Cricket

Adil Rashid has insisted that he has “not closed the door on Test cricket” and has been in contact with Brendon McCullum, England’s new coach, about the possibility of returning to red-ball cricket after an absence of three-and-a-half years. Rashid’s last Test appearance came in Barbados in January 2019 and he has not played a

Yorkshire 202 for 5 (Tattersall 48*, Brook 40) beat Nottinghamshire 179 for 7 (Mullaney 79, Christian 56, Drakes 3-31) by 23 runs Nottinghamshire are wobbling. Nobody should be unwise enough to write their obituary because in recent years there has been no finer T20 side in England, but two wins in six, their latest defeat

Colin de Grandhomme has been ruled out of the second and third Tests between England and New Zealand through injury. de Grandhomme pulled up short in his run-up with a ball left in his fourth over on the third day of the first Test at Lord’s and immediately left the field. Subsequent scans revealed a

The inaugural edition of the UAE T20 League, formally christened International League T20 [ILT20], will not take place this year as anticipated, but between January 6 and February 12 next year. That, however, raises the prospects of a jam-packed southern-hemisphere winter schedule and an intense battle for the world’s best T20 players. As things stand,

Ben Sawyer has been confirmed as head coach of the New Zealand women’s team. Sawyer, most recently an assistant coach with the Australia women’s side, begins his job immediately having signed a two-year contract. The first assignment will be the Commonwealth Games at the end of July followed by a tour of West Indies. “I

Matt Parkinson has been retained in England’s 14-man squad for the second Test against New Zealand, starting at Trent Bridge on Friday, with Jack Leach a doubt after suffering a concussion in the first session of the first Test at Lord’s. Parkinson took 1 for 47 from his 15.3 overs in New Zealand’s second innings

If a year or so ago, Australia had embarked on a multi-format tour and Josh Hazlewood was more certain of his place in the T20I side – than the Test team – there may have some quizzical looks. Yet, that is how things are playing out for one of Australia’s premier quick bowlers, where Hazlewood

Stuart Broad says that England will carry their new-found positive approach into the clutch moments of their 277-run chase, after Joe Root’s unbeaten 77 and a streaky but vital half-century for Ben Stokes had taken the fight to New Zealand on an absorbing third day of the first LV= Insurance Test at Lord’s. Broad himself

Southern Vipers 144 for 4 (Adams 47, Wyatt 35) beat Northern Diamonds 141 for 4 (Sciver 50, Armitage 48*) by six wickets Sweet hitting from Danni Wyatt and Georgia Adams made sure Southern Vipers completed the Charlotte Edwards Cup group stage with a 100 percent record, ending Northern Diamonds’ campaign in the process. England opener

Sussex 147 for 5 (Bopara 54*) beat Middlesex 163 (McCoy 4-30) by five wickets (DLS) Ravi Bopara‘s captain’s innings of 54 not out off 36 balls at Hove helped Sussex Sharks to inflict a first defeat of the Vitality Blast campaign on Middlesex. Bopara was joined in a decisive sixth-wicket unbroken stand of 58 in

Ireland 143 for 7 (Lewis 52, Paul 47, Sekhukhune 3-32) beat South Africa 133 for 7 (Bosch 29, Kelly 2-25) by 10 runs Ireland, led by the youngest captain in their history, Gaby Lewis, beat South Africa for only the second time in 11 T20I meetings to stun the fifth-ranked side and take a lead

Thunder 104 for 5 (Lamb 42) beat Lightning 103 (Ecclestone 5-15) by five wickets England slow left-armer Sophie Ecclestone collected 5 for 15, her maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket, as Thunder ended their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory over Lightning at Emirates Old Trafford. The victory was completed with 28 balls

Brandon King had originally started as a middle-order batter for Jamaica and after having two productive first-class seasons, he was picked for a similar middle-order role in the West Indies A side in August 2019. King had also begun his CPL career in the middle order for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, but in 2019,

After a staggering first day of punch and counter-punch at Lord’s, Durham’s debutant Matthew Potts promised there would be no let-up in England’s pedal-to-the-metal approach in the first LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand, after warming to the theme of a chaotic day with the standout figures of 4 for 13 in 9.2 overs. If

Malinga served as bowling mentor of Mumbai Indians, back in IPL 2018, and more recently, was Rajasthan Royals’ fast-bowling coach, in 2022. The Sanju Samson-led Royals reached the final of the tournament for the first time since winning the trophy in 2008 but lost to Gujarat Titans by seven wickets. Through the course of the

Australia quick Tayla Vlaeminck has returned to Melbourne Renegades, signing a two-year deal despite the fact she is unavailable for next season’s WBBL due to a foot stress fracture. Vlaeminck returns to Renegades where she started her WBBL career and played three seasons before moving to Hobart Hurricanes. She has returned to Melbourne to rejoin

Moeen Ali has been awarded an OBE for services to cricket in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, and has conceded that “the door is open” to a possible return to Test cricket under Brendon McCullum’s new England regime. Moeen, 34, retired from Tests last summer, after claiming 195 wickets in 64 matches, in addition to 2914

It was almost a year-and-a-half ago, but the memories – and scars – are fresh, of Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah being racially abused by spectators during the Sydney Test. “[We] insisted on getting the abusers out of the ground,” Ajinkya Rahane, India’s captain then in the absence of Virat Kohli, recalls telling the umpires,