Anshul Gupta

Jamie Smith with his third fifty in four Tests so far in his short career, continued to impress one and all as he stayed unbeaten on 72 after the second day's play in Manchester on Thursday, August 22. England took a minor lead but Sri Lanka aren't out of it just yet, all thanks to Asitha Fernando.

West Indies are up against South Africa in a three-match T20 series, an assignment which many might feel is too soon for the two sides, especially since both of them took on each other in May and then the T20 World Cup but with a few new faces, the fans in Trinidad have something to look forward.

Neeraj Chopra finished second in Lausanne at the Diamond League meet, however, still is not officially assured a place in the final. Anderson Peters, who achieved the meet record with a 90.61m throw finished at the top in Lausanne and jumped one place up on the points table as well.

Neeraj Chopra despite not being at his best, recorded his season throw of 89.49 metres, his third sub-89m heave in 15 days, at the Lausanne Diamond League. Neeraj missed first place at Lausanne as Anderson Peters threw a massive 90.61m, which was the meet record.

Lord's is set to host a first-ever women's Test match in 2026. The Indian women's team last played a Test in England, back in 2021 but will return to the country in 2025 for an eight-match white-ball series including five T20Is and three ODIs.

India will be touring England for a five-match Test series from June to August 2025. The series will mark the commencement of the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Headingley, Leeds will host the series opener before the five-match assignment concludes at the Oval in London.

Neeraj Chopra will be in action again after a couple of weeks since his Silver medal in the Paris Olympics, this time at the Lausanne meet in the Diamond League. Chopra is currently fourth on the points table. How does the points system work and how many Neeraj needs for the final? Take a look-

West Indies take on South Africa in a repeat of the three-match T20 series three months later. However, this series is a bit different as South Africa have a few of their big guns back, who were involved in IPL back in May and the West Indies too have made a few tweaks to their set-up.

Former India pacer Zaheer Khan has been in demand among franchises for a senior role and Lucknow Super Giants are seemingly the top contender to snap him up as their mentor. The Super Giants have been without a mentor since Gautam Gambhir left the franchise in 2023.

Pakistan recovered well to share the honours with Bangladesh on the opening day of their home Test season in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, August 21. Bangladesh had Pakistan early on the mat at 16/3 before Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub with a 98-run partnership led their comeback.

Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is set to kick off in Trinidad on Wednesday, August 21 (as per local time). A couple of Indian players are also part of the tournament, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey for Trinbago Knight Riders, and would want to help their side win a second title.

Mohammad Rizwan scored 171* off 239 balls and in-form Saud Shakeel added 141 runs to help Pakistan post a big total of 448/6 in 113 overs. Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud picked two wickets each for Bangladesh while Nahid Rana went wicketless.

Pakistan have picked four seamers for the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi starting Wednesday, August 21 morning. Captain Shan Masood revealed the main reason behind the move as Naseem Shah returns to the Test XI after nearly 13 months.

Sri Lanka have named their playing XI for the first Test against England starting Wednesday, August 21. It is a weakened pace attack with most of the seniors nursing their respective injuries and hence Milan Rathnayake will be making his debut. Sri Lanka would hope for a few crucial WTC points.

Steve Smith, David Warner, Manus Labuschagne and Alex Carey have re-signed with their respective teams ahead of the Big Bash League 2024-25 season. While Warner has confirmed his availability for the entire season, the other three have all signed multi-year deals.

The 2024 edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup has been shifted to the UAE from Bangladesh after several boards expressed their security concerns owing to recent protests in the country. The tournament is scheduled to take place from October 3 to 20 in the UAE.

With Graham Thorpe ending his life due to depression as revealed by his wife recently, former India cricketer Robin Uthappa has come forward to reveal his battle with mental illness and how it affected his life and relationships with his family and sport. Uthappa retired from Indian cricket in 2022.