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Ishan Kishan has been in superb form with the bat ever since he returned to the India National Cricket Team, and Wasim Jaffer believes that the comeback did not happen by chance.The former Indian opener feels the former captain Suryakumar Yadav and the se...
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Former India batter Aakash Chopra praised Tilak Varma for his match-winning innings in the second T20I of the three-match series against Zimbabwe. Chopra said the left-hander answered his critics with the bat after facing repeated questions over his place...
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The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has landed in the middle of a fresh controversy after Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen's brother and franchise owner Gohar Shah has criticized the management of the West Indies’ T20 franchise competition.He questioned whe...
26.07.2026
Former India opener and teammate of Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) consider split coaching given the increasing international fixtures involving the India National Cricket Team.Amid the packed...
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India will face Zimbabwe in the third and final T20I of the series at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 26. The Men in Blue have already sealed the series with convincing wins in the first two matches and will now aim to complete a 3-0 clean sweep un...
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The Pakistan National Cricket Team was hit by a major setback before the ongoing two-match Test series against the West Indies. Young batter Abdullah Fazal has been ruled out with an injury, and this has almost cleared the way for Abdullah Shafique to ret...
26.07.2026
Nitish Kumar Reddy has begun his rehabilitation at the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. He missed multiple back-to-back series, including India’s tour of the United Kingdom, because of the quadriceps injury...
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Former India wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta has criticized the retirement speculation surrounding veteran opener Rohit Sharma during India's recent ODI series against England. Dasgupta said the discussion should never have started while Rohit was still playin...
26.07.2026
Abhishek Sharma joins Vinoo Mankad, Ravi Shastri in elite group after 3/17 bowling spell vs Zimbabwe
Indian opener Abhishek Sharma scripted history for the India National Cricket Team, not with the bat, but with the ball, as a part-time spinner against Zimbabwe on Saturday, July 25, at Harare Sports Club.Sharma’s returning bowling figure of 3/17 has offi...
26.07.2026
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has made a shocking revelation about one of the most controversial moments of his international career. More than two decades after the incident, Shahid Afridi admitted that he deliberately damaged the pitch durin...
26.07.2026
India have climbed back to the top of the ICC Men's T20I rankings after a dominant win over Zimbabwe. Here's how Shreyas Iyer's side dethroned England and reclaimed the No.1 spot.
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26.07.2026
Rohit Sharma's future in India's ODI team is still not clear, and there is no confirmation yet about whether he will play in the 2027 ICC ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Even his place in India's upcoming ODI series against the West...
26.07.2026
Hardik Pandya’s possible trade from Mumbai Indians (MI), ahead of the Indian Premier League 2027 (IPL 2027), could see Chennai Super Kings (CSK) release Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis with an additional INR 10 crore. To bring Hardik on board, CSK may have...
26.07.2026
India will take on Zimbabwe in the third and final T20I of the series at Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 26. After securing the series with convincing wins in the first two matches, Shreyas Iyer's side will look to complete a 3-0 clean sweep.India secu...
26.07.2026
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza accepted responsibility after his team's T20I series defeat to India. He also praised Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma and India's impressive batting display in Harare.
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26.07.2026
What advice has Team India given to teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi? Ishan Kishan has revealed the dressing room message aimed at keeping the young opener focused on cricket.
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West Indies pulled ahead after the first session was curtailed by rain
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The India National Cricket Team has reclaimed the No.1 spot in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings after their clinical win over Zimbabwe in the second of the three-match T20I series on Saturday, July 25. Through the win, the Indian cricket team claimed the...
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India will aim to complete a 3-0 series sweep when they take on Zimbabwe in the third and final T20I at Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 26. The visitors, led by Shreyas Iyer, won the opener by seven wickets before sealing the series with a commanding 9...
26.07.2026
By Saj Sadiq TWELVE WINS and just three losses in the T20 Vitality Blast this season represented remarkable consistency for champions Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Reflecting on a successful campaign, Saif Zaib pointed to a disciplined approach and collect...
26.07.2026
A ton of fun: The Hundred is well underway PICTURE: ECB Images ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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Limited overs, maximum action: The men’s One-Day Cup is also into its stride PICTURE: Jas Ghata-Aura ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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BRAZIL’S LAURA Cardoso was officially recognised by Guinness World Records for recording the best bowling figures in a women’s T20l after returning the extraordinary figures of 9-4against Lesotho in Botswana on April 9 of this year. Her full figures were...
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NEW ZEALAND defeated West Indies 3-2 in their ODI series in the Caribbean despite losing the last game of the series in Barbados by two wickets. New Zealand posted 268-9, Tom Latham (69), Nick Kelly (64) and Will Young (56) all scoring half-centuries. Win...
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AT 15 years and 118 days old, India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (below right) became the youngest player to hit a men’s international half-century when he scored 50 in his country’s T20I victory over Zimbabwe at Harare. Chasing 126 to win, he reached his 50 fr...
26.07.2026
LOS ANGELES Knight Riders won a maiden MLC title in front of more than 10,000 fans at Oakland Coliseum, defeating Washington Freedom by one run. It went down to the wire with Freedom requiring 14 off the final over. Shadley van Schalkwyk was hit for six f...
26.07.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF THE WORLD Test Championship (WTC) final will be back at The Oval in 2027. The success of last year’s final at Lord’s saw the ICC give England hosting rights for the next three finals but the game will be back in south London next June as the...
26.07.2026
BERKSHIRE RETURNED to title-winning ways by beating Cheshire by 112 runs in the National Counties Trophy final to win the competition for a ninth time. The match appeared to be finely-balanced when Cheshire were 52 for one in pursuit of a target of 211 bu...
26.07.2026
EX-SUSSEX leg-spinner Will Beer is in wonderful form at the top of the order as captain of Horsham in the Sussex League. Having played the majority of his professional career as a specialist bowler, he has developed into a very effective batter in league...
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DARREN STEVENS rolled back the years with a remarkable all-round performance as St Lawrence & Highland Court beat Sevenoaks Vine by six wickets to strengthen their position at the top of the Kent Premier League. Sevenoaks posted an imposing 294-6, with cu...
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EX-ENGLAND all-rounder Samit Patel is still doing the business with both bat and ball, having a dominant season for unbeaten Huddersfield League leaders Hoylandswaine. Last weekend he took 5-46 in his side’s 80-run victory over Moorlands, his second five-...
26.07.2026
Lauren Winfield-Hill The start of The Hundred has been a breath of fresh air after quite a busy first half of the summer. I’ve absolutely loved playing for a new team in Sunrisers. We’ve got all new staff and plenty of new faces, with a few crossovers fro...
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Richard Clarke UP FOR THE CUP And so the county cricket season turns the page. The T20 chapter closes; the story of the 50-over competition starts afresh. Ever since the Hundred reared its ugly head, many of us have feared the Metro Bank One-Day Cup would...
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JULY 21 MI London Women v SunRisers Leeds Women Sunrisers Leeds produced a slick all-round performance to open the 2026 season of The Hundred with a statement win over MI London at The Oval. Phoebe Litchfield, the tournament’s leading run-scorer in 2025,...
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A STAGGERING display of sustained hitting from Birmingham Phoenix’s brilliant top four propelled them to a statement win, with a raucous home crowd treated to a slugfest that yielded 29 sixes across both innings as Trent Rockets, chasing 215 to win, brief...
26.07.2026
AN INSPIRED bowling performance from Gus Atkinson and Sonny Baker propelled Manchester Super Giants to a stirring victory against London Spirit in front of a Lord’s crowd of 23,847. The England pace pair took two wickets apiece but it was as much a test o...
26.07.2026
A DEVASTATING bowling performance from Trent Rockets saw them thrash Birmingham Phoenix by nine wickets in The Hundred at Edgbaston. The Rockets rolled the Phoenix for just 64, the joint-second lowest total in the history of the women’s competition. Saman...
26.07.2026
A DOMINANT bowling display saw Manchester Super Giants kick off their campaign in The Hundred with a seven-wicket win over London Spirit at Lord’s. Figures of 4-17 from Ryana MacDonald-Gay and a return of 1-7 from 20 balls from Sophie Ecclestone saw Londo...
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July 25, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Welsh Fire Women 177-4MI London Women 117 Welsh Fire Women won by 60 runs Toss: MI London Women won the toss and decided to field SOPHIE DEVINE and Georgia Wareham headlined a powerful display from Welsh Fire to sweep asid...
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July 25, Headingley, Leeds SunRisers Leeds Women 116 Southern Brave Women 117-5 Southern Brave Women won by 5 wickets Toss: Southern Brave Women won the toss and decided to field SOUTHERN BRAVE made it two from two after Jemimah Rodrigues’ classy knock sa...
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July 25, Headingley, Leeds SunRisers Leeds Men 187-5Southern Brave Men 182-5 SunRisers Leeds Men won by 5 runs Toss: Southern Brave Men won the toss and decided to field Brutal: Mitch Marsh scores at a strike rate of over 200 PICTURE: ECB Images MITCHELL...
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Who needs The Hundred?: Ben Stokes hit a ton on his return to One-Day Cup action PICTURE: Alamy JULY 21 DERBYSHIRE V DURHAM A remarkable century from former England captain Ben Stokes took Durham to a dramatic five-wicket One-Day Cup win over Derbyshire a...
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By Brian Halford theCRICKETpap ONE DAY CUP - F July 24, New Road, Worcester Derbyshire Falcons 138 Worcestershire Rapids 143-7 Worcestershire Rapids won by 3 wickets Toss: Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and decided to field Five of the best: Fateh Sin...
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By Mark Baldwin July 24, Woodbridge Road, Guildford Surrey 270-9Leicestershire Foxes 273-5 Leicestershire Foxes won by 5 wickets Toss: Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and decided to field Rishi in a rush: Rishi Patel helped the Foxes chase down Surrey’s...
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