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Mark Waugh recreates Josh Inglis' electric run-out of Ben Stokes from the first day of the Brisbane Ashes Test
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Dec-2025
Mark Waugh is considered one of the sharpest fielders in cricket, often ranked among the top even in the modern age of electric dives and uber-athletic bodies. And if there are those who haven't seen some of his best slip catches or run-outs of the 1990s (or on YouTube), they got to enjoy what is close to his vintage best when he recreated Josh Inglis' run-out of Ben Stokes from the first day of the day-night Brisbane Ashes Test.
Ahead of the start of day two, broadcaster Mark Howard asked co-commentators Waugh and Michael Vaughan if they could try to recreate Inglis' run-out on camera. They got two tries each.
Has Cameron Green watched The Kissing Booth?
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Dec-2025
Has Cameron Green watched the rom-com The Kissing Booth (and its many sequels)? He claims not to have seen it, but then does pretty well to recognise actor Jacob Elrodi from it (although he says he can't recall his name). But Green makes us feel really, really old when he can't identify Kate Winslet, which was an easy one to answer for millennial Usman Khawaja as they play a game called People You Don't Think Cricketers Can Name.
What's an emoji that best describes Ellyse Perry's playing style? It ought to be something to do with the universe, because she can do everything, but modest Perry chooses the snooze emoji for herself because she says she's "pretty boring". Pat Cummins is self-effacing as well, picking the shrug because "who knows what we're gonna get". Nathan Lyon chooses the spiral eyes emoji to describe his spin-bowling skills and Alana King goes with the salsa dancer or the cowboy, "because they are a bit rogue at times".
Full postGrace Harris works hard, plays harder
ESPNcricinfo staff
02-Dec-2025
Whooo-ee, Grace Harris! You know her as the collector of funky socks, giver of fun interviews, patron saint of "just whack it and see what happens." But she's also built of absolute granite when it calls for it. Case in point, the Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers game in which she split the webbing of her hand and tried to convince everyone else not to send her off the field to fix it so she could continue bowling. And she was mic-ed up for all of it so here's what happened in real-time.
Harris split the webbing of her non-bowling hand, which would have set the rest of us mortals howling, but she very nonchalantly called for the physio to tape it up, instead of going off to get stitches on it, so she could finish her over. And finish she did, taking the wicket of Madeline Penna caught and bowled the very next ball.
Full postKohli and Dhoni catch up, and Ranchi gets rolling
There was nothing but hype and paparazzi all around
ESPNcricinfo staff
28-Nov-2025
What happens when two of India's biggest superstar cricketers meet? There's nothing but hype and paparazzi all around. Cameras don't stop flashing, and hopes of a response from the heroes find no end. That's what happened when Virat Kohli arrived at MS Dhoni's house in Ranchi, where the Indian team will be playing the first ODI against South Africa on Sunday.
Fans scrambled to get a glimpse of Kohli, who obliged by mildly waving back at them. That must have been enough to make their day.
Reunion of the year?#INDvSA 1st ODI | SUN, 30 NOV, 12:30 PM pic.twitter.com/wu2qSTn30i
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) November 27, 2025
Travis Head is a know-it-all
ESPNcricinfo staff
26-Nov-2025
Travis Head was electric with the bat in the first Ashes Test in Perth but how does he do when life's hardest questions are thrown at him? Well, for starters, he doesn't duck away from them.
Is cereal soup? Is water wet? Is hotdog a sandwich? Are hot chips better than regular chips? Is it more fun to celebrate a hat-trick or a triple-ton as a team? Head has an answer to them all.
Full postHow to bat with an A4 sheet - a Ricky Ponting masterclass
ESPNcricinfo staff
26-Nov-2025
Ricky Ponting scored more that 27,000 runs and 71 hundreds in international cricket and, it turns out, the secret to that was just a sheet of paper. Master this technique and maybe you can become a champion batter yourself, eh?
You need to start with an A4 sheet. Here's how Ponting did it:
"I'd take my guard, I'd look down at the wicket and basically say, okay, if [the bowler] can land that ball inside that A4 piece of paper there, I know I can't play a shot to that ball, " he explains.
Full postWho is Australia's Ashes villain?
ESPNcricinfo staff
24-Nov-2025
There are some players in the opposition that just haunt you for years to come, as a fan or as a player. Who was that England player that the Aussies still recall, perhaps with a shudder?
The defeat in the famous 2005 Ashes seems to be at the top of the head of several current Australian players: Mitchell Starc, Ellyse Perry, Scott Boland all name Andrew Flintoff as their Ashes villain. In that closely fought series, Flintoff took 24 wickets and scored 402 runs. He also took a five-for at Lord's in the 2009 Ashes to give England their first win at the venue against Australia in 75 years.
Full postSmriti Mandhana puts a ring on it
ESPNcricinfo staff
21-Nov-2025
If you're one of the many, many ardent fans of the Indian women's cricket team, you can't have missed their love for a good song and dance. Life is pretty much a Bollywood musical if you're part of the squad, so it should have surprised absolutely no one that India's recent World Cup winning vice captain chose to make a major life announcement via a choreographed video, with her team-mates.
And just in case it wasn't entirely made clear in the video, here's a little background on what went down.
Full postStuart Broad gets a surprise at Australian airport
ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Nov-2025
Australians have enjoyed turning Stuart Broad into a villain, and to be fair, he's leaned into that role pretty hard. During the 2025-26 Ashes, Broad will be (probably) aggravating local fans, not from the outfield but from the commentary booth.
He had a welcome organised for him when he landed in the country after an 18-hour flight.
Full postWhat are England eating during this Ashes tour?
ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Nov-2025
What are England's players eating during their Ashes tour down under? Their chef during the time they play warm-ups against England Lions is dishing out some pretty delicious meals, it looks like, starting with some sandwiches for afternoon tea.
"Today we had gnocchi, potatoes, pumpkin, says chef Rob, who is a club cricketer himself. "We do a chicken dish, which today was a Portuguese chicken. And we always do a fish dish - I've got a guy who delivers fish to me. He heads to the market in the morning. He delivers my fish to me around about nine o'clock, so generally I don't know what I'm getting until he arrives."
It's been long days on his feet for Rob, who has to feed up to 80 people a day, including England and Lions players, umpires, scorers and other staff. "Bought 1200 plates when I first arrived. I've got 125 left."
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