The former Australian captain Ricky Ponting rejected the offer of becoming the head coach of the England cricket team. He informed the director of cricket Rob Key about the same and his unavailability for refusing the offer. Rob Key is searching for new faces to fill the position of England's head coach.
According to reports, the former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is also unavailable for this position. Key approached him for the position too. According to Sportsmail, Ottis Gibson might be seen as England's head coach for the test team as Key decided to divide the roles and responsibilities for red-ball and white-ball cricket. Gibson has experience in coaching international teams as he was the coach of the West Indies team and South Africa team. He was also in charge of the fast bowlers of Bangladesh.
The 53-year-old also had a good connection with some of the senior players of the England cricket team while he was the first bowling coach of the team from 2015 to 2017. It was his second stint as he did the same job from 2007 to 2010.
Indian men's cricket team with seven ICC trophies are the second most successful team in men's cricket history. Australia with ten trophies lead the list of teams with the most ICC trophies.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) conducts different cricket events and tournaments throughout the year. ICC tournaments are the biggest platforms in the game of cricket, where the top teams contest against each other for championship podiums.
Contributing to the team on a big stage like this will always be remembered for a long time. The ODI World Cup is conducted once every four years, whereas the Men's T20 World Cup is played every two years. The ICC Champions Trophy is where only the top 8 teams compete in each finals tournament.
Last but not least, the World Test Championship is played over two years. This article thoroughly talks about the men's cricketing teams that have won ICC trophies at some point in time. Let's take a look at the teams with the most ICC Trophies.
Australia's sheer dominance over other cricketing teams is nothing new. For decades, Australia has been executing out-of-ordinary performances and winning trophies for the country. Out of all the cricketing countries, Australia has the most ICC trophies.
Till now the Aussies won 10 ICC trophies. Australia is the only team to win 6 ICC World Cups. The most successful team in the Cricket World Cup clinched the trophy in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023. Interestingly Australia made a record of being the only team to win the trophy in all the countries that hosted the World Cup.
Australia won the ICC Champions Trophy twice in 2006 and 2009 against West Indies and New Zealand respectively. Lastly, Australia lifted their first-ever ICC T20 World Cup trophy after defeating New Zealand in the 2021 T20 World Cup. They claimed the ICC World Test Championship after defeating India at the Oval by a huge margin of 209 runs.
India sits in the second position on this prestigious list of most ICC Trophies by any team. India won their first-ever ICC World Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Later again 28 years, the men in blue won the World Cup for the second time under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2011.
The Indian men's cricket team also reached the semifinals four times in 1987, 1996, 2015, and 2019. Meantime, they lost in two finals in 2003 and 2023.
The men in blue won the Champions Trophy thrice. First, in 2002, both the finalists India and Sri Lanka were declared the co-champions of the 2002 Champions Trophy. In the 2013 edition, India defeated England by 5 runs and won the Champions Trophy for the second time in Birmingham. Their latest triumph came via Champions Trophy 2025, as they defeated New Zealand by four wickets in Dubai in the final.
Lastly, India won the inaugural edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007 after defeating Pakistan in Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs to lift the trophy for the second time.
Next on this list is West Indies with a total of 5 ICC trophies. The first-ever ICC World Cup final was won by West Indies in 1975. West Indies once again continued their reign in the next edition of the World Cup as well, in 1979. The Caribbean team also won the Champions Trophy in 2004. Lastly, West Indies became the winner of the ICC T20 World Cup twice; once against Sri Lanka in 2012 and the other time against England in 2016.
England | 3
England team after winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. Image- ICC
Till 2010, the England team has not had any ICC Tournament. But, it was in 2010, when they won their first ICC T20 World Cup against arch-rival Australia. Craig Kieswetter guided them home in the final for their first-ever ICC Trophy. Post that, they have been a phenomenal white-ball team and won two ICC World Cups since then.
In 2019, they won their first ICC Men's ODI World Cup as Ben Stokes made all the difference in the final against England in a match where boundary count helped England to win the World Cup.
England's latest ICC Trophy triumph came under Jos Buttler as they became the first-ever team in Cricket history to hold the ODI and T20 World Cup at the same time. Jos Buttler and company won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 as Sam Curran won the player of the tournament after taking 13 wickets with the ball. Curran also was the player of the match in the final as well.
Pakistan | 3
Pakistan sits in the fourth position on the list of most ICC Trophy wins by any team with 3 ICC trophies. The first-ever ICC trophy won by Pakistan was during the 1992 cricket World Cup. Pakistan defeated England in the final and won by 22 runs.
The next ICC trophy won by Pakistan was in the 2009 T20 World Cup where they beat Sri Lanka in the final and won the title by 8 wickets. The most recent and last ICC win of Pakistan is the 2017 Champions Trophy where they defeated India by 180 runs.
With 3 ICC trophies, Sri Lanka sits in 5th position on this list. Sri Lanka won their first-ever ICC World Cup in 1996 where they played against Australia in the final hosted in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. They went ahead to win their next ICC trophy in the 2002 Champions Trophy. The winner of the tournament is actually both India and Sri Lanka as both the finalist teams were declared as co-champions.
The last time Sri Lanka won an ICC Trophy was when they defeated India in the 2014 T20 World Cup hosted in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Dhaka.
The New Zealand cricket team has won a total of 2 ICC trophies since they started competing in tournaments conducted by ICC. The Kiwis won their first-ever ICC Trophy in the 2000 Champions Trophy. Nairobi hosted the final of New Zealand vs India where New Zealand won the match by 4 wickets.
The next ICC Trophy won by the Kiwis was the ICC World Test Championship. Once again, New Zealand played against India in the final of an ICC event and clinched the trophy in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship final.
With a team of talented and world-renowned cricketers, South Africa won only one ICC trophy throughout its entire history. In the 1998 ICC Champions Trophy hosted in Bangladesh, South Africa beat West Indies in the final and won the title. Jacques Kallis was exceptional and contributed the most to the team reaching and winning the final and was awarded the player of the tournament. He hit a century and picked up a five-wicket haul as well.
Note: The stats include shared trophies. The article was first written by Shreya Ghosh and then got edited by Abishek Goswami.
Fastest to score 11000 ODI runs: Rohit goes past Sachin Tendulkar, but this player is still at the top
Indian ODI captain Rohit Sharma went past Sachin Tendulkar to become the second fastest to score 11000 ODI runs during India vs Bangladesh match in ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Indian ODI captain Rohit Sharma went past Sachin Tendulkar to become the second fastest to score 11000 ODI runs during India vs Bangladesh match in ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit, who has taken 261 innings to reach the landmark, went past Sachin Tendulkar who had taken 276 innings to reach the 11000 ODI runs.
Rohit now has become only the 10th batter in history of one-day cricket to cross 11000 runs. Among the Indians, only Sourav Ganguly,Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs than him in the format.
Rohit added a 69-run opening partnership alongside Shubman Gill against Bangladesh. Image | BCCI
Before the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Rohit was sitting at 10988 runs in the ODI format and needed only 12 runs to reach that landmark. However, Rohit could not go past the record of his fellow Indian teammate Virat Kohli who had taken only 222 innings to score 11000 runs in the Onde-Day format.
Rohit scored 41 runs off 36 balls as tried to go for a big shot against Taskin Ahmed in the final over of the powerplay. India were chasing 229 against Bangladesh in the first match of the tournament.
Another Indian in the top five list of fastest to score 11000 ODI runs is former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who had taken 288 innings to score those runs.
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Jasprit Bumrah is named the ICC Men's Cricketer of the year 2024. The pacer also won the ICC men's Test Cricketer Of The Year award as well after being the standout performer for India during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Jasprit Bumrah is named the ICC Men's Cricketer of the year 2024. He also became the first Indian pacer to win the award.
Bumrah became the 5th Indian to win the award after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018).
The pacer also won the ICC men's Test Cricketer Of The Year award as well after being the standout performer for India during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, where he picked up 32 wickets.
The Indian pacer started the year with a terrific performance against England at home before he switched his attention to the T20 World Cup.
Bumrah ended the tournament with 15 wickets and an average of 8.26 as India defeated South Africa in the final to lift the trophy.
He was adjudged as the Player Of the Tournament for his performance.
Bumrah's performance in Tests made him really stand out from the rest of the nominees. The pacer picked up 71 wickets in 13 matches, the highest by any bowler in 2024.
Who was the first player to achieve the award?
In the year 2004, ICC introduced the award and Rahul Dravid became the first cricketer to win the ICC Men's Cricketer Of The Year.
When it comes to runs in any tournament, batters never disappoint and make the game blaze. With tournament is about to commence from February in Pakistan and UAE, let's take a look at the batters with most runs in Champions Trophy history.
When it comes to runs in any tournament, batters never disappoint and make the game blaze.
So, before the start of tournament, let's take a look at the batters with most runs in Champions Trophy history.
Most Runs in Champions Trophy | Top 5 List
1# Chris Gayle | 791 Runs
West Indies' legendary batsman Chris Gayle has the most runs in Champions Trophy history. He was one of the most blistering batters in all forms of the game.
Gayle has scored a total of 791 runs in 17 matches at an excellent average of 52.73, in which his highest score has been 133 not out.
In this ICC tournament, he has scored 3 centuries and 1 half-century.
2# Mahela Jayawardene | 742 Runs
Sri Lankan cricket icon Mahela Jayawardene was known for his excellent batting technique and classic style.
Jayawardene was one of the prominent players in the Sri Lankan cricket history. He has the second highest number of runs in the Champions Trophy.
In 22 matches, he has scored 742 runs at an average of 41.22 and with the help of 5 half-centuries, in which his highest score was 84 not out.
3# Shikhar Dhawan | 701 Runs
Former Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, known as 'Gabbar' across the world, is famous for his extraordinary batting technique and aggressive batting style.
He was also known as “Mr. ICC”, thanks to his astonishing stats in ICC tournaments.
Dhawan is the top Indian and third batsman in the world to score the most runs in Champions Trophy.
During the Champion Trophy, he scored a total of 701 runs in 10 matches at an excellent average of 77.88. His highest score in the tournament was 125 runs with three centuries and half-centuries.
Dhawan was also chosen Player of the Tournament in India's title win in 2013.
4# Kumar Sangakkara | 683 Runs
Another Sri Lankan legend, Kumar Sangakkara, is famous for his extraordinary batting skills. He is the fourth highest run scorer in the Champions Trophy.
In this tournament, Sangakkara scored a total of 683 runs while playing 22 matches, during which his highest score was 134 not out.
He also has 4 half-centuries and a century in his name in the tournament.
5# Sourav Ganguly | 665 Runs
India's legendary former captain Sourav Ganguly is the second Indian in the list of world's top-5 batsmen who have scored most runs in Champions Trophy.
Fondly known as “Dada”, Ganguly was one of the elite players of off-side, that’s why he was known as “God Of Off-side”.
Ganguly played a crucial part in India’s resurgence in the limited-overs format.
During the Champions Trophy, he scored 665 runs in 13 matches, with his highest individual score in the tournament being 141 not out.
He also smashed three centuries and half-centuries in this tournament.
In Test cricket, the game is seen changing from session to session. So, the captain's role is very important. He has to make the right decisions while bowling or batting. In this article, we will discuss most Test wins as a captain, under whose leadership the teams have been most successful.
Test format is considered to be the toughest among all the three formats of cricket. The biggest reason for this is that any player's technique and patience are truly tested in this format. Whichever team has the better balance of bowling and batting, it becomes easier for them to win. But the role of the captain is also very important.
In Test cricket, the game is seen changing from session to session. So, the captain's role is very important. He has to make the right decisions while bowling or batting. In this article, we will discuss most Test wins as a captain, under whose leadership the teams have been most successful.
Most Test wins as a captain
1# Graeme Smith | 53
From 2003 to 2014, South Africa's dominance was seen in the Test format. The biggest reason for this was the captaincy of Graeme Smith, who was also considered an excellent left-handed batsman.
Under the captaincy of Smith, South Africa played 109 test matches, out of which they won 53, suffered 29 losses, and had 27 drawn ones. The team's winning percentage was 48.62. It also won Test series in Australia, New Zealand, England and West Indies.
2# Ricky Ponting | 48
The performance of the Australian team in the Test format has been quite excellent so far. The biggest reason for this has been the presence of one excellent player in the team. After the retirement of Steve Waugh in 2004, the responsibility of captaining the Australian team was handed over to Ricky Ponting. He led the team from 2004 to 2010.
Under the captaincy of Ponting, the Australian team started being counted among the most dangerous teams in world cricket. Under the leadership of Ponting, the Kangaroo team played 77 test matches, out of which they won 48.
3# Steve Waugh | 41
After the retirement of Mark Taylor in February 1999, Steve Waugh was appointed the captain of the Australian team.
Under the leadership of Waugh, the team played its first Test series on the West Indies tour. This test series ended in a tie at 2-2. The team had also made a record of winning 16 consecutive Test series, which was stopped by India. Waugh led Australia in 57 Test matches and won 41 of them. He had only 9 losses as skipper with 7 drawn games.
4# Virat Kohli | 40
The Indian team performed brilliantly in the Test format under the captaincy of Virat Kohli from 2014 to 2022. With the most Test wins as an Indian captain, Kohli's legacy is truly unmatched.
During the tour of Sri Lanka in 2015, Team India won the 3-match Test series by 2-1. After this, in the year 2018-19, India became the first team in Asia to win the Test series in Australia. Under the captaincy of Kohli, Team India had won 40 out of total 68 test matches. He had 17 losses as skipper with 11 drawn matches. During this period, the team's winning percentage was 58.82.
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