After North-East Zone drew their first-ever Duleep Trophy game, against a powerful West Zone side, they got an opportunity to interact with Ajinkya Rahane, who had been impressed with the fight shown by their players. After a near-20-minute interaction, almost all of the North-East Zone players clicked pictures with Rahane, who also signed the bats

New Zealand decided to bowl against Australia Aaron Finch will have an early bat in his last ODI after Australia were inserted in Cairns. He announced yesterday that this would be his final match in the format, conceding that the 2023 World Cup was too far away and it was time to give a new

Stumps England 154 for 7 (Pope 67, Jansen 4-34) lead South Africa 118 (Jansen 30, Robinson 5-49, Broad 4-41) by 36 runs An extraordinary day from the outset ended with the third Test intriguingly poised after Ollie Robinson‘s five-wicket haul put South Africa on the ropes before the touring bowlers, led by Marco Jansen, curbed

Having prioritised fitness, Prithvi Shaw is working his way back after he had performed poorly at a fitness test ahead of the IPL and then suffered from a bout of typhoid during the tournament. Playing only in his fourth competitive match since IPL 2022, Shaw hit 113 off 121 balls for West Zone against North-East

As Aaron Finch brought the curtain down on his ODI career, with just one more match to play, he was able to reflect on some of the highlights. During his press conference at the team hotel in Cairns on Saturday, he touched on a number of the moments from a nine-year career in the format

Sri Lanka 124 for 5 (Nissanka 55*, Rauf 2-19, Hasnain 2-21) beat Pakistan 121 (Babar 30, Hasaranga 3-21, Theekshana 2-21, Madushan 2-21) by five wickets Yes, it was another chasing side winning in Dubai, the venue now having seen 17 victories for chasing sides in the last 20 T20Is. But this time, Sri Lanka’s bowlers

Among the decisions that did not come off for Williamson was his usage of Trent Boult in the first game against Australia. New Zealand were defending 232 and Boult had picked up three wickets in his first four overs. But he was taken off after his fifth over and then brought back on only in

“I feel very blessed, very grateful right now. Last two and a half years have taught me a lot. I’m going to turn 34 in November, so celebrations [on getting to landmarks] are all [a thing of] the past. I have put a lot of things in perspective and, actually, I was a bit shocked

Lamichhane, 22, is arguably Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer, the only one to have played in T20 leagues around the world, including the IPL, Australia’s Big Bash League, the Bangladesh Premier League, the Lanka Premier League and the Caribbean Premier League. His fame grew exponentially when in January 2018, at age 17, he became the first

New Zealand have lost their top spot on the ICC ODI team rankings after a second straight defeat in the three-match ODI series against Australia. As a result, England, who had lost pole position to New Zealand in May 2021, have regained their place atop the rankings chart. They currently have a rating of 119