Cricket

Ireland 294 for 7 (Doheny 84, Tector 75, Chatara 3-51, Evans 2-66) beat Zimbabwe 248 (Ballance 52, Kaia 51, Burl 41, Little 4-38) by 46 runs A late surge from Ryan Burl and Gary Ballance proved to be futile for Zimbabwe, as Ireland clinched the second ODI in Harare to level the series 1-1. Starring

Mehidy Hasan Miraz‘s all-round performances throughout 2022 have earned him an all-format BCB contract for the period January to December 2023. He joins Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan and Taskin Ahmed in the list of players with all-format contracts, while Mushfiqur Rahim and Shoriful Islam, who had full contracts in 2022, have one fewer format

Australia 336 for 9 (Mooney 133, Lanning 72, Sana 3-53) vs Pakistan Beth Mooney‘s highest score in international cricket has helped Australia post 336 for 9 in the third and final ODI against Pakistan in North Sydney. In a brutal display of hitting, Mooney monstered 133 off 105 balls as Meg Lanning also capped off

The ECB is on the lookout for three new principal sponsors, after LV= Insurance and Cazoo both joined Royal London in choosing not to extend their partnerships with English cricket. Cazoo, the title sponsor of the first two years of the Hundred, has confirmed it will not be involved in this summer’s third staging, while

Big picture: India vs NZ is a battle of titans It finally feels like a World Cup year, doesn’t it? In an age of content saturation – organisers trying to horn in as many big events as possible and writers doing much the same to make you care about their own work – something pure

Allrounder Nida Dar has called for more opportunities for Pakistan’s players at international and domestic level to bridge the gap between them and the best in the world. Pakistan are currently touring Australia with the margins of defeat being wide in the first two ODIs – eight wickets and ten wickets – although they are

West Indies cricket will “cease to exist as an entity” if the best players in the region represent it only on an “optional” basis while featuring in all T20 leagues. This was one of the conclusions drawn by the review group that Cricket West Indies recently appointed to probe West Indies’ failure to get past

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has been appointed as co-chair at Yorkshire, to aid the club’s transition following Lord Kamlesh Patel’s announcement that he will be standing down from his role at the AGM in March. Baroness Grey-Thompson, an 11-times Paralympic gold medal winner and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, was one of six

Geovanis Uwase, the Rwanda fast bowler, has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after her action was found illegal at Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. The decision was taken by the Event Panel, which comprises members of the ICC Panel of Human Movement Specialists. Uwase was reported by the match officials

Zimbabe 214 for 7 (Burl 53, Raza 43, Adair 2-40, Hume 2-41) beat Ireland 288 for 4 (Balbirnie 121, Tector 101*, Nyauchi 2-65) by three wickets via DLS method Zimbabwe beat Ireland by three wickets in a thrilling final-ball finish in Harare. Needing four to win off the final ball, Clive Madande swiped Graham Hume

Hashim Amla, one of South Africa’s greatest batters, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, after confirming to Surrey that he will not be returning to help defend the County Championship title that the club secured in his final season as a player in 2022. In the course of a two-decade career, Amla,

It’s the new word doing the rounds in the cricket circuit these days: Sarfarazesque. It doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as Bradmanesque does, but Sarfaraz Khan will take it. After all, his job, as spelt out by his father Naushad Khan, is “to keep scoring runs, for whichever team, all the time”. Since

Shannon Gabriel could play his first Test in over a year after being recalled for West Indies’ Test squad to tour Zimbabwe later this month. Spinners Jomel Warrican and Gudakesh Motie will also come back into contention after being included in the 15-man party. Gabriel, 34, last featured in the Test side in Sri Lanka

Northamptonshire have announced the signing of Western Australia opening batter Sam Whiteman on an a season-long deal for the 2023 summer. Whiteman, who captained his state to their 16th Sheffield Shield success in the 2021-22 season, will be available for the County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup. Though he possesses a UK passport having

Phoebe Litchfield is one of the rising stars of Australian women’s cricket and the teenager revealed she had recently modelled her game on national team-mate Beth Mooney. Fellow left-hander Mooney, one of the world’s best batters, presented Litchfield with her ODI debut cap before the 19-year-old made an unbeaten 78 off 92 balls in the

South Africa allrounder Madison Landsman claimed the first hat-trick of the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, in Benoni in their Group D clash against Scotland. Landsman, who bowls legspin, finished with 4 for 16 as Scotland were skittled for 68 in their chase of 113. With Scotland 43 for 5 at the ten-over mark,

Former under-19 coach Shukri Conrad, who was in charge of the age-group team at the 2022 World Cup, where Brevis was the top-scorer, and former Central Stags coach Rob Walter, were announced as South Africa’s new red and white-ball coaches respectively and both are keen to fast-track young talent with Brevis top of mind. He

Pakistan 160 for 8 vs Australia Australia’s spinners papered over a patchy bowling effort to restrict Pakistan as captain Meg Lanning made her long-awaited return in the truncated women’s ODI series opener at a gloomy Allan Border Field. After being sent in, veteran Nida Dar notched her 11th ODI half-century to anchor Pakistan with late