First-Class Cricket

15 articles tagged with "First-Class Cricket"

Sep 16, 2026

Babar has not played a domestic first-class match since 2019, and he asked the PCB to find him a team

Babar Azam will turn out for OGDCL in the President’s Trophy, his first domestic first-class cricket in nearly seven years. He was in none of the eigh...

Sep 14, 2026

Salman Agha made 45 runs in five Test innings, and then 300 not out in Abbottabad

A fortnight after being sent home from England, Pakistan’s dropped captain batted for 336 balls in the President’s Trophy and made the highest score o...

Sep 11, 2026

Pakistan are going back to the Kookaburra, and the PCB is making the same argument it made in 2019

The PCB will use Kookaburra balls in the President’s Trophy and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy from 2026-27, ending a two-season run with the Dukes that bega...

Sep 11, 2026

Shami’s 16 overs cost 42 runs at Chepauk, and Ganguly says he has not been neglected

Sourav Ganguly was asked why Mohammed Shami is still not in India’s side, and answered by talking about his own career. The bowler in question had jus...

Sep 10, 2026

South Zone never batted again, and East Zone have the Duleep Trophy for the first time in 13 years

Ishan Kishan’s 270 put the final out of reach inside three days, and East Zone batted out the rest of it to take the title on first-innings lead.

Sep 8, 2026

Shami bowled 11 overs for 17 runs, and South Zone are 267 short of avoiding the follow-on

East Zone lead the Duleep Trophy final by 466 with two days left in Chennai, and Tilak Varma is the last recognised batter South Zone have left.

Sep 7, 2026

Kishan left the field on 250, came back for 270, and East Zone finished on 708

East Zone batted all of day two of the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai and were bowled out for 708, with Ishan Kishan making 270 either side of retirin...

Sep 6, 2026

Shami’s 100th first-class match came three days after his 36th birthday, and 18 months after his last India cap

Sourav Ganguly sent a video message, Ishan Kishan called age just a number, and Bharat Arun said the selectors closed the door too early.

Sep 3, 2026

Hridoy declared on himself at 350 not out, and no Bangladesh batter has made more

Towhid Hridoy’s unbeaten 350 at Potchefstroom is the highest first-class score by a Bangladesh batter, past Tamim Iqbal’s 334 from 2020. South Africa...

Sep 2, 2026

North Zone lead by 139 with three wickets left, and a draw still sends South Zone through

The second Duleep Trophy semi-final goes to a final day in Bengaluru on Wednesday. South Zone’s first-innings lead of 117 means North have to win the...

Aug 25, 2026

West Zone were 195 for 3 chasing 287, and lost four wickets for 25 before stumps

West Zone were cruising at 195 for 3 in pursuit of 287 in the Duleep Trophy quarter-final. By the close of day three they were 220 for 7, and North Zo...

Aug 22, 2026

Sooryavanshi has eight first-class games and an average of 17.25, and Dravid is asking everyone to be patient

The IPL’s youngest Orange Cap winner starts a red-ball season in Bengaluru on Sunday. Rahul Dravid used a T20 launch in Dublin to argue why that matte...

Jul 29, 2026

East Zone hand Sooryavanshi the vice-captaincy at 15, with Kishan in charge and Shami back

Ishan Kishan will lead East Zone in the Duleep Trophy with a 15-year-old as his deputy. Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar are in the squad. Riyan Parag...

Jul 21, 2026

Cricket’s laws are being rewritten, and the Ranji Trophy starts ten days after they land

The MCC’s new edition of the Laws takes effect on October 1 with 73 amendments, headlined by a final over that has to be bowled out even after a wicke...

Mar 8, 2026

Brett Randell takes five wickets in five balls to make first-class history

Central Districts seamer Brett Randell became the first bowler in 254 years of first-class cricket to take five wickets in five consecutive deliveries...