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All timesTemba 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
Jon Lewis appointed London Spirit Women's head coach
Former England Women's head coach reunites with Heather Knight at Hundred franchise
Linsey Smith achieves full-circle moment with first England central contract
Em Arlott and Emma Lamb awarded skills contracts for the first time
Heather Knight appointed London Spirit Women's general manager
England batter trades playing in franchise league for off-field role but remains contracted for her country
A new dawn: Reflections on the Women's World Cup
Our reporters pick their key takeaways from the 2025 tournament
Record World Cup tally takes Wolvaardt past Mandhana to No. 1 in ODI rankings
Rodrigues, Perry, Sutherland, Deepti and Kapp also move up on rankings tables after the World Cup
Power-hitters and left-arm spinners flourish; catching continues to be sloppy
Laura Wolvaardt and Deepti Sharma had World Cups to remember, breaking some records and closing in on other ones
Team of the tournament: Mandhana, Wolvaardt, Gardner, Ecclestone and...?
The ESPNcricinfo team of the tournament has players from five countries - find out if your top pick made the squad of 12 or not
Headless chickens come home to roost in England's terminal batting failure
Top-order had bailed England out all tournament, but stunning collapse left nowhere to hide
Edwards 'looks to the future' after England's exit
Head coach admits team remains a work in progress as attention turns to T20 World Cup
Wolvaardt and Kapp power South Africa into the World Cup final
South Africa smashed England by 125 runs to qualify for their maiden ODI World Cup final
South Africa bid to turn semi-final tears to triumph at third time of asking
England have the edge as rematch of 2017 and 2022 knock-outs looms on Wednesday
Tactics board: Kapp vs Knight and Sciver-Brunt and SA vs spin
Some of the match-ups to look forward to in the first semi-final of the women's World Cup
Can SA exorcise 2017 and 2022 against semi-final nemesis England?
SA will also have to contend with playing the same team that bowled them out for 69, at the same venue, in their opening game
Powerplay Podcast: Can anyone stop Australia?
Nadine de Klerk makes a special appearance as Valkerie Baynes and Firdose Moonda build up to the World Cup semi-finals
England finish second with a big win as Devine bids farewell
Amy Jones aced the chase after New Zealand's batters had a disappointing outing
England and New Zealand look for little gains
Rain seems to be following NZ at this World Cup and there is more expected in Visakhapatnam
Australia meet India, England face South Africa in Women's World Cup semi-finals
Both the semi-finals and the final have reserve days, which could come into play given the forecasts in Navi Mumbai and Guwahati
Getty Images When 'little toothpick' Tendulkar saved the game with his maiden Test hundred
ESPNcricinfo Ltd Quote Unquote: who's saying what
VVS Laxman When VVS Laxman turned out to bat for Pudsey Congs
Gareth Copley / © Getty Images The top 20 balls of this century
Michael Steele / © Getty Images Growing up with Murali
Getty Images Who's leading in every format
Chris McGrath / © Getty Images Brisbane 2001: 'For the first time, I saw genuine fear in Australia'
Associated Press Records index
Most runs, most wickets, and a lot more
ICC/Getty Images The many shades of Marlon Samuels
Getty Images 20 cricketers for the 2020s: players we think will dominate the decade
AP Photo Wasim Jaffer's best Mumbai Ranji XI
Your shots: pictures by fans
Getty Images Like father, unlike son
PA Photos/Getty Images Deadly venom: the terror of Derek Underwood
Getty Images Cheteshwar Pujara on Rahul Dravid: 'He taught me there is life beyond cricket'
Getty Images What has English cricket been like for black players?
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To hope is to fight: How Indian sportspersons kept the flame alive in 2025
Football in crisis, apathy in women's sport - 2025 put India's best through the wringer, but they still fight.
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Arjun Erigaisi's World Rapid & Blitz medals are decisive wins to end tough year
Arjun Erigaisi became only the second Indian to win medals at both the world rapid and blitz championships in the same year













































