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Carty and King's tons seal 2-1 series win

Didn't bowl good balls in first spell, wanted to come back stronger: Ghazanfar

Chasing 264 for victory, King and Carty were involved in a 209-run partnership, West Indies' highest for any wicket in an ODI against England

Allah Ghazanfar picks six as Bangladesh implode in chase

The 18-year old Afghanistan offspinner finished with a remarkable 6 for 26 as Bangladesh, from 132/3, ended up being bowled out for 143

Ganguly and my wife pushed me to play on for another season: Saha

From 120/2 in chase of Afghanistan's 235, Bangladesh lost eight wickets for just 23 runs

The vast, stark differences between South Africa and India

The veteran keeper-batter recently announced that he will retire from red-ball cricket at the end of the ongoing Ranji Trophy

Shreyas Iyer returns from a week's rest with fiery century

Seven members of each squad in the series starting on Friday were in the T20 World Cup final contested between India and South Africa earlier this year

Perry's 62-ball 86 powers Sydney Sixers to second win

Elsewhere, Bengal took early control against Karnataka while Tamil Nadu stutterted a little against Assam

Asalanka remains as captain, Shanaka and Chameera continue to miss out

Hobart Hurricanes fell six runs short in chase of Sixers' 155/7

Inglis to lead Australia in T20I series against Pakistan

Sri Lanka announced their squads for the T20I and ODI series against New Zealand as Kusal Perera too makes a comeback to the ODI squad

David Warner appointed Sydney Thunder captain

Australia's selectors had announced the squad for the three-match series last week without naming the captain for the side

IPL Auction to be held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25

The veteran left-hander, whose lifetime captaincy ban was lifted recently, replaces Chris Green as the skipper of the BBL team

Mohammad Salahuddin appointed Bangladesh's senior assistant coach

A total of 1,574 players have registered for the auction which will be held overseas for the second successive year

'It's not in our control' - Najmul on off-field issues

BCB chief Faruque Ahmed believes this will pave the way for more local coaches to get into the national system

Can Livingstone complete ODI turnaround with a series win?

Nahid Rana and Nasum Ahmed have been ruled out of the opening ODI against Afghanistan due to visa complications

The nuances of India's approach at home that need a re-look

The caravan now moves to Barbados where the two teams are set to play the final ODI, followed by the first two T20Is

Mooney fifty, King five-fer drive Scorchers to comprehensive win

From choice of pitch to batting tactics, here's what went wrong for Rohit & Co. in their stunning home defeat to New Zealand

Ajaz Patel credits New Zealand's adapability for historic success

Last year's finalists, Brisbane Heat, slipped to their second straight defeat after beginning the season with two wins

Shakib Al Hasan reported for suspect bowling action while representing Surrey

Each of the venues threw up different challenges but New Zealand were ready for it and Ajaz talks about the preps behind the tour.

Breaching Bastions: Young and the extraordinary

The all-rounder made a lone appearance for the County side in a thrilling match against Somerset

Nasum, Nahid set to arrive late in UAE due to visa complications

In an exclusive interview, the Player of the Series in New Zealand's greatest Test series triumph reflects on the toils and tactics that got him here

Cummins sees off fiery Rauf to seal tight win

Bangladesh meanwhile began their preparations for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Sharjah

More Tests, Olympic cricket, windows for T20 leagues in women's FTP 2025-29

The Australian skipper, playing his first ODI post the World Cup final, starred with both bat and ball

More than 400 games across formats set to be played along with an IPL event in each calendar year

Naseem Shah drags Pakistan to 203

Many questions in India's way following stunning drop-off

Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins combined to pick five wickets for Australia

'Lost for words in terms of what's happened over the last three weeks'

Batting tactics, diminishing returns and choice of pitches at home: Rohit Sharma & Co. will have much to reflect on after the 0-3 defeat

WTC Scenarios: India need big result in Australia after home stumble

Tom Latham termed the incredible 3-0 whitewash of India in India as a series he'll never forget

Don't know how that Pant decision was overturned: Rohit Sharma

Holders of the mace Australia climbed back to the top of the standings following India's 0-3 loss to New Zealand

Stats: India plummet to new nadir at home

The wicket-keeper batter was given out via DRS off a very close call after being initially given not out on the field.

Ajaz stars again at Wankhede as New Zealand seal historic whitewash

Stats highlights from New Zealand's historic series win in India after getting the better of the hosts by 25 runs in the third Test at Wankhede

Pant keeps India's hopes afloat in chaotic morning session

The left-arm spinner's six-wicket haul overshadowed Rishabh Pant's fighting 64 as New Zealand won the final Test by 25 runs

Why the ball change in Mackay wasn't probably a case of ball tampering

Chasing a tricky target of 147 on a crumbling surface, India were in a mess at 29/5 before Rishabh Pant led the home team's fightback

McSweeney, Webster seal comfortable chase for Australia A

The change of ball stirred a massive controversy before start of play on the fourth day

Livingstone special helps England square series

The fourth wicket pair put on an unbroken 141-run stand to lead Australia A to victory in the first unofficial Test against India A

Utkarsh Srivastava: I think I needed to earn the respect of everyone

The England captain scored an unbeaten 124 off 85 deliveries as the visitors chased down a target of 329 in 47.3 overs

Pant and Gill take different routes up the spin hill

The 17-year-old batter, selected above some senior players scored an impressive 67 on his ODI debut for USA

Hridoy urges Bangladesh to look ahead to CT 2025 preparations

Before Ajaz Patel walked away with a five-fer, India scored valuable runs off him in the first hour of Day 2 in Mumbai

Jadeja, Ashwin combine to keep India marginally in front

Bangladesh suffered losses away (to India) and at home (to South Africa) recently

Nathan McSweeney puts Australia A on course

New Zealand currently have a lead of 143 runs at the end of Day 2

Australia A finish Day 3 needing 86 runs to win

Ajaz fifer puts game in the balance

Gill, Pant fifties lead India's recovery

Starting the second session at 195/5, India ended up being bowled out for 263

Wyatt-Hodge masterclass eclipses Harris' blitz as Hurricanes down Heat in tall chase

A counterattacking 96-run stand between Shubman Gill (70*) and Rishabh Pant (60) helped India gain momentum on the second morning of the final Test

The Hurricanes were also aided by useful knocks from Heather Graham and Elyse Villani.

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Mohali to Chattogram - Rabada's South Africa rollercoaster

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Najmul Hossain to lead Bangladesh against Afghanistan in three-ODIs

Almost nine years and 66 Tests into Rabada's career, he is the No. 1-ranked bowler in the format and record-holder for the fastest, in terms of balls, to reach 300 wickets

India fumble early shot at redemption in Mumbai

Litton Kumar Das and Shakib Al Hasan have not been included in the squad either

Battered England seek quick turnaround

After Ravindra Jadeja's fifer restricted NZ to just 235, India were well-placed... until the last 13 frenetic minutes of play

Georgia Voll's 92 headlines Thunder's sizzling win

West Indies came up with an allround display in the opening ODI to take an early lead in the series

NZ claw back with late wickets on topsy-turvy day

In a rain-affected contest, Melbourne Stars prevailed over Sydney Sixers

Mukesh Kumar's six-fer, Padikkal-Sudharsan stand put India A on top

The hosts lost three quick wickets before stumps to lose their advantage on the opening day

Jadeja keeps India in front amidst Young, Mitchell fifties

India A finished Day 2 at 208 for 2, taking their lead to 120 runs

Australia confirm schedule for Sri Lanka tour

Will Young and Daryl Mitchell steadied New Zealand for a brief period but found little support from the rest

Sundar's twin strikes nullify NZ's steady start

Two Tests and a one-off ODI will be played during this tour.

Motie, Lewis star as West Indies go 1-0 up

The visitors were 92/3 at Lunch on Day 1 of the third Test against India in Mumbai

IPL retentions: Startling calls, tough negotiations and a surprising surplus

The hosts put up a clinical all-round performance to down England in a rain-marred contest

The vast distances and several time zones of cricket's brave new world

KKR and DC left out their captains while MI beat speculation to bring together their stalwarts on an intriguing evening of IPL retentions

Stokes, Buttler sign two-year central contracts with ECB

Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton and Keshav Maharaj, who were part of the series win in Chattogram, will soon join up with the T20I squad in Kingsmead for the India series from November 8

Heather Knight helps Sydney Thunder open account

Five players - Jamie Smith, Will Jacks, Shoaib Bashir, Phil Salt and Olly Stone have signed ECB's central contracts for the first time under the new multi-year system introduced last year

Najmul tight-lipped on captaincy issue

Sydney Thunder managed to come out on top in this reverse fixture against Hobart Hurricanes

How the teams are set up for the IPL 2025 mega auction

The BCB is understood to be aiming to convince Najmul to reconsider and, if unsuccessful, at least to continue leading the ODI squad until the 2025 Champions Trophy.

KKR release Shreyas Iyer; DC part ways with Rishabh Pant

With all ten teams announcing their retentions, here's a look at their expenditure so far, the remaining purse and RTMs available

Maharaj, Muthusamy shine as SA seal series with an innings victory

LSG have let go of KL Rahul while RR have opted not to retain Jos Buttler

India A start off Australia tour with wobbly batting

The two left-arm spinners accounted for nine wickets as Bangladesh folded for 143 while following-on

Jansen, Coetzee return to SA squad for India T20Is

Ruturaj Gaikwad's side was bundled out for 107 as Australia A quick Brendan Doggett picked six wickets

South Africa chip away after enforcing follow-on

Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and Keshav Maharaj are part of the 16-member T20I squad having missed the white-ball games in the UAE

Has a lot to do with playing on flat wickets in T20 - Gambhir on decline in Test batting

Bangladesh were shot out for just 159 in their first innings

India men's team head coach Gautam Gambhir pointed at the shortest format as the reason behind the declining defensive game for India's batters.

Rabada's fifer decimates Bangladesh

Battered India look to avoid cleansweep and gain crucial WTC points

Bangladesh still trail by over 400 runs in the first innings and have only two wickets in hand

BCB forms committee for constitution amendment purposes

This is the first time in 20 years that India enter a Test of a home series having already lost the series

South Africa's runs in Asia have been a long time coming

The decision was taken during the 15th meeting of the BCB Board of Directors.

England return to the Caribbean with one eye on the Champions Trophy

Although the match is South Africa's 54th Test in the subcontinent, this is the first time three of their batters have made centuries in the same innings

IPL Retentions: Focus on futures of Shreyas, Rahul, Pant as deadline approaches

The visitors led by Liam Livingstone will hope to take further steps forward in this transitional phase

Georgia Redmayne, Grace Parsons help Brisbane Heat win two in two

The title-winning captain is expected to not feature in KKR's retention list, while DC are also locked in, in 11th-hour negotiations with Rishabh Pant to tie him down

Mushtaq Ahmed bemoans Bangladesh's lack of game awareness

Last year's finalists beat Melbourne Renegades by 28 runs at home

Danni Wyatt-Hodge traded to RCB from UP Warriorz

The spin bowling coach felt that the team doesn't lack skill but needs to show more maturity

IPL Retentions Deadline Day - As it happened

The England opener was picked up at the WPL 2024 auction at a price of INR 30 lakhs

SRH add Travis Head, Nitish Reddy to complete five retentions

All the live updates as franchises confirm their retentions ahead of the October 31 deadline

Bangladesh cave in after South Africa's massive total

Earlier, they'd decided to retain Heinrich Klaasen (23 Cr), Pat Cummins (18 Cr) and Abhishek Sharma (14 Cr)

Shakib Al Hasan available for Afghanistan series - BCB president

The home side lost four quick wickets in reply to South Africa's 575/6d

A different kind of spotlight on Kohli and Rohit

The board president also said he will discuss the issue of Test captaincy with Najmul Hossain Shanto

Century stand takes South Africa past 500

India's two senior batters find themselves needing to get out of individual form slumps and pick their team up in the process

Shreyas Iyer unlikely to be retained by KKR

The hosts managed to pick up just one wicket in the post-lunch session

Taijul fifer helps Bangladesh fight back

As speculation mounts over interest from other franchises for the player, franchises ask BCCI whether players can engage in discussion with other teams before the retention deadline

McDonald to continue as Australia's head coach until the end of 2027

David Bedingham stroked a fifty as South Africa added over 100 runs in the morning session on Day 2

Hetmyer returns to ODI squad for England series

Under McDonald, Australia won the World Test Championship and the 50-over World Cup last year

Rashid set to return to Tests with Zimbabwe tour

The left-hander has replaced Alick Athanaze and that's the only change from the squad that toured Sri Lanka recently

De Zorzi, Stubbs, Verreynne join elite list of SA cricketers

The Afghanistan all-rounder was out of Test cricket fr a few months as per the advice of his physician following his back injury

Smriti Mandhana tons up as India seal ODI series

It is the first time since 2014 that three batters from the country have scored three centuries or more in consecutive Test matches

Zimbabwe to host Afghanistan for Boxing Day, New Year's Tests

Harmanpreet Kaur added an unbeaten half-century as India chased down New Zealand's 232 with 34 balls to spare

Fielded one less specialist bowler due to poor batting returns: Phil Simmons

The two Tests will be preceded by a white-ball leg comprising three T20Is and as many ODIs

It shows to other teams that it is possible to beat India in India - Tim Southee

The Bangladesh head coach defended his team's approach after the hosts had a difficult day on the field

Ranji Trophy: Karnataka, Hyderabad complete big wins

In an exclusive interview with Cricbuzz, Southee reflects on the momentous series win in India, how it evolved into a career highlight, and what it took for New Zealand to make cricketing history on Indian soil

Pooran meets LSG owner Goenka, signs on dotted lines for retention

Elsewhere, Tamil Nadu escaped with a draw after being asked to follow on by Chhattisgarh

Patterson, Mushangwe star as Strikers get off the mark

He will be the franchise's primary retention, commanding a price of Rs 18 crore

Beating India 'one big thing' Cummins wants to 'tick off'

Ellyse Perry's quickfire not enough to take Sydney Sixers over the line

De Zorzi, Stubbs hit maiden tons as SA take early control

Australia's captain hopes India's setback against New Zealand will work in his team's favour

Jacob Bethell earns maiden call-up to England Test squad for NZ tour

The two centurions were involved in a massive 201-run partnership for the second wicket

'What makes me most happy is that he gives over 100% every time he takes the field'

Regular wicketkeeper Jamie Smith will miss the tour for personal reasons

Tony de Zorzi's maiden ton puts Bangladesh under the pump

In an excerpt from 'Gully Gully', Virat Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma opens up about his most famous student's formative years

South Africa make strong start after opting to bat

The hosts failed to bag a wicket in the post-Lunch session on Day 1

The hosts lost only one wicket in the morning session after electing to bat

Afghanistan's next gen make a mark

USA secure nail-biting win over Nepal

The inaugural ACC Mens T20 Emerging Asia Cup was clinched by Afghanistan A

With all the off-field drama unfolding in the last 48 hours, USA found something to cheer about with a three-wicket win

Williamson to miss Mumbai Test

Matthew Wade retires from international cricket

The veteran batter has been left out as a cautionary approach to help him be available for the upcoming three-match Test series against England

Ranji Highlights: Chhattisgarh put Tamil Nadu on the mat

The wicketkeeper-batter will now join Australia's coaching staff while continuing to play domestic cricket for at least the next two years.

Bangladesh confronted by internal and external tests to save series

Elsewhere, Railways and Baroda notch wins while Mayank Agarwal scores a ton against Bihar

Mahidul Islam Ankon replaces concussed Jaker Ali for Chittagong Test

After a dominant win in Mirpur, South Africa hope Chittagong is another step towards that WTC final at Lord's

Carey, Graham give Hurricanes a winning start

Jaker suffered a concussion while batting in a practice session before the 2nd Test against South Africa

Taijul throws his hat in the ring for Test captaincy

Phoebe Litchfield's rapid 51 not enough to prevent defeat for Sydney Thunder

Shakib unsure about playing Afghanistan ODIs

All format skipper Najmul Hossain is unlikely to continue as captain after the South Africa series

VVS Laxman set to be India's head coach in South Africa

The veteran allrounder didn't feature in the recent Test series at home against South Africa

Ellis, Bartlett and Johnson return for Pakistan T20Is

The decision was made since Gautam Gambhir will be Australia-bound for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Kirsten resigns as Pakistan's white-ball coach

In the absence of Mitchell Marsh, Australia are yet to name a skipper for the series

BCCI amends rule regarding penalty runs in domestic cricket

Jason Gillespie has been given the charge for the upcoming limited overs series against Australia

Ranji Trophy HLs: Rana completes fifer; Shardul lifts Mumbai to 450

The cricket board sent a clarification note to the state associations

New Zealand level series through Devine's all-round brilliance

Elsewhere, Saurashtra conceded first-innings lead to Railways and Agni Chopra went on to complete a fine double hundred

Nayeem expects Chattogram to aid Bangladesh's fightback plans

The White Ferns captain smashed a fifty and then picked up a three-fer to derail the hosts

Pakistan name Rizwan as white-ball captain, pick six uncapped players for AUS, ZIM tours

The off-spinner felt that the pitches at the venue would suit the hosts' spin attack more than Dhaka

Ellyse Perry stars in sensational chase on opening night

Babar Azam recently relinquished his role as the captain

Inside the players' revolt: What went behind Stuart Law's axing

The Sydney Sixers captain set up her side's run chase with a swashbuckling 38-ball 81

Evin Lewis ton earns consolation win for WI

Stuart Law was sacked from his position as USA's head coach after just seven months into his role

'We wanted to fire a shot first up and I certainly think we've done that in both games'

In yet another rain-hit game, the West Indies opener smashed a 61-ball 102 as West Indies chased down a mammoth total

India left to ponder over shattered home invincibility

A proud Tom Latham reflected on New Zealand's historic series-clinching victory in Pune

Need to find ways of scoring runs to put bowlers under pressure: Rohit Sharma

New Zealand came fresh off a 0-2 drubbing in Sri Lanka and ended India's unmatched streak of series wins at home

CSK look ahead as Dhoni clears the air over IPL participation

The Indian skipper also defended his ace spinner, R Ashwin and Jadeja after an off-colour couple of Tests with the ball

WTC scenarios: India cede sure footing; Resurgent NZ make their way up

The former skipper has conveyed his decision to continue playing in the IPL

England weren't able to stand up to Pakistan's challenges: Ben Stokes

As many as five teams are now in the fray to fight for two slots heading into the final stretch of this cycle

Ranji Highlights: Harshit Rana takes four before Assam recover

The English reflected on a 2-1 series defeat to Pakistan

How Pakistan spun the Rawalpindi narrative for glory

Elsewhere in Coimbatore, the fast-starting TN team was put to the sword by Chhattisgarh