days. But everything changed for Nitish Reddy when he saw tears rolling down his father’s face owing to their financial struggles. It was a transformative moment for the young all-rounder who vowed to work harder and achieve success in the game, which

New Zealand vs England 2nd Test, Day 1 Live Score Updates© X/@BLACKCAPS New Zealand vs England 2nd Test, Day 1 Live Updates: New Zealand named an unchanged team Thursday as they look to hit back in the second Test against England, resisting the urge to recall batsman Will Young or field a specialist spinner. A

Champions Trophy: ICC chairman Jay Shah and PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi© AFP Jay Shah, new ICC chairman, recently called for a Board Meeting that is supposed to start at 5pm IST on Thursday. While the agenda of the meeting is not known, several reports have said that a solution for the Champions Trophy host issue

Witnessing Virat Kohli’s batting or Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling is a pure delight for the cricket fans. While Kohli is among the greatest batters the world has ever witnessed, such is the case with Bumrah in fast bowling. Kohli is a batter that barely any bowler wants to bowl to. On the other hand, Bumrah also

Shreyas Gopal levelled with Amit Mishra to register the most hat-tricks by an Indian.© X (Twitter) Karnataka spinner Shreyas Gopal levelled with compatriot Amit Mishra to register the most hat-tricks by an Indian bowler in T20 cricket. Gopal reached this accomplishment during his side’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Baroda on Tuesday. During the

Ahead of the pink-ball, day-night Adelaide Test against India, Australia’s ace spinner Nathan Lyon expects the Adelaide Oval wicket to spin and called it the “best cricket wicket in the world”. Lyon, who was once an assistant curator at the Adelaide Oval, will be aiming to conquer the Adelaide pitch as Australia seeks their best

Yashasvi Jaiswal sledged Mitchell Starc in Perth Test© AFP Former England captain Alastair Cook has all praise for India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a brilliant 161 in India’s massive win against Australia in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, calling him a “class player” while also lauded the confidence of the youngster for

Sufiyan Muqeem in action for Pakistan against Zimbabwe© X (Twitter) Bulawayo : Pakistan spinner Sufiyan Muqeem joined an exclusive club with a magical match-winning spell in the second T20I against Zimbabwe on Tuesday in Bulawayo. Muqeem’s success was attributed to his exceptional pace variation, along with his effective use of top spin and googly, which

One of the greatest women cricketers to play the game, Mithali Raj became a living legend because of her exploits in the game. Holder of multiple records in the international game, Mithali always kept Indian cricket above her personal life. Mithali, who still remains unmarried, devoted herself to cricket all her life. However, the former

Shubman Gill (L) and Rohit Sharma© X (formerly Twitter) Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma was seen playfully hitting Shubman Gill during the warm-up game against Prime Minister’s XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Sunday. India ended up beating Prime Minister’s XI by six wickets with Harshit Rana and Gill emerging as the top

Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket team captain, is highly impressed with the performance of the side in the first Test against Australia. Playing without regular captain Rohit Sharma, the side notched a memorable win over Australia in Perth with Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli stepping up. But the ‘most impressive’ performance, according to

File photo of Prithvi Shaw© BCCI/Sportzpics Touted as one of the finest talents in the country, Prithvi Shaw‘s career has gone downhill over the last 2-3 years. Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, the opening batter finds himself without a contract from any of the 10 franchises. While lack of discipline and

Former England cricket team fast bowler Steven Finn was all praise for Jasprit Bumrah after his match-winning performance against Australia in the first Test match in Perth. Bumrah, who also captained India in the encounter, took eight wickets and played a major role in ensuring the historic win. It was a masterclass from the star

Arguably the greatest batsman of all time, Sachin Tendulkar amassed nearly 16,000 Test runs in a glittering career. Tendulkar is also the highest scorer among Indian batters in Australia. However, when an 18-year old Sachin Tendulkar toured Australia in the summer of 1991/92, he wasn’t so popular. On the eve of India’s warm-up match against

Faruque Ahmed, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), said he still believes Shakib al Hasan can play for the senior men’s team, provided he gets clearance from legal authorities. Shakib, who retired from Tests and T20Is this year, had hoped to play his final Test on home soil. But security concerns meant he didn’t

Hardik Pandya made his IPL debut in 2015. He played his first India game in 2016.© AFP and Instagram An adorable video of Hardik Pandya is going viral on social media. In the clip that has surfaced online, Hardik is in a video call with a local cricket selector from his childhood. The India all-rounder