Team India would aim to seal the five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe in the fourth encounter in Harare on Saturday, July 13. After winning the last two games with different combinations, the young Indian brigade will be confident of winning the series in the fourth match itself.
West Indies pacer Jayden Seales filled the press room with laughter when he was asked about the visitors' intention to give outgoing James Anderson a guard of honour when he came in to bat in his farewell Test match. Seales took four wickets for the West Indies in the first innings of Lord's Test.
Big Bash League (BBL) schedule for the 14th edition of the tournament was announced on Friday, July 12 with the Melbourne Stars set to take on the Perth Scorchers in the opening game at the Optus Stadium on December 15. A total of 44 matches are scheduled to take place with the final on January 27.
Ben Stokes on Thursday, July 11 became only the third cricket in Test history to achieve a double of 6,000 runs and 200 wickets in the format. Stokes took a couple of wickets in the West Indies' second innings, however, he would want to forget his day with the bat as his middle stump was uprooted.
India Champions sneaked in through to the semi-finals despite a 54-run loss to South Africa in their final group stage match. Australia Champions topped the table in the World Championship of Legends and the statement they made by scoring 275 runs against the West Indies, will make India sweat.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is likely to be scheduled in a hybrid model or get completely moved out of Pakistan with India unlikely to travel to the neighbouring country. Team India didn't travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 and unless some major diplomatic tweaks, the stand will remain as it is.
South Africa Champions after losing three matches in a row, ended their World Championship of Legends campaign on a high beating Pakistan and India in back-to-back games, however, they weren't enough for them to reach the semis. India with just a slightly better net run rate will now play Australia.
England are on their way to finding out if 'it's coming home' this time around or not as they sneaked past the Dutch to make it to the final of the European Championship for the second time in a row. England face Spain in the final after winning their semis clash 2-1 in Dortmund.
Sanju Samson, the returning wicketkeeper-batter for India in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, was named the vice-captain for the remaining matches in the series. Samson and the other T20 World Cup winners Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube, had returned to India to celebrate the triumph with the team.
India clinched another good win by 23 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20 series. It was a good all-round performance with both bat and the ball from India led by skipper Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad and finished off brilliantly with the ball by Washington Sundar taking three wickets.
India Champions will be aiming to get some glory back following back-to-back losses in the ongoing World Championship of Legends in England. India Champions are on the brink and may still get into the semi-finals but they might not want going into the knockouts on the back of three losses.
India take on Zimbabwe in the third T20I of the five-match series in Harare on Wednesday, July 10. India bounced back owing to a scintillating batting performance in the second T20I following a loss in the series opener, however, there will be a few changes with T20 World Cup winners returning.
After levelling the series 1-1, the young Indian team will be bolstered by the return of the T20 World Cup winners Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube into the squad ahead of the third T20I against Zimbabwe. There will be a selection headache for coach and captain with so many options.
England's home summer kicks off on Wednesday, July 10 finally after a month's delay due to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The three-match Test series against the West Indies commences at Lord's, however, the series opener might be more popular as James Anderson's swansong in international cricket.
James Anderson will be playing his final Test match for England as the hosts gear up for a three-match series against the West Indies. Anderson, who currently stands at 700 wickets, has a chance to surpass the late great Shane Warne, who has 708 wickets to his name but he isn't thinking too far.
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