Month: January 2025

Melbourne Renegades 199 for 7 (Fraser-McGurk 95, Walter 2-23) beat Brisbane Heat 196 for 4 (Wood 45, Zampa 2-29) Jake Fraser-McGurk finally found his hard-hitting best, blasting Melbourne Renegades to a thrilling three-wicket BBL win over Brisbane Heat that ended their title defence. Out-of-form this summer for South Australia and Renegades, Fraser-McGurk smashed 95 from 46 balls to help Renegades pull off the second-highest successful BBL chase at Marvel Stadium….

Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav have been named in India’s provisional 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy. The final squad for the Champions Trophy must be submitted to the ICC by February 11. India play three bilateral ODIs against England on February 6, 9 and 12 – their first 50-over games since the tour of Sri Lanka in August last year – before the Champions Trophy begins on February 19….

Lunch Pakistan 230 (Shakeel 84, Rizwan 71, Seales 3-27) vs West Indies West Indies took four wickets for 13 runs to trigger a Pakistan collapse after Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan put on 141 runs for the fifth wicket to leave Pakistan two wickets away from the end of the innings. The pair had begun with the same authority they ended the fourth day with, but once Kevin Sinclair snared…

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have told the BCCI medical staff they are carrying niggles which will not allow them to play the next round of Ranji Trophy games from January 23. It is learnt that Kohli had neck pain and had taken an injection on January 8, three days after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in Sydney. Kohli told the BCCI medical staff that he was still experiencing pain, ruling…

अगर सब कुछ योजना के अनुसार चलता है, तो जसप्रीत बुमराह चैंपियंस ट्रॉफ़ी की टीम में शामिल हो सकते हैं। ESPNcricinfo को जानकारी मिली है कि सिडनी टेस्ट के पांचवें दिन गेंदबाज़ी न करने के पीछे की वजह उनकी चोट थी, जो तनाव वर्कलोड से संबंधित है। साथ ही ऐसा भी समझा जा रहा है कि शुरुआती जांच में उनकी पीठ में किसी प्रकार का स्ट्रेस फ्रैक्चर नहीं पाया गया।…

Jasprit Bumrah could make it to India’s Champions Trophy squad subject to him being fit in time for the tournament that begins on February 19. ESPNcricinfo has learned the injury that prevented Bumrah from bowling on the fifth day of the Sydney Test is stress related. Though the first round of tests did not reveal a stress fracture in the back, it is understood the discomfort Bumrah suffered was related…

The BCB will be launching a maiden Women’s Bangladesh Premier League (WBPL); it is likely to be held soon after the ongoing men’s competition ends on February 7. According to Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, the BCB director, it will be a three-team competition, with each team playing the others twice for a total of six league games followed by the final. “The board has been thinking about the various ways that…

England Under-19 91 for 5 (Mayes 51) beat South Africa Under-19 87 (Minto 3-15) by five wickets A dominant bowling performance from England Men U19s paved the way for a comfortable five-wicket win over South Africa Men U19s in the opening Youth ODI at Cape Town. New-ball duo Harry Moore and James Minto did the damage up top taking five wickets between them as the hosts were skittled for just…

Rohit, 37, has been struggling for form and during the home series against New Zealand, he also admitted to captaincy errors, which contributed to India’s 3-0 whitewash. In six Test innings against New Zealand at home, Rohit managed only 91 runs at an average of 15.16 and then in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, his average slumped further to 6.20 in five innings. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Wild weather has blown off a section of SCG’s roofing, prevented decision review technology from being set up, and ultimately sealed Hobart Hurricanes’ spot atop the BBL points table. Sydney Sixers finished second after the washout and will take on Hurricanes in the Qualifier. Sydney Thunder will now host the Knockout finals, with the fourth team yet to be decided. Security guards evacuated fans from two bays in the Bill…