July 7, 2025
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Vaughan urges inconsistent Zak Crawley to learn from Shubman Gill

India’s captain Shubman Gill waves to the fans after their win against England on day five of the second cricket test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday, July 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has lambasted opener Zak Crawley for his inconsistent performances in the ongoing Test series against […]

Pakistan Cricket Board appoints Azhar Mahmood as acting red-ball head coach

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi with Azhar Mahmood who was appointed as the acting red-ball head coach. | Photo Credit: AP Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was on Monday (June 30, 2025) elevated to the post of Pakistan’s acting red-ball head coach until the conclusion of his current contract, which runs until April next year. […]

Of Munir Ali and shaping cricketing lives

Munir says that while Moeen’s success has made it better for children with immigrant backgrounds, challenges remain. | Photo Credit: N. Sudarshan Munir Ali breathes cricket. After helping shape the career of his nephew Kabir Ali, who represented England in one Test and 14 ODIs, and then making Moeen Ali the cricketer he was — […]

India’s T20 World Cup 2024 Triumph: A year of glory

Indian team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Twenty20 World Cup 2025 in Barbados. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak In Barbados, India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to capture the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year. This was Rohit […]

All it needs is attitude adjustment to become a good fielding side: Haddin

Yashasvi Jaiswal of India drops a catch during Day Five of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, needs an “attitude adjustment” as the visitors try […]

TNPL | Super Gillies finish league stage on a perfect note

Vijay Shankar claimed three for 23. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Chepauk Super Gillies juggernaut continued to steamroll opponents and made it a perfect seven in the league stage of TNPL-9, beating Siechem Madurai Panthers by six wickets (DLS method) in its final group encounter at the NPR College Ground here on Saturday. The […]

Australia crush West Indies to win opening Test in Barbados

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood raises the ball after taking the wicket of West Indies’ Jomel Warrican, his fifth of the innings, on day three of the first cricket Test match at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first […]

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Test | Pathum Nissanka leads Sri Lanka’s riposte

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka celebrates his century as batting partner Dinesh Chandimal watches during the second day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pathum Nissanka’s second successive test century led Sri Lanka to a formidable 290-2 after Bangladesh […]

IND vs ENG Tests | Archer shouldn’t be rushed back to play 2nd Test: Vaughan

File picture of England bowler Jofra Archer stretching during the IPL | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Injury-prone Jofra Archer should not be rushed back to play in England’s second Test against India at Edgbaston despite the pace bowler’s recent comeback to red-ball cricket, feels former captain Michael Vaughan. Archer played in his first first-class […]

West Indies begins a new era under Chase

Trial by fire: Chase’s first assignment as the WI captain will be against Australia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Roston Chase has two immediate puzzles to solve — find his groove in Test cricket and tame Australia in his first series as the new West Indies captain, and he is confident of achieving those twin […]