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Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan Demoted In Contracts As Pakistan Scrap A Category

Pakistan demoted former captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday in a contract review that scrapped the top category after a string of poor recent results. There are now no players in the to ...

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6 months ago
Bob Simpson: Australian Cricket Captain And Influential Coach

Bob Simpson, who has died at the age of 89, was the archetypal granite-jawed comic-book Australian cricketer who opened the batting, bowled leg-spin and is still cited as the greatest slip catcher the ...

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6 months ago
Former Australian Cricket Captain And Coach Bob Simpson Dies

Former Australian cricket captain and coach Bob Simpson has died aged 89, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praising the all-rounder for his "extraordinary service" to the sport. Cricket Australia ...

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6 months ago
Joe Root Says Warner Jibe 'All Part Of The Fun' Heading Into Ashes

Joe Root has brushed aside David Warner's jibe that he will need to "take the surfboard off his front leg" if England are to triumph in Australia in the upcoming Ashes series. Root is Test ...

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6 months ago
Test Cricket Needs Quality Not Quantity To Stay Alive: Australia Chief Todd Greenberg

Australia cricket chief Todd Greenberg on Wednesday said a slimmer Test calendar could benefit smaller nations because the five-day game was better "where it means something". Marking 100 days until t ...

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6 months ago
Bring On England Sledging During Ashes, Says Australia's Scott Boland

Australia fast bowler Scott Boland said on Wednesday that the hosts will be unfazed by any England aggression when the Ashes rivals clash later this year. England's thrilling home series against I ...

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6 months ago
Hope, Seales Star as West Indies Crush Pakistan in Series Decider

An inspired Jayden Seales led the West Indies to a crushing 202-run victory over Pakistan in the third and deciding one-day international in Trinidad on Tuesday. The fast bowler blew away the Pakistan ...

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6 months ago
India Captain Harmanpreet Kaur Targets Historic First Women’s World Cup Win

Harmanpreet Kaur vows to end India’s Women’s World Cup drought as the 2025 edition kicks off on September 30 against Sri Lanka. ...

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6 months ago
Dropped Australian Test Star Marnus Labuschagne Plots Ashes Return

Dropped Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne says he is determined to bounce back and prove the doubters wrong, putting his hand up to open in the Ashes series against England. The long-time number ...

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6 months ago
Hasan Nawaz Shines on ODI Debut, Leads Pakistan to Five-Wicket Win Over West Indies

Hasan Nawaz scored an unbeaten 63 on his ODI debut to power Pakistan to a five-wicket win over West Indies in the series opener, with Hussain Talat adding 41 in a match-winning stand. ...

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England Face Searching Ashes Questions After India Series Thriller

England suffered an agonising six-run loss to India at the Oval on Monday as one of the most dramatic Test series of recent times ended in a 2-2 draw. Their next major red-ball assignment is ...

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6 months ago
Frustrated Ben Stokes Refuses To Blame Harry Brook For England Collapse

Ben Stokes said he was frustrated by England's failure to secure a Test series win against India but refused to blame Harry Brook for his dismissal, which sparked a dramatic collapse. The five-mat ...

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6 months ago
England v India Test Series 2025: Three talking points

India will return home satisfied after levelling their five-Test series against England following a dramatic six-run win at the Oval as the home side rue a costly late collapse. The tourists came back ...

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6 months ago
Shubman Gill: India's Elegant Captain

Shubman Gill will fly home to India with plenty of credit after a sensational campaign with the bat against England and a hard-earned series draw in his first outing as Test captain. The stylish batsm ...

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6 months ago
Jaiswal Confident India Can Spoil England Bid For Series-Winning Chase

Yashasvi Jaiswal has backed India to ruin England's quest for a record run-chase at the Oval as the tourists eye the win that would spare them a series defeat. ...

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6 months ago
Deep Lucky To Escape Duckett 'Elbow' As India Get Under England's Skin

England batting coach Marcus Trescothick claimed Akash Deep was lucky not to be elbowed by Ben Duckett after the India bowler sparked a series of explosive incidents between the feuding sides at the O ...

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6 months ago
England Say Injured Chris Woakes Set To Miss Rest Of India Decider

England paceman Chris Woakes is set to miss the remainder of the fifth and deciding Test against India at the Oval after suffering a shoulder injury, team management announced on Friday. Woakes injure ...

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6 months ago
Daryl Mitchell Says New Zealand Lead Crucial On Tricky Pitch In Zimbabwe Test

New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell said he believed getting a substantial lead was crucial after he steered the Black Caps into a commanding position on the second day of the first Test against Zimbab ...

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6 months ago
Stokes Out, Bumrah Doubtful as England and India Prepare for Tense Oval Test Decider

Both England and India are set to field new-look teams when the decisive fifth and final Test of an enthralling, gruelling, and often spiky series gets underway at the Oval on Thursday. ...

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6 months ago
England vs India 5th Test At The Oval: Preview

England and India head to the Oval for the decisive fifth and final Test of a hard-fought campaign on Thursday, with both teams battling mental and physical fatigue. A congested schedule of five Tests ...

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7 months ago
Gambhir Clashes With Oval Staff Ahead Of Final Test

India head coach Gautam Gambhir was involved in an angry exchange with Surrey's head groundsman at the Oval ahead of Thursday's final Test against England -- the latest incident during an increasingly tetchy tour. ...

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7 months ago
Destructive Dwarshuis Gives Australia 5-0 Sweep Of West Indies T20Is

Ben Dwarshuis removed both openers and took the crucial wicket of top-scorer Shimron Hetmyer as Australia beat the West Indies on Monday in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, to sweep the T20 series 5-0. ...

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7 months ago
'Draw That Feels Like A Win': India Hails Great Test Escape

India on Monday lauded their cricketers for pulling off a "draw that feels like a win" in the fourth Test against England to keep the series alive. India, 2-1 down in the five-match series and ...

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7 months ago
Pant Out, Bumrah in Doubt: India’s Big Decisions Ahead of Oval Test

India may reconsider Jasprit Bumrah's workload plan for the Oval Test after a gritty draw at Old Trafford; Rishabh Pant ruled out with a broken foot. ...

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