Author: Staff Reporter

India A Women started their One-Day series in Australia with a three-wicket win over Australia A Women, in Brisbane, on Tuesday. This was an important win for India, as they had already lost all three T20 matches earlier in the tour. The match was played at the Ian Healy Oval, where Australia A won the toss and opted to bat. Australia A scored 214 runs in 47.5 overs. Anika Learoyd played a brilliant, undefeated knock of 92 runs off 90 balls. Rachel Trenaman supported her well with 51 runs from 62 balls. However, the rest of the batting order struggled…

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for July 2025 following his prolific run with the bat in the five-match Test series against England. Gill edged out the other two nominees, Ben Stokes and Wiaan Mulder, to claim the honor. The 25-year-old was the leading scorer of the recently concluded England Test series, accumulating 754 runs in ten innings at an average of 75.40, including four centuries. Gill became the first male cricketer to win the Player of the Month award on four occasions. He previously won the award in January 2023,…

After losing the T20I series to Pakistan 2–1, West Indies fought back brilliantly to clinch the ODI series 2-1 after thrashing Pakistan by 202 runs in the decider in Trinidad. Shai Hope, with a dazzling century, and Jayden Seales, with stellar figures of 6-18, were the heroes for the Caribbean side. Pakistan won the toss and opted to field. West Indies lost their first wicket very early, but then Evin Lewis and Keacy Carty shared a 47-run partnership. Lewis’s wicket brought Hope to the crease, and his innings not only gave West Indies some solidity but also took them to…

Chennai Super Kings’ young batting sensation Ayush Mhatre will be the leader of Mumbai in the Buchi Babu Trophy. The tournament featuring teams from different states is organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) and will start on August 18. Suved Parker will be Mhatre’s deputy, and the Mumbai side also has star players like Sarfaraz Khan, who has represented India in Test cricket, and his brother Musheer Khan. R Sai Kishore will lead the TNCA President’s XI and his team contains players like Baba Indrajith, Vijay Shankar and Shahrukh Khan. This year, the tournament will be played in…

India Women all-rounder Deepti Sharma has moved to the second place in the ICC Women’s T20I bowling rankings with 732 rating points. Whereas India’s star batter Smriti Mandhana has dropped down to the second spot in the ODI batting rankings with 728 rating. Deepti now shares the second spot with Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal with same points. Australia’s Annabel Sutherland takes the lead for the first time with 736 ratings in what has been a cut throat competition with Deepti and Sadia. Deepti also remains in the third spot of the T20I all-rounder rankings with 387 points behind West Indies captain…

Hyderabad or Thiruvananthapuram are likely to replace Bengaluru as a venue for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, which will be hosted in India after a decade. While nothing has been officially confirmed, one of these two cities is likely to be chosen. The change comes after Bengaluru was declared “unsafe” as a host city following the stampede duringthe Royal Challenges Bengaluru victory paradefollowing their triumph in IPL 2025. The incident claimed 11 lives. This raised serious concerns about crowd management and public safety. The tournament will be held from September 30 to November 2. India will play against…

South Africa defeated Australia by 53 runs in the second T20I in Darwin. Dewald Brevis was the hero for the visiting side as he scored an unbeaten 125, which is the highest T20I score by any South African batter. The three-match series is tied 1-1. Australia won the toss and opted to field. South Africa lost three wickets inside seven overs for 57 runs. Then, Tristan Stubbs joined Brevis. They put on a partnership of 126 runs off just 57 balls that not only gave the innings solidity, but also laid the foundation for a big total. Brevis was in…

Dewald Brevis seems to be in his best form in the ongoing T20I series against Australia. The 22-year-old became the second fastest South African SA batter in men’s T20Is to score a century. Impressed by his heroics, AB de Villiers said Brevis is a ‘lucky gem’ for Chennai Super Kings. The former South Africa batter and legendary figure in the Indian Premier League, De Villiers took to social media and credited CSK for buying Brevis at the 2025 auction, while criticizing other franchises for overlooking him. “There was such a golden opportunity for IPL teams to pick up Dewald Brevis…

Dewald Brevis played a breathtaking innings to become the youngest South African cricketer to hit a T20I hundred. He took South Africa to a huge total of 218/7 against Australia in the second T20I of the three-match series in Darwin. Brevis came to bat when South Africa’s score was 44/2 in the fifth over. He hit his first boundary on the third ball he faced, smashing a four off Ben Dwarshuis through mid-off. His first six came on the seventh ball he faced, when he smashed Glenn Maxwell’s tossed-up delivery over long-on. In the 12th over of the innings, bowled…

Tom Bruce has switched international allegiance from New Zealand and will now represent Scotland. The former New Zealand batter has been selected by Cricket Scotland for the ICC Men’s World Cup League 2 series in Canada. Bruce became eligible to represent Scotland as his father was born in Edinburgh. The 34-year-old batter played 17 T20Is for New Zealand between 2017 and 2020. He has represented Central Districts since 2014 and most recently played in the Global Super League. Bruce, who has also played county cricket for Sussex and Lancashire, was part of the Scotland development squad in 2016 before making…