Naseem Shah represents Desert Vipers in the fourth season of the ILT20 in the UAE. (Image: Creimas) New Delhi: In an era where T20 cricket is increasingly packaged as boundary-fuelled entertainment, fast bowlers often feel like collateral damage — judged harshly by numbers, deprived of friendly conditions, and discarded quickly when the spotlight shifts elsewhere.For…
England captain Ben Stokes during a nets session. (Getty Images) England captain Ben Stokes struck an emotional and defiant tone on Wednesday, placing player welfare above all else as allegations of excessive drinking during a mid-Ashes beach break continue to swirl around his side. Without directly addressing the claims, Stokes made it clear that his…
England’s Jofra Archer and teammate Ben Stokes. (Image AP) England suffered another blow to their Ashes campaign on Wednesday with pace spearhead Jofra Archer ruled out for the remainder of the series due to a side strain, while batsman Ollie Pope was dropped for the fourth Test against Australia. Archer has been England’s standout bowler…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sakibul Gani NEW DELHI: Bihar rewrote the history books in emphatic fashion on Wednesday, piling up the highest team total ever recorded in List A cricket during their Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26 Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi. Powered by breathtaking centuries and a relentless assault that lasted the full…
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan blasted a 33-ball century for Jharkhand against Karnataka in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Kishan’s whirlwind ton is the second-fastest by an Indian in List A cricket, just one delivery slower than Bihar captain Sakibul Gani’s 32-ball hundred against Arunachal Pradesh, which was also recorded earlier on Wednesday….
England announced its playing 11 for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting on Boxing Day. The visiting side made two changes to the XI, with Gus Atkinson replacing an injured Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell coming in for Ollie Pope. England XI for fourth Test Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett,…
Bihar registered the highest team total in List A cricket during its Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 match against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi on Wednesday. Bihar ended with a mammoth total of 574/6, shattering the existing record held by Tamil Nadu, which posted 506/2 against Arunachal Pradesh in the same tournament in 2022. Bihar’s batting effort…
File photo: Bihar Captain Sakibul Gani is currently unbeaten at 115 in 35 balls. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI File photo: Bihar Captain Sakibul Gani is currently unbeaten at 115 in 35 balls. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Source link
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon is determined to fight his way back into the Australian team after undergoing surgery for a torn hamstring, coach Andrew McDonald said. The 38-year-old faces an extended period on the sidelines after damaging his right hamstring saving a boundary on day five of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide. McDonald said Lyon…
England announced its playing 11 for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting on Boxing Day. The visiting side made two changes to the XI, with Gus Atkinson replacing an injured Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell coming in for Ollie Pope. “Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out for…
