Cricket

When snow hit large swathes of southern England on March 8 this year, a flurry of quips followed: it must almost be time for the county cricket season to begin. Those dry-witted weather predictions came true one year ago, on March 31, as photographer Matthew Lewis lined up to snap Nottinghamshire’s players and coaching staff

India’s team management has given the IPL franchises “some borderline indications” about workload management for players, according to Rohit Sharma, but he expressed doubts about whether they would be followed by the teams. IPL 2023 kicks off March 31, less than ten days after the ODI series against Australia, which India lost 1-2 in Chennai

Kyle Coetzer, the former Scotland captain who led his side to famous victories over No. 1-ranked England in 2018 and into the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 38. Coetzer, who was born and raised in Aberdeen, had stepped down from

Mark Alleyne, the former Gloucestershire and England allrounder, has been named as Glamorgan’s new white-ball coach. Alleyne, 54, takes over T20 duties from Matthew Maynard, who has retained the red-ball role following Glamorgan’s strong showing in last year’s County Championship, while he will also oversee their 50-over fortunes, with David Harrison departing after guiding the

Delhi Capitals 142 for 5 (Lanning 39, Kapp 34*, Capsey 34) beat UP Warriorz 138 for 6 (McGrath 58*, Capsey 3-26) by five wickets Alice Capsey couldn’t believe it. She had her hands on her face in disbelief as she ran towards Meg Lanning at cover. She had managed to lure Sophie Ecclestone – who

The 2023 ODI World Cup is likely to start on October 5 and end on November 19. ESPNcricinfo has also learned that BCCI, the host for the 10-team marquee event, has shortlisted at least a dozen venues, with the final scheduled to be at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad aside, the shortlist

Nathan Ellis wasn’t originally in Australia’s ODI squad for the India tour. An injury to Jhye Richardson opened up a spot for him, and now he is relishing every moment of being with the Australia side on tour. Like pinning Virat Kohli lbw in a ten-wicket victory in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam. Like smashing

Delhi Capitals 110 for 1 (Capsey 38*, Shafali 33) beat Mumbai Indians 109 for 8 (Vastrakar 26, Kapp 2-13, Pandey 2-21, Jonassen 2-25) by nine wickets There’s passion in everything Marizanne Kapp does on the cricket field. When she bats, you simply cannot breathe easy until the moment she is out. And when she bowls,

Mushfiqur Rahim‘s 60-ball century against Ireland was a shining example of the aggressive intent Bangladesh have been trying to adopt, especially through the middle and late overs of ODI cricket. At the end of the match, which got washed out, Litton Das, who scored 70 off 71 himself, said they have been trying to get

All of Bosch, Tucker and de Klerk were in the squad for the recent T20 World Cup and have been around South African squads in the recent past. The only player not on the contract list from the T20 World Cup squad is Annerie Dercksen, with Tumi Sekhukhune, who missed the tournament, keeping her spot.

Jamieson, the New Zealand seamer, was signed for INR 1 crore at December’s mini-auction but suffered a recurrence of a lower-back stress fracture shortly before last month’s Test series against England. He is expected to miss several months of cricket, including the upcoming IPL. Magala, 32, was unsold at the auction and has never previously

Ryan Cook, the Netherlands head coach, will miss his team’s next two international series after his appointment as fielding coach at Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. Cook, who oversaw Netherlands’ successful T20 World Cup campaign in Australia in October-November 2022, has been replaced by Ryan van Niekerk on an interim basis for their tours to

Sri Lanka 164 (Karunaratne 89, Chandimal 37, Henry 3-44, Michael Bracewell 3-50) and 113 for 2 (Karunaratne 51, Mendis 50, Southee 1-9) trail New Zealand 580 for 4 dec by 303 runs New Zealand’s bowlers propelled their side to the brink of a 2-0 series whitewash over Sri Lanka, picking up ten wickets on the

Lahore Qalandars 200 for 6 (Shafique 65, Shaheen 44*, Mir 3-24) beat Multan Sultans 199 for 8 (Rossouw 52, Shaheen 4-51, Rashid 2-26) by one run The PSL ends as it begun. A clinical Lahore Qalandars produced a stone-cold death-bowling performance to pip Multan Sultans by one run, just as they did to kick off

Royal Challengers Bangalore 189 for 2 (Devine 99, Mandhana 37) beat Gujarat Giants 188 for 4 (Wolvaardt 68, Gardner 41, Patil 2-17) by eight wickets When Sophie Devine was growing up, she was a great drag flicker who netted penalty corners for fun in Wellington. The thrust she would impart on the ball, while picking

Toss Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl vs Bangladesh Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie decided to bowl first against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Sylhet, the ground in the east of the country which is hosting an ODI after three years. The home side are without Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who got injured after

Lahore Qalandars 176 for 6 (Baig 54, Billings 28, Omarzai 2-31) beat Peshawar Zalmi 171 for 5 (Haris 85, Babar 42, Zaman 2-20) by four wickets In the first four years of the PSL, the Lahore Qalandars squad would have been on holiday, or back home in front of the telly by this stage of

Clare Connor has been appointed as deputy chief executive officer at the ECB, while taking on the new position of England women’s managing director that more closely mirrors Rob Key’s role with the men’s team. Connor, who captained England from 2000 to 2005, spent 15 years as the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket and