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Sunrisers Leeds vs Trent Rockets, Women’s Hundred 2026 Final (PC: Hundred) The stage is set at the iconic Lord’s as Trent Rockets will take on Sunrisers Leeds in the final of the ongoing Women’s Hundred on August 16. The Sunrisers will head into the game with the sole aim of defending the title that they won in the last edition in 2025. It was their maiden Women’s Hundred title, although they were then known as the Northern Superchargers; a name they carried from 2021 to 2025. Interestingly, on three occasions Sunrisers Leeds have gone past the group stage and qualified for the knockouts. They have maintained a strong record in the knockout stages, winning four of their five games so far. Sunrisers Leeds’ Women’s Hundred knockout record so far 2023 (as Northern Superchargers) – Won the Eliminator vs Welsh Fire, Lost to Southern Brave in the final 2025 (as Northern Superchargers) – Won the Eliminator vs London Spirit, Won the final vs Southern Brave 2026 – Won the Eliminat...

    Image :Debasis Sen Vaibhav Tripathi, Galle On the eve of the Galle Test, Shubman Gill underlined the importance of preparation time ahead of a big series, especially in red-ball cricket. Devdutt Padikkal’s century on his Test comeback has provided a strong example of that preparation bearing fruit. Padikkal looked a different player from the one who first turned up for the team’s practice session at the NCC in Colombo. He looked out of sorts in the first couple of days of practice, but the same player then scored a hundred in the practice match and another on his return to Test cricket. All the hard work he put in behind the scenes during the practice sessions — long hours of batting in the nets — has paid off. Due to the work he put in, the southpaw was able to counter Sri Lanka’s spin threat. Batting on 131, Padikkal will be eyeing a daddy hundred to help India post a mammoth first-innings total. India have lost Shubman Gill, but the good news is that KL Rahul wil...

    Image :X Boria Majumdar I did a piece on Rohit Sharma yesterday in which I made two fundamental points. First, no one can ask anyone to retire. It is entirely a personal call, and only Rohit can decide when he wants to exit the stage. He can very well be dropped if he doesn’t score runs, but to say he should retire is way off the mark. Second, I argued that the only thing of relevance here is performance. Not reputation, not age, not anything else. As long as Rohit scores runs, he will have control of his fate. If he doesn’t, the selectors are well within their rights to drop him. Many have responded to the piece and shared their opinions on retirement. While it is impossible to respond to every comment, let me make the moot point one more time: age isn’t even relevant here. Luka Modrić played at the World Cup for a record sixth time. Yes, he wasn’t his usual self, but he continued to play on. The decision to pick him was the manager’s. But to offer himself for sele...

Phoebe Litchfield for Sunrisers Leeds, Women’s Hundred 2026 (PC: ECB) Sunrisers Leeds’ title defence is still on as they prepare to face Trent Rockets in the final of the Women’s Hundred at Lord’s on August 16. In the 2025 edition, then known as the Northern Superchargers, they claimed their maiden Women’s Hundred title. Now, they are one match away from retaining it. They head into the summit clash on a five-match winning streak. Throughout the tournament, several players, including Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland and Deepti Sharma, have stepped up in must-win clashes. But the beginning of this campaign was far from smooth. In their first four league-stage games, they won the tournament opener before suffering three consecutive losses. Then came a change in their planning, and it seemed to have paid off massively — at least, the numbers suggest so. The move was to use Litchfield as an opener instead of at No. 3 and send Jess Jonassen from the opening slot into a finishe...

Yashasvi Jaiswal runout vs Sri Lanka ( PC- X/ Sony Sports Network) In Victorian-era cricket, the fielding team probably would have withdrawn the appeal. Circa 2026, and such expectations are a little too far-fetched. Niroshan Dickwella still waited and looked in the direction of his captain, Dhananjaya de Silva, before taking the bail off. Eventually, he did, and Yashasvi Jaiswal had to depart — run out for 32 off 37 balls.   This was how the sequence unfolded… KL Rahul drove a delivery from Keshara Nuwantha to deepish mid-on and set off for a single. But as the bowler dived in his follow-through to stop the ball, he brought down Jaiswal at the non-striker’s end. Rahul stopping in his tracks and aborting the run would have been a prudent call. But he went ahead.   Meanwhile, Jaiswal took his time to get up, moved forward a couple of paces before stopping. The two batsmen found themselves at one end, with the southpaw a little slow to get back to his crease. Rahul had alre...

  Image :Debasis Sen, RevSportz Vaibhav Tripathi, Galle Walk through Galle Fort and the past follows you, in the stone bastions facing the sea, in the lighthouse standing watch over the peninsula, and in the narrow streets that still carry traces of the colonial era. At Flag Rock Bastion, the southernmost point of the fort, Sri Lanka’s flag rises above walls that have witnessed centuries of change. On Saturday, another flag will take centre stage thousands of kilometres away. Across India, the tricolour will be raised as the country celebrates its 80th Independence Day. But in Galle, the Indian flag will arrive in a different setting. Just beyond the fort’s historic ramparts, the Galle International Cricket Stadium will host the Indian men’s team for the opening Test against Sri Lanka. Before the start of the match, Shubman Gill and his team-mates will stand together for the national anthem, with one of Sri Lanka’s most recognisable landmarks forming the backdrop. For Gill, ...