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Stokes hints at Jofra Archer's return for Lord's Test against India
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Archer last played a Test match in February 2021, and has since battled multiple injuries. While he made a return to England's white-ball setup ahead of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup and has featured in ODIs and T20Is, his red-ball workload has been carefully managed.
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Azhar Mahmood appointed as acting head coach of Pakistan for red-ball cric
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Azhar Mahmood has been named as Pakistan's new acting red-ball head coach, according to the official website of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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"A lot of matches are like knockouts for us...": SL skipper Dhananjaya rue
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Sri Lanka made a solid start to their WTC 2025-27 with a 1-0 win over Bangladesh in a two-match Test series. In the second Test at Colombo, Pathum Nissanka's 158 stood as a highlight in their win by an innings and 78 runs.
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ICC Chairman Jay Shah congratulates Angelo Mathews on successful test care
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Mathews, on May 23, announced that the first test match against Bangladesh will be his last red-ball appearance for his country.
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Temba Bavuma ruled out due to injury, Keshav Maharaj named South Africa ca
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Proteas veteran spinner Keshav Maharaj will take over as the captain for the red-ball series starting from 28 June. Bavuma sustained the injury during day three of the World Test Championship Final at Lord's while batting in the second innings.
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1st Test: England win toss, opt to bowl against India, Sudharsan makes deb
Updated : 11 months ago IST
India begins a new era without its batting mainstays Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and frontline off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Shubman Gill is leading the Test side for the first time, and he will look to upset England for the first time since 2002, 23 years ago. The five-match Test tour will
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With solid body of work in red-ball game, can Jurel make it to playing XI
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Ever since his Test debut last year against England, Jurel has produced a solid body of work in first-class cricket and Test cricket alike, even though he displayed a completely different avatar for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a finisher since his debut in
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"We all should push for more Tests": Angelo Mathews reflects on Lack of Te
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Mathews, on May 23, announced that the first test match against Bangladesh in June will be his last red-ball appearance for his country. Sri Lanka will be playing just four Tests in 2025 - their lowest number of Tests in a calendar year since 2013.
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India senior team, India A "enjoy red-ball cricket" during 2nd day of intr
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The official X handle of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted some pictures from the match, showing the aforementioned players and others like Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh etc who were in action.
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Pant's roof-breaking stunner to Gill-Bumrah face off: What transpired in I
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Test series would very well be an era-defining one in Indian cricket history, as after the retirement of two legends, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, a new-look Team India would be eyeing a fresh start in ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle of 2025-27 under captaincy of newly-appoin
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Ponting speaks on Gill's captaincy appointment in Tests, his best position
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Gill will be leading a new-look Indian team for five-match tour of England from June 20 onwards. The tour will kickstart the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle for India and will be their first series since the retirement of senior legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Gill was made t
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"He was little disappointed when I retired": Rohit Sharma on his father's
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"He has seen me play a lot of cricket with the red ball, obviously. So, he appreciates red-ball cricket a lot and was a little disappointed when I announced my retirement, but he was happy as well at the same time," he said.
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