Cricket

At 40 years of age and with 177 caps, missing Test matches is not something James Anderson has time for. Yet as he sits in Karachi’s Movenpick hotel on Friday, a day out from the third and final Test against Pakistan, he is at peace with the fact he is sitting this one out. The

Melbourne Stars 183 for 5 (Clarke 101*, Meredith 2-38) beat Hobart Hurricanes 145 for 9 (Wade 35, Wood 3-25, Zampa 3-27, Coulter-Nile 2-24) by 38 runs After being sent in, Englishman Clarke hit 101 not out from 66 balls to dominate Stars’ innings in batting-friendly conditions. Hurricanes were never in the chase in a poor

Two Tests against Pakistan down with one to go, with a series win secured and history made, Ollie Robinson is in a good place. He might “only” have eight wickets in his four innings to date, but they have come at an average of 18.37, to reduce his overall Test figure to 19.61 after 13

Being four down for less than 100 has been a recurrent theme for Bangladesh’s batting line-up this year. In response to India’s 404 in Chattogram, Bangladesh slumped further to 97 for 6 and ended the second day on 133 for 8. A rejigged top order had given Bangladesh some hope, but it evaporated quickly, leaving

South Africa will need to be greater than the sum of their batting parts if they are to challenge Australia across the three-Test series which could have a huge bearing on who reaches the World Test Championship final in June. While there is an expectation that the visitors will be able to go toe-to-toe with

England 141 for 6 (Dunkley 43, Matthews 3-15) beat West Indies 125 for 8 (Fletcher 18, Dean 3-22) by 16 runs Charlie Dean grabbed her chance with three wickets to lead an experimental England side to victory in their second T20I against West Indies. Sophia Dunkley top-scored for the visitors with a run-a-ball 43 in

Nearly 200 of Pakistan’s domestic cricketers are still awaiting payments for participating in a domestic season that is less than a month from its conclusion. ESPNcricinfo understands that 192 players who have taken part in a number of domestic tournaments – including the National T20 Cup and the Quaid-e-Azam trophy – have not been paid

Sachin had scored his maiden first-class century on debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in 1988, against Gujarat, as a 15-year-old. Thirty-four years later, 23-year-old Arjun, whose primary role is that of fast bowler, had got to 112 not out by tea on day two of Goa’s game against Rajasthan, at Goa Cricket Association

Andrew Flintoff, the former England allrounder, has been airlifted to hospital following a car crash during the filming of an episode of the BBC show, Top Gear. The accident occurred on Monday, when Flintoff, 45, was filming in icy conditions at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey. “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top

Azeem Rafiq, the former Yorkshire allrounder, has warned that English cricket remains “in denial” about the extent of the institutional racism in the sport, 13 months on from his powerful testimony at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Parliamentary select committee. Returning to Westminster for his second appearance before the DCMS committee, Rafiq

McGrath, who made her T20I debut in October 2021, has already cemented her place in the Australia top order across formats. In T20Is, she has scored 485 runs in ten innings at an average of 121.25 and a strike rate of 149.69 so far. In the first T20I against India in the ongoing series, she

South Africa have identified making Steven Smith play at the ball early as the key to keeping Australia’s most prolific batsman quiet in their three-Test series this summer. They are one of the few countries in the world who can claim to have found an answer for Smith through his career ahead of Saturday’s first

Ashley Noffke, the former Australia allrounder, has won the race to become women’s head coach at London Spirit in the Hundred for the 2023 season. He was among the contenders to replace Lisa Keightley as England women’s coach and is understood to have been interviewed for that position, but was beaten to it by Jon

England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) and 275 (Brook 108, Duckett 79, Abrar 4-120) beat Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) and 328 (Shakeel 94, Imam 60, Wood 4-65) by 26 runs Raw pace in a raw match situation. It’s the weapon for which England have been crying out throughout their

Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the opening Test against South Africa due to the side strain he picked up last week but Australia captain Pat Cummins is on track to return at the Gabba. The selectors have named a 14-player squad for the Test which starts on Saturday in Brisbane with uncapped Lance

India’s captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the first Test against Bangladesh which starts on Wednesday, as he continues treatment for a thumb injury that he sustained earlier this week. A BCCI press release on Sunday said Rohit had met with a specialist in Mumbai, and is working towards being fit enough to

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite lamented that his team “didn’t show any fight” in Adelaide but believed that overall they had produced a successful year in Test cricket. They crashed to a 419-run defeat within the opening session of the fourth day, their heaviest runs defeat in Test cricket, having shown heart to take the

A humble Jack Leach was in disbelief at achieving 100 Test wickets, regarding the feat as more than he felt he’d ever achieve and something he did not think “would ever happen” on the day he became the 49th England bowler to pass the milestone. The left-arm spinner took 4 for 98 on the second