Had England won the final Test at the Oval, it is possible that without facing a single delivery, their No.11 might have emerged as hero. Chris Woakes walking out gingerly, his left arm in a sling hidden under his sweater was already one of the heroic sights of the series; at Old Trafford Rishabh Pant […]
Change in plan: The stadium was scheduled to host four 2025 Women’s CWC matches. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru could lose hosting rights for the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup, which commences next month. It is understood that the Bengaluru city police denied permission for the […]
Yuvraj Singh and Mithali Raj during the Women’s ODI World Cup countdown event in Mumbai on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI Yuvraj Singh has been part of India’s two World Cup-winning squads — the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup. The former Indian all-rounder admits that a World Cup at home […]
Roston Chase of West Indies hits a boundary during the second one day international cricket match against Pakistan at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago on August 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Roston Chase and Justin Greaves led West Indies to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan with 10 balls […]
Mitchell Marsh of Australia hits 4 during the fifth and final Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match between West Indies and Australia at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Captain Mitchell Marsh has confirmed he will open the batting alongside Travis Head for the […]
R. Sai Kishore and Pradosh Ranjan Paul will lead the TNCA President’s XI and TNCA XI, respectively, in the All India Buchi Babu invitational tournament to be played from August 18 to September 9 in Chennai. Four members of TN’s Cooch Behar winning squad — K. Abhinav, J. Hemchudeshan, D. Deepesh and R.S. Ambrish — […]
Believe! Mohammed Siraj unwraps his version of the Cristiano Ronaldo celebration after taking the match winning wicket of Gus Atkinson on day five of the 5th Rothesay Test at The Kia Oval, London, on August 04, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images It is unlikely that Indian television will devise a ‘Sirajcam’, but it should. […]
Indian players celebrate after defeating England by six runs in the Oval Test. | Photo Credit: ANI Not many had pinned hopes on India when the team landed in England for the five-match Test series a couple of months ago. With Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma moving on from the format, the team certainly lacked […]
How do you describe this series? How do you even begin to start to describe this series? A classic seems too cliched, an epic too obvious. For five Tests and 25 days and more than 70 sessions, two teams at different ends of the experience spectrum went toe to toe. Shots were fired, counter measures […]
Never say die: Siraj bowled 185.3 overs and emerged as the leading wicket-taker (23) in England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After a series-saving five-wicket haul at The Oval, Mohammed Siraj was spotted learning a trend from Arshdeep Singh for an Instagram reel. It involved a nonchalant utterance of the words: “Pressure? What pressure?” Arshdeep then […]
