Big picture: Change in the air for Pakistan For the longest time, they were inseparable at the top of the order for Pakistan in T20Is. Then, with questions about strike rates and maximising powerplay value cropping up, the team management tried putting some distance between them in the batting order. They found their way back … Read more
CA Green 282 (Ginger 62, Flintoff 4-27) & 214 for 4 dec (Mack 102*, Faltum 62) beat CA Gold 248 (de Broughe 84, Prestwidge 5-31) & 127 (Knott 59, Mills 5-28) by 121 runs Katie Mack upstaged the women’s Australia A squad with an unbeaten century in a three-day red-ball warm-up game in Canberra for … Read more
Cricket Scotland’s (CS) race row is threatening to erupt again after the board was accused of being elusive and cherry-picking best outcomes in dealing with the aftermath of investigations into allegations of racism and racist behaviour. Majid Haq, the former cricketer and central figure in the row, his lawyer, and Running Out Racism, an anti-racism … Read more
Who’s playing Mumbai Indians vs Delhi CapitalsBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai, March 15, 2025 What to expect: Two powerful line-ups Is it 2023 again? Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC), two consistently good teams with all-star line-ups, meet again in the WPL final. While DC have breezed into the final this season, MI are coming in … Read more
Pakistan vs Ireland and Scotland vs West Indies will kick off the qualifying competition in Lahore on April 9 ahead of the women’s ODI World Cup, which will be played in October this year in India. Bangladesh and Thailand, the other teams in the fray in the six-team event, will face off the following day. … Read more
Sri Lanka 102 for 3 (Athapaththu 64*, Kerr 2-18) beat New Zealand 101 (McLeod 44, Madara 3-14, Dilhari 2-18, Priyadharshani 2-25) by seven wickets Debutant Malki Madara’s three-for combined with two-fors from Kavisha Dilhari and Inoshi Priyadharshani set up a comfortable victory for Sri Lanka in the T20I series opener in Christchurch. Chamari Athapaththu’s unbeaten … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss the first few IPL 2025 matches for Mumbai Indians (MI) as he continues to recover from the back injury that has kept him out of action since January. It has been learnt that Bumrah is expected to join the squad by early April – MI have three games scheduled … Read more
Matthew Kuhnemann insists he’s put interrogation of his action firmly behind him as he targets a Test tour of the West Indies mid-year. Kuhnemann was temporarily suspended from bowling and had a 10-day wait for results after being put through testing by cricket’s governing body. The 28-year-old, who spoke to media on Friday for the … Read more
After a whirlwind period abroad, where he made his Test debut and opened in the Champions Trophy semi-final against India, allrounder Cooper Connolly is back in his home comforts of the WACA as Western Australia’s dreams of a historic fourth straight Sheffield Shield title go on the line against Victoria. Ahead of the last round … Read more
Gujarat Giants (GG) had so many bloopers on Thursday night that it was hard to keep count. These errors – while fielding and running between the wickets – combined cost them the WPL 2025 Eliminator against Mumbai Indians (MI), who were sharp in the field, by 47 runs. Their coach Michael Klinger summed it up … Read more
Of the IPL’s original eight franchises, DC are one of three – along with Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru – to have never won a title. They finished sixth last season, having won and lost seven games each. This year, Axar will work with a new team management at DC, comprising Hemang Badani (head … Read more
South Australia’s bid to host the Sheffield Shield final at Adelaide Oval has been blocked by the AFL with the decider to be played at Karen Rolton Oval as it was originally scheduled. Cricket Australia had originally expected the final to be played at Karen Rolton Oval, starting on March 26, given the drop-in pitches … Read more
Sam Curran’s credentials as a potential England white-ball captain have received a boost with his promotion to lead Surrey’s men in this year’s Vitality Blast. Curran, who has represented Surrey since U15s and first captained a Surrey side at U17s, was England’s player of the match and tournament when they won the T20 World Cup … Read more
With six key players retained and several familiar faces re-signed at the auction, KKR have kept the core of their title-winning squad, ready to take on the new season. The only major missing piece? Former mentor Gautam Gambhir and his coaching staff, who are now with the India national team. But in Dwayne Bravo, KKR … Read more
Yuzvendra Chahal will return to Northamptonshire this summer on a contract running from June until the end of the 2025 season. The Indian leg spinner will be available for the county’s County Championship and One-Day Cup campaigns. The deal is reminiscent to the one that brought the 34-year old to Wantage Road last summer. Chahal … Read more
Toss Gujarat Giants chose to bowl vs Mumbai Indians In the WPL knockouts for the first time, Gujarat Giants had to deal with a last-minute blow as their star allrounder Deandra Dottin was ruled out of the game with an injury five minutes before the toss. Giants won the toss, at least, and kept with … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has issued orders to review the decision to reduce match fees of players and reserves selected to play in the National T20 Cup. It is understood that the fees are expected to go back up to the previous edition’s sum of PKR 40,000 per match, and PKR 20,000 … Read more
Mark Wood has been ruled out for four months following an operation on his left knee, effectively ruling the fast bowler out of England’s Test series against India this summer, while keeping him in the hunt for the the Ashes this winter. The 35-year old underwent surgery on Wednesday morning in London after scans confirmed … Read more
Paige Scholfield, the first name out of the hat in Thursday’s Women’s Hundred draft, has been selected across formats for England A’s upcoming tour of Australia, as the women’s set-up looks to bounce back from a humiliating Ashes whitewash earlier this year. Scholfield, 29, was retained by her Hundred team, Oval Invincibles, on a £65,000 … Read more
Australia T20 captain Mitchell Marsh has been cleared to play in the IPL for his new team Lucknow Super Giants as a batter-only and is set to travel early next week despite missing the Champions Trophy with a back injury. Marsh, 33, was ruled out of the ODI tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions … Read more
Australia Test opener Usman Khawaja has opted not to play for Queensland in the upcoming Sheffield Shield match against South Australia where a win would guarantee a spot in the final, but he could be available for the decider if they get there. Khawaja was not named in Queensland’s 14-man squad after informing Queensland’s selectors … Read more
Veteran New South Wales coach Greg Shipperd has told Sam Konstas he must adopt a more consistent approach to his batting, while adamant the teenager is showing signs of striking the right balance. Shipperd on Thursday backed Konstas to return to Australia’s Test team for June’s World Championship final against South Africa, after being squeezed … Read more
Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill knew he was taking part in a cocaine deal but was oblivious about the large scale of the exchange that began under his restaurant. That is the verdict of a Sydney District Court jury that acquitted the legspinner on Thursday of taking part in a large commercial drug supply … Read more
James Anderson has gone unselected for the 2025’s men’s Hundred after the veteran quick was overlooked in Wednesday’s draft. The 42-year-old, who retired from international cricket at the start of the 2024 summer, had put himself forward in the draft after signing a one-year contract with Lancashire for the upcoming season. Anderson has not played … Read more
Georgia Voll has capped a remarkable week by securing a lucrative deal with Birmingham Phoenix in the Women’s Hundred draft. Young Australian opener Voll will make her debut in the tournament after Oval Invincibles, Welsh Fire and London Spirit were forced to use their right-to-match to thwart the Birmingham franchise’s bids for Paige Scholfield, Sophia … Read more
Ajinkya Rahane’s vast experience and “maturity” in handling an “intense” tournament such as the IPL made him the automatic choice to lead defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, according to franchise CEO Venky Mysore. Rahane was one of the contenders for the captaincy alongside Venkatesh Iyer, the India and Madhya Pradesh allrounder. Venkatesh was released after … Read more
Cricket Canada CEO Salman Khan, who was appointed in the job in January this year, has dismissed reports on his alleged arrest and release on bail on charges of theft and fraud as “completely false”. He, along with one other individual, had been charged earlier this month with theft and fraud by the Calgary Police … Read more
Who’s playing Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Gujarat Giants (GG)Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, 7.30pm IST What to expect: two wounded teams eyeing a final spot Even though both Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians come into the eliminator after losing their last league games, Mumbai look a little more wounded. They lost their first home game at Brabourne … Read more
Experienced allrounder Ritu Moni has made a comeback to the Bangladesh squad for the Women’s World Cup Qualifier to be held in Lahore next month. She last played an ODI against Ireland in December last year. Bangladesh have made four changes from the white-ball squad that featured against West Indies in January with Murshida Khatun … Read more
The uncontracted trio of James Neesham, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert are in New Zealand’s plans for the T20 World Cup 2026 after they had made themselves available for all of the Black Caps’ T20 series in the lead-up to the next ICC tournament, according to selection manager Sam Wells. The trio was also in … Read more