Cricket

Mickey Arthur and the PCB are close to agreeing a deal that will result in Arthur’s return to the Pakistan men’s side – but as team director and not, as previously, head coach. Talks between the two had ended three weeks ago when the PCB announced it was moving on in its search for a

Lancashire have signed New Zealand pair Daryl Mitchell and Colin de Grandhomme on contracts that will cover the the Vitality T20 Blast and the start of the LV= Insurance County Championship. In a sign of the changing landscape for overseas players in the county game, Mitchell and de Grandhomme will join the squad alongside Dane

M Vijay has called time on his international career to explore “new opportunities in the world of cricket and the business side of it”. Vijay played 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20Is in an international career that began in 2008 when he replaced Gautam Gambhir in India’s XI for the final Test of the

“This is just the beginning,” smiled Shafali Verma, the Under-19 India captain who had just led her country to a maiden World Cup title in women’s cricket. The beauty of that statement was that it is – and isn’t – just the beginning. For many of its participants from 16 nations, the inaugural ICC Under-19

Nooshin Al Khadeer, the head coach of the victorious Under-19 Women’s team, has admitted that the World Cup was something India had been “waiting for very long”, while praising the depth in women’s cricket and its bright future in the country. India, captained by Shafali Verma, bowled out England for 68 in the final at

Wickramasinghe has headed the selection committee since April 2021, overseeing a youth-driven overhaul of Sri Lanka’s limited overs squads. This has seen seniors such as Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne, cut from the white-ball sides. Under Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka adopted a less reactionary approach to the selection process. In this time, with Mickey

UAE will host Afghanistan for three T20Is in Abu Dhabi starting February 16 as part of the agreement signed by the two cricket boards last November, wherein the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) will be offering the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) logistical and infrastructure support for the next five years, including hosting their “home” matches for

Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in the fifth match of their T20I tri-series in East London. The visitors had pace-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar making a comeback to the side after recovering from an unspecified injury that had kept

USA is set to host an additional edition of the FairBreak Global Invitational T20 in 2023, and the tournament – which features women’s cricketers from around the world – will be held twice a year going forward. The first season took place in collaboration with Cricket Hong Kong in Dubai in May 2022 and the

It was heartbreak and ecstasy in equal measures in Potchefstroom as India and England made the final of the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup to be played on Sunday. While India comfortably beat New Zealand in the first semi-final, tensions swayed one way and then the other before England edged Australia out by three

Sky Sports will broadcast all World Cups in the UK and Ireland under an exclusive eight-year deal struck with the ICC for an undisclosed sum. The arrangement marks the first time the two organisations have shared a direct contractual relationship and forms part of the ICC’s drive to sell media rights individually in key markets.

The upcoming women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa will have an all-woman line-up of match officials, in what will be a landmark first in the game. On Friday, the ICC announced the panel of three match referees and ten umpires, featuring officials from seven countries. The match referees are GS Lakshmi (India), Shandre Fritz

Nat Sciver will resume as England Women’s vice-captain in the lead-up to next month’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Sciver took a mental health break last September and did not return to her position as Heather Knight’s deputy during her comeback in the Caribbean, saying she wanted to use that tour “to get back

On Thursday, in the middle of his first game of cricket in five months following knee surgery, Jadeja picked up a seven-for for Saurashtra against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He also got through 41.1 overs of bowling across two innings. Ahead of this game, he had been rather more cautious in his outlook.

Returning allrounder Jason Sangha believes Sydney Thunder can cause some trouble in the BBL finals after sneaking into the top-five. Thunder locked in the last spot in the BBL finals with a tense three-wicket win against the lowly Melbourne Stars at the MCG on Wednesday night. The unconvincing victory allowed the Thunder to jump into

SL President’s XI 93 for 2 trail England Lions 413 for 8 dec (Lees 103, Haynes 64*, Bohannon 58, Abell 57, Smith 50) by 320 runs Alex Lees lived up to the fast-paced standards that he had instilled in him during his summer in England’s Test ranks, by striking a 94-ball century on the opening

Jofra Archer has rated himself “about 80 percent” fit ahead of his long-awaited return to international cricket during England’s ODI tour of South Africa. Despite his protestations that “there’s no reason to look back”, Archer is doing just that as he aims to pick up where he left off after nearly two years away from

Hobart Hurricanes 120 for 9 (Wright 56, Neser 4-35) beat Brisbane Heat 118 for 8 (Peirson 39) by two runs Tim David held his nerve with the ball as Hobart Hurricanes kept their slim finals chances alive after a remarkable two-run victory over in-form Brisbane Heat in Launceston. On a two-paced surface, which proved difficult