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Ashleigh Gardner is one of Australia's leading all-rounders and captain of Gujarat Giants in the WPL. This updated ZAP profile covers her international career, 2025 World Cup centuries, current 2026 batting stats and WPL leadership.

Steve Smith evolved from a young leg-spinner into one of modern cricket's great Test batters. This updated ZAP profile covers his career, captaincy, 2018 ball-tampering ban and October 2026 totals of 10,920 Test runs, 37 Test centuries and 219 Test catches.

India beat South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final at Kensington Oval. Relive Virat Kohli's 76, Axar Patel's counterattack, Jasprit Bumrah's spell, Suryakumar Yadav's boundary catch and the title that India later defended in 2026.

The 2027 Men's Cricket World Cup schedule is now confirmed, beginning 2 October across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia and ending with the Johannesburg final on 21 November. See key 2027 fixtures plus ICC hosts through 2031.

Babar Azam is one of Pakistan's leading modern batters and returned as Test captain in 2026. This updated ZAP Cricket profile covers his rise, technique, cover drive, international records, captaincy history and comparisons with Virat Kohli.

Net Run Rate (NRR) in Cricket:

NRR acts as a tiebreaker for teams with the same points in a league, determining their standing. It shows how many runs a team scores compared to how many runs they let the other team score. NRR is calculated by subtracting the opponent's Run Rate from the team's Run Rate. Tournament NRR is calculated using the formula: (Total runs scored / Total overs faced) - (Total runs conceded / Total overs bowled).

How to Calculate Net Run Rate:

1. Calculate Run Rate (RR) for each team in a match.

   • RR = Total runs scored / Total overs faced

2. Calculate Match NRR for each team.

   • Match NRR = Team’s Run Rate − Opponent’s Run Rate

3. Calculate Tournament NRR for each team.

   • Tournament NRR = (Total runs scored / Total overs faced) - (Total runs conceded / Total overs bowled)

Example:

For RCB: Total runs scored in all matches = 1500 runs Total overs faced in all matches = 250 overs Total runs conceded in all matches = 1400 runs Total overs bowled in all matches = 245 overs Tournament NRR = (1500 / 250) – (1400 / 245) So, RCB’s tournament NRR = 6.00 − 5.71 = 0.29

Who are cricket's greatest fielders? ZAP Cricket ranks Jonty Rhodes, Paul Collingwood, Kieron Pollard, Steve Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting and others using catching, throwing, agility and match impact.

Joe Root now leads men's Test cricket catches by a non-wicketkeeper, while Mahela Jayawardene still owns the ODI and combined international benchmarks. This updated ZAP guide refreshes Test, ODI, T20I and all-format catching records through 2026.

Who are cricket's greatest finishers? ZAP Cricket ranks MS Dhoni, Michael Bevan, Lance Klusener, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, AB de Villiers and other closers using pressure batting, chases, death-overs scoring and match impact.