Cricket

New South Wales stalwart and Australia three-Test seamer Trent Copeland has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. Copeland has been a mainstay of Sheffield Shield cricket over the past 14 years having taken 410 first-class wickets at 25.65 including 21 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls. Copeland, who turns 37 on March 14, said it

Sam Curran has hailed the competition for places among England’s white-ball seam attack as Jos Buttler’s squad builds towards the defence of their 50-over World Cup title in India later this year. Curran took 4 for 29 in the second ODI against Bangladesh on Friday, including a devastating burst of 3 for 19 in five

Laura Wolvaardt, Lea Tahuhu, Danni Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu are among the 10 overseas cricketers named to feature in three women’s exhibition games during ongoing PSL. They will help form two playing XIs, namely Amazons and Super Women, to compete next week in Rawalpindi. Bismah Maroof, who recently quit the national captaincy, will lead Amazons

Islamabad United 204 for 4 (Azam 72*, Faheem 41, Amir 1-40, Shamsi 1-40) beat Karachi Kings 201 for 5 (Imad 92*, Irfan 30, Curran 2-43) by six wickets A remarkable counter-attacking knock from Azam Khan ambushed Karachi Kings, snatching a win away from them in a game they had been dominating from the start. Islamabad

Historic tweets from Michael Vaughan took centre stage on the third day of the ECB’s racism hearings, as the former England captain denied having made the statement that forms the core of the ECB’s charge of bringing the game into disrepute. As he has done publicly before, Vaughan emphatically denied ever having said, “There’s too

The ICC rates a pitch as poor if any of the following criteria apply The pitch offers excessive seam movement at any stage of the match The pitch displays excessive unevenness of bounce for any bowler at any stage of the match The pitch offers excessive assistance to spin bowlers, especially early in the match

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh’s captain, won the toss and chose to bowl first, in a bid for the victory that could extend their proud unbeaten run on home soil, in the second ODI against England at Mirpur. No visiting 50-over side has won a series

Adil Rashid has denied being pressurised into supporting Azeem Rafiq’s claims that their former team-mate, the ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, made racist remarks to a group of Asian players ahead of a Yorkshire T20 match in 2009. Rashid, who is currently on tour with England’s white-ball squad in Bangladesh, joined the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing

Pujara had to work exceptionally hard to erase India’s deficit without much help from his top-order teammates as Lyon never let them breathe during an unwavering spell from around the wicket after lunch. Pujura stood firm but he never stood still in nearly four hours of attrition to keep India alive. Having learned from his

Nepal won the only game they have played so far in Dubai – without Lamichhane – beating PNG by four wickets. With Lamichhane in the side, Nepal had emerged victorious in a CWC tri-series in Nepal last week. Lamichhane was instrumental in Nepal going through that series unbeaten, taking 13 wickets in four games, all

Karachi’s dream start turned into a full on nightmare when Rovman Powell joined in on the fun, scoring 64 off just 34 balls. He hit six fours and four sixes during his stay; basically, he was able to hit a boundary once every three or four balls. Sixty-five runs – 33% of the total –

Australia 156 for 4 (Khawaja 60, Jadeja 4-63) lead India 109 (Kuhnemann 5-16, Lyon 3-35) by 47 runs On a pitch that was bare at both ends with a green patch in the middle, Rohit Sharma had no hesitation in batting after winning a toss for the first time in the series. However, with plenty

The eight teams announced which players they had retained ahead of the draft earlier this month. Their squads for this summer’s 100-ball tournament – which runs from August 1-27 – will be fleshed out at the draft next month, which will be televised live on Sky Sports for the first time since 2019. In the

Warwickshire have signed Paul Stirling on a short-term deal as cover for Glenn Maxwell during the final stages of the IPL season. The move appears to confirm he will not be involved in Ireland’s Test against England at Lord’s from June 1-4. Maxwell recently signed a contract that will cover the majority of the Blast

This South African women’s team became the first from their country to make the final of a cricket World Cup at the senior level. They got there despite starting the competition with a loss and facing must-win situations even before the knockout stages ever began. Rising to that challenge were the same players who have

Ben Stokes, England’s captain, insisted that his team’s pride at playing a part in one of the most gripping Test matches of all time outweighed their disappointment at the final result, after his team’s run of six Test wins in a row came to an end with an incredible one-run loss against New Zealand in

Lahore Qalandars 200 for 7 (Shafique 45, Zaman 36, Billings 33, Curran 3-34) beat Islamabad United 90 (Gurbaz 23, Munro 18, Wiese 3-17, Raza 2-6, Rashid 2-8) by 110 runs This was a match between Lahore Qalandars bowlers and Islamabad United’s batters. But really, it was no match between Qalandars’ bowlers and United’s batters. In

Australia batter Beth Mooney has been named captain of Gujarat Giants for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). Mooney, who scored a match-winning 74 not out in Australia’s sixth Women’s T20 World Cup triumph, will reunite with former team-mate Rachael Haynes, Giants’ head coach. India allrounder Sneh Rana has been named the vice-captain. “I am