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India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur cut a frustrated figure after the series decider against Bangladesh, taking aim at the umpires for what she felt were numerous poor decisions. Harmanpreet said that India were in control in the chase of 226, but “pathetic umpiring decisions” left them disappointed as the game eventually ended in a tie. Harmanpreet

Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs India The toss of the coin landed in Nigar Sultana’s favour and Bangladesh opted to bat first in the series-deciding third ODI against India in Mirpur. India made a solitary change from their winning combination from the second match, bringing in Shafali Verma to the XI. Priya Punia, who

Australia’s lead in the Ashes series has been left hanging by a thread after two horrendous days at Old Trafford. Now they are praying that rain helps them escape with a draw, even if it would be a hollow way to retain the urn. Mark Wood‘s pace extracted three wickets in Australia’s second innings and

The mayors of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire have urged the ECB to reconsider its allocation of men’s Ashes Tests for 2027, which will see the north of England overlooked. Ben Stokes, England’s captain, said before the ongoing fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford that he was “devastated” that none of the five Tests would

Toss West Indies choose to bowl vs India West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and asked India to bat first, in what was the 100th Test match between the sides, at Port of Spain. Brathwaite’s decision went down well with India captain Rohit Sharma, who said he wanted to bat first anyway in

Australia are confident that Mitchell Starc will be fit to bowl on the third day at Old Trafford despite landing heavily on his left shoulder and being unable to throw the ball on his brief return to the field. Starc suffered the blow when he dived at mid-on in the 65th over to intercept an

The year 2023 may hold a lot of importance for Virat Kohli. It will mark 15 years of international cricket for him next month. There’s an ODI World Cup coming up which will provide Kohli a rare second chance to lift the trophy at home. It will bring up his 500th international appearance when Kohli

Rahul Dravid first saw the Indian Test team transition as a player in 2008. It started with the retirement of Sourav Ganguly, followed by MS Dhoni taking over the captaincy from Anil Kumble. Then, Dravid himself retired along with VVS Laxman in 2012 to make way for Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, before Sachin Tendulkar’s

Marnus Labuschagne is confident that Australia won’t be left regretting not selecting offspinner Todd Murphy for the Old Trafford Test, despite noting how Moeen Ali had found some turn on the opening day. Labuschagne’s half-century, his first in nine Test innings, was ended by Moeen shortly before tea but he believed that the help available

Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs India Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana opted to bowl in the second ODI in Mirpur, with an eye on a historic series win against India. India made two changes to the playing XI that lost the series opener, with Harleen Deol and pace bowler Meghna Singh replacing allrounder Pooja Vastrakar

David Warner insists Stuart Broad has not got inside his head, despite admitting he has Barmy Army taunts over the English seamer’s record against him stuck on the mind. The decision came after speculation over whether Warner could be squeezed out, after a double failure at Headingley last week took his series average to 23.5.

Heather Knight, England’s captain, hailed her team’s success in taking two white-ball trophies off the double World Champions, Australia, even though the overall Ashes trophy slipped through their grasp on account of their loss in the one-off Test match at the start of the series – an upshot that her team-mate Kate Cross admitted “didn’t

The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket’s (ICEC) report on discrimination in the game in England and Wales is 317 pages long. ‘Holding Up a Mirror to Cricket’, as it is titled, was released last month and is built on the evidence of the lived experiences of more than 4000 people across the game, interviews

New Zealand will host Australia for a Test series for the first time in eight years in the upcoming summer, right after attempting to secure a maiden Test series victory against South Africa, according to the fixtures released by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) for the 2023-24 home season. The New Zealand men’s team begin their

What England say will likely be low down the information Australia take on board when deciding their XI for Old Trafford, but Moeen Ali believes they have to play Todd Murphy as a frontline spinner. Murphy sent down only 9.3 overs at Headingley and just two one-over spells during England’s successful chase after having come

In a new documentary ‘Is Cricket Racist?’, to be aired on Channel 4 in the UK, Moeen was asked by the presenter Adil Ray what he thought of Vaughan’s tweets from 2017, in which Vaughan first endorsed a Daily Mail column by Piers Morgan arguing Muslims need to root out extremist elements from their communities

This Australian side isn’t going away any time soon. That was the message from Alana King after helping her side to an Ashes-retaining victory with three crucial wickets in the second ODI in Southampton. The nail-biting win, by three runs off the final ball, broke a three-game losing streak in the series which had allowed

Yuzvendra Chahal has revealed his anger and disappointment at the manner of his parting with Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the IPL 2022 season, saying he did not even “receive any phone call” from the franchise. Ahead of that auction, Chahal had said, “Obviously, I want to go to RCB again” in an interview with