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Seventeen-year-old Shafali Verma is leading India from the front, smashing two half-centuries on her debut in the one-off Test against England Women. On Friday, Shafali became only the fourth player in the history of women’s cricket to score a half-century in both innings of the debut Test. She was unbeaten on 55 off just 68

Shafali Verma continued to amaze the cricketing world with her audacious strokeplay as she became only the fourth player in the history of women’s Tests to smash two half centuries on debut, taking India to 83 for 1 at stumps on the third day of one-off Test against England. The teenage prodigy was batting on 55

India’s fielding coach R Sridhar ruled out the possibility of a change in the playing XI after the opening day of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand was washed out, insisting that the chosen players are capable of making conditions irrelevant.  The fickle English weather means that temperatures would go down and there

Shafali Verma revealed the success mantra behind her aggressive brand of cricket.© BCCI/Twitter Swashbuckling opener Shafali Verma revealed the success mantra behind her aggressive brand of cricket, saying that while growing up she, along with her brother, used to have a “six-hitting competition”, and her father used to award whoever hit more sixes with Rs

Shafali Verma scored 96 against England Women, falling just four short of a maiden Test century on debut.© Twitter India openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scripted a stunning opening stand but five quick wickets in the final hour of play brought England back in the game on Thursday. England finished day two on top

First look of World Test Championship final pitch.© Twitter Cricketer-turned commentator Isa Guha shared a snap of the World Test Championship final pitch where India and New Zealand will clash on Friday. Guha suggested in her tweet that the wicket for the game needs some shave. “1st look at Inaugural men’s test championship wicket. Needs

New Zealand come into the World Test Championship final against India on a high, having beaten England away to extend their unbeaten run to eight matches. The two teams will face off in the marquee clash beginning Friday at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton. New Zealand will also draw confidence from the fact that they

Spinners Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma fashioned India’s comeback by triggering a batting collapse in the final session but England Women still managed a decent 269 for 6 on the opening day of the one-off Test in Bristol on Wednesday. Playing a Test match after nearly seven years, India Women were struggling badly but Rana (3/77)

India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said criticism over his record in England doesn’t bother him even as he and Team India prepare for the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) against New Zealand starting Friday in Southampton. Rahane, who led India in the last three Tests of their historic series win in Australia in 2020-21 said

With the World Test Championship (WTC) final set to begin on June 18, Team India will be gunning for glory against New Zealand at The Ageas Bowl, in Southampton. All eyes will be on the captains of the teams; Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson. Both skippers are considered to be amongst modern-day cricket legends, and

The two-Test series against England was certainly advantageous but New Zealand coach Gary Stead doesn’t feel that it’s as big a deal as it is being made out to be compared to their World Test Championship final rivals India’s lack of game time. New Zealand secured a rare Test win in England during a two-match

Shikhar Dhawan will make his captaincy debut in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.© Twitter Ahead of the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, the Indian white-ball squad has assembled in Mumbai and every member involved is now undergoing quarantine. The India squad led by Shikhar Dhawan will play three intra-squad games in Colombo as preparation

The International Cricket Council‘s (ICC) interim CEO, Geoff Allardice said the governing body will going to “stick with the percentage-of-points-won method to rank teams” in the next cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). In the last cycle, the total points for each series were 120 and the system was changed to the percentage of

England pacer Ollie Robinson will return to the cricket pitch to play for Sussex’s second team in the T20 game against Hampshire, his county confirmed on Monday. “Mitch Claydon is added to the Sharks squad as cover for the trip to Chelmsford. Henry Crocombe will not travel and will play in Sussex’s behind-closed-doors Second XI

India women’s Test vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday said the players picked the brains of men’s Test team deputy Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the one-off Test match against England. India and England women will face each other in a one-off Test beginning June 16 at Bristol. After that, both sides will square off in three

Simon Lee, the head groundsman at Hampshire, has hinted that the pitch for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final will have some “pace, bounce, and carry.” India and New Zealand will clash in the WTC final, slated to begin on June 18 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. While Lee admitted that making such

Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara says New Zealand will have the advantage going into the WTC Final after playing a Test series against England but India will utilise the available time to prepare well for the title clash, starting at the Ageas Bowl on June 18. While the Indian squad is training by playing intra-squad matches after

ICC Test Rankings: New Zealand recently defeated England in a Test series.© AFP New Zealand on Sunday toppled India to become the number one ranked Test team in the world. The Kiwis achieved the feat after defeating England 1-0 in the two-match Test series on Sunday. New Zealand now has 123 points in ICC Team