Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has completed his 100 wickets in the Ashes. Starc has ‘clawed’ in the first innings of the opening match of the ongoing Ashes 2025-26 series against England at the Perth Stadium.

With this, Starc also completed 100 wickets in the Ashes series. Starc has achieved this milestone in 43 innings of 23 matches. Mitchell Starc has overtaken former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose in terms of most wickets in Test history, who had taken 405 wickets in 98 matches of his Test career.

In this match being played in Perth, England won the toss and decided to bat first. The team was all out for 172 in 32.5 overs. The England team suffered a big blow in the form of Jack Crawley (0) on the sixth ball of the match. The team could not even open its account till that time.

After this, Ollie Pope tried to take control of the team by making a partnership of 33 runs for the second wicket with Ben Duckett, but Duckett was out on 21 runs.

This team had lost three wickets till the score of 39. From here, Ollie Pope along with Harry Brook scored 55 runs in 67 balls for the fourth wicket and took the team closer to the century. Ollie Pope faced 58 balls and scored 46 runs in this innings.

Jamie Smith added 45 runs in 30 balls for the sixth wicket with Brook. Brook contributed 52 runs in this innings, in which he hit one six and five fours. For Australia, Mitchell Starc took 7 wickets for 58 runs, while Brendan Doggett and Cameron Green took 1 wicket each.

The Ashes series is considered to be the most exciting series of Test cricket. Cricket lovers around the world wait for the series to be held once in two years between Australia and England. The next edition (2025-26) of this series, which is being played since 1882-83, is starting from 21 November in Perth. Before starting the series, let us take a look at Ashes 2005. After losing 8 consecutive Ashes, England stopped Australia’s victory chariot by registering victory on their own soil in 2005.

Sometimes England and sometimes Australia have been defeating each other in the Ashes. Often both countries prevail over the other on their own soil. The Ashes 1986–87 was played in Australia. England had won 2-1 in this series. This victory of England on Australian soil was bold and memorable. But after this series, Australia made it impossible for England to win the Ashes. Whether the series was in Australia or England, Australia remained the winner.

Australia defeated England in the Ashes series 8 consecutive times in 1989, 1990-91, 1993, 1994-95, 1997, 1998-99, 2001, 2002-03. England was looking for a captain and team that could win back the Ashes and restore its lost prestige. This opportunity came in the Ashes 2005.

In 2005, Australia under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting reached England for a 5-Test series. England, under the captaincy of Michael Vaughan, was desperate to get the Ashes title back on their soil. But in the first Test played at Lord’s, Australia won by 239 runs. After this defeat, once again England was in danger of losing the series.

In the second test, England made a strong comeback and leveled the series 1-1 by defeating Australia by 2 runs in a thrilling match played in Birmingham. The third match played in Manchester was a draw.

England took a 2-1 lead in the series by winning the fourth Test played in Nottingham by 3 wickets. The fifth Test played at The Oval was a draw and with this England won the series 2-1.

Andrew Flintoff emerged as a hero with ball and bat in the series for England. Flintoff scored 402 runs and took 24 wickets. For England, Kevin Pietersen scored 473 runs and opener Marcus Trescothick scored 431 runs. Andrew Strauss played a big role in the historic victory by scoring 393 runs and captain Miles Vaughan scored 326 runs. Australia’s Shane Warne and Andrew Flintoff, who took 40 wickets, were the players of the series.

Test cricket’s most exciting series, the Ashes, is starting in Perth from 21st November. The top players of both England and Australia will perform well and try their best to win the series for their team. England captain Ben Stokes can create a unique record in the upcoming Ashes.

The first Ashes series was played in 1882-83. After this, this prestigious series is organized every two years. The record of hitting most sixes in the history of Ashes is in the name of current England captain Ben Stokes. Ben Stokes has scored 1,562 runs in 45 innings of 24 Test matches between 2013 and 2023, scoring 4 centuries and 8 half-centuries. During this period, he has hit 39 sixes with his bat. No batsman from England or Australia has hit so many sixes in the history of the Ashes. If Stokes is able to hit 11 more sixes in the next series of 5 Test matches, then he will become the first batsman to hit 50 sixes in the history of Ashes.

In terms of hitting the most sixes in the Ashes, after Stokes is England’s Kevin Pietersen (24 sixes). Steve Smith (21 sixes) and Ian Botham (20 sixes) are at third and fourth place respectively.

The England team came to Australia for the last time in 2021-22. Australia won the 5 test match series 4-0. The last series was played in England in 2023. The series was drawn 2-2. England last won the Ashes in 2015. England won the series 3-2 at home. After 10 years, England will try to become champion once again on Australian soil. England last defeated Australia in the 2010–11 series in Australia.

In the year 1882, the Australian team went on a tour of England, where in the Test played at the Oval, England had to face defeat by a close margin of 7 runs. The very next day, the British newspaper ‘Sporting Times’ published a fake ‘condolence’ regarding English cricket, which read, “In affectionate memory of the English cricketer, who died at the Oval on the 29th August 1882. Deeply condoled by a large group of bereaved friends and acquaintances. May his soul rest in peace. Please note that the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.”

In fact, the British weekly newspaper had used the term ‘The Ashes’ on England’s defeat at the hands of Australia. With this ‘condolence message’ the word ‘Ashes’ was used for the first time in cricket history. This concept attracted the attention of sports lovers.

After a few weeks, the English team left for the Australian tour under the captaincy of Ivo Bly. The team’s objective was to avenge the previous defeat. Captain Bly resolved that he was going to Australia to take back the Ashes.

The England team played three tests on this tour. During this period, Bly and his team’s amateur players also took part in many social matches.

This series was to start from 30th December. The first match was to be played in Melbourne, before which, on Christmas Eve, at the Rupertswood estate outside Melbourne, Bly was given a small clay urn as a symbol of the Ashes he had traveled to Australia to retrieve. However, Bly considered it a personal gift. On this tour, England won the series 2-1.

It is believed that the women of Melbourne had burnt Bells and filled his ashes in this urn.

At this occasion Bly met Florence Murphy, a classmate of Lady Janet Clarke, owner of the Rupertswood estate and governess to the Clarke family. In 1884, Bly married Florence Murphy.

After some time, Bly returned to England taking this urn with him. This urn remained kept at Bly’s house for about 43 years. After Bly’s death, Florence handed over this urn to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), since then it has been kept in the MCC Museum at Lord’s.

When the Australian and English teams desired to compete for an actual trophy in the 1990s, the MCC, in consultation with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia (CA), commissioned the vase-shaped Waterford Crystal Trophy.

The trophy was first presented to Australian captain Mark Taylor when the Australian team won the Test series against England in 1998–99, and since then the Ashes trophy has been awarded to the winning captain at the end of each Test series between Australia and England.

Most Wins In Test+ODIs+T20Is By Team: The second match of the 5-match T20 series between India and Australia was played today on Friday, 31 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this match, Australia defeated Team India by 4 wickets. With this, Australia has achieved its 1160th win in international cricket and still retains the record of winning the most matches in international cricket. The Indian team is the second team to win the most matches in international cricket. India has won 923 international matches so far. Here we are going to tell you who are the top-5 countries that have won the most matches in international cricket?

Top-5 countries winning most matches in international cricket

1. Australia – 1160 wins

Australia is at first position in the list of top-5 countries that have won the most matches in international cricket. Australia has played 2111 international matches so far, in which it has won 1160 matches and is also the only team to win more than 1000 international matches.

2. India – 923 wins

India is at second place in the list of countries that have won the most matches in international cricket. Team India has won 923 matches in 1920 international matches. The Indian team has faced defeat in 704 matches.

3. England – 922 wins

England is at third place in the list of countries that have won the most matches in international cricket. England has played 2122 international matches so far, in which it has won 922 matches and lost 792 matches.

4. Pakistan – 832 wins

Pakistan is at fourth position in the list of countries that have won the most matches in international cricket. The Pakistani team won 832 matches in 1737 international matches and had to face defeat in 698 matches.

5. South Africa – 721 wins

South Africa is at fifth position in the list of countries that have won the most matches in international cricket. South Africa has played 1377 international matches so far, in which it has won 721 matches and lost 499 matches.

Sir James Anderson New Title: England’s legendary player James Anderson has been given the title of ‘Sir’. In the British royal family, Princess Anne gave the title of knighthood to James Anderson in a ceremony held at Windsor Castle. Anderson’s name was included for this honor by former Prime Minister of England Rishi Sunak in April 2024 itself. Anderson has played cricket for England for 21 years. He is the British player who has taken the most wickets in Tests. James Anderson has been given the title of Sir for this brilliant cricketing career.

Seeing @jimmy9 take a knee and expecting to see him reverse sweep…

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— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) October 28, 2025

Who got this honor first from Anderson?

Before James Anderson, 14 cricket players from England have been awarded this honour. James Anderson has become the 15th cricket player to receive the title of Sir. Before Anderson, Andrew Strauss had received this honor in 2019. England’s great cricketer Alastair Cook has also received the title of Sir. Anderson had announced his retirement from international cricket in 2024. He is now playing cricket for County Lancashire.

Cricketing career of James Anderson

James Anderson’s cricketing career has been quite brilliant. This player started his international career in December 2002 with the ODI series against Australia. Anderson said goodbye to this brilliant career at Lord’s in July 2024. Anderson has taken 704 wickets in 188 matches in Test cricket. He took 269 wickets in 194 matches in ODIs. Anderson played only 19 T20 matches in his career, in which he took 18 wickets. Anderson is the bowler taking the most wickets for England in Test cricket. The series played between India and England has also been named after James Anderson and Sachin Tendulkar.

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British police have made a special appeal to the people after the rape of a 20-year-old woman in Northern England. Police have said that if anyone sees the accused anywhere then they should inform him. The accused person is believed to be from England. The important thing is that the victim is of Indian origin. According to ‘West Midlands Police’, they received a report of a woman in distress on the road in the Park Hall area of ​​Walsall on Saturday evening (25 October). Releasing CCTV footage of the suspect, the police said that the crime is being treated as a racial attack.

According to PTI report, ‘Detective Superintendent’ (DS) Ronan Tyrer, who is investigating the case, said, “This was a very horrific attack on the young woman. We are making every possible effort to catch the culprit. Our team is collecting evidence and working to identify the accused, so that he can be taken into custody soon.

Police made special appeal to the people

Police appealed to the people that if anyone had seen any suspicious person in the area at that time or has any CCTV footage, then they should share the information. According to the police, the attacker is around 30 years old, is a white male, has short hair and was wearing black clothes at the time of the attack.

Local communities say that the victim is a woman of Indian origin. This incident has come to light at a time when a few weeks ago, an incident of a British Sikh woman being raped because of her ‘race’ was also reported in the nearby Oldbury area. DS Tyrer said that at present the two cases have not been linked.

The accused committed the crime by breaking the door

Chief Superintendent Phil Dolby of Walsall Police said there was a feeling of fear and anxiety in the community, so there would be an increased police presence in the area. ‘Sikh Federation UK’ said that the victim from Walsall is a Punjabi woman and the accused committed the crime by breaking the door of her house.

Biggest Win In Terms Of Runs In ODIs: ODI cricket started 54 years ago on 5 January 1971. From then till today many records have been made and broken in this format. The biggest win in terms of runs in ODI cricket is 342 runs. In this format, so far only 5 teams have been able to win by more than 300 runs. India has won by more than 300 runs twice in ODI cricket. Zimbabwe has also accomplished such a feat once, about which you must know. Here we will tell you about the 5 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of ODI cricket.

5 biggest wins in the history of ODI cricket

1. England – won by 342 runs

England has the biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. England had made a world record by winning against South Africa by 342 runs in Southampton on 7 September 2025.

2. India – won by 317 runs

India has the second biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. Team India won against Sri Lanka by 317 runs in Thiruvananthapuram on 15 January 2023.

3. Australia – won by 309 runs

Australia has the third biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. Australia won against Netherlands by 309 runs in Delhi on 25 October 2023.

4. Zimbabwe – won by 304 runs

Zimbabwe has the fourth biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. Zimbabwe won against United States of America by 304 runs in Harare on 26 June 2023.

5. India – won by 302 runs

India also has the fifth biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. India won against Sri Lanka at Wankhede by 302 runs on 2 November 2023.

Let us tell you that the history of ODI cricket is 54 years old. In this ODI format, so far only 5 countries have won a match by more than 300 runs and Team India is the only team to achieve such a feat twice. While big teams like South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan have failed to achieve such a feat, small teams like Zimbabwe have achieved such a feat.

England gave a blast to New Zealand on the day of Diwali. Especially England’s star opener Phil Salt and captain Harry Brook made a lot of noise. Salt played a brilliant inning of 85 runs in 56 balls. Whereas Brook played a brilliant inning of 78 runs in 35 balls. England won the second T20 by 65 runs. After playing first, England had scored 236 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kiwi team collapsed for 171 runs in 18 overs.

England made a big splash

England, who came to bat first after losing the toss, got the first blow on the total score of 24. Jos Buttler returned to the pavilion after scoring only four runs. At the other end, Phil Salt kept scoring runs rapidly. England lost the second wicket on the last ball of the powerplay on a total score of 68. Jacob Bethel was out after scoring 24 runs in 12 balls. He hit two fours and two sixes.

After this, Salt and Harry Brook set off a lot of fireworks. Both of them hit fours and sixes. Brook scored 78 runs in just 35 balls. 6 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. Salt played a brilliant inning of 85 runs in 56 balls. He hit 11 fours and one six.

In the end Tom Banton also played the band of Kiwi bowlers. Banton scored unbeaten 29 runs in just 12 balls. He hit 4 fours and one six. Along with this, Sam Curran returned unbeaten on eight runs with the help of a six in three balls.

New Zealand team proved to be a fuskie bomb

In response to England’s 236 runs, New Zealand’s team proved to be a fuskie bomb. The Kiwi team was bundled out for 171 runs in 18 overs and the English team won the match by 65 runs. Tim Seifert scored 39 runs in 29 balls for New Zealand. Mark Chapman scored 28 runs in 24 balls and captain Mitchell Santner scored 36 runs in 15 balls. Whereas Tim Robinson 07, Rachin Ravindra 08, Daryl Mitchell 09 and James Neesham were out after scoring 09 runs.

In the Women’s World Cup, Pakistan missed the opportunity to defeat England due to rain in the match played between Pakistan and England at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana looked disappointed by this.

After the match, Fatima said, “This was the day when we could have beaten them. This pitch was good for the fast bowlers. I have seen many performances on this pitch, so I knew it would be helpful for the fast bowlers. I just tried to bowl in the right places and hit the stumps. But I would have been happier if we had won the match.”

Fatima praised her top order and said that Muniba and Omaima batted well. In the last two matches, we did well with the ball. We just need to improve our batting. Hopefully we will do that.

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt said, “Their team lost in the early stages. Pakistan bowled brilliantly. Fatima and Diana bowled brilliantly and made it difficult for us to stay in the match. There was a break due to rain. I thought Charlie and M batted well in the last six overs which allowed us to reach that score. We did not play well. We have to adjust quickly to the new grounds and conditions.”

Due to rain, the match was reduced to 31 overs instead of 50. England had scored 133 runs for 9 wickets in 31 overs. Pakistan was given a target of 113 under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Pakistan had scored 34 runs in 6.4 overs without any loss, when the rain started again. After waiting for a long time, the umpires canceled the match, distributing 1-1 points between both the teams.

Pakistan had a chance to register its first win in the World Cup. The team has lost its three previous matches. After the cancellation of this match, Pakistan’s chances of reaching the semi-finals have become very less.