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Reporting from across the Australian game.
Sydney, 10 September 2025: Pat Cummins insists Australia’s fast-bowling stocks remain strong despite his own injury setback and a string of concerns around pace depth ahead of the Ashes. The Test captain has been managing lingering back soreness since Australia’s Test series win in the West Indies two months ago. Scans revealed lumbar bone stress, …
WebDesk · 10 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
London, 8 September 2025: England coach Brendon McCullum says no final decision has been made on the lineup for the opening Ashes Test against Australia in Perth on Nov. 21. England are expected to field a largely settled side, but uncertainty remains at No. 3, where selectors must choose between vice-captain Ollie Pope and 21-year-old …
WebDesk · 8 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Lahore, 8 September 2025: Pakistan will stage a packed international season from Oct. 12 to Nov. 29, with South Africa, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan all confirmed for tours, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced Monday. The home schedule begins with two ICC World Test Championship matches against defending champions South Africa in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The …
WebDesk · 8 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Dubai, 7 September 2025: South Africa off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen has been cleared to bowl after undergoing an independent assessment of his action, the International Cricket Council said Sunday. Subrayen was reported for a suspected illegal action during the opening ODI against Australia last month. He was tested at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane on …
WebDesk · 7 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Brisbane, 6 September 2025: Cricket Australia has been urged by three state associations not to rush into privatizing the Big Bash League, amid revelations of long-term lease agreements that could block any sale of the Twenty20 competition, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. While CA considers a high-profile push to sign Indian star Ravichandran Ashwin for …
WebDesk · 6 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Lucknow, 6 September 2025: Shreyas Iyer will lead a 15-man India A squad in two multi-day matches against Australia A later this month in Lucknow, the BCCI announced Saturday. Nitish Kumar Reddy, recovering from a knee injury sustained on the recent England tour, has also been included. First-choice Test players KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj …
WebDesk · 6 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Lahore, 6 September 2025: The Gaddafi Stadium will host its first Test in more than three years when South Africa begins its World Test Championship title defense against Pakistan on Oct. 12. The game will mark Lahore’s second Test since red-ball cricket returned to Pakistan in 2019, and the first since the venue was rebuilt …
WebDesk · 6 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Manchester, 4 September 2025: Pakistan cricketer Haider Ali will face no charges after Greater Manchester Police ended an investigation into an allegation of rape made against him last month, ESPNcricinfo reported Thursday. Haider, 24, had been arrested during a match in Beckenham on Aug. 3 while touring the UK with Pakistan Shaheens, a Pakistan A …
WebDesk · 5 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Dubai, 4 September 2025: Tickets for the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup went on sale Thursday, less than a month before the tournament begins Sept. 30 in Guwahati, India. The International Cricket Council said tickets for all group matches in India and Sri Lanka will be available through a pre-sale window until Sept. 8 on …
WebDesk · 5 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
New Delhi, 4 September 2025: Veteran leg-spinner Amit Mishra has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, ending a career that spanned more than two decades. Mishra, 42, played his last international match in 2017 but remained active in domestic cricket and the Indian Premier League, most recently featuring for Lucknow Super Giants in …
WebDesk · 4 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Brisbane, 4 September 2025: Writing for Western Australia, former fast bowler Mitchell Johnson said Mitchell Starc’s decision to retire from Twenty20 internationals has come at the right time. After helping Australia win the T20 World Cup in 2021 and the ODI World Cup in 2023, Johnson wrote, Starc is narrowing his focus to Tests and …
WebDesk · 4 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
London, 3 September 2025: Jordan Cox has been added to England’s squad for this month’s three-match T20 series in Ireland after impressing in The Hundred. Cox, 24, was the tournament’s top run-scorer with 367 runs and was named Most Valuable Player as Oval Invincibles secured their third straight title. Initially left out of the white-ball …
WebDesk · 4 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Dubai, 3 September 2025: Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza has claimed the No. 1 spot in the ICC men’s ODI all-rounder rankings for the first time. Raza scored 92 and an unbeaten 59 in the two-match series against Sri Lanka in Harare, while also taking a wicket. He moved past Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi, who …
WebDesk · 3 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Melbourne, 3 September 2025: Australia captain Pat Cummins says he is prepared to be “aggressive” and “take risks” with his recovery from a back injury to be fit for the first Ashes Test against England this winter. The fast bowler has been ruled out of Australia’s limited-overs series against New Zealand and India after scans …
WebDesk · 3 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Melbourne, 3 September 2025: Ravichandran Ashwin could become the first high-profile Indian cricketer to play in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), with discussions underway between the veteran spinner and Cricket Australia (CA), according to Cricbuzz. CA chief executive Todd Greenberg confirmed he has spoken with Ashwin following the 38-year-old’s retirement from the Indian Premier League …
WebDesk · 3 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Harare, 2 September 2025: Former captain Brendan Taylor has been recalled to Zimbabwe’s T20I squad for the first time in more than three years, while veteran all-rounder Sean Williams also returns for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Taylor, 38, completed a three-and-a-half-year ban in August for failing to report an approach from alleged corruptors. …
WebDesk · 2 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Melbourne, 2 September 2025: Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc announced Tuesday he is retiring from T20 internationals to focus on Tests and one-day cricket, ending a career that saw him become Australia’s most prolific pace bowler in the shortest format. Starc, 35, last played a T20I at the 2024 World Cup in the Caribbean. He …
WebDesk · 2 Sept 2025 · 2 min read
Sydney, 2 September 2025: Australia captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of upcoming limited-overs series against New Zealand and India because of a back problem, but team officials expect him to be fit for the Ashes against England starting in November. The 32-year-old fast bowler last appeared in the third Test against the West …
WebDesk · 2 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Sylhet, 31 August 2025: Bangladesh will stick with their strongest XI in the second T20 international against the Netherlands, with senior assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin insisting there is no room for experimentation despite holding a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Bangladesh carried their winning momentum from victories over Sri Lanka and Pakistan into the …
WebDesk · 1 Sept 2025 · 1 min read
Dhaka, 31 August 2025: Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said he will contest the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections in October, but stopped short of confirming whether he will run for president. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Bengali daily Kalerkantha on Sunday, the recently retired opener said his immediate focus was to secure a …
WebDesk · 31 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Jaipur, August 30, 2025: Rajasthan Royals have confirmed that head coach Rahul Dravid will not continue with the franchise ahead of the 2026 Indian Premier League, ending his second stint with the team after just one season. The franchise said in a statement that Dravid, 52, was offered a broader role following a recent structural …
WebDesk · 31 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
Dubai, August 30 2025: Start times for the Asia Cup have been pushed back to help players avoid the worst of the United Arab Emirates’ September heat. Eighteen of the tournament’s 19 matches, including the final, will now begin at 6:30 p.m. local time, half an hour later than originally scheduled. Daytime temperatures are …
WebDesk · 31 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
PESHAWAR: Cricket fans in Peshawar were treated to more than just fours and sixes on Saturday, when Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam found himself in an unexpected, and hilarious, race across the Imran Khan Stadium outfield. During the flood relief exhibition clash between Peshawar Zalmi and Legends XI, a passionate fan leapt over the fence and sprinted …
WebDesk · 31 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Melbourne, 30 August 2025: Cricket Australia said Friday that Indian fan zones at all eight venues for the upcoming men’s limited-overs series against India have sold out, 50 days before the first match. Public tickets for the Sydney and Canberra games are also gone, reflecting what CA called “extraordinary demand” for one of the summer’s …
WebDesk · 30 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
