Cricket

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

Less than a year after he captained India Under-19 to the World Cup triumph, 20-year-old Yash Dhull has been named captain of the Delhi Ranji team with 100-Test veteran Ishant Sharma and IPL star Nitish Rana in its ranks. Dhull will be one of the youngest ever to captain Delhi and that too in his

Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) trail England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) by 79 runs England surged into command of the second Test on the second morning at Multan, picking up Pakistan’s remaining eight wickets for 95 including a pre-lunch flurry of three for none in six balls, as Pakistan

IPL 2023 is likely to begin on April 1, while the inaugural season of the Women’s IPL is likely to be played from March 3 to 26 with both tournaments to be played in India. While the BCCI is yet to formalise the dates, it has earmarked a window for the WIPL with the tournament

Defending IPL champions Gujarat Titans’ head coach Ashish Nehra has said that the side will look to rope in a fast bowler at the auction, to be held in Kochi on December 23. “Even if you win, still you make a few changes as per needs,” Nehra told reporters on Friday. “We might need a

South Africans 335 for 7 (Elgar 109, Verreynne 76*, Kuhnemann 4-78) vs Cricket Australia XI South Africa captain Dean Elgar made a trademark century but it was the form of wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne that will most please the tourists on day one of the four-day clash with a Cricket Australia XI. Left-hander Elgar is South

Neil Wagner, the New Zealand left-arm fast bowler, has signed to play for Yorkshire in their first ten LV= Insurance Championship fixtures next season. Wagner, who has previously had county stints with Lancashire and Essex, will join ahead of the start of Yorkshire’s Division Two opener against Leicestershire on April 6. His deal runs until

There is a lot of talk about whether the Australia men’s team has fallen out of favour with the general public. Regardless of how much truth or otherwise there is around that, there could be no doubt about the affection felt for Travis Head when he brought up a hometown century at Adelaide Oval. Most

Lunch Australia 89 for 1 (Khawaja 50*, Labuschagne 13*, Joseph 1-30) vs West Indies Opener Usman Khawaja notched a half-century as Australia overcame the early loss of David Warner against a new-look West Indies attack struggling to penetrate with the pink ball in the day-night Test in Adelaide. After stand-in captain Steven Smith elected to

At around 1pm at Multan’s Ramada Hotel, a handful of England players (those who weren’t off to play golf with head coach Brendon McCullum) were milling around as a group of Pakistan players were getting a tune-up at the onsite barber. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was holding court. It was, for all intents and purposes, a