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Cricket brought double heartbreak on 28 June — India's women were knocked out of the T20 World Cup at Lord's and the men's T20 side lost a historic series to Ireland — but the men's hockey team…
Ireland, missing five first-choice players, beat India by a single run at Stormont to complete a 2-0 T20I series sweep — ending…
Ireland have done the unthinkable — twice in one weekend. Defending 154/8 with five first-choice players absent, they stopped T20…
Australia didn't just beat India at Lord's — they rewrote Women's T20 World Cup history doing it. Chasing 171, Perry and…
In a scene that stopped cricket in its tracks, both England and New Zealand players formed a guard of honour for Ben Stokes at…
At Lord's on 28 June 2026, Deepti Sharma dismissed Beth Mooney to claim her 356th international wicket — surpassing Jhulan…
Shabnim Ismail didn't just take a wicket at Lord's — she rewrote the record books. Her 49th Women's T20 World Cup dismissal,…
Harmanpreet Kaur walked out at Lord's in a must-win game and delivered a 56 off 27 balls — three sixes off the final over alone —…
Harmanpreet Kaur's three-sixes-in-a-row final-over blitz — a 25-ball fifty, the fastest of the tournament — transformed a…
