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South Africa Thrash England In 1st ODI

South Africa inflicted a humiliating seven-wicket defeat upon England in the first one-day international in Leeds on Tuesday. Victory for the Proteas was all but assured after they skittled out Englan ...

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Rashid Khan Sets T20I Record As Afghanistan Beat UAE In Tri-Series

Ace spinner Rashid Khan became the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals as he helped Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates by 38 runs in Sharjah on Monday. The wily 26-year-old took 3-21 -- ...

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6 months ago
Australia Hopeful On Pat Cummins Fitness For Ashes Despite Back Issue

Australia are confident that captain Pat Cummins will be fit for the Ashes after he was ruled out Tuesday of series against New Zealand and India with a back complaint. The 32-year-old fast bowler was ...

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6 months ago
Adam Zampa's 21,000 Mile Trek Worthwhile As Invincibles Win Hundred Final

Adam Zampa's marathon 21,000 mile (34,000 kilometre) round trip from Australia just to bowl 20 balls paid dividends as the Oval Invincibles won their third successive final in English cricket' ...

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6 months ago
Pathum Nissanka Century Powers Sri Lanka To Zimbabwe ODI Series Win

A Pathum Nissanka century set up Sri Lanka for a five-wicket one-day international win over Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday with three balls to spare, and a 2-0 series victory. The 27-year-old right-hand ...

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6 months ago
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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7 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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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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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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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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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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7 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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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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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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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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7 months ago
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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7 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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7 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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7 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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7 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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7 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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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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7 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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7 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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