Can four Tests really outweigh twelve? In most cricketing years, volume beats virtue. Piling up runs across continents, grinding through five-match series, surviving the attrition of the calendar, that’s traditionally how Team of the Year spots are earned. And yet, 2025 laughed at that convention. Bavuma played only four tests, but he was captain […]
Can four Tests really outweigh twelve? In most cricketing years, volume beats virtue. Piling up runs across continents, grinding through five-match series, surviving the attrition of the calendar, that’s traditionally how Team of the Year spots are earned. And yet, 2025 laughed at that convention. Bavuma played only four tests, but he was captain […]
The Adelaide Strikers’ BBL 2025-26 is off to a shaky start; with three games under their belt, the Strikers are sitting with just one win – that’s a precarious position for a team that will soon be competing at full strength. The Strikers lost by chasing down a total of 180 runs against the Brisbane […]
In an era where franchise loyalty in T20 cricket lasts about as long as a powerplay, Mohammad Nawaz’s annual return to the Bangladesh Premier League feels almost rebellious. The BPL has changed faces, franchises, owners, and reputations, not always for the better. Yet Nawaz keeps coming back, season after season, quietly ignoring the noise. Instead, […]
Cricket has always pretended to be a meritocracy skill over reputation, form over folklore. But 2025 gleefully ripped that illusion apart. It was a year where giants lifted trophies and, paradoxically, slipped on banana peels laid by history’s underdogs. India won the Champions Trophy under Rohit Sharma. RCB finally discovered what silverware feels like. India […]
It has been relatively recent that a significant portion of India’s winning ways in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) were due to both the Indian batting unit and their ability to score big runs by hitting boundaries. That is no longer the case, and it is a fairly subtle change for the Indian cricket team in 2025. […]
While India’s women’s World Cup victory came from their own talent, there were a number of additional factors that also contributed to this success: timing, temperament, and the ability to “peak” under extreme pressure. All of these elements were evident with the Indian Women’s ODI team in preparation for 2025. The ODI campaign included a […]
T20 cricket has a strange habit of making reputations in five seconds flat. One delivery, one mistimed swing, one unexpected name on the scoreboard, and suddenly the spotlight swivels. That’s exactly what happened when JSK’ debutant pacer Janco Smit sent Dewald Brevis, one of South Africa’s most explosive young batters, packing for just six runs […]
Indian cricket is rarely a straight-line proposition and has always enjoyed a good twist and turn. The Indian cricket team had a great 2025 season, as evidenced by the trophies they won, the rivals they suppressed, and the many new records set. However, under all of the celebration for a job well done was a […]
Test cricket is based upon contradictions. On the one hand, we celebrate epic battles of endurance lasting for five days; on the other hand, we cheer with excitement as a game ignites and comes to an end by lunchtime on day two of the battle. The fourth Ashes test played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground […]
India’s under-19 cricket team doesn’t go into a World Cup looking for a chance to redeem itself but rather with expectations of winning. It is this that makes the road to the 2026 U19 ODI World Cup so much more difficult than it would normally be. The two final losses in a row, the loss […]