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Australia’s Usman Khawaja starred with the bat in the first Ashes Test against England.© AFP Australia beat England by two wickets to win a thrilling first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Australia were struggling at 227-8, still 54 runs shy of a victory target of 281, when skipper Pat Cummins was joined in the

Sikandar Raza delivered an all-rounder’s masterclass to help Zimbabwe to a convincing six-wicket win over the Netherlands in their Cricket World Cup Group A qualifier on Tuesday. After first bagging four Dutch wickets, Raza then hit an entertaining unbeaten 102 off just 54 balls — the fastest ever hundred in one-day internationals by a Zimbabwe

ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 5, Live: Australia need 174 runs to win© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 5, Live:Australia will begin the fifth and final day of the ongoing first Ashes Test against England from 107/3, with Usman Khawaja (34*) and Scott Boland (13*) standing unbeaten at the crease.

England’s Stuart Broad took two late wickets to pile pressure on Australia as the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston headed for a dramatic finish. Australia were making steady progress at 78-1 in pursuit of a victory target of 281 when veteran paceman Broad removed both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith — the world’s two top-ranked

Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took a career-best 6/24 as Sri Lanka opened their ICC World Cup Qualifier group league campaign with a crushing 175-run victory over minnows United Arab Emirates on Monday. All the Lankan top-order players made half-centuries to post a huge total of 355/6 in 50 overs, with some late fireworks from Charith Asalanka

1st Ashes Test, Day 4, Live: England lost two wickets on Day 3© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 4, Live Updates:England will begin the Day 4 of the ongoing first Ashes Test against Australia from 28/2, with Joe Root (0*) and Ollie Pope (0*) standing unbeaten at the crease. Currently, England are

Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with both bat and ball as the Ashes-holders had the better of a rain-marred third day in the first Test against England in Birmingham on Sunday. The lower-order batsman made a useful 38 in a total of 386 that left Australia just seven runs behind on first innings. And the

1st Ashes Test, Day 3 Live: Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey hold fort for Australia.© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 3 Live: Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey will resume play for Australia at 311/5 as the visitors look to go past England’s total of 393/8d on Day 3 of the first Ashes

Ajinkya Rahane completed 5,000 runs in the traditional format in 83 Tests.© AFP Senior India batter Ajinkya Rahane will be represent English county side Leicestershire in division two, after finishing his two-Test assignment with Indian team against the West Indies. Rahane, a former India captain, recently made a successful comeback to the Indian team during

Usman Khawaja ended his decade-long wait for a maiden Test hundred in England as he led an Australia recovery in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. Australia were struggling at 67-3 after Stuart Broad struck twice in two balls to remove David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne before England captain Ben Stokes captured the prize wicket of star

ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 2 Live: Australia aim to get closer to England’s total.© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 2 Live Updates: David Warner and Usman Khawaja have resumed the innings as Australia aim to get closer to England’s total on Saturday. Earlier, Joe Root remained not out on

Michael Vaughan was not impressed with Ben Stokes’ bold declaration call on Day 1.© AFP Former England captain Michael Vaughan was not impressed with current Three Lions skipper Ben Stokes‘ bold declaration call during Day 1 of the first Ashes Test against Australia at the Edgbaston on Friday. England were 393-8 at Edgbaston, with Joe

Joe Root ended his Ashes century-drought as England made 393-8 before skipper Ben Stokes’s bold declaration on the opening day of the first Test against Australia at Edgbaston on Friday. England were in danger of squandering the advantage of winning the toss on a good pitch as they fell to 176-5 after losing two wickets

1st Ashes Test Live: England will look to avenge their 4-0 defeat last year.© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 1 Live Updates: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the first Test of the five-match series at Edgbaston in Birmingham. With their ultra-aggressive brand of cricket,

Two of the finest seamers England have produced, James Anderson and Stuart Broad have done wonders in the Test format. But, as experienced as they are, they don’t feature for England on a regular basis. But, when it came to deciding the team composition for the first Ashes Test against Australia, England skipper Ben Stokes

File photo of Chetan Sharma© Twitter Former India chairman of selector Chetan Sharma chaired the North Zone meeting for the team selection ahead of Duleep Trophy, according to media reports on Thursday. Sharma stepped down from his role earlier in 2023 amidst controversial circumstances but he was back in the role of selector. The meeting

Sourav Ganguly (L) and Ricky Ponting© BCCI Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is all set to be retained as the head coach of Delhi Capitals despite the franchise’s embarrassing ninth-place finish in the last edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), hinted co-owner Parth Jindal. Speculations were rife that Ponting might not continue after a poor

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Test© AFP Bangladesh vs Afghanistan One-off Test Day 2 Live Score:Bangladesh truly enjoyed themselves on Day 1 of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, scoring 362 runs for the loss of 5 wickets, with Najmul Hossain Shanto leading the scoring charts. Shanto scored 146 while Mahmudul Hasan Joy gave him good company with