Cricket

'Lord's is not a 1,00,000 seater Stadium, you need': Ravi Shastri picks this stadium as a ‘great venue’ for WTC Final in future

Former India cricketer Ravi Shastri feels that the World Test Championship (WTC) final can move venues like Narendra Modi Stadium in India and the Melbourne Cricket Stadium in Australia after gaining publicity.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Keshav Maharaj creates history, becomes first South Africa spinner to reach this milestone

Keshav Maharaj picked up his 200th Test wicket when he dismissed his Zimbabwe counterpart Craig Ervine in the 34th over, stumped by Kyle Verreynne.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'Test cricket is the ultimate form of the game, and...': AB de Villiers opines to 'get Jasprit Bumrah ready for all Test matches' against England

India's legendary speedster Jasprit Bumrah will reportedly miss the second Test match of the ongoing Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy 2025 in England.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

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Smriti Mandhana joins elite list featuring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after smashing a century against England

Smriti Mandhana is currently leading India in the ongoing five-T20I series against England.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Nat Sciver-Brunt slapped with hefty fine after England's humiliating defeat against India in 1st T20I

Smriti Mandhana's hard-hitting century helped India to register a 97-run dominating win against England in the first T20I of five-match series.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'Not easy because you need more experienced bowlers...': Not Arshdeep Singh, Former India captain suggests go to with this player in 2nd Test vs England

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin reckons that Shubman Gill-led side should go with Kuldeep Yadav in the second Test of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy 2025.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'There'll be no risk to the long-term health of that finger': Australia head coach Andrew McDonald breaks silence on Steve Smith's participation for 2nd Test vs West Indies

Steve Smith missed the first Test match against West Indies due to a finger injury he got in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'Wanted to step down after the 2023 World Cup...': Rohit Sharma reveals his conversation with Rahul Dravid after India's six-wicket defeat vs Australia in final

Rohit Sharma revealed that former head coach Rahul Dravid wanted to step down after India's defeat against Australia in the ODI World Cup 2023 final.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

After triggering Shamar Joseph with 'crap all year' comment, Australia legend slams batting coach Michael Di Venuto for 'regressed performance at Test level'

Australia's legendary player Ian Healy feels that middle-order and lower order batters are under pressure as top-order has not been performing well.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Former England and Northamptonshire batter Wayne Larkins passes away at 71

Wayne Larkins represented England in 13 Tests and 25 ODIs between 1979 and 1991. His second appearance came in the 1979 World Cup final against the West Indies

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'Someone who’s had a near-death experience...': Surgeon who saved Rishabh Pant's life calls his somersault celebration 'unnecessary'

India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant smashed two centuries in the first Test match against England at the Yorkshire Cricket Ground in Leeds, England.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'Couple of decent balls and suddenly you're 8 down and...': Jamie Smith reveals how Jasprit Bumrah factor played on his mind in Headingley run chase

Jamie Smith that he wasn't expecting Jasprit Bumrah to come and bowl when England needed 22 runs, but did not want to risk exposing lower order batters in case he does.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'I genuinely thought that something had happened to him': Rohit Sharma claims he didn't know Rishabh Pant was faking injury in T20 World Cup 2024 final

Rishabh Pant had admitted that he disrupted the flow of the game by faking injury when South Africa needed 30 runs from as many balls in the T20 World Cup 2024 final.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli? England legend picks the best Indian batter

Allan Lamb picks Sachin Tendulkar as best Indian batter but hoped that he saw him bat against the menacing West Indies pace quartet.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

'These girls are really hard on me sometimes': Smriti Mandhana reveals how Radha Yadav's taunts led to her maiden T20I century

INDW vs ENGW 1st T20I: Smriti Mandhana wreaked havoc in Nottingham as she scored her maiden T20I century, second batter for India after Harmanpreet Kaur.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Twice within 24 hours! Shimron Hetmyer hits last-over six despite injury to chase down another 200-plus score, keeps Seattle Orcas' MLC 2025 playoffs chances alive

MLC 2025: Shimron Hetmyer has roared back in form to keep Seattle Orcas alive in playoffs race with two consecutive unbeaten fifties in 200-plus run chases.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Ahead of T20I debut vs West Indies, Australian opener takes maiden fifer for Maxwell's Washington Freedom to end San Francisco Unicorns' winning streak

MLC 2025: Xavier Bartlett's four-fer and Matthew Short's half-century was nullified by Mitchell Owen's maiden five-wicket haul.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

ICC punishes West Indies coach Daren Sammy for outburst in press conference over third umpire's controversial decisions after 1st Test against Australia

WI vs AUS: West Indies head coach Daren Sammy's comments on umpiring standards did not stil well with the ICC as he was been slapped with a fire and demerit point.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

Ignored from Test squad despite 4 wickets against England Lions, star pacer joins this County side to prove his worth

Inexperienced in first-class cricket, Khaleel Ahmed will play the remainder of County Championship 2025 matches for Essex followed by One-Day Cup.

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• Sun • 29 Jun 2025

ZIM vs SA, 1st Test: 19-yr-old Lhuan-dre Pretorius' 153 coupled with Corbin Bosch's 100 lift South Africa to commanding 418/9 on Day 1 against Zimbabwe

Lhuan-dre Pretorius' and Corbin Bosch's centuries helped South Africa dominate Day 1 of the first Test against Zimbabwe

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• Sat • 28 Jun 2025