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Meet the 6 feet 5 inches, 125 kg rugby player involved in Ben Stokes night club clash

Meet the 6 feet 5 inches, 125 kg rugby player involved in Ben Stokes night club clash

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2 min readJun 9, 2026 05:15 PM IST The Saracens rugby player who was involved in a late-night incident with England captain Ben Stokes and pacer Gus Atkinson is believed to a 21-year-old Samoan Totoa Auvaa. Auvaa, who is 6ft 5in and weighs 125kg hasn’t played for Saracens’s first team yet, but according to reports emerging from UK, was part of a party. According to The Times, Auvaa, who part of the academy, is understood to have thrown a punch in the early hours of Monday morning intended for Atkinson, but it ended up hitting a member of ECB’s security staff. According to the report, Stokes and Atkinson were in the VIP section of the nightclub, hours after England won the first Test against New Zealand at the Lord’s. Around the same time, Saracens players were celebrating their end of the season at the nightclub. According to the Times, Saracens players and a group of England cricketers were together in the White Horse pub in Fulham and then visited at least two other pubs in …

Ben Duckett pulls out of Indian Premier League 2026, faces ban until 2029

Ben Duckett pulls out of Indian Premier League 2026, faces ban until 2029

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2 min readMar 24, 2026 07:11 PM IST England opening batter Ben Duckett has withdrawn from the upcoming 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season to focus on his international career. The left-hander, who had been acquired by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore at the 2025 auction, described the decision as “difficult” but said it was the right choice for his career. Duckett’s withdrawal means he will be ineligible to play in the tournament until 2029. The BCCI had announced ahead of IPL 2025 that any player who opts out after being bought at the auction without a legitimate reason would face a two-season ban. “It was a very difficult decision, and I want to apologise to everyone at Delhi that I won’t be coming. I felt it was going to be a great opportunity when I put myself in the auction, and for a franchise like Delhi to pick me up was amazing. I was buzzing. It’s the best competition in the world with the best players, and would have been an amazing experience.” …

Brendon McCullum set to remain England head coach after ECB Ashes review

Brendon McCullum set to remain England head coach after ECB Ashes review

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3 min readMar 22, 2026 10:51 AM IST Brendon McCullum is set to remain as England’s head coach following the Ashes review conducted by the England Cricket Board. According to a Sky Sports report, the ECB will confirm the development on Monday, with McCullum set to keep his post and expected to lead the Test team into the home Ashes in 2027. The New Zealander faced stern scrutiny over his position after a disastrous Ashes campaign in which England lost 4–1 to Australia. McCullum’s case was further undermined by reports of off-field incidents. Following the horrendous Ashes, the ECB launched a review process of the team. McCullum has expressed his desire to continue in his role, saying he “loves” his job and would want to carry on. After leading England to the semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2026 in India, he told Sky Sports: “I love the job. It’s a great job. It doesn’t come without its challenges, of course, but that is the nature of it. I feel we have achieved some really …

Jos Buttler opens up on England future after T20 World Cup flop

Jos Buttler opens up on England future after T20 World Cup flop

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3 min readMar 19, 2026 09:01 AM IST After a horrendous campaign with the bat at the T20 World Cup 2026, former England captain and one of England’s finest white-ball batters, Jos Buttler, remains hopeful that he still has some spark left in him and that his international career is not yet over. Buttler was out of form during the entire tournament in India and Sri Lanka, managing just 87 runs in eight innings, which includes five single-digit scores. The wicket-keeper batter has only a single half-century to show from his last four ICC events. However, a bona fide match-winner for England, Buttler, still has another 1.5 years left to run on his ECB central contract. He stated that he still hopes to be in the thick of things when England face India in five T20Is and three ODIs during their home summer. “I hope so. I don’t know. Obviously, I had a poor tournament, which is disappointing, but I’ve been playing some of the best cricket of my career in recent years, so hopefully, …

‘Score loads of runs’: Ollie Pope on roadmap given to make England Test squad comeback | Cricket News

‘Score loads of runs’: Ollie Pope on roadmap given to make England Test squad comeback | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 18, 2026 11:02 AM IST “Go back, score loads of runs”: This is what Ollie Pope said he was told by the England management after being dropped during the 2025/26 Ashes. Pope had been axed after scoring just 125 runs in 6 innings during yet another forgettable campaign Down Under for England. Jacob Bethell took over as number three in the team for the two tests instead of Pope. The 28-year-old acknowledged the decision correct, but he was upset to lose his position. “Getting dropped is tough. I didn’t want to get dropped of course, but it was the right decision at the time,” he is quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo. Since making his Test debut in 2018, Pope had scored 3732 runs in 64 matches at an average of 34.55 with nine centuries and 16 half-centuries. He said that he has a good equation with head coach Brendon McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key. “If I’m not in that XI, can I make sure I’m the best batter in the …

‘Catchers win matches, don’t they?’: Harry Brook rues dropped Sanju Samson chance after England’s T20 World Cup semi-final exit | Cricket News

‘Catchers win matches, don’t they?’: Harry Brook rues dropped Sanju Samson chance after England’s T20 World Cup semi-final exit | Cricket News

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England captain Harry Brook admitted that his dropped catch of Sanju Samson proved costly after England fell agonisingly short by seven runs in the T20 World Cup semi-final against India at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Brook put down Samson when he was on 15, a moment that came back to haunt England as the Indian wicketkeeper-batter went on to play a match-defining knock of 89. “Catchers win matches, don’t they?” Brook said after the defeat in the post-match press conference. “Unfortunately, it didn’t stay in my hands. It’s just one of those things. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch it. He played a very good innings as well and arguably won them the game.” The England skipper admitted the missed opportunity stayed on his mind as Samson continued to build his innings.ALSO READ | Sanju Samson, the batsman and the leader, comes to the fore on the big stage “Yeah, obviously it’s in the back of your mind. I kept on looking at the scoreboard, and he was piling the runs on,” Brook said. “I was like, …

India vs England semi-final: Three key battles where the match could be won or lost in Mumbai today | Cricket News

India vs England semi-final: Three key battles where the match could be won or lost in Mumbai today | Cricket News

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4 min readUpdated: Mar 5, 2026 06:14 PM IST India and England will go toe to toe in a third consecutive Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. While the teams entered the tournament last month with strikingly different forms and odds to scoop up a third world title, the margins separating India and England have trimmed over the course of the group stages and the subsequent Super 8s. It has largely been made possible due to England’s rapid surge to their best in the Super 8s in Sri Lanka, overcoming New Zealand, Pakistan and co-hosts Sri Lanka. That makes up for interesting sub-plots in the semi-final against Suryakumar Yadav’s India, who have been wavering across departments despite winning six of their seven contests thus far. FOLLOW: IND vs ENG T20 World Cup semi-final live The Samson-Archer duel The Powerplays could well set the marker for the outcome of the contest tonight on a pitch that sports live grass and could aid some early movement on and off the …

Not Bumrah vs Brook, R Ashwin picks most important match-up in India vs England T20 World Cup semi-final | Cricket News

Not Bumrah vs Brook, R Ashwin picks most important match-up in India vs England T20 World Cup semi-final | Cricket News

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2 min readMar 5, 2026 09:09 AM IST India and England are gearing up to meet at the semi-final hurdle of the T20 World Cup for the third consecutive time since 2022 in Mumbai on Sunday. With England peaking at the right time and India suffering a few batting wobbles along the way, the clash at the Wankhede Stadium will likely start on level terms with a few interesting sub-plots. England speedster Jofra Archer will hope to make Sanju Samson’s life harder at the top, as he did last year in a five-match series in India. Meanwhile, England captain Harry Brook will go up against the menacing Jasprit Bumrah too. However, former India all-rounder R Ashwin has picked another interesting middle-overs battler as the key mini-contest within the big match. Ashwin has called India captain Suryakumar Yadav’s spin test against England veteran Adil Rashid as the most important battle for India. “Surya will be a very crucial point against this England bowling. Adil Rashid is bowling very slowly. You will have to sweep him and …

‘Don’t believe we need a perfect game to win T20 World Cup’: Harry Brook speaks about England’s chances ahead of India semi-final | Cricket News

‘Don’t believe we need a perfect game to win T20 World Cup’: Harry Brook speaks about England’s chances ahead of India semi-final | Cricket News

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3 min readMumbaiMar 4, 2026 06:44 PM IST “I don’t believe that we need a perfect game to win the competition, to be honest.” In a tournament where margins have often been narrow and momentum has shifted quickly, Harry Brook’s view reflected how England saw their run to the T20 World Cup semi-final against India on Thursday. Their journey has not been built on dominance or flawless outings, but on finding ways through tight situations and holding their nerve when matches threatened to slip away. That sense of calm in decisive moments, Brook suggested, has mattered more than chasing the idea of a complete performance. “The games that we have won have been nowhere near perfect, and we’ve still managed to get the wins convincingly in some of them and then tighten the other games. But it’s just the unity that we’ve had to be able to get across the line, the belief that everybody’s shown throughout the games and the calmness that we’ve had when the bowlers have stood at the top of the …