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Travis Head Ashes

Ashes 2025 | Australia’s dynamic plan for Travis Head: Middle-order in first innings, opening in the second innings

November 24, 2025 20:32 IST

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald reveals there have been discussions around Head opening in the second innings in the future after his match-winning century at Perth

India batting collapse South Africa

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: How India’s scrambled brains and approach resulted in a collapse on a benign pitch

November 24, 2025 20:25 IST

The shots played by Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant showed the team's inability to temper tactics to situation.

England Ashes Vaughan

Ashes 2025: ‘Amateurish’ says Michael Vaughan as England regulars not to play pink-ball warm-up fixture

November 24, 2025 19:45 IST

Although the first Test ended in two days, England regulars not to turn up for Lions in their two-day day-night fixture against Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra

Marco Jansen India vs South Africa

IND vs SA 2nd Test: Marco Jansen uses his back-of-length lifters to devastating effect as India skittled for 201; South Africa ahead by 314

November 24, 2025 19:20 IST

With the ball not nipping or squatting like in Kolkata, the South Africans deployed the dangerous Jansen to get going with bouncers, as he claimed 6-48

Sachin Tendulkar Dharmendra Tribute

Sachin Tendulkar pays respects to Dharmendra after veteran actor passes away: ‘Aisa lagta hai jaise mera 10 kilo khoon kam ho gaya hai’

November 24, 2025 18:43 IST

The legendary actor who gave the world films like Sholay and Chupke Chupke was 89 at the time of passing.

Stuart Broad England Australia Ashes

Stuart Broad on his viral moment in the commentary box in the 1st Ashes Test: ‘Close my eyes and just pray that it wasn’t actually happening’

November 24, 2025 17:05 IST

Travis Head slammed a brutal 123 while Marnus Labuschagne chipped in with a half century as Australia easily chased down the 205-run target in just the second day, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.

Mark Wood Ashes

Ashes: Why Mark Wood wanted to drive from Perth to Brisbane after 1st Test loss

November 24, 2025 16:33 IST

Wood spoke about the loss suffered by England in the first Test and said that while the result didn't go his country’s way, they did a few things right and the result shouldn't take away from their overall performance.

Geoffrey Boycott slams England Ashes

‘Panic is not the answer’: Greg Chappell offers advice to England after 8-wicket loss to Australia in 2025-26 Ashes Test at Perth

November 24, 2025 15:53 IST

Greg Chappell said that the visitors needed to sit down and discuss what had gone wrong, with Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum taking charge of plotting a comeback in the series.

Australia's Steve Smith in action during first Ashes Test against England at Perth. (AP)

‘Ones that drink too much & carry on like pork chops’: Darren Lehmann slams England for constant ‘sandpapergate’ jibe at Steve Smith

November 24, 2025 15:04 IST

Darren Lehmann felt that folks in England never forgot what had happened in the past and admitted that the 36-year-old would be feeling worse about the abuse he got daily.

India's captain Rishab Pant walks off the field after losing his wicket on the third day of the second cricket test match between India and South Africa in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

Ravi Shastri slams India batsmen: ’Very ordinary batting. Not a pitch to be 142 for 7, India won’t be happy’

November 24, 2025 13:49 IST

Shastri's comments came on the back of Shaun Pollock’s comments that some of the batting has been “soft” and it would have been understandable if the wickets had come “off some brilliant deliveries” and the former South African pacer ran through some of the wickets.

Kane Williamson retires

Kane Williamson returns for New Zealand’s three-Test cricket series against West Indies

November 24, 2025 11:29 IST

Williamson had sustained a minor groin injury after playing in the first two of New Zealand's three one-day internationals against England last month.

Players of the Pakistan Shaheens team celebrate their victory in the Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025 final over Bangladesh A. (PHOTO: ACC Media via X)

Pakistan Shaheens win Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 after Super Over drama against Bangladesh A

November 24, 2025 09:05 IST

Chasing Pakistan's total of 125 runs, Bangladesh had slumped to 53 for 7 at one stage. Even at the end of the 18th over, with just 12 balls to go, they were 99 for 9. But Bangladesh's No 10 and No 11 batters managed to force the game into Super Over.

Muthusamy

‘Freedom Baby’ Senuran scores hundred in forefathers’ land; mother races against time to savor moment in Durban home

November 24, 2025 07:43 IST

When Senuran was approaching his hundred on the second day of the India-South Africa match at Guwahati -- the first ever Test at the venue -- Vani was travelling to Durban from Ghana where she had gone on a business trip

India vs South Africa Live Cricket Score, 2nd Test Day 3

India vs South Africa Day 3 Live Cricket Score: SA 26/0 at stumps lead by 314 runs vs IND in Guwahati

November 24, 2025 16:07 IST

IND vs SA Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 3 Match Live Score Updates: Earlier in the first innings The Proteas lower order made the India bowlers toil hard on a pitch that Kuldeep Yadav called a road with spin allrounder Senuran Muthusamy scoring his maiden 100

Pakistan's Babar Azam plays a shot during the second one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo)

Mystery spinner Usman Tariq’s hat-trick, Babar Azam’s half century propel Pakistan into tri-series final

November 24, 2025 00:19 IST

Tariq thus became the fourth Pakistan bowler to take a T20 hat trick after Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Hasnain and Mohammad Nawaz.

Senuran Muthusamy

After 2019 tour of India, I felt I would never play Tests here: Senuran Muthusamy

November 24, 2025 00:06 IST

In 2019, during a forgettable debut series in India when he got just two wickets in two Tests, the South African all-rounder of Indian descent reckoned that his career was as good as over and he will never ever play a game in this country.

India ODI squad South Africa

India’s ODI squad for South Africa: Ruturaj, Tilak, Rishabh – a chance to impress, but breaking into this batting order won’t be easy

November 24, 2025 08:14 IST

There is little certainty of spots when Gill and Iyer return for a few batters presented with the chance in this ODI squad. But a handful of knocks could keep them in the selectors’ minds.

India vs South Africa Day 2

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: Dogged Proteas render hosts’ bowlers ineffective on benign pitch to take control on Day 2

November 24, 2025 07:57 IST

Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen and Kyle Verreynne grind spinners and pacers alike to take team to 489.

Kuldeep Yadav Guwahati pitch

‘Yeh to pura road tha’: Kuldeep Yadav’s reaction to Guwahati pitch in 2nd Test vs South Africa

November 23, 2025 19:36 IST

The Indian bowlers struggled to extract any purchase from the Guwahati strip as the South African lower order, led by Senuran Muthusamy (106) and Marco Jansen (93) made merry, helping the visitors to post a massive 489 runs.

India vs South Africa

India vs South Africa 2nd Test | ‘Are they actually bereft of ideas?’: Aakash Chopra wants better planning from bowlers in a pitch like Guwahati

November 23, 2025 19:04 IST

South Africa's Senuran Muthusamy scored a century and Marco Jansen slammed 93, putting the Proteas in an advantageous position against India who started the day looking to take the 4 remaining wickets after ending Day 1 at 247/6

KL rahul India vs South africa

India announce ODI squad for South Africa series: KL Rahul to lead in Shubman Gill’s absence; Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli feature as Jasprit Bumrah is rested

November 23, 2025 18:09 IST

Stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retained their place in the squad after their exploits in the Australia series while pacer Jasprit Bumrah was rested.

Senuran Muthusamy India South africa

Senuran Muthusamy reacts after scoring century vs India at Guwahati: ‘It was a really special moment in front of this full house’

November 23, 2025 17:24 IST

Muthusamy struck his maiden Test ton (109), but Jansen (93) missed his personal milestone, but their efforts put South Africa on top of the second Test.

Ashes England Australia

Two-day Ashes victory hits Cricket Australia pockets as sizable ticket revenue lost

November 23, 2025 16:43 IST

The board had reckoned on a much-hyped blockbuster five-Test series against the Old Enemy, but they may not have anticipated the first Ashes match in more than a century to have finished inside two days.

South Africa's Senuran Muthusamy celebrates after scoring a century on the second day of the second cricket test match between India and South Africa in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

Senuran Muthusamy – ‘origins in India’, but ‘firmly South African’

November 23, 2025 16:10 IST

This is Muthusamy’s second tour of India and did nothing to catch the eye on the 2019 tour, when he made his debut, other than scalping Virat Kohli as his maiden Test wicket.

Rahul

‘There is one area we need to improve, which is our catching’: Aakash Chopra

November 23, 2025 14:36 IST

KL Rahul dropped Aiden Markram, which cost us. Catches do win you matches," Chopra said on his YouTube channel

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