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Usman Khawaja gave Australia a major fitness boost ahead of next month’s home Test series against India, claiming he was ahead of schedule in his recovery from a meniscal tear. Khawaja, who

Australia have left pace spearhead Mitchell Starc, spinner Nathan Lyon and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh out of the 13-man squad for Twenty20 matches against South Africa and India. Veteran paceman Peter Siddle

Virat Kohli has embroiled himself in fresh controversy after a video footage on social media showed the Indian captain saying that “those who prefer English and Australian batsmen should not live in

Two New Zealand batsmen Joe Carter and Brett Hampton joined forces to set a world record by hitting 43 runs, including six sixes, from an over in a domestic one-day cricket match.

Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has urged Jonny Bairstow not to rush back from the injury that forced him out of the first Test against Sri Lanka. Bairstow, England’s first choice wicketkeeper,

Pakistan managed to erase the marks from their early exit in the Asia Cup with a Test series win over Australia and the T20I clean-sweeps over both Australia and New Zealand. The

DUBAI: For Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, leading the national side in all three formats is not a burden. The wicket-keeper/batsman recently lead Pakistan to a Test series win against Australia, and two

New Delhi: Delhi’s senior-most player Gautam Gambhir has decided to step down from the state Ranji side’s captaincy and has told the team management to pick a younger player for the job,

Thirvananthapuram: India captain Virat Kohli reiterated that Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains an integral part of the ODI team and the veteran wicket-keeper batsman decided not to play the upcoming T20s only to