Cricket

The BCCI is set to introduce tactical substitutes in the upcoming season of its domestic men’s T20 tournament, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which will begin on October 11. In an email sent to its state associations, the BCCI has elaborated on the concept of its Impact Player rule, which will allow teams to use

Nottinghamshire will take over the hosting of the East Midlands team in the ECB’s women’s regional structure, replacing Loughborough University. Lightning have been based at Loughborough since the new regional set-up was implemented in 2019, with eight hubs superseding the previous county-based structure for women’s cricket. The university, which is also home to the ECB’s

Alice Capsey and fellow teenager Freya Kemp are in line to make their ODI debuts during the upcoming three-match series with India after impressive showings over the summer, including England’s T20I series victory. Both were named in a 15-strong squad ahead of the first ODI at Hove on Sunday, as was opening batter Tammy Beaumont,

Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara have been included in Sri Lanka’s squad for the T20 World Cup, subject to fitness tests. Injuries had kept both fast bowlers out of the recently concluded Asia Cup, which Sri Lanka had won with a fast-bowling attack that was entirely uncapped prior to the tournament. Of the four specialist

Neesham was offered one of the two vacant spots in the list after the departure of Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme, but turned it down having already committed to various T20 tournaments since his omission from the original list. “I know the news of my decision to decline a central contract today will be

Charlotte Edwards has ruled herself out of contention for the soon-to-be-vacant England Women’s head coach role. Lisa Keightley will leave the post she has held for three years after announcing last month that she would not seek a contract extension beyond India’s tour of England, which ends with the last of three ODIs at Lord’s

The Bangladesh team will travel to Dubai next week, to play two T20Is against UAE and complete a training camp that was interrupted by rain in Dhaka. Only one day of training was possible in the past week, as heavy rain lashed the capital and other parts of the country. BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury

Sydney Sixers are set to team new signing Suzie Bates with Alyssa Healy in one of world cricket’s most imposing opening partnerships for this summer’s WBBL. It means that after three seasons out of the finals and after collecting last year’s wooden spoon, the Sixers now have the squad to be genuine contenders again. Bates

It has been four years since Ollie Pope made his Test debut as a No.6 doing an impression of a No.4. As the 2022 summer comes to an end, he looks settled in his new dwellings at No.3. On the face of it, a season average of 38.00 might seem modest. It is, however, the

Bangladesh’s technical consultant Sridharan Sriram believes ‘impact’ in T20 cricket trumps everything else. Even performance. In his first press conference in Dhaka, Sriram – essentially brought on board for the T20I side – said that he believes a good performance can even be detrimental to a side, unless it has a direct influence on the

India 146 for 2 (Mandhana 79*) beat England 142 for 7 (Kemp 51*, Rana 3-24) by eight wickets A glorious unbeaten half-century from Smriti Mandhana saw India to victory by eight wickets over England with 20 balls to spare in their second of three T20Is to level the series 1-1. If this evening was anything

Former South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher is set to take charge as head coach of MI Cape Town in the SA20, almost immediately after his decision to stand down as the head coach of the national side post the 2022 T20 World Cup. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Boucher will be one of Mumbai’s representatives at

Not only did he agree that they were, he was able to pinpoint a specific moment too, when a format that he has spent more than a decade playing, watching and analysing made his jaw drop. It was during the second of their six Tests wins this summer, as Jonny Bairstow (136) and Stokes (75

Sydney Sixers have landed the first major new addition in their WBBL revamp, contracting the world’s top-ranked bowler in Sophie Ecclestone. Ranked No.1 in the world in both the one-day and T20 formats, Ecclestone confirmed on Tuesday she will play in the WBBL for the first time this summer. In doing so, the 23-year-old will

Northamptonshire 249 for 4 (Gay 145, Keogh 75*) vs Surrey Surrey have been one of the driving forces in trying to reverse the marked decline in black players in English professional cricket, so they will need no reminding that if Emilio Gay keeps turning in the sort of polished hundreds that he delivered at Northampton,

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald says it’s mission accomplished on several ODI fronts. Not only did the team bank consecutive ODI series wins against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, they did so amidst a background of change and experimentation. The big question of who replaces Aaron Finch as ODI captain remains, but McDonald says the two

Lightning 230 for 9 (K Bryce 104, Gardner 3-45) beat Sunrisers 160 (Scrivens 54, Gordon 4-31) by 70 runs Captain Kathryn Bryce rescued Lightning with her second century of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as they fought back to overcome winless Sunrisers by 70 runs at Chelmsford. Bryce’s shrewd knock of 104 from 109 balls

Sri Lanka 170 for 6 (Rajapaksa 71*, Rauf 3-29) beat Pakistan 147 all out (Rizwan 55, Madushan 4-34, Hasaranga 3-27) by 23 runs A tournament that began for Sri Lanka with tumult at home and turbulence in the UAE has ended with them taking home the Asia Cup trophy. Pakistan were the side at the