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[Cricbuzz : Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:16:35 GMT]

Insists England ‘incredibly professional’ despite breach‘I don’t think it’s a fair reflection of our dressing room’Joe Root has acknowledged England have “let ourselves down” with some “disappointing” behaviour in recent months. These culminated in the episode in a Chelsea nightclub last week that has forced Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson out of the second Test against New Zealand and prompted Root to resume the captaincy on what he described as a “game-by-game basis”.Stokes and Atkinson have been sidelined after breaking the team’s midnight curfew while celebrating England’s victory in the opening game at Lord’s. As a result Root has returned for a 65th Test as captain – with more perhaps to follow – more than four years after he stepped down from a role with which he said at the time he had developed “a very unhealthy relationship” that “started to take a bad toll on my own personal health”. Continue reading...

[Cricket | The Guardian : Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:35:27 GMT]

Joe Root says he is taking the England captaincy on a "game-by-game basis" but admits he has been "slightly envious" of Ben Stokes for getting to work alongside Brendon McCullum.

[BBC Sport : Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:18:12 GMT]

Ringside View | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Needs To Be Told Cricket Is Not A Contact Sport  NDTV

[NDTV : Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:13:11 GMT]

Essex have are top at the halfway mark, but another seven counties are within striking distanceBy the 99.94 Cricket BlogThis article is from The 99.94 Cricket Blog Continue reading...

[Cricket | The Guardian : Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:55:00 GMT]

Handled the ball. Obstructing the field. Timed out. These aren’t the dismissals you train for; they’re the ones that remind us that cricket isn’t just physical, it’s deeply legalistic, curving around intent and interpretation as much as technique. AA

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Chasing down a mammoth score unshackles the batsmen.

If the stroke makers keep their nerve to the end, it is a spectacular occasion that is enjoyed by the cricket crowd as boundaries are intermingled with the "will they/wont they" nervous tension of a record run chase.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:06:35 AEDT]

Rohit Sharma was the first man to hit 250 in a one-day international when he smashed 264 in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in 2014. Rohit beat the previous record of 219 made by fellow Indian Virender Sehwag against West Indies in 2011.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:05:26 AEDT]

Chris Gayle hit the fastest century in World Twenty20 history as West Indies crushed England by six wickets in Mumbai in 2016. Where does Gayle sit on the list of all time fastest centuries?

In Test cricket, Brendon McCullum broke the joint record of Viv Richards and Misbah with a 54 ball century against Australia in the 2nd Test in 2016.

AB de Villiers took 31 balls to smash the fastest century in one-day internationals.

In T20s, Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton set a new world record with the fastest ever century, taking just 33 balls to reach triple figures and fire his nation to victory over Nepal in 2024.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:04:26 AEDT]

Ricky Ponting and James Sutherland, take note. This story is representative of a growing phenomenon in Australian cricket. It was penned by a typical Australian fan who hits out hard at its current team’s lack of sportsmanship and the resulting drop in interest to follow cricket.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:40:38 AEDT]