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Australia’s players celebrate (AP Photo/Gary Day) Cricket Australia are facing the prospect of a major financial setback after the Ashes opener between Australia and England wrapped up in just two days at the Optus Stadium in Perth. With the match ending far earlier than expected, the board now stands to lose more than AUD 3…

Australia’s Travis Head (AP Photo/Gary Day) Travis Head has long been a thorn in India’s flesh, and his latest heroics in the Ashes have only strengthened that reputation. The Australian left-hander has a habit of rising spectacularly when the pressure is at its fiercest, something Indian fans remember all too well from the 2023 ODI…

India’s Parveen Hooda (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) New Delhi: For Parveen Hooda, the road back to the ring was far lonelier than any bout she has ever fought. The young boxer had spent nearly two years on the outside — suspended after three whereabouts failures, grappling with the stigma, the self-doubt and the slow grind of…

India’s Kuldeep Yadav (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) Guwahati: An Indian wristspinner working his way through a strong batting lineup on a good batting pitch on Day One of a Test match — the idea seems a page out of a long-forgotten novel we once cherished. In an age of raging turners where pitching the ball in…

Nottingham Forest’s Murillo, centre, celebrates (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson) Liverpool’s Premier League campaign continued its downward spiral on Saturday as the defending champions suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Manchester City’s pursuit of Arsenal was stalled by a 2-1 loss at Newcastle. Liverpool’s sixth defeat of the season leaves them 11th in the…

Digvesh Rathi in Lucknow Super Giants kits (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) Nitish Rana will lead Delhi in the upcoming 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, while wrist-spinner Digvesh Rathi has not been selected for the tournament starting November 26.Delhi has been assigned to Elite Group D and will compete against Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra,…

India’s Kuldeep Yadav (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) India gained the upper hand against South Africa on day one of the second Test, with the tourists ending at 247-6 at stumps. Kuldeep Yadav was the standout performer with three wickets.South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs and captain Temba Bavuma formed a crucial 84-run partnership for the third wicket. The…

Usman Khawaja did not come out to bat in the 2nd innings for Australia as they went on to secure an 8-wicket win. (Images via Getty) Australia’s opening Test of the Ashes produced an unusual subplot around senior batter Usman Khawaja, whose back spasms on day one triggered a reshuffle that carried into the second…

Sanju Samson in Indian colours (Photo Credits: Creimas/Asian Cricket Council) Sanju Samson has been appointed as the captain of Kerala’s senior men’s cricket team for the upcoming BCCI Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025/26. The tournament’s Elite Group-A League Stage will be played in Lucknow from November 26 to December 8, 2025.The Kerala Cricket Association has…

All of South Africa’s top four batters on Day 1 of the 2nd Test combined to ‘achieve’ something never done before in history. (Agencies) South Africa produced a statistical rarity on the opening day of the second Test, becoming the first team in Test history to see all of their top four score at least…