Being sent back from the Test side can feel like a gut punch – just ask Usman Khawaja. The long-serving opener, who has passed in and out of Australia’s Test squad more times than most of us care to count, has been there and done that. So, when Marnus Labuschagne – formerly a regular in […]
Being sent back from the Test side can feel like a gut punch – just ask Usman Khawaja. The long-serving opener, who has passed in and out of Australia’s Test squad more times than most of us care to count, has been there and done that. So, when Marnus Labuschagne – formerly a regular in […]
This is precisely what a nightmare looks like for many players. You receive the call-up to bat at three, and by the time you’ve padded up, you are somehow batting at no. 6. Inglis has made flexibility his career. Opening batting in white-ball cricket, batting in the middle order as an anchor to the innings, […]
What do you get when you throw in 500 years, a historic chase, and a brutal Ben Duckett all into a final day that was nothing short of a cracking Test? Cricketing carnage. Records tumbled and hearts cracked as England and India turned Headingley into a theatre of cricketing chaos at day 5. India, where, […]
Let’s be honest—a modern cricket opener is a tough occupation. A new ball, unpredictable bowlers, tricky pitches—and that is just the first over. Now, try to imagine the same across every format—Test cricket, ODI, and T20—and still look as though you were batting in the nets. As the fans debated as to who is […]
Let’s be honest: cricket fans are not so frivolous with names like Wasim Akram. He transcended fast bowling for a generation. But then, now and then, a player comes along and makes you reconsider the entire notion of fast bowling. Enter Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah, with his unique action, immaculate accuracy, and freakish talent to swing […]
It is fair to say that when Jasprit Bumrah speaks of bowling, the cricketing world listens – not only because he is taking apart batting line-ups. After taking five wickets in the first innings of the 2025 Leeds Test against England, Bumrah shared his one-of-a-kind approach to bowling and gave fans insight into one of […]
Rishabh Pant isn’t just engaging in Test cricket anymore – he’s transforming the game altogether. If you’re a cricket follower, then you’ve probably heard all the excitement surrounding his innings in the ongoing India vs England Test match at Headingley. But let’s not throw around words like “exciting” without context; it isn’t just another hundred. […]
Leeds presents a challenge to a fast bowler’s patience and adaptability like few others can. If the clouds are low and the wind nudging the seam, you feel it might be quite a day. What was laid out before Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna was not written from the pages of a bedtime story. The […]
For the first time in a long time, Australia is entering a Test without Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne in the XI. Yes, you read that correctly—14,570 runs worth of experience gone. Instead of panicking, Travis Head and co. are going with the flow and striding into Barbados with an attitude that probably could be […]
Just when you were feeling like the ODI deck for Bangladesh was stabilising after the Champions Trophy, boom, Naim Sheikh is back! Following a lengthy absence from ODI cricket, Naim Sheikh has earned a recall as a left-handed opener for Bangladesh’s upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Better yet, at least according to the selectors, this […]
When Sunil Gavaskar speaks, Indian cricket listens—sometimes uncomfortably. On Day 2 of the ENG vs IND 1st Test at Headingley, he watched India drop two regulation catches and delivered a sharp jab: “I don’t think they will give out any medals.” It was a cheeky dig at the team’s medal-for-fielding tradition, but also a brutally […]