Mumbai Indians have qualified for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three games to spare as captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 51 off 30 balls to beat Gujarat Giants by 55 runs. Mumbai Indians have qualified for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three games to spare as captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 51 off …
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The Ashes are coming into view and the phoney war has begun from just under 5,000 miles away. Steve Smith isn’t usually taxed by the thought of playing England. It’s crease occupation that he looks forward to against Broad, Anderson and company. Australia Crash and Burn in India Australia’s vice-captain wanted Ben Stokes/the cricketing world …
In addition to former teammates Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi has been chosen the interim chief selector of the Pakistani men’s national team. The committee has been tasked with examining the Test squad that was declared by the panel chaired by Mohammad Wasim prior to his removal as chief selector as part …
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Before a resurgent Melbourne Renegades rode an unbelievable counterattack from Andre Russell to stun Brisbane Heat once more, Michael Neser celebrated his return to the BBL with a hat-trick. In their pursuit of 138 after Neser’s heroics, Renegades encountered significant difficulties on the challenging surface at Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium. But Russell changed the course of …
Bazball is a success in the sub-continent. Many of us had doubts if the new era approach could work in Asia, but with an emphatic whitewash, England has made it clear Bazball is here to stay! The glory days of Pakistan cricket, when Karachi was a fortress that could not be breached. Then came England …
Azhar Ali, a batsman for Pakistan, claimed after retiring from the format with his 180th and last innings that he worried he might never play a Test on home soil again. On the third day of the third Test in Karachi, which ended with the tourists at 112-2 in their second inning and needing just …
Rawalpindi is done and dusted, a magnificent motivational memento for futuristic, forward-thinking England when the going gets tough on the next featherbed. The follow-up might be tricky if minds are as foggy as Multan in the morning. The football World Cup is on but the cricket filler in the morning is a brilliant aperitif. A …
Virat Kohli, arguably the greatest batsman across formats that this generation has seen and a true icon in all ways. Very few cricketers have an aura similar to that of Virat Kohli, someone who always has the cameras pinned to him even when he is not batting, taking wickets or taking catches. It’s not long …
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The recently concluded two-game T20 series between Indian vs Ireland saw the men in blue come out on top, winning 2-0 by the narrowest of margins in the second T20. Ireland pushed India to the ropes, especially in the second T20, where they almost chased down a mammoth total of 225 set by India. Deepak …
Why is it whenever these two sides face each other we get treated to some phenomenal cricket and great excitement? All you have to do is look at the 2019 ODI World Cup final and the subsequent T20 series in 2019 that both contained Super overs. The tests had everything, lots of runs, five-fers, fantastic …