Former dynamic star AB de Villiers is "confident" about South Africa staging an "upset" against the defending champions Australia in the World Test Championship final, scheduled to take place at the iconic Lord's on Wednesday.
The series will take place from June to August 2025, with matches at Headingley (Leeds), Edgbaston (Birmingham), Lord's (London), Old Trafford (Manchester), and The Oval (London).
Najmul Hossain Shanto will continue to lead the side. The 25-year-old top-order batter remains at the helm after impressing with his leadership and consistency in the previous WTC cycle, where Bangladesh finished seventh.
All-rounder Roston Chase has been appointed as the new captain of the West Indies Test team, with Jomel Warrican named his deputy, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Friday, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Silva's remarks comes ahead of the first Test against Australia at Galle. The two-match series is SL's last ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle assignment. After this, he has only two home Tests against Bangladesh in 2025. In their next WTC 2025-27 cycle, Sri Lanka has a total of
The Proteas were already on top of the WTC standings after a 2-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka at home. Having played 11 Tests in the ongoing cycle, South Africa have won seven games and have a win percentage of 66.67.
India will lock horns with Australia in the fourth Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) which will kickstart early in the morning (5 PM IST) on Thursday.
After winning against New Zealand in the first Test of a three-match series at Hagley Oval on Sunday, England rose to sixth position in the latest CC World Test Championship 2025 table on Sunday ahead of the final of the competition.