Day: July 2, 2025

Jasprit Bumrah during a net session at Edgbaston. (Getty Images) Former England cricketer Mark Butcher has weighed in on the growing speculation around Jasprit Bumrah‘s availability for the second Test at Edgbaston, urging India to prioritise the team’s needs over workload management strategies.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India trail 0-1 in…

Pakistan Test cricket finished last in 2023-25 WTC cycle. Former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal has made a scathing attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for appointing Azhar Mahmood as interim coach of the Test team. “I just don’t understand the logic behind this decision,” Akmal said on the YouTube show ‘The Game Plan’ podcast.”…

West Indies cricket has been rocked by allegations of sexual abuse against an unnamed current player and the team’s head coach Daren Sammy has called for justice to be served but also stressed on the need to follow the due process. A report published last week by Guyana-based Kaieteur News claimed that 11 women, including…

Australia is likely to be bolstered by the return of Steve Smith for the second Test against West Indies, which begins on Thursday at National Cricket Stadium in Grenada. Smith missed the series opener after sustaining a finger injury during the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa last month. However, the 36-year-old batted…

Indian cricket team members Akash Deep, Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj during the nets session at Edgbaston in Birmingham. (Getty Images) India face a crucial decision on whether to play top-ranked Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test against England at Edgbaston starting Wednesday, as they aim to level the five-match series following their…

Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm spin was put to an arduous test at Leeds. The final evaluation for his match figures of 47-5-172-1: room for improvement. The Headingley pitch got drier as the first England-India Test progressed, and the stage was set for Jadeja to utilise the rough outside the left-hander’s off-stump. The last day’s play, however,…

Bangladesh arrives into the three-match One-Day International series against Sri Lanka with a fresh look. All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has taken over the reins from Najmul Hossain Shanto and the side is clearly in a rebuilding phase with veterans like Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar either retired or out of favour. “We’ll definitely miss…

Sri Lanka is on a redemption trail in ODI cricket after a disastrous World Cup and will look to tighten the screws further when it hosts Bangladesh in a three-match series starting on Wednesday. After finishing ninth in the 2023 World Cup and missing out on a Champions Trophy berth, the islanders have staged a…

West Indies coach and former player Darren Sammy during the England tour in 2025. (Getty Images) West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has addressed allegations of sexual assault made against an unnamed West Indies player, emphasising the need for justice while stressing the importance of following proper legal procedures. The allegations, reported by Guyana-based Kaieteur…