Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament, which returns  for its ninth edition on February 19, is being co-hosted by Pakistan and the UAE. All the matches involving India would be played in the UAE. This year’s cricket competition features thrilling two-week back-to-back matches between eight teams. The teams have been divided into two groups— Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan in Group A, while Afghanistan, Australia, England, and South Africa are in Group B. Each team will play three matches in their group. The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the...

To get closer to qualification for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup, up-and-coming, as well as lower-rated challenger teams, need to perform at the Cricket World Cup Challenge League Qualifiers. Since late September, the 2024-2026 Challenge League qualifier cycle has begun. It’s time for the selected national teams to battle it out. The top 4 will move on to the Qualifier Play-offs to get the chance to go to the Qualifier and eventually make the ICC Men’s World Cup. Let’s look at the situation, running favourites and possible dark horses! About the Challenge League Qualifiers In the Challenge League Qualifiers, 12 total...

ICC Women's T20 World Cup kicked off on 3 October, with the match between Bangladesh and Scotland opening the tournament. Originally planned to be held in Bangladesh, this biennial international championship had to be relocated to the United Arab Emirates for political reasons. However, Bangladesh Cricket Board retained its hosting rights. On 5 October the current champion Australia will meet Sri Lanka in the group stage. For Australia, this is the first match in the tournament. Their last game in T20 took place on 26 February, 2023 in the final against the South African team. Australia won by 19 runs.  Sri...

Talented left-arm spinners don’t come around all that often. Tom Hartley is one of them. The rising star from Lancashire has slowly and steadily become a household name in the cricket world. Despite already playing for England, the son of an Olympic Track Athlete could’ve had a completely different career path. Let’s talk about Tom Hartley’s cricket career and biography. Tom Hartley – Early Life and Starting Out Born on May 3rd 1999, Tom Hartley is the son of an Olympic Track Star – Bill Hartley. Tom’s father won a 4x400 m relay at the European Championships in 1974. However, despite...