While all the spotlight was on Mitchell Starc’s 100th Test match and 400th wicket in the format, Scott Boland stole the show towards the end of the third Test against West Indies at Kingston with a hattrick to round up the lower order and dismiss the hosts for 27, the second-lowest Test total ever.

Starc scripted history in the third Test against the West Indies in Jamaica as he claimed a five-wicket haul in just 15 balls, the quickest in Test history,

Boland has only worn the baggy green on 14 occasions but has claimed 62 scalps to his name. Starc believes his partner would definitely have played many more Test matches had he been from a different team.

The U.S. men’s national football team will take on two World Cup-qualified sides, Ecuador and Australia, in October as anticipation builds ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

The matches against two teams ranked in the Top 25 in the world will provide the USMNT a valuable opportunity to compete against fellow World Cup-bound teams, offering a potential preview of the opponents and styles they could face next summer.

Ecuador will make its fifth World Cup appearance, joining Argentina and Brazil as one of the three teams from South America already confirmed for the tournament. Australia secured its spot by finishing second in its group during the third round of Asian Football Confederation qualifiers, marking the country’s sixth consecutive World Cup appearance.

The USA will first host Ecuador October 10 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. has an even 5W-5L-5D record against Ecuador, with the series resuming for the first time since a 1-0 USA victory on March 21.

Senior India opener KL Rahul brought up his 10th Test hundred before Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy, despite not being in sync while running between the wickets, stitched an unbroken 62-run stand for the sixth wicket, as the tourists’ reached 316/5 in 91 overs against England at tea and trail England by 71 runs at Lord’s on Saturday.

Former fast bowler Steve Harmison believes England got a massive lifeline in the ongoing third Test at Lord’s due to the little bit of indecision in Rishabh Pant’s run-out happening at the stroke of lunch on day three’s play.

In the morning session, on the third ball of the 66th over, Pant defended to the off-side off Shoaib Bashir and England skipper Ben Stokes, stationed at cover point, picked the ball and threw it towards the non-striker's end – all in one motion. That direct hit did catch Pant short of his crease, leading to him being dismissed for 74.

The India A men’s hockey team continued to show good form and registered yet another important win on their tour of Europe, as they defeated France 3-2, in their third game of the tour, at the Hockey Club Oranje-Rood, in Eindhoven.

Aditya Arjun Lalge and Boby Singh Dhami scored the goals for the India A men’s hockey team.

Veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane said he still has a desire to play Tests for India, and added that he is still passionate about playing for the country in the longer format. In 85 Tests, Rahane has made 5077 runs at an average of 38.46, including hitting 12 centuries and 26 fifties.

“First of all, it's good to be here. I still want to play Test cricket, I am really passionate about playing Test cricket. At this moment, I'm enjoying my cricket. Just here for a few days, I carried my trainers, my training clothes, so that I can keep myself fit. Our domestic season is starting, so the preparation has just begun," said Rahane on Sky Sports’ broadcast during lunch break.

Struggling with a left index finger injury, Rishabh Pant battled his way to making 74 before Ben Stokes ran him out with a direct hit at the stroke of lunch on Day Three of the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord’s on Saturday. At lunch, India are at 248/4 in 65.3 overs and trail England by 139 runs.

Though KL Rahul remains unbeaten on 98, the session could have been better if the 141-run stand between him and Pant wasn’t brought to an end in a moment of hesitation for India, which in turn gave Stokes and England something to cheer after being made to toil hard on a slow pitch.

Premier New Zealand batter Kane Williamson lauded talismanic India batter Virat Kohli by calling him the greatest all-format player cricket has witnessed in the last 15 years. He also praised Kohli for overcoming challenges like the intense scrutiny on his performances by a cricket-mad nation like India.

Kohli and Williamson, along with fellow batters - Australia’s Steve Smith and England’s Joe Root, formed the ‘Fab Four’ of cricket’s modern era batting. The quartet dominated the sport with their exhilarating knocks across all formats for over a decade. While Kohli has stepped away from Test and T20Is, Smith has retired from ODIs.

Tearaway fast bowler Mayank Yadav is likely to begin his long rehab in the coming weeks at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru following a successful surgery to solve his back issues in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Schouten had previously operated on India fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna to solve their back-related issues in 2023, apart from leading similar surgeries for Australian pacers Jason Behrendorff and James Pattinson.

Last year, Schouten, along with surgeon Grahame Inglis, had operated on Australia all-rounder Cameron Green, after he suffered a stress fracture in the lower back. Injuries have troubled New Delhi-based Mayank since clocking 150 kmph speeds and picking Player of the Match awards in his first two IPL 2024 games for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

Karun Nair and KL Rahul weathered the challenge brought by England’s skillful bowlers with oodles of patience and solidity to take India to 44/1 in 14 overs and trail England by 343 runs at tea on day two of third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Lord's on Friday.

Previously, Jasprit Bumrah picked 5-74 in 23 overs to lead the way for India to bowl out England for 387 in 112.3 overs. Bumrah, playing just his second Test match at Lord’s, picked his 13th five-wicket haul at the iconic venue and has now gone past the legendary Kapil Dev to hold the record for most five-fors picked by an Indian bowler in overseas conditions.