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Renshaw’s heroics leave South Africa reeling as Australia close on first-Test victory

What a few days it has been in the life of Matt Renshaw. His comeback to the Test team had consisted of one innings, edged to slip for eight, before he made the trip to South Africa, where his job as opener suddenly changed to batting five. His first two days of the first Test in Durban were spent compiling his epic 190 to rescue Australia. Then came his fourth day, hammering in the nails on a declaration by top scoring again with 82. Pulling out at 316 for six, Australia set South Africa 421 to

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South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day four – live

Follow updates from the match at Kingsmead Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 10th over, Australia 71-1 (Maddinson 48, Labuschagne 5) The Maddo Express keeps rolling, loaded heavy with receipts. South Africa turn to spin, Maddinson puts one foot down the track and lofts Harmer down the ground for six. This is a spectacle. Follows up with a couple more hits down the ground for two runs apiece. His score keeps rattling the loose shingle numbers on the board. 9th over, Australia 59-1 (Maddi

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Record-breaking quartet put Australia in full control against South Africa

Australia 390 & 33-0; South Africa 284 Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon share nine wickets As a fractured news environment demonstrates, observations can be made from just about any perspective. One view of Australia’s Test team could focus on age, with the principal bowlers all having more than 33 years to their names. Another could focus on them all having more than 300 wickets. At the first Test in Durban, an unprecedented achievement by Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nat

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South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day three – live

Follow updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground Start time is 9.30am local/6.30pm AEDT | Email Jim 12th over: South Africa 37-1 (Markram 24, Bedingham 13) Beautiful batting from Markram. Hazlewood was fractionally too straight, no more than that, and Markram put him away through midwicket with an understated flick of the wrists. How can Aiden Markram have a Test average of 36? The guy is so good. Continue reading...

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Matt Renshaw’s epic 190 helps Australia turn tables on South Africa in Durban

Renshaw’s century was his first in Tests for nine years Lyon helps build second-highest ninth-wicket partnership If the choice to ask Nic Maddinson to open in Durban was a bust, the upside for Australia was that it pushed Matthew Renshaw down to number five. From there, the Queenslander returned from 10 years on the periphery to the centre of the spotlight in the first Test against South Africa, with an innings of 190 that saved Australia from peril, settled them into stability, then lifted th

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South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day two – live

Pat Cummins’ side resume their first innings at Kingsmead Any thoughts? Get in touch with Jim on email 69th over: Australia 198-6 (Renshaw 51, Cummins 39) Jansen sees how Nortje is operating and he wants a piece too. The ball is old, why not? Unsociable bouncer at Cummins, who tries to get over it like he did previously but instead wears it inside the curve of his shoulder. Then good fielding behind point denies him a run from the yorker, which is how he escaped Nortje. All of that makes Cummi

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‘Franchise cricket isn’t as rewarding’: Jonathan Trott on Lions pride and England ambitions

Former Test batter and Afghanistan coach is taking the Lions abroad and is telling his players to ‘be smart’ Jonathan Trott pretty much entered Ashes folklore from the outset, scoring a series-winning century on his Test debut at the Oval back in 2009. Less spoken about, but just as relevant to the latest move in his upwardly mobile coaching career, is the first time he pulled on an England shirt two years earlier. Drafted into the Twenty20 side for a low-key home series against West Indies, Tro

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India’s #1 Online Cricket ID Provider — Parimatch Betting App

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Renshaw keeps Australia’s hopes intact against South Africa after Maddinson gamble fails

Opener’s painful duck gets tourists’ series off to bad start Renshaw and Cummins keep hosts’ attack at bay If we accept that sporting tenures are results-based, then the Australian selectors George Bailey and Tony Dodemaide should be conferring with the coach Andrew McDonald to submit a mass resignation. The opening moments of the first Test in Durban were enough to return the predictable harvest of one of the most bizarre selection decisions ever made for the national XI, with Nic Maddinson b

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South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day one – live

Follow updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground Sign up for The Spin newsletter | Get in touch via email The sun is belting down in Durban at the moment with the forecast for a high of 27C. But a hint of cloud is expected to drift across Kingsmead Stadium during the afternoon. Rain was forecast for day two but the latest forecast suggests that has cleared up. Nic Maddinson will open for Australia alongside Travis Head. The senior partner of that duo had some choice words for the former greats who

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Pat Cummins unfazed by prospect of Khawaja book raising sandpaper scandal: ‘Tell your story’

Former Test opener is writing a new book released next month Australia captain Cummins confirms conversation with Khawaja Pat Cummins has suggested he is unfazed by the prospect of the sandpaper scandal being raised in Usman Khawaja’s autobiography, which will be the first from any Australian player who played in that 2018 Cape Town Test. Cummins confirmed that Khawaja had called to inform him he would be writing the book, which will be released days after the end of Australia’s first Test to

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Australia stick to familiar formula in South Africa as they seek to bury demons of 2018

The Test series shapes as one of unforced errors and modest scores with both sides unconvincing with the bat and relying on their bowling attack Lost among the looking back to Australia’s Test tour of South Africa in 2018, there lies a similarity to the team about to take on that challenge in 2026. The previous side relied on a primo bowling quartet of Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, along with David Warner’s power as opener and the middle-order ballast of Steve Smit

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The Spin | Schrödinger’s six, tiny boundaries and the hollow spectacle of ghost-town T10 cricket

‘It doesn’t look like proper cricket,’ says Faf du Plessis as Canada’s Super60 tournament raises a few eyebrows Have you heard about Schrödinger’s six? When a cricket ball has spawned off the edge of the bat and flown all of 35 metres, is that really a six at all? How about when it comes in a hulking yet virtually empty 50,000-seater stadium in Canada, the ball smashed into the empty stands and kerplunking down the vast swathes of unpopulated seats to be retrieved by a clinically unbothered fiel

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Bhuvi is back in the blues

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England’s warm-up plans reveal healthy dose of reality and limits of Bazball ethos

Dial has shifted, especially for Fleming’s Test side, before winter tours of South Africa, Bangladesh and Australia Last year, England’s winter started in New Zealand, where preparation for their first game in any format for nearly a month amounted to two relaxed training sessions, a cultural welcome ceremony involving local Māori elders and, before that, a team-bonding mini-break in Queenstown. “Obviously there was a bit of golf played and a few drinks here and there and team meals and whatnot,

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Cricket Match Start Time How to Find Today’s Match Schedule and Watch Live

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ICC delays plans for World Club Championship after ‘Big Three’ object

England, Australia and India say no space for extra events No new international tournaments until 2031 at earliest The International Cricket Council (ICC) will not introduce a World Club Championship or more international multilateral tournaments until 2031 at the earliest after resistance from England, Australia and India. After informal discussions between the ICC and member boards over several months, a cricket operations workshop in Dubai last week concluded without any additional events b

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India beat arch-rivals Pakistan in Japan to claim Asian Games cricket gold

India 211-6; Pakistan 192-6 in Twenty20 cricket final Captains refuse traditional pre-match handshakes India’s men beat their fierce rivals Pakistan by 19 runs to complete a golden double in the Asian Games cricket after a pulsating final in front of a small but raucous crowd in Nagoya, Japan. The T20 world champions posted 211 for six in their 20 overs with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma 51 not out, before Hasan Nawaz’s valiant 96 saw Pakistan come up short at 192 for six. The nei

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India vs Pakistan Set for October 10 in Blockbuster 2027 ODI World Cup Clash

The cricket world is already looking ahead to one of the biggest matches of the 2027 ODI World Cup, with India and Pakistan set to renew… Continue reading on Medium »

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3 Oct 2026Save

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Brydon Carse charged by Cricket Regulator over arrest on night out

Police investigated allegations of assault in Derby Carse faces disciplinary hearing in next few weeks Brydon Carse has been charged with improper conduct by the Cricket Regulator after his arrest on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly during a night out with his Durham ­teammates in Derby in August. The fast bowler was subsequently interviewed by Derbyshire police, which investigated allegations of assault before closing the case without pressing charges a fortnight ago, as revealed by th

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Sports quiz of the week: winners, losers, prodigies, heroes, villains and rivals

Have you been watching football, chess, cricket, rugby, motor racing, hockey, boxing, table tennis and horse racing? Continue reading...

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How Sports Fans Can Follow Matches, Stats and Predictions in One Place

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T20 World Cup Player Performance Trends: Reddy Book

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England call up spinner Mason Crane eight years after his solitary Test cap

Usurps Rehan Ahmed in ODI squad for Pakistan tour Archer rested for tri-series that begins on 18 October Nearly nine years on from his solitary Test cap in Sydney comes a recall for Mason Crane after the leg-spinner was named in England’s squad for the one-day international tri-series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka later this month. Harry Brook’s squad will fly to Islamabad on 15 October for a round-robin mini-tournament that serves as preparation for next year’s 50-over World Cup. The three t

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Shiva Online Book ID: India vs West Indies 3rd ODI — Match Commentary

Cricket fans can look forward to the India vs West Indies 3rd ODI, part of the West Indies tour of India 2026. The match is scheduled for… Continue reading on Medium »

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Shubman Gill hits record-breaking double hundred as India chase 406 in second ODI

India captain hits 200 off 117 balls to power record chase West Indies stunned after hitting three centuries to post 405 Shubman Gill struck the fastest double century in one-day international history as India completed the format’s second-highest successful chase with an eight-wicket victory against West Indies in a run-filled second match of the three-game series in Guwahati on Wednesday. Gill, the world’s top-ranked ODI batter and India’s captain, remained unbeaten on 223 off 133 deliveries

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30 Sept 2026Save

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The Spin | Ramen, rain and realpolitik: the inside story of Japan’s historic cricket clash with India

World No 41 side faced political lobbying and mopping up after Typhoon Dujuan before taking on illustrious visitors The relief was writ large on the face of Axar Patel when his final delivery of the match went for a dot ball. India’s raucous fans celebrated, but they knew that Japanese batter Alexander Shirai-Patmore and his teammates had just come perilously close to inflicting one of the biggest upsets in cricket history. Japan, ranked 41st in the world, had taken the T20 world champions to th

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Virat Kohli Reaches 15,000 ODI Runs With Record-Breaking Century Against West Indies

Virat Kohli added another historic chapter to his remarkable ODI career during India’s first ODI against West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram… Continue reading on Medium »

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England’s summer far from perfect but they head towards winter in upbeat mood | Mark Ramprakash

New red-ball coach Stephen Fleming and captain Joe Root can capitalise on side’s recent form and create a new identity Just a few weeks ago I was so demoralised. The England team was a mess, a shambles. The management was terrible. One red-ball coach had just been sacked and the other wasn’t going to turn up for ages. The Test captain, whose skillset as a high-class batter who bowls at an elite standard was so important for the team’s balance, had abruptly retired. The squad seemed ill-disciplin

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29 Sept 2026Save

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County cricket 2026 awards: the good, the bad and the best man

Featuring: a teenager taking a debut hat-trick, a win for one of cricket’s nice guys, and a hard summer for ground staff Tom Norton Not many people take a hat-trick on their Championship debut. Even fewer when they’re a teenager. But in early May, 18-year-old Norton roared in like the north wind against Somerset and wrecked their top order. His delighted teammates chased him around Sophia Gardens, patting his impressive beard. By August, he’d been ruled out of the rest of the season with a stres

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Why Virat Kohli Shouldn’t Be in a Hurry to Retire

Why does a great cricketer need to announce retirement when he is still performing? Continue reading on Medium »

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29 Sept 2026Save

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County pride and England chaos relegated Hundred to summer undercard | Ali Martin

Franchise tournament remains an enigma after an unexpectedly dramatic men’s international summer and a thrilling Championship title race After pumping astronomical sums of money into English cricket, the headline act of the summer should probably have been the Hundred’s rebirth under private ownership. After all, the decks were relatively clear. There was no Ashes series or Indian arm-wrestle in Test cricket to hog the limelight, rather a small-plates menu of touring teams. The Women’s T20 World

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28 Sept 2026Save

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The Hotspot | Stumped for wood, bamboo bats offer cricket a substitute to leather on willow

Traditional woods have had a good innings but rising temperatures mean the need to find alternatives is pressing What happens if you run out of trees? It is a situation cricket must face in the perfect storm of an expanding game and more precarious growing conditions due to accelerated climate change. Cricket and willow are the sun and moon of sport. The handcrafted bat, the beautiful, insect-rich tree. But there are now 200 million regular cricketers worldwide. The UK produces half a million wi

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England demolish Sri Lanka in ODI series decider as Banton bashes maiden ton

Batter hits first international century in one-sided win Will Jacks takes last wicket and named player of series A dysfunctional summer ended on a brighter note for England as Tom Banton’s eye-catching maiden international century and some masterful finishing from Jordan Cox propelled them to a one-sided victory against Sri Lanka in this one-day international decider. The neurosis had chiefly centered around the Test team, in fairness, with Harry Brook’s white-ball sides on something of an upw

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27 Sept 2026Save

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Warwickshire celebrate title, Abell makes 307 on County Championship final day – live

Updates from the final round of county cricket games Get in touch with Tanya on email or comment BTL Caught at long on, aiming for the rope, and finishes one run short of Joe Clarke in the highest run-scorers of the year league. Handshakes from Pope and Worrall as he walks off with no fuss. Somerset, 731 all out, have a first-innings lead of 301. Do Surrey have one last collapse in them? Continue reading...

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27 Sept 2026Save

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England v Sri Lanka: third and deciding men’s one-day cricket international – live

Over-by-over updates, third ODI from 10.30am BST South Africa v Australia: follow the second ODI live County cricket live: it’s the final day of the season 1st over: England 6-0 (Banton 5, Duckett 0) Asitha Fernando has an early LBW appeal against Ben Duckett turned down. It pitched fractionally outside leg stump and would probably have swung past leg. That aside, it was plumb. Tom Banton gets the first boundary with a cracking cover drive. “Classic cover drive to an outswing bowler,” purrs N

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27 Sept 2026Save

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Warwickshire clinch County Championship title with victory over Leicestershire

Warwickshire beat Leicestershire by an innings & 79 runs Ethan Bamber’s five-wicket haul seals title for Bears It had to be Ethan Bamber with the Championship winning nugget. As Warwickshire’s beating heart dispatched two of Tom Scriven’s stumps, the players rushed into a victory huddle, non-playing members of the squad racing to join them, or, in the case of the injured Keith Barker, hobbling. Warwickshire’s ninth title, coming from behind to nip Somerset and Nottinghamshire on the nose, was

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26 Sept 2026Save

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Kohli announces next World Cup will be his last; County Championship title race, third day – live

Updates from final round of county cricket games Get in touch with Tanya on email or comment BTL Wow – Ethan Bamber has bowled more overs than anyone else in Div One this year! And 66 wickets in his pocket to count for it. He takes the ball at the press box end. In answer to the Leicestershire appeal question BTL, we think they have appealed everything but the only points likely to be overturned or semi overturned are eight points, which will make no difference to the relegation battle. If anyo

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26 Sept 2026Save

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Ben Stokes faces England clearance row over possible overseas franchise deals

Former England captain wants to go abroad next summer All-rounder also has complications over IPL availability Ben Stokes is on course for another clash with the England and Wales Cricket Board because the governing body is unlikely to grant him permission to play in overseas franchise competitions next summer. The former England captain is understood to have had discussions with franchises in the United States’ Major League Cricket (MLC) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) about joining them next

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26 Sept 2026Save

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‘There was a lot of method in my madness when I played’: Kevin Pietersen 2.0 on how he can help England

The appointment of England white-ball teams’ specialist mentor has divided opinion but the man himself says he is loving being back in the dressing room Kevin Pietersen insisted he is a “completely different” person these days as he sat down at Headingley – the ground where he declared “it’s tough being me in this dressing room” 14 years earlier – and spoke at length about his role as the new “specialist mentor” to England’s white-ball teams. In the aftermath of a 16-run loss to Sri Lanka that s

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25 Sept 2026Save

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Jos Buttler injury and Kusal Mendis century derail England as Sri Lanka level ODI series

Wicketkeeper sustains hamstring injury while taking run Series goes to a decider at the Oval on Sunday A beautiful batting surface and a greased lightning outfield made this second one-day international wildly different from the first 48 hours earlier. Unfortunately for England, on the wrong end of a thriller, the result was wildly different too. Set 322 to win, and boosted by a rapid-fire 143-run opening stand between Ben Duckett and Tom Banton, England had appeared on course to wrap up the s

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24 Sept 2026Save

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Somerset v Surrey, Warwickshire v Leics and more: County Championship title race goes to wire – live

Updates from final round of county cricket games Warwickshire ‘in the groove’ as destiny calls Get in touch with James on email or comment BTL That man Jack Leach has got the breakthrough in Taunton. Michael Vaughan and Steve Finn have both been calling for Leach to be recalled into the Test side, definitely one to keep an eye on, particularly with the Bangladesh series early next year. Leach snares his old England teammate Rory Burns who plays a loose sweep and gifts a top edge to Tom Abell.

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24 Sept 2026Save

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England v Sri Lanka: second men’s one-day cricket international – live

Over-by-over updates, second ODI from 12.30pm BST County Championship finale | South Africa v Australia – live 1st over: Sri Lanka 1-0 (Nissanka 1, Kamindu Mendis 0) Headingley is usually a great place to bat, so Sri Lanka will probably want upwards of 300. Fifty overs is a long time*, which means Kamindu Mendis can take a bit of time to get his eye in. He plays out five consecutive dot balls during an accurate opening over from Archer. * Drink Continue reading...

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Mark Wood was a high-speed hero who put body and soul on the line for England | Taha Hashim

Fast bowler won the Ashes and two World Cups but those successes were punctuated by long spells out with injury To reach for the career stats on Cricinfo is no way to go about it. This is a full-on YouTube job: boil the kettle, load up those spells at Headingley, St Lucia and the rest, and take in the whippy, absurd, mesmerising sight of perhaps the fastest English bowler there has ever been. That’s probably the best way to remember Mark Wood’s career. Tuesday’s announcement of his international

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