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England vs Sri Lanka: Jacks, Brook guide England to 89-run win in 1st ODI

England extended its white-ball dominance over Sri Lanka by winning the first one-day international by 89 runs on the back of a 67 by captain Harry Brook and a five-wicket haul by part-time spinner Will Jacks. It comes after England won the T20 series between the countries 3-0 last week. Jacks (5-22) had also contributed with the bat by providing crucial late-innings runs for England with 46 not out before the hosts were restricted to 265. Sri Lanka never threatened on a slow, low pitch and was all out for 176. Brook hit England's only half-century but contributions also came from opener Ben Duckett (32), Joe Root (44) and Jos Buttler (31). For the visitors, debutant legspinner Sachindu Colombage (3-44) claimed the wickets of Root and Buttler in an impressive first international cricket match. Colombage, a 28-year-old spinner with an unusual action and plenty of drift in his deliveries, bowled Root - who become the eighth batter to pass 23,000 runs in international cricket - for

New Zealand go pace-heavy, name 7 pacers for T20I series against India

New Zealand picked seven frontline pace bowlers, including a fit-again Adam Milne for their upcoming five-match T20 International series against reigning World Champions India starting October 22 in Christchurch. White-ball captain Mitchell Santner will lead an expanded 16-man T20I squad for the action-packed five-game series spread across 11 days in four cities. According to the media release issued by the NZC, 13 players from the squad that finished runner-up to India in this year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup have been named for the home series, including spin all-rounder Michael Bracewell and paceman Milne, who were sidelined from the tournament with respective injuries. The 34-year-old Milne, who has accumulated 243 T20 caps (56 of those international), last played for the Black Caps against Zimbabwe over a year ago, and bolsters a line-up of seasoned T20I pace bowlers, including Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, and Jacob Duffy, as well as young guns Zak Foulkes and Nath

DPL fixing: Former CSK player Bedi flags 'corrupt approach' to ACU

Young keeper-batter Vansh Bedi, who had played one T20 match for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, allegedly received a "corrupt approach" during the recent Delhi Premier League (DPL) and promptly reported the matter to league's Anti-Corruption Unit. The 23-year-old dashing batter-keeper, who also had a brief stint with the IPL side Chennai Super Kings in 2025 before being replaced by Urvil Patel due to injury, was a part of the Central Delhi team during the 2026 edition of DPL. Recently a sting operation by Tehelka exposed a little known Nagaland pacer Rachit Bhatia making tall claims about fixing matches in IPL and state leagues, including spot-fixing and taking bribes from parents to get their kids into age-group teams. On Tuesday, it was noted that a "corrupt approach" was made to Bedi but he was smart enough to follow the anti-corruption protocols. However, Bedi in his Instagram handle clarified that he didn't receive any approach from Bhatia. "I categorically state that

Japan vs India T20I: Why was the wide call overturned in the final over?

Despite being ranked 40 places below India, Japan pushed the Indian side to the limit in the one-off T20I match in Sano

India survive Japan scare to seal record 200th T20I win by just two runs

Axar Patel defended eight in the final over after India made 32 for four, with Shreyas Iyer pointing to sharp turn and a sluggish pitch for the batting struggle

England pacer Mark Wood announces retirement from international cricket

Mark Wood, a multiformat World Cup-winning England cricket er who was one of the fastest bowlers of his generation, announced his retirement from the international game on Tuesday after a string of injury problems. The 36-year-old Wood was part of World Cup-winning teams in the ODI (2019) and T20 (2022) formats and also played in four Ashes series, taking the wicket to win back the urn at Trent Bridge in his first series in 2015. He has been blighted by injury issues in recent years, not least last year when he missed eight months following left knee surgery before returning in time for the Ashes series Down Under. Wood bowled just 11 overs in the first test before suffering swelling in the same knee, prompting him to fly home for treatment, and he has not played for England since. Wood said it was the "natural time" to retire at the end of his central contract with England. "I've always tried to be resilient and come back from injury to prove people wrong and show everyone what I

Asiad 2026: Smriti, spinners shine as India retain women's cricket gold

Sri Lanka were bundled out for just 69 in reply to India's record 216 as they were forced to settle for a silver medal, their second Asian Games in a row

Japan vs India T20I highlights: India edge past minnows Japan by 2 runs

After posting 32 for four against a disciplined bowling effort by Japanese spinners, India restricted the hosts to 30 for three in the five-overs-a-side contest.

192 teams, 24 cities: World's first Corporate World Cup officially launched

The tournament is being organised by Pro Corporate League (PCL), one of India's pioneering corporate cricket platforms, which brings with it a 15-year legacy of organising and developing corporate cri

Asian Games 2026 Day 1 Highlights: India medal tally - 2 Silver; Medals confirmed in cricket, MMA

India won two shooting silvers, reached the women's cricket final, swept Kazakhstan in badminton, opened hockey with big wins, while Suchika Tariyal assured an MMA medal

Asiad 2026: India cricket teams' full schedule, squads, match timings

The cricket action will commence with the women's event starting September 17, before the men's teams get into action on September 24

Asian Games 2026 Sept 20-21 schedule: Typhoon Dujuan may hit medal events

Japan's chef de mission Kosei Inoue said some competitions had already faced delays or postponements, with weather concerns around September 21

Asiad 2026: India men's cricket team faces kit delay before departure

India's campaign at the Games begins with the quarter-finals on September 28, giving the squad less than a week between the T20I and its opening Asian Games match

ENG vs SL 3rd T20 live streaming: Where to watch today's cricket match?

England vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I begins at 7 pm IST on Tuesday, with the toss at 6:30 pm IST. Fans in India can watch on Sony Ten 5 or stream the match on the SonyLIV app and website

IPL 2027 player auction to take place in December; no decision on venue yet

The 2027 IPL season will mark the league's 20th edition, and the BCCI plans to celebrate the milestone on a larger scale

Rizwan seeks ICC assistance as NCCIA continues corruption-related probe

Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Rizwan has approached the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit seeking clarity on the procedure to be followed if a player is suspected of involvement in corruption, amid a government probe into alleged links to illegal betting and gambling websites. The move comes after the Lahore High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition challenging the jurisdiction of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) to investigate such matters. The wicketkeeper-batter, who has played around 250 international matches across the three formats, is being questioned by the NCCIA after he was ordered to return home along with two other senior players -- Salman Ali Agha and Imam-ul-Haq -- from Pakistan's disastrous tour of England. Rizwan, who has had no previous allegations of involvement in illegal betting or gambling during his more than 10-year international career, has sought to know from the ICC whether the PCB followed the prescribed ...

BCCI will get Asia Cup trophies back one day, says BCCI secretary Saikia

The missing Asia Cup trophies won by the Indian men's and women's team will be brought to the BCCI headquarters here one day but a timeline cannot be provided for it, said secretary Devajit Saikia here on Friday. After winning the Asia Cup, the men's team and more recently the women refused to take the trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Moshin Naqvi, who is also an interior minister in the Pakistan government. The Indian men's team had beaten Pakistan in the final last year in Dubai to clinch the Asia Cup T20 tournament, while the women's team had got the better of Sri Lanka earlier this month. "(The) Asia Cup trophies, we hope they will come one day. I will not give you a timeline, but I can assure you that both the trophies will land up in this office of the BCCI at the Wankhede Stadium," Saikia told reporters after the board's 95th AGM here on Friday. Saikia, meanwhile, said the board is confident of the women's Indian team clinching the gold medal in the Asian Games wh

Promotion and relegation system added as BCCI revamps umpire pay structure

The BCCI has restricted the categories of the umpires while enhancing their per-day pay "substantially" along with that of the match referees, while introducing a promotion-relegation system based on merit, the board's secretary Devajit Saikia informed on Friday. Saikia said there was no revision of the fees for the umpires and match referees for nearly a decade, which has been done now. While details weren't furnished, currently, for senior domestic tournaments umpires in top two grades get Rs 40,000 an Rs 30,000 per day respectively while for T20 games, the amount is Rs 20,000. But the revised payments will be Rs 60,000, Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000 and Rs 35,000 per day as per grades A, B, C and D. "For almost 10 years from 2017-18, there was no revision of the fees of the umpires so we have done a restructuring of their categories," Saikia told reporters here after the BCCI's AGM here on Friday. "Earlier there were four categories, A+, A, B and C. Now we have restructured it as A, B,

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: Shafali's all-round show powers IND to semis with easy win vs JPN

Asiad 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: India with the help of all-round show from Shafali Verma (40 not out with bat and 2 wickets with ball) beat Japan by 8 wickets in the fourth and final quarterfinal match

ZIM vs AUS 2nd ODI live streaming: Where to watch today's ODI match?

Zimbabwe vs Australia 2nd ODI begins at 1 pm IST on Friday, with the toss at 12:30 pm IST. Fans in India can stream the match on the FanCode app and website