England all-rounder Ben Stokes announces retirement from ODI cricket

Ben Stokes has announced that he will retire from ODI cricket after England’s opening ODI against South Africa at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. The all-rounder featured in 104 ODI games for England across his 11-year career and played a momentous role in their 2019 World Cup triumph at Lord’s, winning the man of the match award […]

Cricket news round-up – January 16: Ben Stokes becomes ICC Player of the Year, Rishabh Pant to miss Rajkot ODI

Ben Stokes became the ICC Player of the Year. The BCCI confirmed Rishabh Pant's removal from Rajkot ODI. Ireland won the first T20I against West Indies.

Cricket news round-up – September 18: Ben Stokes lambasts The Sun for ‘immoral’ journalism

Excerpt: Stokes hits back at The Sun, Ireland see off Scotland, and a Super Over win for St Kitts in CPL 2019.

Cricket news round-up – 28 August: Ben Stokes, Jasprit Bumrah hit rankings high

Stokes and Bumrah rise up the rankings, a change for West Indies ahead of the second Test, and all the Vitality Blast action.

Cricket news round-up – August 26: Ben Stokes epic seals England win in all-time thriller

Stokes does it again, more Bumrah magic, and another tied encounter in the T20 Blast.

Cricket news round-up – 31 May: Ben Stokes win World Cup opener for England, Hampshire stay on top

England won the first match of World Cup against South Africa. Ringu Singh has been suspended by BCCI for three months. South Africa women will be playing limited-over series with Australia in 2020. Hampshire consolidated their position on top of the table.

Stokes special lifts England to crushing victory over New Zealand

Ben Stokes smashed the highest score by an Englishman in ODI cricket history to take England to a monumental 181-run victory in the third ODI against New Zealand at the Oval. The all-rounder’s sensational 124-ball 182 lifted the hosts to a towering score of 368 before the Blackcaps folded for 187 in response to give […]

Cummins, Stokes lead from the front on Day 2

The see-saw nature of the third Ashes Test continued on day two at Headingley as the pendulum swung both ways to leave the game evenly poised at stumps. Pat Cummins lit up the morning with a sensational five-fer to leave England reeling at 167 for 8 before another superhuman effort from Ben Stokes dragged the […]

Australia survive Stokes heroics to take 2-0 Ashes lead

Australia secured another nail-biting victory in the 2023 Ashes on day five of the second Test, surviving an astounding Ben Stokes century in the fourth-innings to establish a 2-0 lead in the series. The English captain threatened to pull off another Ashes miracle on a chaotic final day at Lord’s but eventually departed on 155 […]

All-rounders Curran, Green, and Stokes bag biggest contracts at 2023 IPL auction

It was a record-setting day at the 2023 IPL auction as a total of INR 167 Crore was spent on 80 players by the ten franchises ahead of the upcoming season. The overseas all-rounders attracted the most attention from the teams, with the three most expensive buys in the history of the IPL all taking […]