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Naveen-ul-Haq is back for the first time since 2024, and his return series is in Delhi against India

Afghanistan have named a 15-man squad for three T20Is against India in Delhi next month. Naveen-ul-Haq returns from shoulder surgery after almost two...

Aug 25, 2026

Carse was de-arrested within minutes in Derby, and England still took him out of the Lord’s squad

The Cricket Regulator is investigating Brydon Carse over a brief arrest outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night. Hampshire’s Sonny Baker replaces him...

Aug 25, 2026

Sri Lanka lost two wickets in three overs, and the umpires stopped play for bad light one ball later

India declared on 503 and had Sri Lanka two down inside three overs at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Play was then stopped for bad light, one delivery af...

Aug 24, 2026

North East Zone lost four wickets on 111, and by stumps they were batting again

Four North East Zone wickets fell on the same score in Bengaluru, and they were following on by the close. In the other quarter-final, Abid Mushtaq’s...

Aug 24, 2026

Jaiswal and Asitha touched heads in Colombo, and both lost a quarter of their match fee

A two-second flashpoint after Jaiswal was bowled on the opening morning has cost both players a slice of their pay and a mark on their disciplinary re...

Aug 24, 2026

Jurel waited out the rain on 95, and finished 115 not out as India declared on 503

Rain stopped Dhruv Jurel five short of a century in Colombo. He completed it after the break, and India’s first innings closed on 503 for 9 with him n...

Aug 24, 2026

Karn Sharma played four times for India, and won three straight IPL titles with three different teams

Karn Sharma has retired at 38 with four India caps, four IPL winners’ medals and 270 first-class wickets. He is still the only player to win three IPL...

Aug 24, 2026

Hetmyer hit six sixes in 19 balls, and Guyana’s chase was over in 9.5 overs

Guyana Amazon Warriors are three from three in CPL 2026 after Khary Pierre, Imran Tahir and Shamar Joseph took seven wickets between them at North Sou...

Aug 24, 2026

North Zone were 161 for 7, and their No. 9 hit five sixes to drag them to 251

Anshul Kamboj walked in with North Zone seven down and was the last man out, top-scoring with 60 off 52 balls. West Zone closed day one of the Duleep...

Aug 23, 2026

East Zone lost five wickets for 138, and Gharami and Shahbaz added 150 together

The Duleep Trophy quarter-finals opened in Bengaluru with East Zone recovering to 355 for 6 and Anshul Kamboj hitting five sixes from No. 9 for North...

Aug 23, 2026

Padikkal has a hundred in each Test of this series, and Pant retired hurt on 3 after a blow to the wrist

India closed the first day in Colombo on 300 for 5. Devdutt Padikkal made 117, his second Test century in successive matches, and Rishabh Pant left th...

Aug 23, 2026

Gill reached 3,000 Test runs off an outside edge, and only three Indians got there younger

India’s captain went to 3,000 Test runs with a boundary off the edge on the opening morning in Colombo. At 26 years and 349 days, he is the fourth-you...

Aug 23, 2026

Shoriful took 7 for 48, and Bangladesh still lost by an innings inside two days

Australia levelled the series at Mackay in a Test that did not last two days. Mitchell Starc took 10 for 51, and Bangladesh were bowled out for under...

Aug 23, 2026

Three TNPL teams finished on eight points, and Nellai missed the playoffs by 0.133

Kovai Kings, Tiruppur Tamizhans and Nellai Royal Kings all finished the TNPL league stage on eight points, and net run rate sent two of them through....

Aug 22, 2026

The Duleep Trophy starts on Sunday, and two of the six zones are already in the semi-finals

India’s red-ball season opens on 23 August with two quarter-finals in Bengaluru, while Central Zone and South Zone wait a week for their reward for la...

Aug 22, 2026

India are fifth in the WTC table, and Gambhir says the rankings do not matter

India’s head coach was asked in Colombo whether his Test side is struggling, and would not accept the question. Gambhir has the Galle win and two whit...

Aug 22, 2026

Bangladesh were bowled out for 64, and by stumps Australia had lost eight wickets too

Eighteen wickets fell on the opening day at the Great Barrier Reef Arena. Bangladesh, one up in a two-match series, need only avoid defeat to win it.

Aug 22, 2026

Kuldeep skipped Friday’s net session in Colombo, and Saransh Jain bowled through it

India settle on an XI for Sunday’s second Test, and the spin slot alongside Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar is the last thing left to decide. Kuldeep...

Aug 22, 2026

Forde took four wickets inside six overs, and Jamaica’s recovery to 169 still was not enough

Matthew Forde’s 5 for 23 had Jamaica Kingsmen 71 for 6 at Gros Islet. They rebuilt to 169, and then Kamil Pooran’s unbeaten 81 made sure it never matt...

Aug 22, 2026

Robinson and Tongue took eight each, and England were finished with Pakistan inside three days

Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and 135 at Headingley, and Joe Root’s return as England captain has started with an innings win and 12 World Test Cha...

Aug 21, 2026

Pujara’s advice to Manav Suthar: play the IPL, just don’t bowl like it

Cheteshwar Pujara has asked India to preserve Manav Suthar for Test cricket after the 24-year-old’s ten-wicket haul in Galle. His concern is not the I...

Aug 21, 2026

Four TNPL teams are level on eight points, and Salem Spartans have lost all six

Thursday night at Chepauk left the Tamil Nadu Premier League with four teams tied at the top and one league game each to play. The playoffs begin on S...

Aug 21, 2026

Shanaka hit 49 off 17, and Antigua chased 188 with three balls left

Shadab Khan’s 30 from 12 balls turned a Caribbean Premier League chase the Falcons had twice let slip. Five of the seven teams are now level on four p...

Aug 21, 2026

India are due in Dhaka on 28 August, and the BCB has booked Mirpur for something else

Bangladesh have filled their main stadium with an age-group tournament across exactly the fortnight India were meant to be there, and the BCCI still h...