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Clarke: Seam movement hardest thing in the world to face


Australia
Cricket
Clarke: Techniques not as protected as they used to be
On the latest episode of Around the Wicket, Michael Clarke responds to Greg Chappell's article on ESPNcricinfo about the decline in Test batting.


India Women
Cricket
Stats - Deepti Sharma becomes leading wicket-taker in T20Is
Key numbers from Deepti's career as she becomes the first Indian to top the T20I wicket-takers' list

Cricket
Temba Bavuma, Mitchell Starc, Virat Kohli and Jemimah Rodrigues headline ESPNcricinfo's teams of the year for 2025
Our staff pick their men's and women's teams from among those who excelled through the year

Cricket
The positive vibes that keep Mohammad Nawaz coming back to the BPL
The Pakistan allrounder speaks of his enjoyment of the tournament, and working alongside Hannan Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim

SA20
Rossouw 42, Subrayen three-for guide Super Kings home in low-scoring encounter
Subrayen's wickets restricted Super Giants to 86, a total that proved too little despite Super Kings' hiccup in the powerplay

Sri Lanka Women tour of India [Dec 2025] 2025/26
Harmanpreet leads the way as India complete 5-0 sweep over SL
India were struggling at 77 for 5 before Harmanpreet's 43-ball 68 took India to a match-winning 175

Cricket
Former SL Under-19 player Akshu Fernando dies after being in coma for years
He was struck by a train in December 2018 and had been on life support for much of the time since

Cricket
Stats - Mandhana rewrites record books in a dream year
She scored over 1500 international runs in a calendar year for the second time in a row


Sri Lanka
Cricket
Malinga to work with Sri Lanka in lead up to T20 World Cup
Although this is only a 40-day appointment, it is essentially a continuation of Malinga's work with key bowlers in the national set-up


Bangladesh
Cricket
BPL: December 30 games moved to January 4 following former PM Khaleda Zia's death
"The BPL Governing Council will issue a revised itinerary covering matches scheduled from 5 January 2026 onwards in due course," the board said

South Africa tour of India 2025/26
ICC gives 'satisfactory' rating to Eden Gardens pitch for India-South Africa Test
Neither team had passed 200 even once in a three-day Test defined by uneven bounce and sharp turn


Glenn Phillips
NZ Twenty20
Glenn Phillips brings out the switch cover drive
Playing in the Super Smash, he hit a four with this shot, and then a six over extra-cover while taking strike left-handed

Women's Premier League
Perry, Sutherland withdraw from WPL 2026 for personal reasons
Tara Norris will also miss the WPL for UP Warriorz to play for USA in the T20 World Cup Qualifiers


England
Cricket
Archer and Tongue part of England's provisional squad for T20 World Cup
Jamie Smith, Jordan Cox and Saqib Mahmood have been axed from the provisional squad and the white-ball squads touring Sri Lanka


Ashton Turner
BBL
Turner's 99* helps Perth Scorchers jump to third spot
He helped revive Scorchers from 34 for 3 to 202 before Thunder collapsed in the chase

Cricket
Shafali, Renuka close in on top five in ICC T20I rankings
Shafali has advanced four places among batters whereas Renuka went up eight spots on the bowlers' charts


Oman
Cricket
Jatinder to lead Oman in T20 World Cup 2026; no place for Aamir Kaleem
Oman made five changes to their squad from the team that played in the Asia Cup earlier in the year


Shaheen Shah Afridi
BBL
Afridi to return to Pakistan from the BBL after picking up knee injury
"Due to an unexpected injury, I have been called back by the PCB and will have to take a rehab," Shaheen Shah Afridi writes on his social media handle


Australia
Cricket
Damien Martyn hospitalised with meningitis
The former batter, who played 67 Tests and 208 ODIs, was taken ill on Boxing Day

Cricket
If Bazball is dead, how come it's winning all these awards?
It's that time of year when we look back and hand out prizes with no fear, favour or discernment whatsoever

Cricket
A look back at the year 2025
First-time World Cup winners and World Test champions, big farewells and a year of transition

SA20
De Kock, Breetzke and Milne lead SEC to bonus-point victory
A middle-order collapse led to PC's downfall in a chase of 189

Vijay Hazare Trophy
Kohli and Rohit's Vijay Hazare Trophy comeback and the List A-ODI disconnect
The modern-day cricket calendar has made domestic limited-overs cricket almost irrelevant to the top players, and that has thrown up some curious numbers


England
Cricket
Malcolm: 'Decision-making' with bat where England went wrong
Alex Malcolm explains the difference between England and Australia's batting performances after the tourists secured a consolation win








