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England’s star batter Joe Root was pleased with the way his team mounted a comeback by winning the fourth Test after being 3–0 down in the ongoing five-match Ashes series. “Yeah, well, obviously losing the series is very disappointing, but I think it was really important that we showed a lot of character for the rest of the series. There’s been a lot thrown at this team, and the way we’ve responded over these two days has been excellent,” Root said in a video shared by BBC’s Test Match Special. England won the low-scoring match inside two days by four…

Australia all-rounder Kim Garth has opened up about the painful semi-final loss against India in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, admitting that the defeat still lingers in her mind. Speaking on a podcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Garth shared her emotions surrounding the loss and acknowledged India’s quality as a side. “Definitely, I think that one still hurts a bit. That semi-final loss, India are obviously a very good team. So look, I think every time we play India, it’s always a good game,” she said. India secured a memorable win in the semi-final with a historic…

Australia captain Steve Smith pointed out that Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett’s opening partnership in the second innings of the fourth Test of the ongoing Ashes series 2025/26 made the difference between the two teams. In the post-match press conference, Smith said: “We’d love to win every game and keep every streak going. But, England played really well today. We probably controlled the first half of the game or yesterday, and then they came back in to play today and took the game away from us. Particularly the way (Zak) Crawley and (Ben) Duckett started, they got them off to…

India’s young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal shared a memorable moment with senior player Virat Kohli after scoring his maiden ODI century against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on December 6. In a conversation with sports journalist Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel, Jaiswal recalled the exchange he had with Kohli after his ton. “There is a song called ‘Lagan Lag Gayi Re’. So Kohli was singing that song to me and dancing. That was a fun conversation. Even before I went to bat, he was telling me things. His sense of humour is great, and he is very funny. But when he…

Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has shared his concern about Test matches finishing too quickly as he said shorter games are not good for the sport as well as finances. His comments came after first day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, where 20 wickets fell on a single day. A record crowd of 94,199 fans had turned up on day one and day two was also sold out with the match finishing within two days. Speaking on SEN before the start of day two, Greenberg was asked about falling of 20 wickets in one day. “The short…

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has called for pitches like the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to be scrutinised just as closely as Indian pitches. His comments came after 20 wickets fell on the first day of the fourth Test in the ongoing Ashes series 2025/26. Pietersen wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): “India ALWAYS gets hammered when wickets fall like crazy on day 1 of a Test and so I hope that Australia gets the same scrutiny! Fair is fair!” After winning the toss, England opted to bowl first. Josh Tongue picked up a five-wicket haul as Australia were…

India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur added another major milestone to her career on Friday, December 26. She broke a long-standing record held by Australia great Meg Lanning. After India defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third T20I at Thiruvananthapuram, Harmanpreet became the most successful captain in women’s T20I history. Harmanpreet now has 77 wins from 130 T20Is as captain, taking her past Lanning, who registered 76 victories in 100 matches for Australia. Harmanpreet also holds the record for leading a team in the most women’s T20Is. England captains Heather Knight (71 wins in 96 matches) and Charlotte…

Former England pacer Stuart Broad and Australia great Glenn McGrath have criticised the pitch on offer at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the Boxing Day Test in the ongoing Ashes 2025/26, calling it overly bowler-friendly. While on commentary for SEN Radio, Broad felt that the pitch was doing too much for the bowlers, making life extremely difficult for batters. “The pitch is doing too much, if I’m brutally honest. Test match bowlers don’t need this amount of movement to look threatening. Great Test match pitches, generally, they bounce, but they don’t jag all over the place,” Broad said. England…

India Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur credited the bowlers after India defeated Sri Lanka Women by eight wickets with 40 balls to spare in the third T20I of the five-match series. With the win, India sealed the series 3-0 with two matches still to play. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Harmanpreet highlighted bowling as the key factor behind India’s dominance in the series. “In T20 bowling is very important. If you keep ticking all the boxes in your bowling department, you have more chances to win the game. Today we are in this position because of our bowlers, credit goes to…

Former India spinner Anil Kumble believes that Venkatesh Iyer will have to sit out of the playing XI for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the early stages of IPL 2026. Venkatesh’s former team, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), fought with RCB for the left-handed batter, but RCB had the last laugh and acquired his services for INR 7 crore. “Venkatesh Iyer will not be in the playing eleven at the start,” Kumble, a former RCB captain, said on JioStar. “You do not want to create doubt in a winning team. That is probably why they did not go after Ravi Bishnoi,…