IPL 2026 — Match Previews & Reviews
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Match Reviews
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Two Hundred and Forty-One: Sunrisers Leeds Broke The Hundred's Scoring Record at Headingley, and London Spirit Still Made 204
Mitchell Marsh and Ryan Rickelton put on 148 from 65 balls — the highest partnership for any wicket in the competition's history — then Harry Brook came in and hit 55 from 18. Sunrisers Leeds finished on 241 for 2, fifteen runs clear of the previous best total in six years of The Hundred. London Spirit, to their considerable credit, refused to be embarrassed: David Willey made 83 not out from 46 and they got to 204. It was still a 37-run defeat, because on this night nothing short of another record was going to be enough.
Pakistan Women Finally Win One — a Spin Squeeze at Dambulla, 113 Defended Against, and a Consolation That Was Overdue
The series was already gone, the tour had been a long catalogue of near-misses, and Pakistan Women turned up at Dambulla on a slower pitch and bowled Sri Lanka out of the game. Four spinners sent down fifteen of the twenty overs for 85 runs; Momina Riasat took 2 for 18; Chamari Athapaththu's 34 was the only innings that looked comfortable. Then Ayesha Zafar made 39 from 31 in a chase that got tighter than 114 should have, and Pakistan got home by four wickets with ten balls to spare. Sri Lanka win the series 2-1.
WI vs PAK, 2nd Test — Day 2 Stumps: Pakistan 266/2, Trail by 78, as Shafique and Babar Bat the Whole Evening Without Being Parted
West Indies added 105 for their last five wickets to reach 344, Justin Greaves converting his overnight 64 into 73 and Roston Chase making 70 before Sajid Khan finished with 4 for 85. Then Pakistan did the thing this tour had suggested they could not: Abdullah Shafique made 107 not out, Babar Azam 86 not out, and the pair batted through the evening unbroken. At 266 for 2 and 78 behind with eight wickets standing, a side that has lost eight consecutive away Tests is, for the first time in a fortnight, in front of the game.
WI vs PAK, 2nd Test — Day 1 Stumps: West Indies 239/5, Justin Greaves Unbeaten on 64 After Rain and Spin Redraw the Day
West Indies won the toss, batted, raced to 49 inside ten overs and then spent the rest of the day being slowed down — first by rain that took lunch early, then by two spinners who bowled 47 of the 74 overs sent down. Brandon King's 46 was the day's most fluent innings and Justin Greaves's unbeaten 64 from 125 balls was its most valuable. Pakistan, needing to win this Test to save the series, handed debuts to Ubaid Shah and Awais Zafar and did not give Mohammad Abbas a single over. At the close it is West Indies 239 for 5 with Pakistan yet to bat — an honest day, shared.
One Hundred and Forty-Six Was Meant to Be Fifteen Light at Trent Bridge — Trent Rockets Defended It by Five and Nobody Even Got Out Doing It
Sunrisers Leeds finished on 141 for 4 with six wickets in hand and no way of using them. That is the strangest, most instructive scoreline of The Hundred so far: a chase that never collapsed, never panicked, and never quite got going either. Harry Brook made 46, Mitchell Marsh 41, and Mohammad Amir removed them both in the final stretch to leave the newcomers needing more than the last few balls could give. At the other end of the evening, Ben Duckett made 64 from 47, moved past Phil Salt as the competition's leading run-scorer, and Aneurin Donald hit three sixes in a 19-ball 40 from No. 3. The Rockets are top and they got there by winning the game their ground says cannot be won.
Rashid Khan Took Five for Seventeen at The Oval and Manchester Super Giants' Second Defeat Looked Nothing Like Their First
Three days earlier the Super Giants had lost at Old Trafford with seven wickets in hand — a batting order that ran out of ideas rather than resources. On Sunday night at The Oval they lost the other way entirely: all out for 138, chasing 184, undone by an Afghan leg-spinner having the best night of his Hundred career. Rashid Khan's 5 for 17 was his first five-wicket haul in this competition and only the fifth of his T20 life. Before that, Will Jacks had hit 62 from 31 with six sixes and Nicholas Pooran 54 from 28. Aiden Markram made a lone fifty in reply and watched the rest go. MI London are second and they got there on net run rate.
Dambulla Sixers Made 203 and Went Out of the Tournament Without Anybody Bowling at Them Again
Two hundred and three for eight at Pallekele — Pavan Rathnayake 47 from 28, Dinesh Chandimal 44 from 24 with four sixes, the sort of innings a side builds a season's last stand on. Then the rain arrived, stayed, and took the second innings with it. The shared point sent Dambulla out of the Lanka Premier League and confirmed the four teams who will play the knockouts: Jaffna Kings, Galle Gallants, Colombo Kaps and Kandy Royals. There is no crueller way for a campaign to end than to be eliminated during a rain delay in a match you were winning.
One Hundred and Seventy-Five Was Pakistan's Best Batting of the Tour and a Seventeen-Year-Old on Debut Made It Look Ordinary
Shawaal Zulfiqar and Muneeba Ali put on 68 in the powerplay, Eyman Fatima finished the innings at speed, and Pakistan posted 175 for 5 at Dambulla — a total that on this tour would have been enough more often than not. Then Sanjana Kavindi walked out on her T20I debut at 17 years old and hit 46 from 24 balls, Harshitha Samarawickrama finished unbeaten on 37 from 22, and Sri Lanka got there with fourteen balls in hand. The series is gone at 2-0 with a game to play, and Pakistan's women have now lost every format of this tour.
Seven Days After 214, Birmingham Phoenix Made 137 — and the Man Who Answered Them Was the One England Had Just Made Test Captain Again
We previewed this fixture as a question: which version of Birmingham Phoenix is real, the one that scored 214 at this ground or the one bowled out for 100 at Old Trafford? Edgbaston gave a third answer nobody had drafted — 137 for 9, neither triumph nor collapse, just an innings that never found a second gear. Joe Root then chased it with the calm of a man doing arithmetic, 58 not out from 40 balls, and Welsh Fire won with four to spare. Three hours earlier, on the same square, Ellyse Perry and Alice Capsey had produced the day's genuinely thrilling cricket, and Birmingham Phoenix Women won their first match of the season with one ball remaining.
One Hundred and Three for Five Became One Hundred and Five All Out, and Jofra Archer Bowled Twenty Balls for Nine Runs at Lord's
We wrote before this match that London Spirit's problem was conversion — starts that never became innings — and that Southern Brave's bowling was the better of the two attacks. Jonny Bairstow made 56 and no other Spirit batter passed 11. The last five wickets fell for two runs in seven deliveries. Archer finished with 4 for 9 from his twenty, the most economical full allocation any bowler has sent down in this tournament, and the Brave still needed 97 balls to chase 106 — because on this evening at Lord's, batting was the hard part for everyone.
Five Colombo Batters Reached Twenty. None Reached Forty. That Is the Whole Match, and It Is the Whole Season.
We wrote before this game that Colombo Kaps had a recurring and uncomfortable diagnosis — a batting order that produces starts and no finishes — and that against Jaffna three nights earlier, three batters had reached the twenties and forties without one of them converting. Chasing 202 at Pallekele, they did it again, only more so: Sadeera Samarawickrama 37, Ben McDermott 38, Malsha Tharupathi 36, Milan Rathnayaka 21, James Neesham 20, and nobody past forty. Galle Gallants won by 13 runs, finished their league campaign top of the table, and booked the Qualifier 1 berth that comes with it.
Ninety-Six Was Not Enough Anywhere Else in the World on Saturday. In Buenos Aires It Was Eighteen Runs Too Many.
Argentina Women were bowled out of any comfort by Snigdha Malhotra's 3 for 19 and scraped to 96 for 9 on a St George's College surface that punished every attacking stroke. Then they defended it, and it was not close. Canada made 78 in 18.4 overs, and the most striking number on the card is not any batter's score — it is that 31 of those 78 runs were extras. Alina Emch, seventeen with the bat and 3 for 16 with the ball, took the match award. Argentina go 3-0 up and cannot now lose the series.
One Hundred and Thirty-Seven for Three — The Most Damning Scoreline in This Format
We wrote before this match that Old Trafford's chasing record was the number both captains would have circled, and that the Rockets owned this fixture's history. Sam Billings won the toss, bowled, and watched Manchester Super Giants keep eight wickets they never spent. Finn Allen then made 72 not out from 35 balls, Trent Rockets won with 13 to spare, and the side that had lost its opener for a two-ball duck went top of the table.
Four Hundred and Twenty-One Runs in the Hill Country, and Jaffna Kings Still Win It With Spin
We leaned to Kandy Royals on home ground, home crowd and Shaheen Shah Afridi's pace at altitude. Pallekele instead produced a run-fest — 221 for 6 against 200 all out — and the two bowlers who decided it were a left-arm orthodox spinner in his eighth over of the tournament week and a thirty-nine-year-old all-rounder bowling arm balls. Chamindu Wickramasinghe's 43 off 15 was the innings; Dunith Wellalage's eight balls were the match.
One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Was Never Enough — Until Southern Brave's Bowlers Decided It Was
We said the Brave's bowling was the best thing either side brought to Southampton and that a single ten-ball set would probably settle it. Marcus Stoinis then bowled ten consecutive balls for three runs, Birmingham Phoenix lost five wickets in thirty deliveries, and a total nobody would have backed became a 12-run win — the Brave's first of the tournament, at the fourth attempt.
Six Wins, One Final, No Trophy: Uganda Beat Namibia by 17 Runs on the Only Night That Counted
Namibia Women arrived at their own final having won every match of the tournament, on their own ground, with a net run rate nobody else could get near. Uganda made 146 for 3, Concy Aweko took three for 20, and the hosts finished on 129 for 6 — a chase that never once threatened to become one. Knockout cricket does not care what the table says.
Four Wickets in Forty Overs and a Seventy-Six Run Margin: Spain Take Third at Embrach
Two hundred and thirty-two for two, then one hundred and fifty-six for two. Almost nothing went wrong for either batting side all afternoon, and the game was still decided long before it finished — because Katerina Frost's 88 and Alexis Hartley's 73 had already put it out of reach. Switzerland end their home tournament without a win, and with the strange consolation of a chase in which they barely lost a wicket.
The Night Lahiru Udara Stopped Waiting: 132 Not Out, a Maiden Hundred, and the Highest Score in LPL History
Galle Gallants made 208 for 3 and would have won that game nine times out of ten. Then a 24-year-old opener who had never made a T20 century took the powerplay apart, reached fifty in 21 balls, a hundred in 54, and finished unbeaten on 132 from 63 — the biggest individual innings the Lanka Premier League has ever seen. Kandy Royals chased 209 with seven balls in hand, beat the table leaders for the second time in four days, and kept their season breathing.
One Batter Batting Through: Pretorius's 64 Off 28 Ends MI London's Unbeaten Record in the London Derby
Our preview said Spirit's problem was narrow rather than systemic — that they kept arriving at the same threshold and needed one batter to decide tonight was the night. A 20-year-old South African decided it. Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 64 from 28 at a strike rate of 228, Dewald Brevis added 37 from 18, and a target of 165 disappeared with eleven balls unused. In the earlier game, the women's derby was tied at 151 apiece.
Colombo Answer the Question They Failed the Night Before: Hermann's 48 Off 26 Beats Dambulla by 4 Wickets
Twenty-four hours after losing a chase because nobody batted long enough or fast enough, Colombo Kaps sent Rubin Hermann out to do both. He made 48 from 26, Kamindu Mendis added 39, and 175 was overhauled with six balls to spare. Reeza Hendricks's 80 and a record fourth-wicket stand with Sikandar Raza deserved better than a Dambulla side that could not find the last twenty runs.
A Cardiff Afternoon That Never Got Going: Trent Rockets Win Both Halves of the Double-Header at Sophia Gardens
We said the first twenty-five balls of each innings would decide this and that Welsh Fire had the better attack for the conditions. Welsh Fire were 122 for 7 and the Rockets chased it with 28 balls unused. Ben Duckett's unbeaten 52 and Mitchell Santner's 3 for 35 made the men's match a formality; Beth Mooney's 57 from 35 had already done the same to the women's. Two matches, one team, no arguments.
Croes Bats the Long Way Round: Netherlands Beat Nepal by 57 Runs in Utrecht
Nepal won the toss, chose to bowl, and Karan KC's 4 for 30 nearly justified the decision. Then Noah Croes played the innings the surface demanded — 70 from 93 balls, no hurry, no risk — and Scott Edwards added 57. Two hundred and twenty-five for nine looked ordinary until Nepal's chase reached the eighth over. Kyle Klein's 3 for 26 did the rest.
Two Hundred and Six in Embrach: Grace Wetherall's 74 Off 33 Buries Switzerland by 66 Runs
Switzerland won the toss, chose to field, and watched Jersey Women post the sort of total that ends a match in the first ten overs. Wetherall struck at 224 for 33 balls, Annabel Mossop finished unbeaten on 43, and 206 for 5 left the hosts chasing something that was never realistically available. Danashi Medagoda's 32 not out was the day's most stubborn resistance.
One Hundred and Forty-Three in Sixty-One Balls: Brazil Women Turn a Chase Into a Statement Against Spain
Amy Brown-Carrera's 55 off 34 took Spain to 142 for 5, a total that should have made for a proper contest. Brazil passed it in 10.1 overs. Monnike Machado made 54 off 24, Ana Sabino 33 off 10 at a strike rate of 330, Lindsay Boas 24 off 8 — three batters, three different kinds of violence, and fifty-nine balls left unused.
Seventy-Six, and Then Fifty Minutes: Brazil Women Dismantle Switzerland by 6 Wickets in Embrach
The hosts lasted 18.3 overs and made 76. Brazil needed 8.2 to pass it, with seventy balls of the innings unused and Lindsay Boas taking 23 off 10 at the top just to make the point emphatically. Brazil's unbeaten run through this quadrangular continues, and the gap between an established emerging side and a brand-new one has rarely looked wider.
Seventy-Five for Nine: Argentina Women Survive Canada by a Single Wicket in Buenos Aires
The toss was delayed by rain, and what followed was the sort of low-scoring T20 that no format handbook prepares you for. Canada Women batted out their twenty overs for 74 for 4 — cautious to the point of paralysis. Argentina then lost nine wickets getting the 75 they needed, and got there with eight balls to spare. A one-wicket win, and a series opener neither side will forget.
WI vs PAK, 1st Test — Day 4 Result: West Indies won by 90 runs (WI 311 & 181; PAK 282 & 120)
Set 211 on a surface that had stopped pretending to be fair, Pakistan lasted 40.2 overs. Jayden Seales took 5 for 20, Justin Greaves finished with match figures of 7 for 39, and Babar Azam carried 58 not out through a collapse he could see coming and could not stop. West Indies lead the two-match series 1-0.
Athapaththu Does It With Both Hands: Sri Lanka Women Win by 8 Wickets and Take the Series 2-1
Pakistan Women were bowled out for 187 in 40 overs, their captain-in-waiting problem exposed by a captain who already knows exactly who she is. Chamari Athapaththu took 3 for 27 and then made 52 from 38 balls; Harshitha Samarawickrama finished unbeaten on 71 and walked away with the Player of the Series award. Sri Lanka home with 76 balls to spare.
Sunrisers Leeds vs Manchester Super Giants Review — 182 Chased at Headingley, and Brook Made the Last Bit Look Rude
Jos Buttler's unbeaten 63 off 33 and Heinrich Klaasen's 53 off 27 put Manchester Super Giants on 181, a total that has won almost every Hundred game it has ever been posted in. Mitch Marsh hit 63 from 26 to break its back, Zak Crawley made a calm 56 not out, and Harry Brook finished with 42 not out off 17 including six sixes. Twelve balls to spare. The highest successful chase Headingley has seen.
Zadran's 95 and Madushanka's Best: Jaffna Kings Beat Colombo Kaps by 19 Runs at Pallekele
Ibrahim Zadran batted through 65 balls for 95 — twelve fours, three sixes, and almost no false shots — to carry Jaffna Kings to 202 for 5. Colombo Kaps were never quite in the chase, and Dilshan Madushanka's career-best 3 for 30 made sure they never got there. Jaffna's fourth win of LPL 2026.
Wittmann Again: Namibia Women Make It Six From Six With an 8-Wicket Win Over Hong Kong
Hong Kong found 120 for 6 out of a surface that offered them very little and a Namibian attack that offered them less. Then the home captain walked out and hit ten fours in 38 balls. Namibia finished it in 13.4 overs, stayed unbeaten, and now lead the quadrangular with a net run rate nobody else can reach.
Zimbabwe vs India 3rd T20I Review — A 15-Year-Old Signs Off in Style: Sooryavanshi's 81 and Mayank's Thunder Complete India's 3-0 Sweep
India came to Harare with six straight T20I defeats behind them and a captain under scrutiny. They left with a clean sweep, the No.1 ranking back in their hands, and a 15-year-old at the centre of everything. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 81 from 49 balls carried India to 192 for 5; Mayank Yadav struck with the first ball of the reply and finished with 3 for 29; Ryan Burl's unbeaten 54 gave Zimbabwe dignity but never a route to 193. India won by 35 runs — their third win in three, and Shreyas Iyer's first series as captain that ended with something to hold.
Manchester Super Giants vs Birmingham Phoenix Review — Buttler Empties Old Trafford's Stands of Doubt: 90 from 50, and an 87-Run Rout
Two nights earlier Birmingham Phoenix had made 214 and won. Here they were bowled out for 100 and lost by 87 — the largest runs margin in Manchester Super Giants' T20 history. Jos Buttler was the reason for the first half of that: 90 from 50 balls, seven fours, five sixes, the second-highest individual score The Hundred has seen at this ground. Liam Dawson's 3 for 15 was the reason for the second. Two wins from two, and MSG sit top of the table.
Trent Rockets vs London Spirit Review — Duckett Sets It Up, and Craig Overton Finishes It Off His Own Twin Brother
London Spirit's 159 for 9 looked defendable at Trent Bridge, where nobody had chased more in The Hundred. Ben Duckett changed that with 75 from 47 balls of pulls and scoops, and the last act belonged to a family argument: Craig Overton, who had earlier caught-and-bowled Jonny Bairstow for a duck, top-edged his twin brother Jamie for six over deep fine leg and then ran two twos to complete a four-wicket win. Rockets have their first win. Spirit are still looking for theirs.
WI vs PAK, 1st Test — Day 1 Stumps: Hodge's Unbeaten 83 Carries West Indies to 194/3, Pakistan Yet to Bat
On a new Test ground and a heavy day for West Indies cricket, the hosts chose to bat and closed Day 1 on 194 for 3 from 67 overs. Kavem Hodge stood unbroken on 83, Shai Hope beside him on 39, the pair adding an unbeaten stand that dragged the innings back from a fitful morning. For Babar Azam, back as Test captain and without Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Abbas was the pick of the bowling with 2 for 44. Honours, at the close, were roughly even.
Sunrisers Leeds vs Southern Brave Review — Marsh Lights Up Headingley, Rashid Holds His Nerve: Sunrisers Sneak Home by 5
On his first appearance in front of a home crowd, Mitchell Marsh played the innings the evening demanded — 69 from 34 balls of clean, front-foot hitting that gave Sunrisers Leeds a platform of 187. Dan Lawrence's unbeaten 24-ball fifty finished the job with the bat. Then, with Tristan Stubbs threatening to steal it late, Adil Rashid's 3 for 21 and a nerveless death effort squeezed Southern Brave out five runs short. The Sunrisers have their first win of the season, and they earned every inch of it.
NAM vs NED Review — De Leede Falls Three Short of Glory but Not of the Win: Netherlands Beat Namibia by 58 in Utrecht
Bas de Leede played the innings of the day — 97 of controlled aggression that dragged Netherlands to 251 for 6 — and then watched Logan van Beek finish the job with a four-wicket burst. Namibia had Louren Steenkamp's fluent 68 to keep them interested, but a chase of 252 in gloomy Utrecht never quite found a second gear, and they were bowled out for 193. Three runs shy of a hundred, de Leede still walked off with the match.
GG vs KR Review — Kandy Royals Find the Squeeze: Moeen Ali Anchors, the Attack Holds, and Galle Fall 11 Short at Dambulla
Galle Gallants won the toss, backed their chase, and for long stretches looked like they might pull it off. But Kandy Royals' 165 for 6 — built around a composed 41 from Moeen Ali — proved just heavy enough, and when the Galle innings needed to break into a sprint it kept stumbling into fielders and dot balls. Kandy defended it by 11 runs, and the man who set the tone with the bat walked off with the Player of the Match award.
Wittmann's 56 Makes It Look Easy: Namibia Women Cruise Past Tanzania by 9 Wickets in Windhoek
Tanzania's 96 for 5 was never going to be enough on a true High Performance Oval surface, and Sune Wittmann's fluent 56 turned the chase into a formality — Namibia home in 13.4 overs with 38 balls to spare.
Welsh Fire vs MI London Review — Kiwi Verve in Cardiff: Ravindra's 98 and Ferguson's 4/25 Sink MI London by 15
For 44 balls, Rachin Ravindra batted as though he were playing an entirely different game on an entirely different pitch — a 22-ball fifty, a run to 98, the joint fourth-highest score in the men's competition's history. It lifted Welsh Fire to 167/5. Then, when James Vince's 66 threatened to steal it back, Lockie Ferguson came back to clean up the tail and finish with 4 for 25. In front of a record crowd at Sophia Gardens, the two New Zealanders combined to topple three-time winners MI London by 15 runs.
DS vs CK Review — Kamindu Leads From the Front: A Captain's 88* Off 39 Powers Colombo Kaps Past Dambulla by 21
Handed the armband only days earlier after Kusal Mendis was ruled out, Kamindu Mendis answered the way captains dream of — an unbeaten 88 off 39 balls that lifted Colombo Kaps to 197 for 5 at Rangiri Dambulla. Dambulla Sixers, who had won the toss and chosen to chase, fought through fifties and cameos but never quite closed the gap, finishing 176 for 8. Twenty-one runs, and Colombo climb into the thick of the LPL 2026 table.
India Seal the Series in Harare: Kishan's 81 and Tilak's Fifty Crush Zimbabwe by 90 Runs
One night after a fourteen-year-old lit up the chase, it was the senior heads who did the work. Ishan Kishan struck 81 off 44 and Tilak Varma an unbeaten 60 to carry India to 219 for 5, and Zimbabwe — asked to climb a mountain they had no gear for — were bowled out for 129. India won the 2nd T20I by 90 runs at Harare Sports Club and, with it, the three-match series 2-0. Abhishek Sharma's part-time spin, not the express pace everyone came to watch, delivered the knockout blow.
Two Hundreds, One Record Stand — Sri Lanka Women Level the Series with a Chase That Never Blinked
Chasing 274 at Hambantota, Vishmi Gunaratne made 123 and Harshitha Samarawickrama an unbeaten 100, their 203-run partnership the highest for any wicket in Sri Lanka Women's ODI history. Pakistan's competitive 273 for 5 was overhauled with eight wickets and 19 balls to spare, and a series Pakistan led is level once more at 1-1.
Phoenix Rise on Clarke's Fireworks: 214 Defended by 10 as Rockets' Fast Start Runs Out of Fuel at Edgbaston
On a flat Edgbaston deck under lights, the toss looked like a formality and the chase looked live for 25 balls. Joe Clarke's 68 off 33 had already given Birmingham Phoenix a towering 214 for 4, and Trent Rockets answered in kind — 54 without loss inside their first 25 deliveries, the powerplay a blur of clean hitting. But a chase this steep needs the launchpad to keep firing, and once Phoenix's bowlers found their lengths the required rate did the rest. Rockets finished 204 for 7, ten short, beaten by the margin of one good over they never quite played.
Namibia Keep Marching in Windhoek: Mwatile's 39 Guides the Hosts Past Hong Kong With 10 Balls to Spare
There was nothing flashy about it, and that is exactly what made it a statement. Hong Kong, put in, could only build 113 for 7 on a used High Performance Oval surface, and Namibia's chase never once looked like a gamble. Wilka Mwatile's composed 39 off 32 and Kayleen Green's 26 did the heavy lifting, and the hosts got home by five wickets with ten balls in hand to keep their unbeaten run in this quadrangular series intact. On home soil, Namibia are doing what the best associate sides do — winning the games they are supposed to, without fuss.
Uganda Squeeze Home by Five: Musamali and the Bowlers Just Outlast Neema Pius in a Windhoek Nailbiter
This was the game the Women's T20I Quadrangular needed — a real contest, decided by nerve rather than a mismatch. Rita Musamali's 37 and Immaculate Nakisuuyi's 33 lifted Uganda to 132 for 6, a total that always looked a few runs light. Neema Pius' bright 38 gave Tanzania every chance, but Perice Kamunya (2/14) and Asumin Akurut (2/20) kept nipping the chase in the bud, and Uganda held on to win by five runs. Two associate sides, one thin margin, and a night that showed how far this cricket has come.
A Fourteen-Year-Old Lights Up Harare: India End a Losing Run and Hand Shreyas Iyer His First Win as Captain
India arrived in Zimbabwe under a cloud — a 1-from-9 summer in England, a captaincy handed to Shreyas Iyer, a squad thinned by rest and injury. For thirteen overs at Harare Sports Club, all of it lifted. Mayank Yadav's raw pace pinned Zimbabwe to 125 for 7, and then Vaibhav Sooryavanshi took the chase and turned it into a highlight reel — a fifty of such violence that 126 was gone with 40 balls to spare. India won by seven wickets. Not everything is fixed. But for one night, the noise stopped.
Same Story, New Ground: Colombo Kaps Beat Kandy Royals by 23 to Sit Top, While the Superteam Stays Winless at the Bottom
It is becoming a habit. For the second time in five days, Colombo Kaps out-thought and out-fought the most expensively assembled squad in LPL 2026. In Dambulla they made 192 for 9 — Rubin Hermann's maiden league fifty and Janith Liyanage's unbeaten 52 the pillars — and then watched Mujeeb Ur Rahman tear the heart out of Kandy's chase, reducing them to 77 for 5 before Angelo Mathews's lone defiance ran out of partners. Colombo won by 23 runs, moved top of the table, and left Shaheen Afridi, Moeen Ali and Wanindu Hasaranga staring at a nought in the points column and a third defeat in three.
The Gallants Keep Rolling: Sahan Arachchige's 63 and a Clinical Bowling Effort Beat Jaffna Kings by 60 Runs
There is a quiet ruthlessness to Galle Gallants this season, and Dambulla saw it again. Sahan Arachchige's 63 off 36 gave their innings its spine on the way to 193 for 8, and then Jaffna Kings — chasing with a batting order that promised more — simply came apart, bowled out for 133 in 17.5 overs. A 60-run win, a Player of the Match award for Arachchige, and further evidence that the least starry-eyed team in LPL 2026 may also be the best.
Super Giants Hold Their Nerve at Lord's: Seifert's 67 Just Outlasts a Livingstone Special as Manchester Win by 7
The Hundred returned to Lord's wearing new colours — IPL ownership, an MSG badge, a competition remade in franchise cricket's image — and produced an old-fashioned thriller. Tim Seifert's 67 off 45 gave Manchester Super Giants 138 for 9, and it needed every run. Liam Livingstone answered with 69 off 40, five sixes and a captain's fury, and dragged London Spirit to the brink before the bowling of Atkinson and Baker held the line. Super Giants won by 7. Livingstone lost, brilliantly.
Feroza's 78 Sets the Tone: Pakistan Women Cruise Past Sri Lanka by 5 Wickets to Take the Series Lead
There are chases that survive and chases that stroll, and Pakistan's pursuit of 211 in Hambantota belonged firmly to the second kind. Gull Feroza's composed 78 and Sidra Amin's 57 turned a competitive Sri Lankan 210 for 9 into a target reached with five wickets and seven overs in hand. Chamari Athapaththu and Nilakshika Silva had given the hosts something to bowl at; Nashra Sandhu's 3 for 42 had already ensured it would not be enough. Pakistan lead the ICC Women's Championship series 1-0, with the points that come with it.
Edwards Passes a Milestone as Netherlands Ease Home: Nepal's 157 Was Never Going to Be Enough in Utrecht
In the unglamorous but ruthlessly important world of ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 — where associate nations fight for World Cup qualification one ODI at a time — Netherlands did exactly what a home favourite should. Nepal, sent in, could only manage 157, Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee the only batters to pass 30. Scott Edwards then knocked off the runs with an unbeaten 61 that also carried him past Max O'Dowd to become the Netherlands' leading ODI run-scorer. A six-wicket win, two points, and a captain writing his name into the record book.
The Greatest Ground in Cricket Forgot How to Defend: England 387, India 360, and a Series Decided by 27 Runs
Lord's has staged Test matches decided by a session and finals decided by a run-out. On Sunday it staged something it had never seen — 747 runs in a day, the highest List A total in its history, and a losing side that scored 360 and had almost nothing to apologise for. Ben Duckett made 141 and passed a Viv Richards record that had stood 47 years. Rohit Sharma answered with 138, the first ODI century by an Indian man at this ground, and it was not enough. England win by 27, take the series 2-1, and end a summer in which India have found the answer to almost nothing.
In Sobers' Barbados, a Game That Refused to Die: New Zealand Win by One Wicket and Take the Series
West Indies were bowled out for 188 and should have been finished. Instead Gudakesh Motie, a left-arm spinner who had never taken five in an ODI, bowled the innings of his life and dragged New Zealand from comfort to the edge of ruin — nine wickets down, the target still creeping closer, an entire island holding its breath. Mitchell Santner, unbeaten on 34, saw it through with 35 balls to spare and won the series 3-1. It was the best cricket West Indies have played all tour, and it still was not enough. On a ground draped in mourning for a man who died two days earlier, the cricket found a way to be worthy of him.
The Anchor Nobody Wanted: Tanzid Hasan Bats 58 Balls for 66 and Steals Zimbabwe's Series in Bulawayo
This was not a T20 innings built for highlight packages. Tanzid Hasan hit one four and four sixes in 58 deliveries and spent the rest of the evening refusing to get out, while at the other end Bangladesh's middle order kept finding ways to make it complicated. Zimbabwe had 143 to defend and Brad Evans nearly defended it, taking two in his final over to leave the decider hanging on the last twelve balls. Mahedi Hasan finished it with two to spare. Bangladesh win the series 2-1 from a match down — their first T20I series victory of the year — and Sikandar Raza's record-breaking 314th appearance for Zimbabwe ends with nothing to celebrate.
The Superteam Is Bottom of the Table: Colombo Kaps Recover From 67 for 4 to Beat Kandy Royals by 6 Wickets
Read the Kandy Royals team sheet aloud — Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Moeen Ali, Angelo Mathews — and it sounds unbeatable. They have now played two matches in LPL 2026 and lost both. On Sunday night at the SSC they made 179, watched Colombo Kaps collapse to 67 for four inside ten overs, and then stood and watched Janith Liyanage and James Neesham add 115 without being separated. Liyanage's 53 not out off 32 won the match award and Colombo's first points of the season. Kandy's collapse from 170 for five was the quieter, more damaging story.
A Dynasty Wins Ugly: Dambulla Bowled Out for 130, and Jaffna Kings Still Needed Their Captain to Save Them
This was supposed to be the afternoon Dambulla Sixers tested the champions. Instead they were dismissed for 130 in 19.3 overs, no batter reaching 30, their last five wickets worth 29 runs. And then, with the game apparently a formality, Jaffna Kings lost four wickets and made 130 look like a total. Bhanuka Rajapaksa — captain, and the man Dambulla could not remove — made 61 not out off 37 and walked off with the match. Four titles in five editions buys you a lot of things. On the evidence of Sunday at the SSC, comfort is not one of them.
Fatigue Was Supposed to Be the Story. Galle Gallants Made It Two From Two Instead.
The preview's whole premise was the turnaround — the Gallants back at the SSC less than twenty-four hours after the opener, legs heavy, against a Colombo Kaps side rested and waiting. Freshness against pedigree, we called it. Pedigree won. Chasing 190 under the Colombo lights, Galle Gallants got home with four balls to spare, Sahan Arachchige's unbeaten 38 off 16 the cold-blooded finishing act at the end of a chase that never quite let Colombo believe. The Kaps had done their part — a record 97-run stand between Ben McDermott and Kusal Mendis, seven sixes from Mendis alone, 189 for 8 — and it still wasn't enough. Two matches, two wins, and a Galle side that is beginning to look exactly as dangerous as its team sheet promised.
The Quiet Opener Who Set the Colombo Afternoon Alight: Reeza Hendricks Powers Dambulla Sixers Past Kandy Royals
We spent the whole preview talking about the fast bowlers — Shaheen and Farooqi, the two finest left-arm quicks in the tournament, the men who were supposed to set the tone. Instead the afternoon belonged to the man we called 'deceptively valuable,' the opener whose strike rate we said didn't scream aggression. Reeza Hendricks made 87 not out off 50 balls, dragged Dambulla Sixers from a stutter to 205 for 6 with a 94-run seventh-wicket stand alongside Gulbadin Naib, and then watched his bowlers defend it. Kandy Royals, for all their star power, could only manage 187 for 6 — Vijay Shankar's unbeaten 41 a lone act of resistance in a chase that never found its second gear. Dambulla by 18, and a reminder that in T20 cricket the headline act is rarely the one you scripted.
The Challengers Land the First Blow: Galle Gallants Dethrone the Dynasty on Opening Night in Colombo
For six years the Lanka Premier League has been Jaffna's story — four titles, a culture of expectation, an assumption that the trophy is theirs until proven otherwise. On the opening night of the sixth edition, the Galle Gallants set out to prove otherwise, and did. Charith Asalanka's elegant 65 and Sam Harper's brutal 19-ball 40 powered them to 213 for 6 at the SSC, and when Eshan Malinga's left-arm pace tore the top off the chase, the four-time champions never recovered. Jaffna, for all their star power, fell 36 short — a dynasty opening its defence not with a coronation but with a warning shot fired across its bow.
The Same Ground, the Same Bowler, the Same Ending: West Indies Collapse Again as Lennox Sends New Zealand 2-1 Up
For an hour it looked different. West Indies were 67 for one, Keacy Carty was timing the ball, and a series that had drifted felt, briefly, retrievable. Then Jayden Lennox came on, the stumps started rattling, and the innings emptied out — nine wickets for 73, all out 140, the third act of a horror story the hosts cannot seem to stop retelling. New Zealand knocked off the runs for the loss of four wickets with more than ten overs to spare, Tom Latham and Dean Foxcroft walking off unbeaten, and left Guyana with a 2-1 lead and the quiet certainty that this West Indian batting order has no answer to a spinner asking honest questions. The series now crosses to Kensington Oval, but the doubt it leaves behind travels with the home side.
Finally, a Foothold: Bangladesh's Openers and a Spinner's Breakthrough Level the Series in Bulawayo
For a tour that had given them nothing — an innings Test defeat, a lost ODI series, a beating in the first T20I — Bangladesh had been searching for a single passage of play they could call their own. They found it at Queens Sports Club: an opening stand that finally lasted, two composed fifties from Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Saif Hassan, a ten-ball cameo from Mohammad Saifuddin, and then Rishad Hossain's leg-spin biting exactly as the pitch had promised. Zimbabwe, chasing 187, never found the tempo, folding for 152 as the wickets tumbled through the middle. Bangladesh win by 34 runs, the series is 1-1, and a tour that looked finished has a decider.
One Run Short of the Perfect Night: Joe Root's Unbeaten 99 Drags England Level as India Collapse in Cardiff
For thirty overs this belonged to India. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer had made half-centuries, the platform was laid, 280 felt the floor rather than the ceiling — and then the innings simply fell out of India's hands, seven wickets tumbling for 55 as Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson found the movement the middle order could not survive. England needed 234, lost an opener to the first ball, and were rescued by the one man in this squad who makes crisis look like routine. Joe Root batted from the second delivery of the reply to the last, finishing unbeaten on 99 — one boundary short of a hundred he had earned twice over — as Atkinson's pull sealed a four-wicket win with 35 balls to spare. The series is 1-1. Everything now points to Lord's.
SL-U19 vs IND-U19, 1st Youth Test — Day 4: Match drawn; Raichandani 207 and Krishna 100 turn a 424 deficit into a 152-run lead
A Test that Senuja Wekunagoda's 233 had shaped on Day 2 was quietly wrestled away by India's teenagers over the two days that followed. Lakshya Raichandani converted his Day 3 hundred into a colossal 207 across 324 balls and 492 minutes; Sagar Virk had already made 134; and wicketkeeper Manav Krishna completed the answer with a composed 100 before becoming the last man dismissed. India U19 batted on to 576 all out and a first-innings lead of 152, and with too little time left, Sri Lanka U19 declared their second innings at 178/6 to shake hands on a draw. No result — but for India's age-group watchers, a Galle full of green shoots.
SL-U19 vs IND-U19, 1st Youth Test — Day 3 Stumps: India U19 378/3, trail by just 46 with 7 wickets in hand
A Test that Senuja Wekunagoda's 233 seemed to have shaped now belongs, at least in momentum, to India's teenagers. Lakshya Raichandani and Sagar Virk extended their overnight stand to a colossal 295 for the first wicket — Virk making 134 before Lathendra Akash finally prised him out, Raichandani converting his overnight 93 into a composed hundred and batting on unbeaten. India U19 close Day 3 at 378 for 3, only 46 adrift of Sri Lanka's 424, with seven wickets still standing and a lead — perhaps a large one — there for the taking on Day 4.
The Fast Men Take Over — Zimbabwe's Ngarava and Muzarabani Blow Bangladesh Away to Win the T20I Opener by 32
A tour that has belonged to Zimbabwe from the first ball did not change character in Bulawayo. Brian Bennett's 44 gave the hosts a defendable 170 for 6, and then Richard Ngarava (4/26) and Blessing Muzarabani, four wickets apiece, reduced Bangladesh's chase to rubble. Yasir Ali's defiant 54 was the only innings that fought back; Bangladesh folded for 138, and Zimbabwe went 1-0 up with the same authority that had already sealed the Test and the ODIs.
Taylor Does It Again — a Century From the Wreckage Carries West Indies to a 64-Run Win and a 3-0 Sweep
West Indies Women were 48 for 4 and wobbling when Stafanie Taylor decided the series would end on her terms. Her second hundred in as many matches — the ninth of her ODI career — lifted the visitors to 257, and once Afy Fletcher and the West Indies attack got to work, Ireland's chase never truly threatened. Gaby Lewis' fifty offered a flicker; the tourists bowled Ireland out for 193 to win by 64 and complete a clean 3-0 series sweep at Bready.
The Format Remembered Who India Are: Axar Patel's Two-Way Masterclass Sinks England at Edgbaston and Rescues a Tour
For eleven days this tour belonged to England. On a warm Birmingham evening the fifty-over game handed it back — and it did so through the least heralded man on the teamsheet. Axar Patel took 4 for 62 to peg England to 258, then walked out with the chase teetering, three wickets gone for the addition of eleven, and calmly built an unbroken 102 with Washington Sundar to steer India home by six wickets with 28 balls in hand. Shubman Gill's 80 had done the early work; the returning trinity of Rohit, Kohli and Bumrah drew the noise. But the match belonged to Axar, and with it India take a 1-0 lead and, at last, a night on this tour that felt like their own.
SL-U19 vs IND-U19, 1st Youth Test — Day 2 Stumps: Sri Lanka U19 424/9 dec, India U19 186/0, trail by 238
Galle spent a day and a half belonging to Senuja Wekunagoda, whose 233 — the highest score by a Sri Lanka U19 batter in Youth Tests — powered the hosts to 424 for 9 before they declared. It set up an examination India's teenagers might have been forgiven for failing. Instead, Lakshya Raichandani and Sagar Virk answered a mountain with patience of their own, walking off unbeaten on 93 and 87 with an opening stand of 186 intact. India U19 close Day 2 at 186 for no loss, 238 behind, a Test that looked one-sided at lunch now quietly alive.
Two Great Hands, One Winner — Gous' 96 Outguns Pooran's 86 as Washington Freedom Chase Down MI New York
This was a Grand Prairie shoot-out settled by the better second act. Nicholas Pooran's 86 off 44 dragged MI New York to 187 for 8, but Andries Gous answered with 96 off 54 and a 116-run stand with Rachin Ravindra (60 off 30) that turned the chase into a stroll. Washington Freedom got home by five wickets with nine balls to spare.
Ranjane Rescues, Munro Finishes — Los Angeles Knight Riders Run Down Texas Super Kings in Dallas
Texas Super Kings kept losing wickets and Shivam Ranjane kept salvaging, his unbeaten 51 lifting them to 171 for 9. It was never quite enough. Colin Munro's 62 off 36 opened the door and Matthew Tromp, Andre Fletcher and Andre Russell walked through it, LAKR chasing down 172 with wickets and overs in hand.
Two Hundreds, One Procession — Matthews and Taylor Both Reach 100 as West Indies Seal a 2-0 Lead
Ireland Women did plenty right — Amy Hunter 67, Rebecca Stokell 57, a record fourth-wicket stand, 241 for 7 to defend. And then Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor each made a hundred and made 242 look like a warm-up. West Indies won by six wickets with 67 balls to spare, and lead the series 2-0.
A Consolation Worth Keeping — Switzerland Women Take the Fifth T20I by 25 Runs as Germany Win the Series 4-1
The series was long settled, but nobody told Switzerland. Franziska Kuenburg's patient 40 held the innings together, Vani Dhanuka's brisk 37 gave it life, and Meghana Lakayil's 3 for 27 broke Germany's chase apart. Switzerland won by 25 runs at Karlsruhe — a first win on tour, and a reason to leave smiling even as Germany took the series 4-1.
ENG-W vs IND-W, Only Test — Day 1 Stumps: India Women 285, England Women 21/1, trail by 264
Lord's held its first women's Test, and for an afternoon it belonged to Smriti Mandhana — 83 of the most graceful runs the old ground has seen, and then the cruel edge that denied her the honours board. Her innings framed India Women's 285, propped up by gritty fifties from Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma, before a familiar late wobble — four wickets for eleven, Sophie Ecclestone doing the mopping — trimmed the total. England lost Tammy Beaumont in reply and closed on 21 for 1, 264 behind, with a historic Test poised and three days to shape it.
Matthews Makes History at Bready: An Unbeaten 159 and a Record Stand Bury Ireland Women by 9 Wickets
Amy Hunter's 96 gave Ireland Women 269 and a total to defend — and Hayley Matthews spent the afternoon making it look like a formality. Her unbeaten 159, alongside Realeanna Grimmond's 91, produced a 258-run opening stand — West Indies' highest partnership for any wicket in ODI history — and carried the tourists to their biggest ever run chase with 68 balls to spare. One-nil up in the series, West Indies did not just win the opener; they redrew the record book while they were at it.
One Man Standing at Bristol: Iyer's Lone 80 Cannot Save India as Brook and Salt Storm the Series in 13.5 Overs
India won the toss, batted, and for the fourth time in this series watched their captain fight a battle nobody joined him for — Shreyas Iyer unbeaten on 80 out of 158 for 7, the innings a solitary act of defiance in a collapsing cast. It was never enough, and England never pretended otherwise. Harry Brook's captain's hand of 79 off 35 and Phil Salt's second fifty on the trot swept the chase away in 13.5 overs, an unbroken second-wicket stand of 146 turning a target into a formality. England won by nine wickets, moved 3-0 up in the five-match series, and sealed a bilateral series win over India with a game still to play. The rain that hid India at Chester-le-Street is gone; so, now, is the series.
Curran Carries His Bat, Zimbabwe Carry the Series: An Unbeaten 111 From 32/3 Sinks Bangladesh by 13 Runs in Harare
Zimbabwe were 32 for 3 and wobbling when Ben Curran decided the innings — and the series — would go through him. He batted all 50 overs for an unbeaten 111, only the seventh Zimbabwean to carry his bat through a men's ODI innings, and with Brad Evans's ferocious 58 not out off 39 he dragged his side to 247 for 6. Bangladesh, chasing 248, found the runs in Towhid Hridoy's 60 but never the platform, and folded for 234 to lose by 13 runs. Two down with one to play, Zimbabwe have their series — and a resurgence that is starting to look like a story.
The Detonator and the Denier: Russell's 3/34 and Narine's Squeeze Hand LAKR an 18-Run Win Over the Freedom
For weeks the Los Angeles Knight Riders have been the MLC's side of glorious evenings and forgettable ones — all talent, little consistency. At Grand Prairie on Thursday they were, for once, both brilliant and disciplined. Andre Fletcher's 59 and Matthew Tromp's 50 built a total of 192/8, Andre Russell's 3/34 broke the back of the chase, and Player-of-the-Match Sunil Narine choked the middle overs dry as Washington Freedom, the league's runaway leaders, fell 18 short on 174/8. The brilliance finally came with a strategy attached — and it toppled the team everyone else has been chasing.
A 20-Year-Old Announces Himself — Pretorius' Unbeaten 102 Crushes MI New York and Sends San Francisco Clear at the Top
MI New York's 143 for 9 was always going to need defending on a Grand Prairie belter, and San Francisco never let the question breathe. Lhuan-dre Pretorius, all timing and unhurried violence, made his maiden T20 century — 102 not out from 52 balls, ten fours, five sixes — and the Unicorns romped home by nine wickets with 26 balls to spare. It was their second win over MI New York in four days, and it stretched their lead at the summit of MLC 2026 with the playoffs coming into view.
76 All Out at Trent Bridge: England Humble India by 125 Runs — the Heaviest Defeat in Their T20I History
It was supposed to be the ground where India's batting could breathe — flat, short-boundaried, built for stroke-play. Instead it became the scene of their deepest T20I humiliation. Phil Salt's 70 and a Sam Curran cameo lifted England to 201 for 7, and then Josh Tongue and Jofra Archer turned a chase into a demolition, bowling India out for 76 in 11.4 overs. Only Ishan Kishan and a fifteen-year-old on debut reached double figures. England lead 2-0 with two to play, the series already gone, and the questions that have followed this India side from Durham to Manchester to Nottingham are no longer questions — they are a verdict.
WI vs SL, 2nd Test — Day 4 Stumps: Greaves' 180 Hauls West Indies to 499, Sri Lanka Lead by 142
The rescue became a monument. Justin Greaves turned his overnight seventy into a mammoth 180, Shai Hope made 112, and their 242-run stand carried West Indies to within 50 of Sri Lanka's 549. By the close the tourists were batting again — 92 for 2, Dinesh Chandimal and Kamindu Mendis rebuilding, a lead of 142 and, with a placid North Sound surface refusing to break, one day left to force a result that increasingly looks beyond either side.
Zimbabwe Defend 141 to Shock Bangladesh by 25 Runs — Nyamhuri's No.9 Heroics Trump Nahid Rana's 6/21
It should have been Bangladesh's day. Nahid Rana ripped out 6 for 21 to bowl Zimbabwe out for 141, the kind of total that wins matches for the side chasing. Instead, Newman Nyamhuri's defiant 33 from No.9 gave Zimbabwe something to bowl at, and Richard Ngarava, Brad Evans, Blessing Muzarabani and Nyamhuri himself turned 141 into a fortress — Bangladesh folding for 116 as Zimbabwe defended the fourth-lowest total in their men's ODI history.
WI vs SL, 2nd Test — Day 3 Stumps: West Indies 294/4, Hope and Greaves Answer the Mountain, Trail by 255
For an hour it looked as though Sri Lanka's 549 would swallow West Indies whole. At 144 for 4 the follow-on loomed and the series was tilting the tourists' way. Then Shai Hope and Justin Greaves dug in, and dug in, and dug in — an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 150 that carried the hosts to 294 for 4 by stumps on Day 3, both men unbeaten in the seventies, the follow-on all but survived and the match dragged back from the edge. West Indies still trail by 255, but for the first time in this Test they are the ones refusing to break.
The Left-Hander Kept His Nerve While the Leg-Spinner Lost His: Bethell's 76 Chases Down 190 and England Go 1-0 Up
India batted first, posted a competitive 190 for 7, and for an hour looked like a side finally turning a corner — Ishan Kishan's 49, Abhishek Sharma's 43 off 24, a total worth defending at Old Trafford. Then Jacob Bethell walked in and played the innings of the series so far, an unbeaten 76 from 46 that never once looked hurried, and England chased it down with six balls to spare. The margin was four wickets. The difference was 60 runs off Ravi Bishnoi's four overs — and a leg-spinner's unravelling that England's coolest young head made sure to punish.
Some Rivalries Are One-Sided — Pollard's 63 Sends MI New York Top and LAKR to a Sixth Straight Loss in the Fixture
Jason Holder's 43 gave Los Angeles Knight Riders a total to bowl at — 165 for 6, competitive on a used Pomona surface. Then Kieron Pollard walked out and reminded everyone why this head-to-head reads the way it does. His unbeaten 63 from 35, in an 88-run stand with Corey Anderson, ran the target down with a ball to spare. Six wickets, first place on the table, and a rivalry that is now, emphatically, 6-0.
One Over Changed a Season — Edwards' Four-For Bowls Washington From Sixth to First in an Afternoon
It took a single, savage over to tilt a table. Jack Edwards struck three times in the sixth to leave San Francisco Unicorns 45 for 4, and from there the Freedom's afternoon only got better — the Unicorns bundled out for 126, the chase steered home by Steven Smith's composed 56 and Mark Chapman's 44. Five wickets in hand, a four-wicket burst to remember, and Washington Freedom vaulting from bottom half to the summit of MLC 2026.
Eight Runs and a Held Nerve — Portugal Edge Finland at Kerava to Stay in Command of the Series
There is nothing quite like a chase that falls just short to remind you how fine the margins are in this game. Portugal built to 181 for 4, a total with room in it, and then watched Finland come at it all the way to the final over before running out of deliveries on 173 for 6. Eight runs the margin, Sharn Gomes the Player of the Match, and Portugal's touring summer in northern Europe rolling on.
WI vs SL, 2nd Test — Day 2 Stumps: Sri Lanka Declare on 549/9, West Indies 58/1 and Staring Up a Mountain of 491
A team beaten by an innings a week ago is now the one dictating terms. Building on Lahiru Udara's 188, Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis (69) put on 143 for the sixth wicket to take Sri Lanka past 500 for the first time ever in the West Indies before declaring at 549 for 9. By stumps the hosts were 58 for 1, John Campbell digging in on 31 not out, still 491 runs adrift and with four days of survival — or salvation — ahead.
SL-A vs IND-A, 2nd Unofficial Test — Day 3 Stumps: Sudharsan's Career-Best 168 Towers Over Galle as India A Lead by 175
Overnight centurion Sai Sudharsan turned 104 not out into a commanding 168, his best score for India A, as the tourists batted Sri Lanka A out of the contest. Devdutt Padikkal fell without adding to his overnight 94, Ruturaj Gaikwad retired hurt, but useful runs from Dhruv Jurel (53), Shaik Rasheed (45) and an unbeaten 68 from Saransh Jain carried India A to 541 for 8 and a lead of 175. Keshara Nuwantha's five kept Sri Lanka A in the fight; the advantage, though, is firmly India A's.
WI vs SL, 2nd Test — Day 1 Stumps: Sri Lanka 338/5, Lahiru Udara's 188 Turns Humiliation into Defiance at North Sound
Beaten inside four days and by an innings in the first Test, Sri Lanka needed someone to stand up and stay up — and Lahiru Udara did both, falling twelve short of a double-hundred after a record 215-run stand with Kamindu Mendis. Shamar Joseph struck twice in the first hour and Jayden Seales brought up his 100th Test wicket, but by stumps a battered touring side had 338 on the board and, for the first time this series, the better of a day.
SL-A vs IND-A, 2nd Unofficial Test — Day 2 Stumps: Sudharsan's Hundred and Padikkal's 94* Seize Galle for India A
Sri Lanka A's first innings folded for 366 as India A claimed the last five wickets on the second morning — and then two left-handers took the day away. Sai Sudharsan reached an unbeaten century and Devdutt Padikkal stood on the brink of his own on 94, an unbroken 181-run stand carrying India A to 247 for 1 and to within 119 of the lead with nine wickets standing.
A New Home, an Old Class Reasserted — Powell and Munro Christen Pomona as LAKR End the Crisis Against du Plessis's Super Kings
The first competitive ball ever bowled at Knight Riders Field found a Los Angeles side in freefall — two collapses in a week, confidence in tatters. By the last it found a fortress. Rovman Powell's 73 not out and Colin Munro's unbeaten 55, in a record fourth-wicket stand of 101, ran down Texas Super Kings' 173 for 5 with wickets and balls to spare. Seven-wicket win, crisis over, and a ground announced.
England Exorcise the Ghost of Newlands — Sciver-Brunt's 75 From 23/3 Beats South Africa by 40 Runs and Books a Lord's Final
For two World Cups South Africa had been the wall England could not climb. At The Oval, Shabnim Ismail reduced them to 23 for 3 and the old story threatened a third chapter — and then Nat Sciver-Brunt, back from injury, and Heather Knight put on 133, the highest partnership in Women's T20 World Cup knockout history. England made 169/5, bowled South Africa out of it for 129/8, and finally answered the question that had haunted them: what does it take to beat this side when it matters most.
SL-A vs IND-A, 2nd Unofficial Test — Day 1 Stumps: Sri Lanka A 288/5, Arachchige's Unbeaten 83 the Spine of a Grafting Day at Galle
India A won the toss and bowled, and for long spells at Galle they looked like they had made the right call — but Sri Lanka A kept finding partnerships, and captain Sahan Arachchige kept refusing to give his wicket away. Contributions from Nuwanindu Fernando, Anjala Bandara and the openers built the platform; Arachchige's 83 not out carried it to 288 for 5 by stumps.
Level After Twenty, Decided in One — Portugal Win the Super Over to Sweep Sweden 3-0 in Stockholm
There was nothing between them for forty overs: Sweden 156, Portugal 156, a tie that sent a chilly Stockholm evening into a Super Over. And there, in the six balls that strip a T20 down to its nerves, Portugal were the calmer side — enough to win the extra over, seal the third T20I and complete a clean 3-0 sweep of the series.
The Champions Answered — And Then the Durham Sky Answered Back: India 189/7 Before Rain Kills the Series Opener
For two hours India looked like a wounded champion remembering exactly who it is — Abhishek Sharma's blur of a fifty, Shreyas Iyer's composed 68, Shivam Dube's late violence carrying them to 189 for 7 on a ground where 138 is par. Then the rain that had circled all evening finally closed in, England never got to bat, and the first T20I ended without a result. A performance to build on, a point neither side could bank.
Portugal Own the Stockholm Double-Header — Nunes' Fireworks and de Oliveira's Four-For Put Sweden 2-0 Down
On a busy day at the Botkyrka Cricket Center, Portugal twice found the player Sweden could not answer. Carlos Nunes' 30-ball 67 lifted the tourists to a 12-run win in the morning; by the afternoon it was Sebastian de Oliveira's 4/25 dismantling the hosts before a calm seven-wicket chase. Two matches, two Portuguese wins, and a three-game series already slipping away from Sweden.
Eighth Final, Same Aura — Mooney's 61* and a Spin Stranglehold Send Australia Past West Indies at The Oval
West Indies came to The Oval promising to play without fear, and for an hour they threatened to. Then Australia's spinners tightened the screw, 125 for 7 was never going to be enough, and Beth Mooney's unbeaten 61 turned a knockout into a stroll — eight wickets, seven overs to spare, and a place in a record eighth T20 World Cup final booked with the minimum of fuss.
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test — Day 5 Result: New Zealand win by 160 runs to clinch a historic series, and Ben Stokes walks off for the last time
Set 373, England folded for 212 on the fifth morning, losing their last six wickets in a heap as New Zealand completed a 160-run win and a 2-1 series triumph — the first team in history to overturn a deficit to win a three-Test rubber in England. Jamie Smith's 60 was the lone meaningful stand; Ben Stokes made 30 off 20 in the final innings of his international career. Nathan Smith took Player of the Series.
ZIM vs BAN, Only Test — Day 2 Stumps: Kaia's maiden hundred drives Zimbabwe to 410 and a 270 lead; Bangladesh 40/1, trail by 230 after follow-on
Innocent Kaia turned his overnight 76 into a maiden Test century, a chanceless 140 that anchored Zimbabwe's 410 all out and a commanding 270-run lead. Brian Bennett, Craig Ervine and Wessly Madhevere all passed fifty; Taijul Islam's 7/138 was Bangladesh's lone source of cheer. Asked to follow on, the tourists reached 40 for 1 at stumps on Day 2 at Harare Sports Club — still 230 in arrears and staring at a heavy defeat.
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test — Day 4 Stumps: England 103/4, need 270 more to chase 373 as New Zealand tighten the grip on the decider
Set 373 to win the series, England lost Bethell, Brook and — minutes before the close — Duckett to Ben Sears' lift, slipping to 103 for 4 at stumps. Daryl Mitchell's 100 not out and Rachin Ravindra's 94 had earlier powered New Zealand to 288 for 9 declared. Ben Stokes opened the chase in the final on-field act of his international career, and a fifth-day finish now decides the summer at Trent Bridge.
WI vs SL, 1st Test — Result: West Indies win by an innings and 217 as Roach hits 300 and Jangoo–Chase rewrite the record books
A first Test wins can rarely have felt this complete. Amir Jangoo's 233 and Roston Chase's 194 — a record 401 for the sixth wicket — lifted the West Indies to 626 for 9 declared, and Sri Lanka, dismissed for 308 and then 101, never landed a blow. Kemar Roach became only the fourth West Indian to 300 Test wickets as the hosts won by an innings and 217 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
ZIM vs BAN, Only Test — Day 1 Stumps: Zimbabwe 136/1 trail by 4 after rolling Bangladesh for 140 in a near-perfect day in Harare
Toss won, ball gripped, openers settled — Zimbabwe could scarcely have scripted a better first day. Bangladesh were dismissed for 140, Mominul Haque's 60 the lone fight, as four home seamers each claimed at least two. Innocent Kaia's unbeaten 76 then carried Zimbabwe to 136 for 1, just four runs in arrears with nine wickets standing at stumps on Day 1 at Harare Sports Club.
Record Chase at Lord's — Perry and Gardner Sink India by 6 Wickets and End Their World Cup
India dared to dream with 170 for 4, the kind of total that should make a knockout-bound team feel safe. Australia simply refused to be impressed. Ellyse Perry's 56 and Ashleigh Gardner's unbeaten 53 carried the holders past a record 171 with an over and six wickets to spare — Australia march on, and India's Women's T20 World Cup is over.
Nervy at the Last — South Africa Edge Bangladesh by 4 Wickets to Seal a Semi-Final Berth
It should have been routine; it was anything but. Bangladesh defended 117 with discipline and heart, reducing South Africa to a sweat before Annerie Dercksen and the lower order dragged the Proteas home with four balls to spare. South Africa are through to the semi-finals — but Bangladesh made them earn every run of it at Lord's.
By a Single Run, Again — Ireland Defend 155 to Sweep India 2-0 in Belfast
Lightning struck twice at Stormont. Harry Tector's 53 gave Ireland 154 for 8, and their bowlers held their nerve to the very last delivery as India, the reigning T20 world champions, stalled on 153 for 9. A maiden T20I series win over India — and this time there can be no talk of a fluke.
Owen Leads the Charge — Washington Freedom Brush Aside San Francisco by 7 Wickets at Oakland
Twenty-four hours after surviving a last-ball thriller, Washington Freedom needed no such drama. They overhauled San Francisco Unicorns with seven wickets and four-and-a-half overs in hand, Mitchell Owen's clean striking taking the Player-of-the-Match award in a clinical night's work at the Oakland Coliseum.
The Title Defence Is Over — Wyatt-Hodge's 89 Not Out Sends New Zealand Home and England Through Unbeaten
New Zealand built a competitive 163 for 6 at The Oval and, for two innings, looked like the side that has refused to die all tournament. Then Danni Wyatt-Hodge played the innings of the night — 89 not out, an opener who simply would not be removed — and Sophia Dunkley's 49 not out saw England home with 16 balls to spare. A nine-wicket win, a fifth from five, and the end of the White Ferns' reign as champions.
Pakistan Women Finish With a Flourish — Feroza's 63 and a Bristol Collapse Sink the Netherlands by 37
With both sides already out of the running, Pakistan found the performance that had eluded them all tournament. Gull Feroza's composed unbeaten 63 anchored 126 for 6, and the Netherlands — bright early through Heather Siegers — lost their last seven wickets for 13 runs to fold for 89. Fatima Sana's 3 for 12 and Ayesha Zafar's all-round day sealed a 37-run consolation win.
Ireland Land a Famous Blow at Bristol — Prendergast's Brilliance Beats West Indies by 6 Wickets
Orla Prendergast did almost everything: two catches, a wicket, and then a controlled 63 off 44 to chase down West Indies' 128 for 7 with 11 balls to spare. It was a statement win for Ireland — and yet, in the cruel arithmetic of a World Cup group, West Indies still squeezed through to the semi-finals.
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test — Day 3 Stumps: New Zealand 120/3 lead by 204 as Ravindra answers Archer and tilts the decider
England's first-innings fightback stalled on the third morning — 354 all out, 84 behind, with Nathan Smith taking four and concussion substitute Zak Foulkes three. Then Jofra Archer struck twice to leave New Zealand 12 for 2, only for Rachin Ravindra's counter-punching 60 not out and Daryl Mitchell's calm to steer the tourists to 120 for 3, a lead of 204, and control of the series at Trent Bridge.
WI vs SL, 1st Test — Day 3 Stumps: Jangoo 233 and Chase 194 break a 60-year record; West Indies declare on 626/9, Sri Lanka trail by 303
What was a wobble on Day 2 became a rout on Day 3. Amir Jangoo turned his unbeaten overnight 74 into 233, Roston Chase made 194, and together they put on 401 for the sixth wicket — the highest sixth-wicket partnership in Test history. West Indies declared on 626 for 9, a lead of 318, and Jayden Seales struck before stumps to leave Sri Lanka 15 for 1 and trailing by 303 at North Sound.
MI New York Hold Their Nerve at Oakland — De Kock's 77 the Difference as the Knight Riders Fall 5 Short
Quinton de Kock set the tone with a brisk 77 off 46 as MI New York posted 180 for 7. The Los Angeles Knight Riders' reply, built on a fighting innings at the top, kept the chase alive deep into the night, but MI New York's death bowling squeezed the last drops of pressure to win by 5 runs and breathe life into their MLC 2026 campaign.
Last-Ball Larceny at Oakland — Chaudhary's Six Wins It for Washington Freedom by 1 Wicket After Hosein's Hat-Trick
Texas Super Kings made 161 and then watched Akeal Hosein rip out a hat-trick to leave Washington Freedom teetering on the edge. But Nikhil Chaudhary held his nerve to the final delivery, clearing the rope when only a boundary would do, and the Freedom stole home by one wicket in a game that had everything.
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test — Day 2 Stumps: New Zealand 438, England 223/2; Duckett's 113 and Bethell's 74* answer the tourists' weight of runs
England wrapped New Zealand up for 438 and then did the one thing they had not managed all series — bat first and bat well. Ben Duckett's 113, dropped on eight and then unrepentant, and Jacob Bethell's unbeaten 74 carried the hosts to 223 for 2, trailing by 215 with eight wickets standing and the decider alive again.
WI vs SL, 1st Test — Day 2 Stumps: West Indies 263/5, Jangoo 74* and Chase 39* turn a wobble into a position of power; trail by 45
Sri Lanka's 308 looked like it might be enough as West Indies slipped to a five-down scramble, but Amir Jangoo's composed unbeaten 74 and Roston Chase's watchful 39 not out repaired the innings at North Sound. At stumps on Day 2 the hosts were 263 for 5, only 45 in arrears with the first-innings lead — and the match — there to be taken.
Ireland Beat India for the First Time — Debutants, a Captain's Fifty, and 34 Runs That Rewrote History in Belfast
On the ninth attempt, Ireland finally crossed the line against India — and they did it convincingly. Lorcan Tucker's 50 and Gareth Delany's 49 turned 30 for 3 into 182 for 9, then debutants Matt Hollard (3/28) and Jai Moondra (2/25) tore the reigning T20 World Cup champions apart for 148. A 34-run win, and a sentence Irish cricket will never forget.
Sri Lanka Women Survive a Scare at Old Trafford — Silva's Cool Head Sees Off Scotland by 3 Wickets
Scotland's 151 for 6, built around Sarah Bryce's 47, pushed Sri Lanka all the way to the final over. Chamari Athapaththu's 33 off 16 set the chase alight, and when the middle order wobbled, Nilakshika Silva and Sugandika Kumari held firm to get the Player-of-the-Match nod and the two points with a ball to spare at Old Trafford.
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test — Day 1 Stumps: New Zealand 361/4 as Latham and Conway add 317; Stokes's late strike denies a flawless day
Trent Bridge, where England's revolution began in 2022, watched New Zealand write the first chapter of the series decider in their own hand. Tom Latham made 151, Devon Conway 157, and for 72 overs England could not buy a wicket — until Stokes, back in the armband, struck and four fell for 44 in the final hour to give the hosts something to cling to overnight.
WI vs SL, 1st Test — Day 1 Stumps: Sri Lanka 308 all out, de Silva 120; West Indies survive a token over to trail by 308
On a green-tinged Antiguan surface, Dhananjaya de Silva's 120 and Dinesh Chandimal's 54 gave Sri Lanka a working first-innings total before Justin Greaves's 3 for 39 hauled the innings back. Bowled out for 308 in 71.5 overs, Sri Lanka then watched Brandon King and John Campbell see out a single over to leave the day finely poised.
Brits Writes Her Name in the Record Books — South Africa Crush Netherlands by 88 to Boost Semi-Final Hopes
Tazmin Brits's unbeaten 114, the second-highest individual innings in Women's T20 World Cup history, anchored South Africa's record 208/1 at Bristol. Ayabonga Khaka's 3/19 then tore through the Netherlands, who managed 120/8, as the Proteas won by 88 runs and shoved their net run rate into the semi-final conversation.
Seattle Take Oakland Apart — Hetmyer-Stoinis Fireworks and Jasdeep's Five Sink Washington by 88
Fifteen sixes between Shimron Hetmyer and Marcus Stoinis powered Seattle Orcas to 227/6 at the Oakland Coliseum, and then Jasdeep Singh ripped out Washington Freedom's top order on his way to a five-wicket haul. The Freedom folded for 139, and an 88-run win gave the Orcas the complete night MLC 2026 had been promising from them.
India Answer the Question — Shafali's 53 and a Spin Stranglehold Keep the Semi-Final Dream Alive at Old Trafford
Four days after Marizanne Kapp humbled them on this same square, India returned to Old Trafford and got the response they needed. Shafali Verma, dropped in the first over, made Bangladesh pay with 53 off 34; Radha Yadav's 3/28 led a left-arm spin squeeze that kept the target to 137. A five-wicket win, second place in Group 1 held, and a date with Australia on Sunday that now decides everything.
England First Into the Last Four — Wyatt-Hodge's 65 and a Disciplined Defence Tame West Indies at Lord's
On the night Lord's hosted a Women's T20 World Cup match for the first time, Danni Wyatt-Hodge's 65 off 42 and Heather Knight's 43 lifted England to 186/7, and the bowlers did the rest. A 38-run win, a fourth from four, and the first semi-final ticket of the tournament — booked under the floodlights at the home of cricket.
Australia Are a Machine Again — Perry's Bat-and-Ball Double Buries Pakistan by 113 at Headingley
On a true Leeds surface under lights, Ellyse Perry made 71, added a century stand with Georgia Voll, and then returned 2/9 with the ball. Australia 199 for 7, Pakistan all out for 86 — a 113-run demolition that takes the champions to the brink of the semi-finals and leaves Pakistan's campaign in tatters.
New Zealand Wobble, Then Walk On — Izzy Sharp's 62 and a Defiant Carter 72 Light Up Bristol
Three down in the powerplay and the chase teetering, New Zealand turned to a 101-run fourth-wicket stand between Izzy Sharp and Brooke Halliday to overhaul Scotland's 131 with ten balls to spare. Darcey Carter's 72 deserved better; New Zealand's semi-final pulse keeps beating.
Athapaththu Plays the Captain's Innings of the Tournament — 106* Crushes Ireland and Resurrects Sri Lanka
Her fourth T20I century and, remarkably, her first at a World Cup. Chamari Athapaththu made an unbeaten 106 off 61 to gun down 131 with nine wickets and 27 balls to spare, keeping Sri Lanka's semi-final dream alive and breaking Irish hearts at Bristol.
England A Women Pass the Test of a 173 Chase — Bess Heath's Quickfire 40 Sets the Tone at Northampton
On a true Northampton surface, India A Women posted 172 for 4 and England A Women answered with discipline, Bess Heath's 40 off 23 the spark in a five-wicket win with ten balls to spare. A useful workout for two development sides shadowing a senior tour.
Singapore Set the Tone in Their Own Backyard — Gaznavi's Cameo and a Sharp Spin Squeeze Sink a Debutant Uzbekistan
Cut to eight overs a side, the 2nd Match of the Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy still told a clear story. Rezza Gaznavi's unbeaten 33 off 18 lifted Singapore to 101/3, and a disciplined home attack strangled Uzbekistan — out at cricket's senior men's level for the very first time — to 49/5. A 52-run win, and a night these Uzbek cricketers will not forget.
India's Unbeaten Run Ends in Manchester — Marizanne Kapp's 81* Punishes the Drops and Resurrects South Africa
On a night India will replay in their heads, two missed chances off the same batter proved the difference. Marizanne Kapp, reprieved twice by Radha Yadav, made 81 not out off 45 and dragged South Africa from 25 for 2 to a six-wicket win, ending India's perfect start to the World Cup and blowing Group 1 wide open.
West Indies Roll On in Bristol — Matthews' All-Round Class and Sri Lanka's Sloppiness Seal a Third Straight Win
Hayley Matthews took 3 for 15, chipped in with the bat, and led a fielding masterclass as West Indies bowled Sri Lanka out for 98 and chased it down with 23 balls to spare. A third win in three lifts the Caribbean side level with England at the top of Group 2.
Australia Finish the Job in Chattogram — Marsh's Blitz Seals a Clean Sweep and Buries Bangladesh's Hopes of a Consolation
On the most worn surface of the series, the spin battle never materialised. Mitchell Marsh smashed 60 off 28, Australia knocked off 110 inside 11 overs, and a 3-0 T20I whitewash put a ruthless full stop on a tour that began with an ODI series defeat. Towhid Hridoy's unbeaten 61 was a lone act of defiance in a beaten cause.
ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test — Day 3 Stumps: Nicholls 119*, New Zealand lead England by 352
Recalled to replace the retired Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls answered with an unbeaten century and a 161-run partnership alongside Rachin Ravindra, and after Matt Henry's five-for had closed out England for 291, New Zealand walked off The Oval on Day 3 in total command.
ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test — Day 2 Stumps: New Zealand 391, England 222/6, trail by 169
Glenn Phillips turned the sunglasses bravado of Day 1 into a maiden Test hundred, New Zealand reached 391, and then Matt Henry removed Joe Root and Harry Brook with the day almost done to hand the tourists the better of an absorbing second day at The Oval.
West Indies Beat Scotland by 7 Runs — Taylor's Late Burst and a Spin Squeeze Settle a Headingley Thriller
Scotland's dreamers pushed the 2016 champions all the way. But Stafanie Taylor's two sixes in the final over and a relentless West Indies spin attack proved the difference, as Darcey Carter's lone 59 fell seven runs short at Leeds.
West Indies Beat Sri Lanka by 5 Wickets — Shamar Joseph's Five and Rutherford's Fifty Win the Series at Sabina Park
He bowled the hardest overs of the night — the last of the powerplay and the last of the innings — and came away with 5 for 33. Then, with the chase wobbling, Sherfane Rutherford's unbeaten 54 and a Jason Holder cameo of three sixes turned a tense Kingston night into a series win. West Indies take it 2-1, their first bilateral series in two years.
IND-W vs PAK-W Review — A Rivalry, a Record, and a Reckoning: Deepti Sharma's 5/10 and Mandhana's 68 Crush Pakistan by 64
Pakistan walked off the powerplay at 52 for 1, the Hollies Stand split blue and green, the game still a contest. Then Deepti Sharma took the ball, and the contest disappeared. Her 5 for 10 — the best bowling figures in the history of women's T20 internationals — turned a chase into a procession, and Pakistan, who had begun with belief, were bowled out for 106. Smriti Mandhana's 68 had built the platform; Deepti's spell built the legend. India open their World Cup with a statement and a world record on the same afternoon.
BAN-W vs NED-W Review — A Debut to Remember, a Chase to Build On: Ferdous's 50 Carries Bangladesh Home by Six
The Netherlands walked out for the first ball their women's team had ever bowled at a T20 World Cup, and for a long while they made Bangladesh sweat. Babette de Leede's captain's 50 lifted them to 139, a total that felt heavier than the number suggested. But Juairiya Ferdous answered with a 33-ball 50 of her own, Sharmin Akhter saw it home unbeaten, and Bangladesh completed their highest successful chase in Women's T20 World Cup history with five balls to spare. The Dutch lost the result and won a great deal of respect.
IND vs AFG, 1st ODI Review — Gurbaz Lit the Fuse, Gill Put Out the Fire: India Take a Rain-Shortened Thriller in the Mountains
For fifty-one balls in the Himalayan dusk, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an innings that belonged to no scoreboard logic — 102 off 51, the fastest hundred any Afghan has made in an ODI. And then the rain, the floodlights and Shubman Gill answered it the only way India know how: with control. Two debutants took three each, Gill carried his bat for an unbeaten 84, and India chased 195 in a 25-over shootout with thirteen balls to spare. Afghanistan brought the fireworks. India brought the result.
AUS-W vs SA-W Review — The Machine Keeps Rolling: Litchfield Detonates, Wareham Dominates, Australia Crush South Africa by 65
There was a version of this game where South Africa's seam and spin choked Australia's powerplay and the 2023 final got a sequel. It lasted about three overs. Phoebe Litchfield's 24-ball 51 tore the plan up, Australia posted 172, and then Georgia Wareham — 32 with the bat, 3 for 13 with the ball — turned a chase into a collapse. South Africa folded for 107. The defending champions look, once again, like a problem nobody in this tournament has solved.
IRE-W vs SCO-W Review — History in Manchester: The Bryce Sisters and a New Day for Scotland's Women
Scotland had never won a match at a Women's T20 World Cup. They had to wait until Old Trafford, and a captain who would not let them wait any longer. Kathryn Bryce made 60, shared a century stand with her sister Sarah, then took the ball and helped strangle Ireland for 121. Forty runs, one historic first, and a result that will be remembered in Scottish cricket long after the scorecards yellow.
NZ-W vs WI-W Review — Flair Beats Method Under the Lights: Campbelle's Unbeaten 90 Seals a One-Ball Heist at Southampton
New Zealand built their 162 the careful way — Halliday, Gaze, Green nudging and rotating to a defendable total. West Indies answered with one player and one philosophy. Shemaine Campbelle made 90 not out, refused to be hurried, and walked off with one ball to spare and a seven-wicket win. The Rose Bowl came for calculation and got a Caribbean classic.
ENG-W vs SL-W — A Record Falls on Opening Night: Wyatt-Hodge's Unbeaten 105 Sends England's World Cup Charge Roaring Out of the Blocks
The banana skin everyone warned about never materialised. England piled up 219 for 1 — the highest total in the history of the Women's T20 World Cup — built on Danni Wyatt-Hodge's first World Cup century, and then Freya Kemp's 4 for 21 turned a contest into a procession. Sri Lanka, so dangerous on paper, were folded for 132. England win by 87 runs, and Edgbaston has its statement.
BAN vs AUS, 1st ODI — Bangladesh End a 21-Year Wait as Mosaddek Returns From the Wilderness and Mirpur Roars Again
Australia had not lost an ODI to Bangladesh in 21 years and had not toured for one in 15. In a single, rain-flecked evening at Mirpur, Bangladesh corrected both pieces of history — 284 on the board, Nahid Rana steaming in, and a man four years out of the side walking off unbeaten on 86 with the match award in his hands.
IND-A vs SL-A — India A Pull Off a Dambulla Heist as Gaikwad's Hundred and Arshad Khan's Penultimate Over Decide a Thriller
From 17 for 2 to 277, and from cruising to crushed in the space of six balls. Ruturaj Gaikwad's composed 101 gave India A something to defend; Arshad Khan's three wickets in the 49th over turned a Sri Lanka A win that looked done into an 8-run defeat that will sting.
IND vs AFG, Only Test — Result: India Win by an Innings and 300 Runs as Manav Suthar's Dream Debut Lights Up Mullanpur
India's biggest-ever win by an innings. A debutant left-arm spinner with 6/33 in the first dig and 7/62 in the match. Afghanistan, asked to follow on, were folded twice in a session and a half on a surface that finally bared its teeth.
ENG vs NZ, 1st Test — Day 3 Stumps: New Zealand 55/5, Need 199 More to Win
Only 9.4 overs were possible at a sodden Lord's. In that sliver of cricket, Ollie Robinson removed Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell to leave New Zealand five down and 199 short of an improbable 254.
IND vs AFG, Only Test — Day 1 Stumps: India 368/3, Rahul and Gill Centuries Bury Afghanistan
New Chandigarh hosted its first day of Test cricket in 40-degree heat, and India treated it like a coronation — KL Rahul 100, Shubman Gill 103 not out, Sai Sudharsan 81, Rishabh Pant 50 not out.
Kohli Finishes It With a Six — RCB Defend the Crown at Ahmedabad, and a Rematch Five Nights in the Making Ends Exactly Where It Began
On a slightly sticky Motera surface in front of 132,000, the IPL 2026 Final never quite caught fire — and that was Royal Challengers Bengaluru's design. Rasikh Salam Dar took 3/27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood struck twice apiece, and Gujarat Titans were held to 155/8 despite Washington Sundar's unbeaten fifty. Then Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer raised fifty in 3.3 overs — the fastest team fifty in any IPL Final — and Kohli, unbeaten on 75 off 42, sealed back-to-back titles with two overs to spare. Shubman Gill's redemption arc, written so beautifully in Qualifier 2, met a quieter end: bowled out of the narrative for 10. RCB are the first franchise since 2020 to defend the trophy.
Shubman Gill Answered the Only Question That Mattered — and Gujarat Titans Are Going to Ahmedabad
Four days after being bowled for 2 in Qualifier 1, Gill walked out to face Jofra Archer at Mullanpur, made 104 off 53 balls, and turned the highest successful chase in IPL history into something that looked, by the end, almost comfortable. Sai Sudharsan hit 58 off 32 before departing hit-wicket — again — and the 167-run opening stand did what it had done all season: made the rest of the chase a formality. Sooryavanshi, trying to repeat his 97 off 29 from two nights earlier, made 96 off 47. It was brilliant. It was not enough. Gujarat Titans win Qualifier 2 by 7 wickets and meet Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2026 Final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
A Fourteen-Year-Old Played the Innings of His Life — and Sunrisers Hyderabad's Season Did Not Survive Eight Overs of It
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walked out to open in an Eliminator and produced 97 off 29 balls — a 16-ball fifty, twelve sixes inside 28 deliveries, an uppercut away from Chris Gayle's IPL century record. By the time the eighth over ended, RR were 125 for 1 and the contest was already gone. Jofra Archer did the rest in the powerplay; Sushant Mishra finished what was left of the chase. Rajasthan Royals win the Eliminator by 47 runs and meet Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 at Mullanpur on Friday. Sunrisers Hyderabad, third on the table and 2-0 against this opposition in the league, go home.
Patidar Said 'Not in My Control' — Then He Took Control of Qualifier 1 With 93 Off 33
Two days after refusing to bite at venue-controversy bait, the RCB captain walked out at Dharamsala and produced the most violent 90-plus innings in IPL history — nine sixes, a 21-ball fifty, an unbeaten 93 from 33 deliveries at a strike rate of 281.81. RCB's 254 for 5 is the highest total ever made in an IPL playoff. Gujarat Titans, bowled out for 162, never had a chance. The defending champions walk straight into a second successive final on May 31. Gujarat now face the Eliminator winner in Qualifier 2 on Friday.
Rajasthan Win the Last Waltz at Wankhede — Jofra Archer Books the Final Playoff Seat With the Bat First, the Ball Second, and the Calm of a Bowler Who Has Been Here Before
Rajasthan Royals, needing a win to seal the fourth playoff seat, posted 205 for 8 on the back of a Dhruv Jurel anchor (38) and a 15-ball Jofra Archer cameo (32) that finished the innings at a strike rate above 200. Mumbai Indians, with Jasprit Bumrah rested for the playoffs of a season that does not include them, lost Rohit Sharma to Archer's first over, were 49 for 4 inside the powerplay, recovered through a 60-off-42 from Suryakumar Yadav and a 34-off-15 from Hardik Pandya that briefly threatened the chase, and were finally pulled up 30 runs short at 175 for 9. Archer's 3 for 17 from his four overs sealed his Player of the Match award. The result eliminated both KKR and PBKS in a single evening and confirmed the playoff bracket: SRH vs RR in the Eliminator at Mullanpur on May 27.
Delhi End Their Season on a High, Kolkata End Theirs in the Manner They Have Been Threatening to All Year — 125 for 2 Became 163 All Out at Eden Gardens
By the time Delhi Capitals walked off Eden Gardens on Sunday night with a 40-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders, both sides had known for two hours that the result would change neither's playoff fortunes — Rajasthan's win at the Wankhede that afternoon had eliminated KKR and removed DC's last mathematical thread. What followed was a contest played for pride, finished off by a 30-ball KL Rahul fifty and a Kuldeep Yadav spell that broke a chase the home side had appeared to control. KKR were 125 for 2 in the thirteenth over; they ended the innings at 163 all out in 18.4, the last seven wickets falling for 38 runs — the kind of collapse that has shadowed the title defence since April and arrived, finally, on the last night their season had to give.
Iyer Finally Cashes In — A Maiden IPL Hundred on the Night Punjab Kings Could Not Afford to Lose
Punjab Kings arrived at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday with the longest losing streak of any side still mathematically alive in the IPL 2026 playoff race — six consecutive defeats, an attack that had stopped taking wickets in the powerplay, and a captain whose price tag in the November auction had become a season-long talking point for the wrong reasons. Ninety-one balls later, they had broken the streak, climbed to fourth on the table, and produced the chase of the league stage: 200 for 3 in 18 overs, a partnership of 121 between Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh, and Iyer's first IPL century in 117 innings — 101 not out off 51, five sixes, eleven fours, finished with a six off Avesh Khan. LSG, eliminated since May 10 and playing without Mitchell Marsh, posted a defendable 196 for 6 on the back of Josh Inglis's 72 off 44 and an Abdul Samad cameo at the death. It was not enough. By the time PBKS reached three figures inside ten overs, the contest was a formality and the only suspense was whether Iyer would get his hundred.
Uppal Hands RCB Their Heaviest Defeat of the Season — But the Maths Still Sends Them to Qualifier 1
Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to bat, scored 255 for 4, and watched Royal Challengers Bengaluru land short by 55 runs in a final-league fixture that was simultaneously the most one-sided result of RCB's IPL 2026 and the night they confirmed top spot on the points table. Ishan Kishan's fourth consecutive fifty-plus score against Bengaluru — 79 off 46, his Player of the Match award — was the spine of the innings. Abhishek Sharma's 56 off 22 lit the powerplay. Heinrich Klaasen's 51 off 24 collapsed the middle phase. And by the time Rajat Patidar (56) and Krunal Pandya (41 not out) had got RCB to 200, the net-run-rate buffer that had carried Bengaluru's season was already enough to absorb the defeat. RCB finish first. SRH go to the Eliminator. GT take the second qualifier slot. The league stage is done.
Gill and Sudharsan Set It Up, Buttler Finished It, Siraj Buried It — Chennai's 2026 Ends in Ahmedabad
There are nights when a season simply runs out of road, and for Chennai Super Kings that road ended at Motera. Gujarat Titans posted 229 for 4 on the back of a 125-run opening stand between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan — the pair's seventh century stand, equalling the Kohli-De Villiers world record for most hundred partnerships by any T20 pair — and then watched Mohammed Siraj rip through Chennai's top order in a single new-ball spell. CSK folded for 140 in 13.4 overs, lost by 89 runs, and were officially knocked out of the IPL 2026 playoff race.
RR Beat LSG by 7 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 64 Review
Lucknow scored 220 and felt safe for an over. Then a fifteen-year-old who began at 11 off 12 hit ten sixes, and the Sawai Mansingh remembered why it once decided that this teenager was its own.
RCB Beat PBKS by 23 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 61 Review
The Dhauladhar Ranges watched the defending champions stamp their playoff ticket while Punjab Kings, the team that began 9-0, slipped quietly into a sixth consecutive defeat — a freefall that has now reached the shape of a season-ending tailspin.
DC Beat RR by 5 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 62 Review
Rajasthan were cruising at 161 for 2 in 14.1 overs. Then Mitchell Starc walked back to the top of his mark and bowled the over that bent the match's spine — three wickets in four balls, the over that carried Delhi from the rope to safety.
Tilak Varma Finishes Dharamshala in Style — Mumbai Chase 201 With a Ball to Spare, Punjab's Fifth Straight Loss Pushes Playoff Hopes to the Edge
Punjab Kings had 200 on the board, the mountain air at their backs, and a target most Dharamshala defenders would have called enough. Mumbai Indians — without Hardik Pandya, without Suryakumar Yadav, with Jasprit Bumrah at the toss — needed fifty off the last three overs. What followed was the kind of innings that does not happen by accident: Tilak Varma's unbeaten 75 off 33, six fours and six sixes, the half-century in 25 balls, finished with a six over fine leg on the penultimate delivery. Punjab have now lost five on the trot, and the most painful part is that this one was a heist they almost survived.
Kohli's 105*, the Record, and the View From the Top — RCB End KKR's Streak by Six Wickets
Rajat Patidar won the toss, RCB chose to bowl, and a Kolkata innings built on Angkrish Raghuvanshi's 71 and a Rinku Singh cameo got them to 192. Then Virat Kohli walked out, in his 280th IPL match — one more than MS Dhoni — and produced an unbeaten 105 off 60 balls so unhurried it almost passed for routine. RCB chased 193 with five balls to spare. Top of the table. Ninth IPL hundred. A defending champion looking like one again.
Sudharsan's 61, Sundar's 50, Rabada's Powerplay — GT Bowl SRH Out for 86 and Go Top of the Table
Pat Cummins won the toss, chose to bowl, and for an hour it looked like the right call. Then Gujarat Titans batted to 168, Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder hit the strip with the new ball, and a Sunrisers batting order that had chased 249 three weeks ago was bowled out for 86 in 14.5 overs. Eighty-two runs. GT's biggest IPL win by a margin. Five in a row. Top of the table.
Urvil's 13 Balls, Overton's Three Strikes — CSK Chase Down LSG and End Their Season at Chepauk
There are nights at Chepauk when the ground stops being a venue and becomes a witness. On Sunday, with 204 to chase and Josh Inglis's 33-ball 85 still ringing in everyone's ears, Urvil Patel walked out and matched the fastest fifty in IPL history — thirteen balls, eight sixes, two fours — and dragged Chennai Super Kings past Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets with four balls to spare. CSK move to fifth and stay alive. LSG, for all of Inglis's heroism, are mathematically gone.
Bhuvneshwar, Krunal, and a Final-Ball Heartbreak — RCB Knock MI Out and Climb to the Summit at Raipur
On a humid Raipur night in front of 65,000, RCB needed two off the last ball, got them with soft hands and a sprinted second, and broke Mumbai Indians' hearts in the cruellest possible way. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's vintage 4/23 with the new ball had restricted MI to 166/7. Krunal Pandya, hopping on one foot through cramps, played the innings of his RCB life — 73 off 46 against the franchise that let him go — to take RCB to the top of the table and Mumbai out of the tournament.
Gill's 84, Sudharsan's 55, Rashid's Four-For — GT Make It Four in a Row at Sawai Mansingh
Yashasvi Jaiswal won his first toss as RR captain and chose to chase. By the eighth over of the second innings, the chase had stopped being a chase and become a count. Gujarat Titans, the team that started this season looking lost, now sit second in the table — and play like it.
Allen's 47-Ball Hundred Turns the Jaitley Into a Six-Hitting Carnival — KKR Make It Four in a Row
Delhi Capitals had been bowled out for 75 at this ground. They had also chased 226 at Jaipur. On Friday they did neither — they simply suffocated. And by the time KKR began their reply, Finn Allen had decided that 143 was a target the Arun Jaitley would not see for very long.
Marsh, Prince, and a Pulse Restored — LSG Snap the Streak at the Ekana
For six matches, the Ekana had been a confessional rather than a fortress. On Thursday evening, with the rain interrupting three times and the season hanging by its fingertips, Lucknow Super Giants finally remembered how to win. Mitchell Marsh's 111 off 56 was the centrepiece. Prince Yadav's nip-backer to bowl Virat Kohli for a two-ball duck was the moment. And in the end, RCB's 203/6 fell nine runs short of a DLS-revised target that the Ekana, true to its character, made just heavy enough to carry.
SRH Reclaim the Summit, Connolly Plays the Lonely Tonne — Sunrisers Beat Punjab by 33
Three days after collapsing from 105/1 to 165 all out at this very ground, Sunrisers Hyderabad answered with a complete performance — a 235 built on four contributors and a captain's spell from Pat Cummins that reminded everyone why his return mattered. Cooper Connolly produced the maiden century of his life in reply, but the Australian's 107* off 59 had no company, and Punjab — for the third match in a row — found themselves losing despite a top-order moment of class.
Spin Twins Flip the Switch — KKR End SRH's Five-Match Streak in Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad were 105 for 1 in the ninth over and looking unstoppable. Then Varun Chakravarthy got the ball, and Sunil Narine reached 200 IPL wickets while making his way to a perfect afternoon, and SRH lost their last nine wickets for 60 runs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi's composed 59 anchored a chase completed with ease — KKR's third successive win, the SRH freight train brought to a halt by spin that felt almost surgical.
Holder, Sai, and Sundar — GT Win the Thriller, PBKS Lose the Floor
Punjab Kings began the evening losing two wickets in the first three deliveries and never quite recovered the rhythm that had carried them through nine unbeaten matches. Jason Holder collected a career-best 4 for 24, Suryansh Shedge dragged PBKS to 163, Sai Sudharsan anchored the chase with a composed 57, and Washington Sundar finished it with a six off Marcus Stoinis on the second-last ball — GT's third consecutive win, and a quietly significant statement that this is now a side that knows how to close out tight evenings.
Gaikwad and Kartik Walk Mumbai to the Edge — CSK Complete the Double
It was the kind of evening at Chepauk that asked nothing dramatic of CSK. Mumbai posted 159, Bumrah took an early wicket, and then Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kartik Sharma simply removed the contest one over at a time. By the 19th, Mumbai's playoff hopes were on a ventilator and Chennai had four wins from nine.
DC Beat RR by 7 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 43 Review
Forty-eight hours after being bowled out for 75 at the Chinnaswamy, Delhi Capitals walked into Jaipur, watched RR pile up 225, and chased it down with five balls to spare. Cricket does not always offer redemption arcs this neat — but on Friday evening, it did.
GT Beat RCB by 4 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 42 Review
Six days after the Chinnaswamy humbled them, the world's largest cricket ground gave Gujarat Titans exactly what they were owed — and Jason Holder made sure they collected every penny.
Rajasthan Royals Beat Punjab Kings by 6 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match Review
222 was supposed to be a fortress. Ferreira and Dubey treated it like a suggestion.
RCB Beat DC by 9 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 39 Review
Revenge wasn't a slow burn — it was a wildfire. Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar reduced Delhi to 75 all out, and RCB chased it down in 6.3 overs.
GT Beat CSK by 8 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 37 Review
Sudharsan made Chepauk feel like home, and Rabada made sure Chennai never found theirs.
KKR Beat LSG in Super Over — IPL 2026 Match 38 Review
Rinku Singh hit four consecutive sixes and the Ekana held its breath. Then Sunil Narine walked in, and Lucknow's night fell apart in six deliveries.
RCB Beat GT by 5 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 34 Review
Sudharsan wrote a century in a losing cause, but Kohli and Padikkal ensured that beauty and victory stayed on the same side of the ledger.
CSK Beat MI by 103 Runs — Samson Century and Hosein Four-Fer Hand Mumbai Their Worst IPL Defeat
Sanju Samson was practically alone in CSK's innings and still made 207 look achievable. When Hosein and Noor Ahmad finished with the ball, 'achievable' had become irrelevant.
Rajasthan Royals Beat LSG by 40 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 32 Review
Jadeja batted when it mattered, Archer bowled when it counted — and Lucknow's homecoming turned, once again, into an inquest.
SRH Beat Delhi Capitals by 47 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 31 Review
Abhishek Sharma made history under Hyderabad's lights with a 135* off 68 balls — an innings so complete, so relentless, that DC's chase was really over before it started.
Mumbai Indians Beat Gujarat Titans by 99 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 30 Review
Tilak Varma's maiden IPL century answered Pandya's 'difficult call', and Bumrah found himself again on the very first ball — a crisis became a coronation at the world's largest stadium.
KKR Beat RR by 4 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 28 Review
Rinku Singh walked in when Kolkata needed 67 off 33 balls and two wickets in hand, and he did what Rinku Singh does — he refused the script that logic had written and delivered, unbeaten on 53, KKR's first win of a season that had begun to feel like a slow unravelling.
PBKS Beat LSG by 54 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 29 Review
Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly turned Mullanpur into a batting exhibition of staggering proportions — 182 runs together, 16 sixes by the 13th over, 254 on the board — and then Punjab's bowlers made sure the evening's work was never in doubt.
Delhi Capitals Beat RCB by 6 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 26 Review
From 18/3 in three overs to a heist at the cathedral — KL Rahul came home, and David Miller finished the sermon with a ball to spare.
SRH Beat CSK by 10 Runs — IPL 2026 Match 27 Review
Abhishek Sharma blazed 59 off 22 balls, Klaasen anchored the middle, and Eshan Malinga's first-ball dismissal of Gaikwad set the tone for a Hyderabad win that felt inevitable after the first six overs.
GT Beat KKR by 5 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 25 Review
Cameron Green finally found himself in Ahmedabad — but Shubman Gill found himself first, and on the world's largest stage, the difference between the two men was the difference between a consolation and a campaign.
PBKS Beat MI by 7 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 24 Review
Arshdeep made history and broke MI in the powerplay. Then Prabhsimran and Iyer chased down 196 with 21 balls to spare — and the Wankhede fortress came crashing down.
RCB Beat LSG by 5 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 23 Review
Hazlewood's precision broke Lucknow's nerve, and Kohli — arriving as an impact player — did the rest with 49 off 34 balls to send the Chinnaswamy into raptures.
CSK Beat KKR by 32 Runs — Noor Ahmad Turns the Screw at Chepauk
Kolkata came to Chennai with nothing to lose and left with nothing to show. Noor Ahmad's three-wicket haul — Rahane and Green off back-to-back deliveries, then Rinku Singh silenced — completed a comprehensive CSK victory that was never really in doubt.
SRH Beat RR by 57 Runs — Hinge, Sakib and Kishan End the Unbeaten March
Rajasthan Royals arrived at Hyderabad with four wins from four and an air of inevitability. They left humbled by two men who had never bowled a ball in IPL cricket before Monday night.
Gujarat Titans Beat Lucknow Super Giants by 7 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match Review
Prasidh Krishna dismantled Lucknow's middle order with a four-wicket masterclass, and Jos Buttler's blitzkrieg set up a comfortable chase as Gujarat reclaimed their ruthless form at the Ekana.
RCB Beat Mumbai Indians by 18 Runs — IPL 2026 Match Review
Salt and Kohli put on 120 for the first wicket, Patidar turned a platform into a fortress, and Rutherford's magnificent 71 off 31 arrived too late to rewrite a result that RCB had earned by the halfway point.
Arya and Iyer Answered Abhishek's Blitz with One of Their Own.
In a Mullanpur afternoon that produced 442 runs, Sunrisers' 219 looked enormous until Priyansh Arya's 20-ball fifty and Shreyas Iyer's calm, devastating 69* made it look ordinary — Punjab Kings won with seven balls to spare.
Samson Lit Up Chepauk. Overton Made Sure Delhi Couldn't Answer.
Three defeats, zero points, a season on the edge — and then Sanju Samson walked in at number three, hit the first century of IPL 2026, and Chennai Super Kings finally remembered what winning felt like.
Sooryavanshi Set It Ablaze. Jurel Made Sure It Burned All the Way Home.
In a rain-touched Guwahati night, a 16-year-old's 26-ball 78 and a wicketkeeper's unruffled 81* dismantled RCB's 201 with two overs to spare — and Rajasthan Royals marched on, unbeaten.
Mukul Choudhary Silenced 67,000 — LSG Win a Last-Ball Thriller at Eden Gardens
With 14 needed off the final over and KKR's crowd willing every delivery, a young man from Lucknow found something extraordinary inside himself — and KKR's winless misery deepened.
Gujarat Titans Beat Delhi Capitals by 1 Run — and Rashid Khan Made 419 Runs Feel Like They Weren't Enough
A heist executed with spin and nerve: how Rashid Khan's 3/17 and a last-ball run-out denied KL Rahul the win he'd almost authored alone.
Rajasthan Royals Beat Mumbai Indians by 27 Runs — and a 15-Year-Old Greeted Bumrah With a Six
Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi turned Guwahati's rain-soaked evening into a masterclass — and Bumrah never got a wicket.
Shami's Scalpel, Pant's Nerve: LSG Steal a Thriller in Hyderabad
SRH recovered from 29/4 through a record fifth-wicket stand — then fell apart again. Rishabh Pant, unmoved by all of it, guided LSG home with a single delivery to spare.
Tim David Leaves the Stadium. The Ball Hasn't Landed Yet.
Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar gave RCB a platform. Tim David turned that platform into rubble for CSK — 70 off 25 balls, 8 sixes, and a 19th over that redefined the evening.
Rizvi's Kotla Coronation: Delhi Dispatch Mumbai with Six Wickets to Spare
Sameer Rizvi walked out at 3 down and turned a tricky afternoon chase into a masterclass in calm destruction. Fourteen boundaries in 51 balls — and for the second match running, DC's 22-year-old finds a way to make the result look inevitable.
Deshpande's Last Over, Bishnoi's Magic: Royals Steal Ahmedabad in a Six-Run Classic
Gujarat needed 11 off the final over with Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada at the crease. Any other night, that's a home win. Not this night — Tushar Deshpande held his nerve, Jofra Archer took a catch that deserves its own highlights reel, and Rajasthan Royals won the thriller that no one will forget.
The Fortress Falls: SRH Demolish KKR by 65 Runs at Eden Gardens
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma tore up the powerplay script. Klaasen made the middle overs his personal playground. And Eshan Malinga — the man CricIntel's preview said was unavailable — walked in and ripped through KKR's middle order. The Storm beat the Fortress. Convincingly.
The Fortress Has a New Weakness: PBKS Chase 210 at Chepauk
Priyansh Arya hit 39 off 11 balls and Chepauk didn't know what hit it. The spin cathedral turned batting paradise as Punjab Kings chased down 210 in 18.4 overs, exposing a truth CSK would rather not confront: their pace attack can't survive a powerplay assault.
Delhi Capitals Beat Lucknow Super Giants by 6 Wickets — Rizvi Rescues a Heist
He came in as an impact substitute, started at 0 off 9, and then dismantled LSG's bowling with a 119-run stand that turned a crisis into a canter. Sameer Rizvi's evening was the IPL at its most quietly spectacular.
Punjab Kings Beat Gujarat Titans by 3 Wickets — Cooper Connolly's Debut Masterclass
Prasidh Krishna reduced Punjab to 118 for 6, the game looked gone, and then an Australian nobody had heard of last season held his nerve for 46 balls and rewrote the evening. Welcome to IPL 2026.
Rajasthan Royals Thrash CSK by 8 Wickets — Sooryavanshi's Childhood Dream, CSK's Nightmare
A 15-year-old made history at Guwahati. Ravindra Jadeja came home after 17 years and immediately began collecting debts. Chennai Super Kings found out that the past catches up with you, especially when it bowls at 140 kph.
Mumbai Indians Beat KKR by 6 Wickets — Jinx Broken, Statement Made
Rohit Sharma came home to the Wankhede and reminded the world what he looks like when the adrenaline is running. Ryan Rickelton arrived like he'd been waiting for this stage all along.
RCB Beat SRH by 6 Wickets — Defending Champions Begin Title Defence in Style
A debutant seamer, a prodigal opener, and a king in full flow — RCB chased 202 in 15.4 overs to break the record for the fastest 200-plus chase in IPL history.
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