General Education Academy (Chembur) posted a competitive 288 all out as middle-order batters Arnav Patil and Aarush Kolhe excelled against Dnyandeep Seva Mandal (Panvel) in the Dream Sports Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school Harris Shield Super 8 match at Parsee Gymkhana on Thursday. Faced with a disciplined Dnyandeep bowling attack on a tricky pitch, Arnav showcased a blend of control and aggression to craft a 77-ball 83 (12 fours, three sixes), while Aarush compiled 53 off 62 balls (12 fours) to help the Chembur outfit post 288 all out in 67.2 overs on Day One of the two-day encounter. For the Panvel school, left-arm spinner Golu Pal picked up 6-71 in 24.2 overs. He was aided by fellow left-arm tweaker Virat Yadav (2-98 in 22 overs). Dnyandeep then ended the day at 47-1 in 15 overs with Himanshu Sharma (26*) batting alongside Shriyash Chavan (2*).
05 December,2025 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Rufus VedanayagamDinesh Karthik became the latest former India player to join the Legends Pro T20 League which will take place at the new 1919 Sportz Cricket Stadium in Goa from January 26 to February 4. Besides Karthik, the tournament that features six franchise teams, will also see some other prominent former India stars like Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, and Vinay Kumar among others besides ex-international players like Shaun Marsh, Monty Panesar, Dale Steyn, and Shane Watson, to name a few. “Representing India over the years has given me memories I will cherish, and returning in this format feels incredibly special. This league is bringing together players who have shared dressing rooms and rivalries for years,” said Karthik. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | AgenciesRachin Ravindra (176) and Tom Latham (145) helped NZ take complete control of the first Test against the West Indies on Day Three, posting 417-4, taking a lead of 481, at stumps on Day 3. Ravindra put on 279 for NZ’s third wicket, hammering 27 of the 50 boundaries scored by them en route their 417-4. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 07:07 AM IST | Christchurch | AgenciesIndia legend Sunil Gavaskar broke down Virat Kohli’s century in the second ODI against South Africa in Raipur, saying it never looked like Kohli would miss out on a hundred. From the very first ball he faced, Gavaskar felt the star batter was simply continuing the rhythm he found in Ranchi. Kohli continued his fine form from Ranchi, where he played a 120-ball 135-run knock in the first ODI to help India win, and went on to score his 84th international century, the 53rd of his ODI career, in Raipur on Wednesday. “To be honest, at no point did it look like he wasn’t going to get a hundred. From the first ball he faced, it felt as if he was carrying on from Ranchi. “He got off the mark with a hook for six, a shot he doesn’t often play in the air, which showed the confidence from his previous hundred. After that, unless something unfortunate happened, the hundred always seemed inevitable,” Gavaskar said on JioStar. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 07:01 AM IST | New Delhi | IANSArchitect of South Africa’s series-levelling win in the second ODI against India here, Aiden Markram says scoring runs matters only when the team wins. Markram, whose 110 on Wednesday set the stage for South Africa’s four-wicket win in a chase of 359, fell cheaply in the first ODI at Ranchi where India beat SA by 17 runs. “Runs only matter if you win games. If we had lost today, I’d be as miserable as I would have been in the previous game. Getting the result makes me really happy,” Markram said after the win. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 06:56 AM IST | Raipur | PTIA specialist opener in white-ball cricket, Ruturaj Gaikwad failed to click in his maiden outing at the coveted No. 4 spot but came good in his second match with a hundred here and he said he did not find it too difficult to adjust to his new role. India have been served well by Shreyas Iyer in ODIs at No. 4 but with the Mumbai batter unavailable due to injury, the team management entrusted Gaikwad with the job to build the innings and he did it with aplomb, hitting his maiden century in the second ODI against South Africa on Wednesday. “I feel it’s a privilege to have that kind of confidence from the management towards an opener who can bat at No 4 as well. I took it that way,” Gaikwad told the media after India lost the high-scoring contest by four wickets. “It was just matter of how I can play my first 10-15 balls and after that, the process remains the same,” he added. The right-handed batter scored a quickfire 83-ball 105 in a 195-run third wicket stand with Virat Kohli (102) to help take India to 358 for 5. For Gaikwad, it was imperative to channalise his experience of long hauls in 50-over cricket as he looked the perfect foil to Kohli during their 195-run stand, at times matching the batting great in strokes that he played and with immaculate running between wickets. “In one-day format, even when I was opening, I have always tried to make sure I am able to bat till the 45th over and capitalise after that,” he said. “Somehow, I knew how to play in between [overs] 11 to 40, how to rotate strike [and] what are the boundary options. I was pretty much confident about how I can go through.” Gaikwad admitted his 83-ball 105, studded with 12 fours and two sixes, was so far the best knock of his career. “I would say yes, because obviously batting at No. 4 was also a challenge for me,” he admitted. Getting match-time with superstar Virat Kohli was something he may not have envisaged but Gaikwad kept his focus on the job of making runs, which he says is paramount. “His [Kohli’s] batting is unbelievable and the amount of time he has and [also] how he is able to convert it in the match as well,” he said. “[But] I was trying to be in my zone and not really think about how he is batting or how he is able to score runs.” He said his conversation with Kohli was about continuing the partnership, finding the gaps and rotating strikes. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 06:49 AM IST | Raipur | PTIA five-wicket haul by pacer KM Asif, who is having his best domestic season, helped underdogs Kerala earn a shock 15-run victory against defending champions Mumbai in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A match here on Thursday. The star-studded Mumbai side, led by India pacer Shardul Thakur and having the likes of national T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube in their ranks, crumbled to 163 all out in 19.4 overs while chasing 179. Kerala made 178 for five. It was India keeper-batter Sanju Samson, who recently completed the move from Rajasthan Royals to Chennai Super Kings in the biggest deals ahead of the IPL 2026 season, who set the tone for Kerala by smashing a 28-ball 46 after opening the innings. Mumbai were off to a confident start as, after losing Ayush Mhatre (3) early, Ajinkya Rahane (32 off 18 balls) and Sarfaraz Khan (52 off 40 balls) were involved in an 80-run stand for the second wicket. At 99 for three in the 12th over, Mumbai looked comfortable. But the tables turned in the 18th over bowled by Asif (5-25), who grabbed the wickets of Sairaj Patil (13), Suryakumar (32) and Shardul (0), to send Mumbai reeling at 149 for seven. Brief scoresKerala 178-5 (S Samson 46, V Vinod 43*; S Dube 1-18) beat Mumbai 163 all out in 19.4 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 52, A Rahane 32, S Yadav 32; K Asif 5-24) by 15 runs This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 06:44 AM IST | Lucknow | PTIFan frenzy over star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya forced the organisers to shift the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match between his team Baroda and Gujarat to a more secure Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from a nondescript Gymkhana ground here on Thursday. The game, which Baroda won by eight wickets, was moved due to an unexpected crowd interest and security concerns in Hardik’s presence. It was the second competitive game for the India all-rounder since returning from a two-month long injury break. After smashing an unbeaten 77 against Punjab, Hardik made 10 and took a wicket against Gujarat. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 06:40 AM IST | Hyderabad | PTIJust like her husband Mitchell Starc, Australia’s star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy continues to redefine women’s cricket with a flurry of record-breaking feats. Most recently, she recorded the most centuries in the Women’s ODI World Cup (four) for Australia. The skillful Australian skipper has also achieved the rare feat of scoring back-to-back centuries in two different World Cup editions —2022 and 2025. Her masterful 142 against India in the ODI World Cup at Vizag in October helped Australia record their then highest successful chase (331) against the hosts in women’s ODIs.
05 December,2025 06:37 AM IST | Mumbai | A CorrespondentEngland opener Zak Crawley praised a “flawless” Joe Root after the 34-year-old broke his Australia century drought on Day One of the second Ashes Test here on Thursday. Root had scored 39 Test centuries heading into the Ashes series, but he had never passed 100 in Australia on three previous tours. He also failed in the first Test in Perth, leading some critics to question whether the Yorkshireman could be considered one of cricket’s batting greats without scoring a century on Australian soil. But he answered the doubters with a masterful 135 not out. Crawley, who shared in a 117-run partnership with Root, said the England dressing room was more jittery than the former captain as he edged towards three figures. “We were nervous for him for a long while before that.” Crawley said Root had barely mentioned the milestone, despite it threatening to become a millstone around his neck. “He’s not trying to make too much of a deal of it, but I’m sure inside he’s pretty, pretty delighted. He just played a flawless knock. He made it look effortless,” said Crawley, who exorcised his own Ashes demons with his 76 after bagging a pair of ducks in Perth. Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc also paid tribute to Root. “He played fantastically well today and assessed the conditions, sucked up some pressure and got the result by the end of the day,” the pacer said. 16No. of matches it took Joe Root, across four tours to Australia, to score his first Test century Down Under This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 December,2025 06:32 AM IST | Brisbane | AFPAustralia’s senior pacer Mitchell Starc (6-71) broke the record for the most wickets taken by a left-arm fast bowler in Test cricket history on Day One of the second Ashes Test at Brisbane on Thursday. The 35-year-old dismissed Harry Brook for 31, caught by Steve Smith at second slip, to claim his 415th Test wicket and go past Wasim Akram’s tally of 414 victims after striking with the second ball of his new spell. Interestingly, Starc made his Test debut at the same venue against New Zealand in 2011. Akram played 104 Tests for his 414 wickets, with Starc reaching the milestone in his 102nd game. Starc is now 16th on the all-time wicket-taker list and could move above both India’s Harbhajan Singh (417) and South Africa’s Shaun Pollock (421) in the ongoing pink-ball Test. Speaking about the match, Joe Root finally (135 not out) scored his maiden Test century in Australia on his fourth Ashes tour to guide England from a precarious 5-2 to 325-9 at stumps. No. 11 Jofra Archer thrilled the travelling army of fans as he smashed a career-best unbeaten 32 off 26 balls with two sixes to provide some late fireworks. His unbroken 10th-wicket partnership of 61 with Root was a record for England at the Gabba. The world’s top-ranked batsman, Root had failed to reach triple figures on three previous Ashes tours. But he silenced the critics who said he couldn’t be considered a true batting great until he had made a century in Australia. 16No. of wickets Mitchell Starc has taken in three innings of the ongoing Ashes series so far Brief scoresEngland 325-9 (J Root 135*, Z Crawley 76, J Archer 32*, H Brook 31; M Starc 6-71) vs Australia Wasim Akram ‘Super Starc! Proud of you, mate. Your incredible hard work sets you apart, and it was only a matter of time before you crossed my tally of wickets. I am pleased to give this to you! Go well, and keep soaring to new heights in your stellar career’ This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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