India has managed to push every Test till the last day thanks to his massive contributions
The 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy will be remembered for a number of things. In years to come, people who had followed all five matches, will think about all the matches going into the final day all the way to the final session, the verbal battles that spiced things up and both captains – Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill – leading their teams with example.
The runs flowed, but there were clear ebbs and flows in every match. No team dominated fully even though the current lead of 2-1 in favour of England suggests. But the series will also be remembered as the one which finally got Mohammed Siraj the recognition he deserved.
SDS
169/6
EDR
100/3
NDS
–
CDK
–
ODW
–
NDT
–
SLG
153/4
PIR
98/7
Sloggers beat Pirates by 55 runs
GCC
71/4
RUCC
120/3
Rugby CC beat Gaming CC by 49 runs
SLG
102/0
GCC
100/5
Sloggers beat Gaming CC by 10 wickets
RUCC
112/2
PIR
87/6
Rugby CC beat Pirates by 25 runs
SLG
122/4
RUCC
123/1
Rugby CC beat Sloggers by 9 wickets
GCC
75/9
PIR
71/2
SLG
–
PIR
–
GCC
–
RUCC
–
SLG
–
GCC
–
SLG
–
RUCC
–
GCC
–
PIR
–
RUCC
–
PIR
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
NVR
–
GTC
–
MATCH ABANDONED
91YC
60/3
GUG
59/3
91 Yards Club beat Guwahati Giants by 1 runs
NAJC
–
CCC
–
BCC
–
NVR
–
EST-W
94/6
GIB-W
68/10
Estonia Women beat Gibraltar Women by 26 runs
EST-W
94/8
GIB-W
95/3
Gibraltar Women won by 7 wickets
EST-W
–
GIB-W
–
KRMPS
1/0
FEK
–
TCC
–
CEC-A
–
PHG
72/10
SEL
188/2
Selangor beat Pahang by 116 runs
JOR
255/7
KELN
79/10
Johor beat Kelantan by 176 runs
PUT
66/10
PRK
215/6
Perak beat Putrajaya by 149 runs
KLPR
266/7
SRAK
229/6
Kuala Lumpur beat Sarawak by 37 runs
MEL
–
PHG
–
SEL
–
KELN
–
PENG
–
PUT
–
PRK
–
SRAK
–
RAY
141/1
MAG
136/7
Rays beat Magic by 9 wickets
CHG
179/6
WOL
164/7
Chargers beat Wolves by 15 runs
MAR
–
ROC
–
NPB
211/5
PMW
140/10
NPL Bears beat Pupkewitz Motors Wildcats by 71 runs
PAJ
146/9
EAE
147/4
Eavion Eagles won by 6 wickets
PAJ
–
PMW
–
NPB
–
EAE
–
WI
–
PAK
–
WI
–
PAK
–
ESN
90/10
SWT
162/8
Switzerland beat Estonia by 72 runs
ESN
–
SWT
–
ESN
–
SWT
–
WIU19-W
–
USAU19-W
–
PNC
195/5
SAC
37/0
After toiling for 6-7 years as an all-format regular, the Hyderabad pacer didn’t sacrifice his pace or intensity and was the only constant in overseas Test tours. Siraj’s numbers such as his average and economy fail to convey his necessity for the team.
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He doesn’t have the express pace or the mercurial swing and seam like the other stars, but the 30-year-old has done the most essential part for his team, tirelessly running in over after over, session after session with the ball.
When he couldn’t get the ball to talk, he kept rankling the opponents, setting them up for his team mates or bowling at full title when pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah sat out. Former England captain Michael Atherton was effusive in his praise for Siraj, describing him as that ‘one team mate who grew taller when the going got tough.’
“He’s the type of cricketer that makes other people rise up as well. We had one back in my time – Darren Gough – who made people just play better because the way they carried on in the field and in the dressing room,” Atherton said on Sky Sports.
“When the going gets tough, there are some characters that just grow a bit taller and everybody’s gonna look at him,” he added.
Gough, who was an express speedster, played 58 Tests for England between 1994 and 2003 claiming 229 wickets at an average of 28 including nine five-wicket hauls. The exertions of bowling rockets led to Gough’s multiple injuries and calling time on his career at just 33 and unfortunately miss out on being part of the famous 2005 Ashes victory.
Siraj, meanwhile, has managed to keep himself fit to bowl endless spells in his career of 40 Tests and is leading the wicket-takers’ list with 18 scalps from nine innings against England.
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