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William Hill now make Brighton their joint-fourth favourites to win the Premier League this season. The Seagulls were 25/1 before the weekend in Hills’ outright market but now trade at 16/1 after thrashing Crystal Palace on Sunday, putting them level with Liverpool in the betting – who they play this weekend at Anfield. Only Chelsea (10/1), Manchester City (10/3), and Arsenal (4/9) are ahead of Brighton in the market. Fabian Hürzeler’s side are also odds-on at 4/6 to finish in the top 5 and potentially qualify for the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history, placing them…
League Two serves up 12 fixtures on Tuesday night, with Barnet, Chesterfield and York among the strongest favourites. There are also some intriguing away selections, including Fleetwood, Grimsby and Port Vale, all priced to offer a decent return if they can get the job done. Barnet v Swindon Town Barnet are 1/2 favourites, with the draw at 16/5 and Swindon at 4/1. The short home price suggests the market expects Barnet to take control, making them an option for those seeking a stronger favourite, albeit with a limited return. Best bet: Barnet to win at 1/2 Bristol Rovers v Salford…
Sarfaraz Khan raised his bat and helmet to acknowledge the applause, then dropped to one knee, leaning on his bat as he savoured the moment. There was no grand celebration, just a quiet pause after a satisfying hundred.His unbeaten 139 (213b, 18×4) guided Mumbai to a commanding 398 for four on the second day of its Group D Ranji Trophy fixture against Himachal Pradesh at the Luhnu Cricket Ground on Monday, with the lead swelling to 258 runs.Under a relentless sun, Sarfaraz made the Himachal bowlers toil for answers.The surface, which had offered some extra bounce early on, gradually eased…
Uday Saharan is not even 10 games old in the Ranji Trophy, yet he is already a crowd-puller. Despite no authorised entry for fans at Punjab’s Ranji Trophy encounter against Chhattisgarh, a handful still sneaked into the New PCA Stadium once Saharan started piling on runs on Sunday.Saharan, who hails from Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan but moved to Fazilka as an 11-year-old to pursue cricket, is the quintessential prototype of a talisman that often flourishes in Indian cricket. Besides his obvious batting flair, Saharan does not shy away from a verbal skirmish with his opponents, often sports raised collars and…
India sealed its first series win under Smriti Mandhana’s permanent captaincy with a crushing nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Sunday, October 19.Smriti and vice-captain Shafali Varma added an opening stand of 96 inside eight overs to help the side haul down Zimbabwe’s total of 102 for eight with 67 deliveries to spare.Zimbabwe skipper Josephine Nkomo won the toss and opted to bat, trying to build on the batting positives from the first T20I where the side managed 114/5 powered by sprightly efforts by Kelis Ndhlovu and…
Salman Ali Agha slammed a century on his return to international cricket as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 37 runs in the first match of the tri-series involving the pair and England in Rawalpindi on Sunday, October 18.Agha was one of the players controversially sent home during Pakistan’s Test series in England after captaining it in the first Test, but after showing strong domestic form, he peeled off a 90-ball 107 with with a six and 10 fours to anchor Pakistan’s 305 in 49.5 overs.He was involved in fifty partnerships with Hasan Nawaz (97 for the fifth wicket) and Arafat…
A day of shifting momentum at the scenic ACA Stadium in Mulapadu saw Hyderabad take early control in its Ranji Trophy 2026-27 clash with Andhra, only for the home side to claw its way back after lunch.Tanmay Agarwal got the match going, using the pace of the ball to flick one to the boundary. He and Abhirath Reddy absorbed early pressure while keeping the scoreboard moving with well-timed fours. Hyderabad reached 50 in 14 overs, 32 of them coming in boundaries.Abhirath accelerated after drinks, finding the gaps with ease and bringing up his half-century in 73 balls as Andhra’s bowlers…
Shubman Gill’s return to the Ranji Trophy took an anti-climactic turn as the Indian captain fell cheaply playing for Punjab against Chhattisgarh at the New PCA stadium in New Chandigarh on Sunday.Gill walked in to bat at number four but could only last five balls and score one run before he was cleaned up by left-arm spinner Ajay Mandal.Gill succumbed to a delivery that held its line. The ball went through the gate between the bat and pad to crash onto the middle stump.Follow Ranji Trophy live scoreThe 27-year-old had missed out the opening round of the Ranji Trophy but…
An evening of mystery, anticipation and hope ended in misery as the fifth and final T20I between India and the West Indies was abandoned after just 7.4 overs of play and 48 minutes of action because of incessant, but not so heavy, rain.When the match was called off at 10.03 p.m. at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday, India, after being put into bat, had reached 118 for five.The contest started two hours and fifteen minutes late and was reduced to nine overs a side. Even that was largely possible because of the state-of-the-art SubAir drainage system which helped…
India will be keen to preserve its spotless home record in T20I bilaterals when it takes on West Indies in the fifth T20I between the two sides at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.Shai Hope’s century in the fourth T20I in Hyderabad helped the visitor bring the series level with one match to go, meaning that it has a chance of securing a series victory with a positive result in the decider.If Hope and Co. can secure victory in Bengaluru, it will become the first team to hand India a bilateral series defeat since February 2019.India has won…