England will take on the West Indies in a five-match T20 series starting on November 9 (local time) in Barbados. England levelled the series 1-1 they played a T20I series last and will be keen to turn over the West Indies in their own backyard, who have picked a strong squad themselves.
Pakistan registered a commanding win against Australia in the second ODI and levelled the series in Adelaide on Friday, November 8. Babar Azam finished the game off with a six after Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique's 137-run stand chasing a low score of just 163 runs.
England will be on almost a month-long tour of South Africa featuring three T20Is, as well as many ODIs, and a one-off Test match will start on November 24. Alice Capsey was the lone casualty in the T20 squad after the disappointing T20 World Cup campaign in the UAE.
James Anderson, the former England pacer was one of the 1,574 players and 52 English names to register for the IPL 2025 mega auction, scheduled for November 24-25 in Jeddah. The fact was interesting since Anderson has retired from international cricket and hasn't played a T20 for more than a decade.
India will be up against South Africa in the first T20I of the four-match T20 series at Kingsmead in Durban. The young Indian team has had a couple of warm-ups, however, Durban has largely remained overcast the past few days and there is a chance that inclement weather might strike on matchday.
India will be up against South Africa in a four-match T20 series, set to kick off in overcast Durban on Friday, November 8. Some might call it a repeat of the T20 World Cup final which took place four months ago, but for many, it's almost a final audition for the IPL auction a couple of weeks later.
In a significant change in stance, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to a hybrid model if the Indian government doesn't let the national team travel to the neighbouring country for the Champions Trophy 2025. PCB was adamant about hosting the whole tournament in Pakistan itself, earlier.
Punjab Kings retained only two players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction and both of them were uncapped - Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. The Kings have the biggest purse among 10 teams going into the big auction and will be keen to buy back some of their key international players.
Delhi Capitals too have trusted their tried and tested players with Meg Lanning being retained as the captain. Alice Capsey has stayed back as well as the Capitals have retained 14 players, including five overseas. The Capitals will hope to end the drought drought after losing back-to-back finals.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the defending champions expectedly haven't tinkered too much with their squad, retaining 14 players out of the maximum allowed limit of 18. The biggest name among the releases is of the England captain Heather Knight, who missed the last season due to clash.
19 slots have remained vacant after each of the five teams announced their retentions ahead of the WPL 2025 auction. UP Warriorz have retained the most number of players - 15 - while Gujarat Giants released some of the high-profile names including Sneh Rana, Lea Tahuhu, who just won a T20 World Cup.
The calls of truncating Test matches have gotten louder in recent times with matches increasingly getting done and dusted before the fifth day. In the recent series, two of the three India-New Zealand matches and two of the Pakistan-England games were done by the fourth day.
Bangladesh lost eight wickets for just 23 runs as Allah Ghazanfar literally ran through the Bangladesh line-up to hand Afghanistan a handsome win. Bangladesh's winless streak across formats in international cricket went up to eight as the Tigers are to get over the line since the Pakistan series.
India will take on South Africa in a short four-match T20 series that lasts a week at best. The series begins in Durban with the T20 World Champions set to tour the whole rainbow nation. India have called up three players for the first time in T20Is while the Proteas will see their seniors return.
India A will be up against Australia A in the second and final unofficial Test in Melbourne starting November 7. Australia A won the opening clash rather comfortably. Australia will have an eye on Nathan McSweeney as the potential opener for Perth Test and for India, KL Rahul will be in spotlight.
India A will take on Australia A in the second and final unofficial Test of the series at Melbourne Cricket Ground starting Thursday, November 7. KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to the India A squad for the second game after the completion of the home series against New Zealand.
The first ODI between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at the Sharjah Cricket Ground was a landmark one as the venue completed 300 matches in international cricket. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat but could only muster 235 runs in their innings.
Glenn Maxwell praised the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team management for their efficient communication after he was not retained ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. RCB retained just three players, the second lowest among 10 teams, will all overseas players being released.
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