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Clinical Mooney curbs attacking instincts to save the day for Australia

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 6h

Pakistan's spinners had Australia struggling at 76 for 7. Enter Beth Mooney

Pakistan's spinners had Australia struggling at 76 for 7. Enter Mooney

Starc set to end 11-year BBL wait amid call to protect Test cricket

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 7h

Mitchell Starc is set to turn out for Sydney Sixers this summer for the first time since 2014 😮

Starc is available to play up to three matches plus finals depending on how he recovers from the five-match Ashes series

Maxwell hopes to be fit for back-end of T20I series against India

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 8h

Glenn Maxwell had the cast removed off his fractured wrist on Wednesday and hopes to be fit for Australia's last three T20Is against India

Glenn Maxwell had the cast removed off his fractured wrist on Wednesday and has started mobility work with the hope of potentionally playing in the last three T20Is against India

Powerplay podcast - Bangladesh let England off the hook

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 10h

Firdose Moonda and Valkerie Baynes unpick England's eventful escape against Bangladesh, plus an exclusive interview with Bangladesh left-arm spinner Nahida Akter on the #Powerplay podcast 🎧

Valkerie Baynes and Firdose Moonda look back at the Bangladesh vs England game, and Nahida Akter makes a special appearance to talk about her journey in the game

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 10h

South Africa’s two highest World Cup chases have come against India:
Christchurch, 2022 ✅
Vizag, 2025 ✅

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 10h

Richard Ngarava helped Zimbabwe qualify for next year's T20 World Cup. He spoke to Firdose Moonda on what he hopes to achieve for his country in the next two years. Read the full piece below ⤵️

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 11h

An unbeaten 84 with the bat, 2 wickets with the ball. If that’s not a Player of the Match performance, what is? 🔥

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 12h

Mitchell Starc is optimistic Pat Cummins will be good to go for the Ashes even with little preparation 👊

Full story: bit.ly/42wj1jI

Playing with Pat and being close with Pat, he doesn't need much. Whether he bowls three warm-up balls and the first over the game, he's on the money, he just knows when to switch on or how to switch on really quickly.

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 12h

India finally break the South Africa captain's resistance

LIVE ▶️ bit.ly/CWC25-M10 | #CWC25 | #INDvSA

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 13h

Where does Ravindra Jadeja rank among India’s greatest Test allrounders?

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 14h

Michael Atherton says England's batters will have 'no fear' about facing Scott Boland if Pat Cummins misses the first Ashes Test 👀

Boland has a fine record, but holds no fear for a batting line-up that took him for almost five runs an over in the drawn series in 2023, when he took just two wickets in two matches

The art of Jadeja: subtle genius hiding in plain sight

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 15h

The quiet brilliance and inevitability of Ravindra Jadeja - Karthik Krishnaswamy writes ✍️

Read the full feature here ⤵️

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Jadeja's game has turned him into a globally respected cricketer who remains somewhat under-analysed, and whose nuts and bolts remain somewhat underappreciated

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 16h

The Test series moves to Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, where India haven't lost a Test since November 1987, which, incidentally, was to West Indies 👀

Read the full preview ⤵️

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West Indies
India
Delhi
Arun Jaitley Stadium

ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 16h

A quiet start to the World Cup, but Smriti Mandhana’s year has been anything but 💪

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 18h

With a total auction purse of INR 15 crore, franchises can retain a maximum of five players ahead of the mega auction for WPL 2026

More details ➡️ bit.ly/42Ak42e