James Coles stands to gain the most. Sussex’s 21-year-old left-arm spinner and top-order bat arrived at The Hundred 2026 auction as the highest-salaried Englishman in the competition, and the vacancy at the top of England’s white-ball all-rounder pecking order has never looked more open. Sam Curran and Jamie Overton have stronger immediate cases built on […]
James Coles stands to gain the most. Sussex’s 21-year-old left-arm spinner and top-order bat arrived at The Hundred 2026 auction as the highest-salaried Englishman in the competition, and the vacancy at the top of England’s white-ball all-rounder pecking order has never looked more open. Sam Curran and Jamie Overton have stronger immediate cases built on […]
Narine and Russell have answered the title’s question with a route no other pair in franchise cricket has walked: three different leagues, three different continents, three straight years of silverware. KKR won the IPL in 2024. TKR won the CPL in 2025. Los Angeles Knight Riders won the MLC on July 18, snatched one run […]
Three days after India’s selectors told him he had no place in their 2027 World Cup plans, Rohit Sharma answered in the only language that silences a committee: runs. He walked out at Lord’s and made 138, an innings that carved history into a match India still lost. The knock didn’t reverse any decision, and […]
Rohit Sharma scored 138. Gurnoor Brar conceded 97 without taking a wicket. Both numbers sat on the same scorecard at Lord’s on July 19, and only one of them decided how England’s total held up. Brar’s ten overs undid what should have been a series-defining innings, turning a match India could have controlled into a […]
It hinges on South Africa because Kaif isn’t making a nostalgia argument; he’s making a conditions argument. Bouncy, seaming pitches at venues India rarely sees domestically demand a technique that Kohli has already proven, and Rohit has not, at least not consistently. Speaking on Cricbuzz after Rohit’s twin failures against England, Kaif framed the entire […]
They carry extra weight because Sir Garfield Sobers died at his Barbados home on July 17, the same day New Zealand moved 2-1 up in Guyana. Two days later, the series arrived at Kensington Oval, the ground built around his name and his statue. West Indies walked out there for the fourth and fifth matches […]
The Hundred’s 2026 season runs from July 21 to August 16, opening with a double-header at The Kia Oval and closing with Finals Day at Lord’s. Every team plays eight group games before the top side goes straight to the final and the second plays third in an Eliminator. But the fixtures are only half […]
Speed gun data made the decision for the selectors. Shaheen’s pace has dropped to 126 km/h in recent matches, well below what Test cricket demands from a strike bowler, and that alone was enough to leave him out of both squads. His numbers slipped too, just 27 wickets in his last 16 innings since knee […]
Only one change is unavoidable, and it belongs to Washington Sundar’s hamstring. Everything else on the team sheet is a genuine call, not an injury replacement. Gurnoor Brar has bowled well enough to keep his place, yet Arshdeep Singh’s left-arm angle offers something India haven’t tried at this venue. KL Rahul’s expected return solves a […]
Because the calendar did not wait for either problem to resolve itself. The touring squad for Darwin has to be picked within weeks, and neither the No. 3 spot nor the spin-bowling role has a settled answer right now. One issue is a form slump stretching back three years. The other is a 38-year-old recovering […]
Barring a dramatic reversal nobody inside Indian cricket actually expects, the answer is close to none at all. Selectors have already told Rohit Sharma directly that his ODI career ends after the third match at Lord’s this weekend. He is reportedly unhappy about it, and has pushed back in private conversations with board officials since […]