Steve Smith has singled out the player his side will look to silence as the Ashes gets underway on Friday. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith has singled out England skipper Ben Stokes as the key figure his side must contain when the Ashes opens at Perth Stadium on Friday. With…
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was recently asked to pick his best no. 4 batter in Test cricket ahead of the Ashes series beginning Friday.At first, given the choice to pick between Kevin Pietersen and Mahela Jayawardene, Ponting picked Pietersen. Then Ponting chose Kevin Pietersen (KP) over Mark Waugh, and then Pakistan’s former cricketer Javed…
During the 2019 Ashes Test at Lord’s, the Jofra Archer bouncer struck Steve Smith. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels the Ben Stokes-led side has all the tools to beat an ageing Australian team. England’s five-pacer attack will be their quickest ever to tour Australia. Captain Ben Stokes has shown, countless times,…
Shivam Dube (L) and Suryakumar Yadav (R) celebrate victory after the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo/Getty Images) MUMBAI: In a big boost to the defending champions, India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and allrounder Shivam Dube will turn out for…
Sai Sudharsan has made a light-hearted comment on the fact that there will be ‘tea’ before ‘lunch’ in the Guwahati Test. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Team India and South Africa are preparing for an unusual practice in the second Test in Guwahati, where play will begin 30 minutes early and the traditional break sequence will be…
Brendan Doggett poses following an Australia nets session at Perth Stadium on November 19, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia are set to field two Indigenous cricketers in the same Test team for the first time. The hosts will face England in the first Ashes Test starting Friday at Optus Stadium in…
NEW DELHI: As India prepare for an unfamiliar battlefield in Guwahati, former opener Aakash Chopra believes that the hosts still enter the second Test against South Africa with a subtle but crucial edge — the innate familiarity of Indian conditions. Even though the ACA Stadium is hosting its first-ever Test, Chopra insists that “home advantage”…
Steve Smith and Joe Root (X) England captain Ben Stokes emphasized the importance of containing Australian skipper Steve Smith in the upcoming Ashes series, while praising both Smith and Joe Root as the greatest batsmen of their generation ahead of Friday’s first Test in Perth. The statement came during a pre-match press conference on Thursday,…
India’s Hardik Pandya warms up before the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) NEW DELHI:Hardik Pandya’s return to competitive cricket has been delayed, and as a result, the star all-rounder will miss the upcoming ODI series against…
Barsapara Cricket Stadium & Shubman Gill (X) Guwahati: The final preparations are underway at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium ahead of the second Test, and early signs point to a surface still carrying a noticeable green tinge. It remains to be seen how much of that grass will be shaved off before the match. As observed…
