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Starc's figures of 7/58 are the best by a left-arm in Ashes Down Under after losing the toss since Bruce Reid's 7/51 in Boxing Day Test in December 1990. Thanks to him, England finished their first innings in Ashes opener for just 172 runs.

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A total of 277 players have registered for the WPL 2026 auction including 83 overseas players. The event will start off with the bidding of eight-player marquee set which also includes Indian duo of Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh.

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Starc's biggest wicket of the morning came nearly two overs later as he sent back star England batter Joe Root for a duck. With the wicket, Starc also completed 100 wickets in the Ashes. By the time Starc was done with his first spell, England were three down for 50 runs.

Ashes 2025-26: Starc starts off breathing fire and England not able to deal with heat

If Italy get through that match on March 26 next year, they will play the winner of Wales's semi-final against Bosnia-Herzegovina five days later. The Italians will be hoping to avoid the painful elimination they suffered in the playoffs for the 2022 finals in Qatar.

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Australia come into the series in strong form, winning 14 of their 18 Tests since the drawn 2023 Ashes and remaining unbeaten in their last six home series. 

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Meet top 5 Australian batters with most runs in The Ashes

Gill’s injury has been a concern since he retired hurt after facing only three balls in the first innings in Kolkata. He was taken to the hospital later that day, and although he has shown improvement, the doctors believe playing again so soon could trigger another spasm,

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From Joe Root to Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 batters to score century in their 100th Test

Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett have both been named in the playing XI for the Ashes opener, a moment that carries real weight for Australian cricket. Steven Smith leads the side with Pat Cummins unavailable for the first Test.

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Doggett was a reserve pacer in Australia squad for the first Test but an injury to fellow reserve Sean Abbott as well as Josh Hazlewood set him up for his Test debut in Perth.

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According to Williamson, Bumrah’s biggest strength is the mix of skill and deception. He explained how Bumrah walks in quietly with a smooth, almost gentle approach to the crease, and then suddenly releases the ball with serious pace. 

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In the second and final Test of the series in Guwahati, India will be hoping for a win to draw the series. They are still not sure about the participation of skipper Shubman Gill who had retired hurt mid-way in the first Test because of neck spasm.

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This will be the first time Australia playing XI will feature two aboriginal players in Doggett and Scott Boland. The pacers are filling in for injured Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. Marnus Labuschagne also makes a comeback to the side.

Ashes 2025-26: Australia include two aboriginal players for first time as they announce playing XI for Perth Test

Apart from his ton against NZ on Wednesday (Nov 19), Hope has an ODI ton against India, Ireland, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, England, SA, and SL as well. He also has a hundred against Nepal and Netherlands to make it 13 teams against which Hope has a century.

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Ben Stokes will lead the side, with England sticking to a familiar top order of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root and Harry Brook. Jamie Smith has been trusted with the wicketkeeping role. 

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Since 2023 ODI World Cup final loss, India have played 17 ODIs - with a 11-5 win-loss record. In T20Is, India has played 59 matches and won 39 of them - the most by any team with just six losses including winning T20 World Cup 2024, Champions Trophy 2025 and Asia Cup 2025 (T20).

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Mitchell reached the pinnacle after a century in the first of three ODIs against West Indies which helped New Zealand win the match as well. The batter, however, was ruled out of the remainder of the series after picking groin strain during his innings of 119 of 118 balls in the first ODI.

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With 19 tons, Hope now in second on the list of most ODI tons for West Indies - same as Lara. Hope also crossed 6,000 ODI runs and became the fastest to reach the milestone, surpassing former West Indies great Viv Richards.

Shai Hope equals Lara and surpasses Viv Richards with record ODI ton against New Zealand

After the dismissal, Babar was clearly not happy, lost his cool and hit the stumps in anger. He was found in breach of Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

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The batter was clearly within his rights to stop the ball from hitting the stumps using the bat but unawareness about the rule from him and umpire, both resulted in him being out. 

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As announced earlier and decided by the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the upcoming Test will feature a unique pattern. 

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Having waved off Nitish Kumar Reddy after the first Test match, he was summoned to be back in the Indian team as injuries and key unavailabilities influenced the decision.

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Before the loss, India lost Tests at home in a period of seven years of Feb 2017 to Jan 2024. After the last defeat in that period, which came against England in Hyderabad, India had won six matches at home on the trot - making their win-loss record in 34 home Tests at 25-4.

India's loss against South Africa was fourth in last six home Tests - their worst record since 1972

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While the allegations against Sultana involve misbehaving with juniors, Harman incident involved hitting stumps after being given out owing to poor umpiring during India's last tour of Bangladesh. These two things are not related at all yet Sultana dragged the Indian skipper into it.

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