England swept to a dominant 118-run victory as they dismissed South Africa for a paltry 83 to win the second One-Day International at Old Trafford on Friday and square the three-match series at 1-1.
England are an ageing side alright, but few will dare to bet against Jos Buttler's men successfully defending their World Cup title in a few weeks time.
IMAGES from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played in Dharamsala on Thursday
'At the end of the day, we also had to look at players who will figure in the playing XI.'
India's total never looked out of reach for England's batting lineup after Bairstow and Jason Roy set the tone for the chase with an opening stand of 110.
Laxman accompanied Team India as its coach during its two T20I match series against Ireland,
Had Rawat taken the catch and dismissed Smith, there is every possibility that RCB could have defended its total in the final overs of the game.
England, who were blown away by the visitors at Southampton, will back themselves to make a strong comeback.
England batters look to tame strong South African bowling
Defending champions England stormed their way to a crushing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals, in Bangalore.
The ICC Champions Trophy is set to kick off in Pakistan, marking the country's first ICC event since the 1996 World Cup.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Bangladesh and England, in Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday.
The Punjab bowlers led by Kagiso Rabada have fared well. But the likes of Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh along with Rahul Chahar, who has nine wickets, would need to be on the money.
Delighted to earn a maiden national call-up, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh said bowling to the big-hitting Punjab Kings batters in the nets helped him perfect his yorkers.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes said he will leave the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League early.
Lucknow Super Giants bowling coach Morne Morkel was all praise for young Mayank Yadav, saying he generated some serious and disconcerting pace, which was a pleasing sight for the side as it aims to go the distance in the Indian Premier League.
Sri Lanka will have to produce something special to halt England's juggernaut at Sharjah.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday came out of ODI retirement to be included in the provisional squad for the 50-over World Cup
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup match played between England and Afghanistan at the Perth Stadium on Saturday
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match played between England and West Indies in Dubai on Saturday.
The series is now locked at 2-2 with Thursday's climax to come.
Images from the first One-Day International between India and England at the Barabati Stadium, in Cuttack, on Sunday.
Former captain and coach Anil Kumble believes having totally different squads in limited overs and Test format is the way forward for India in international cricket.
Gujarat are clearly the team to beat in the competition having won eight out of nine games.
Images from Saturday's IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals, in New Delhi.
Punjab Kings would be keen to put brakes on Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul's rollicking batting form during their IPL 2022 match on Friday.
'Our two (spinners) bowled well but in hindsight, probably should have bowled Moeen in our innings with the way spin was playing.'
SRH and PBKS will go all out to snap the two crucial points to nose ahead in the race for play-offs.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff's first Most Valuable Player Index for IPL 2025.
A 'Go To' man in Kolkata Knight Riders for more than a decade, Sunil Narine will have to play out of his skin to justify his place in the playing eleven when his team takes on Punjab Kings in a must-win Indian Premier League game in Kolkata on Monday.
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Rajasthan Royals take on Punjab Kings aiming to seal their IPL play-offs berth, in their penultimate league match.
The management was keen on Agarwal as the leader even before the auction.
England named batter Harry Brook at the expense of Jason Roy on Sunday in the squad for their 50-over World Cup title defence.
After a disappointing showing in the Test series in Australia recently, the Indian team is eager to make a fresh start in the T20 format.
Royals' new Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara is confident that the team's young Indian fast bowlers will rise to the challenge in this year's Indian Premier League.
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
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