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Cricket Australia has targeted the inclusion of the sport at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as part of a strategic plan to expand participation and maintain the game’s position at the heart of the country’s sporting culture. The ambitious “Where the Game Grows” plan released on Monday aims to double the number of children aged five

West Indies 150 for 2 (Brooks 56*, King 53) beat New Zealand 145 for 7 (Phillips 41, Smith 3-29) Brandon King and Shamarh Brooks shared a 102-run opening partnership as West Indies struck a winning formula at last, beating New Zealand by eight wickets in the third T20I on Sunday to prevent a sweep of

Adam Rossington smashed the Hundred’s fastest fifty off 15 balls as London Spirit pulverised a 144 target against the Northern Superchargers at Headingley, maintaining their 100 percent record with a fourth win. The Spirit’s seven-wicket success with 18 balls remaining means they already have one foot in the knockout stages at the halfway mark in

Duanne Olivier has been ruled out of South Africa’s three-Test series in England because of a Grade 2 tear in his right hip-flexor muscle. Olivier sustained the injury during the four-day tour match against England Lions, which the South Africans lost by an innings and 56 runs. “Duanne presented with significant discomfort involving his right

Birmingham Phoenix 130 for 7 (Wade 38, Payne 2-12) beat Welsh Fire 126 for 5 (Banton 44, Richardson 2-15) by four runs Brilliant bowling at the death by Kane Richardson and Tom Helm with Welsh Fire needing 13 to win off 10 balls allowed Birmingham Phoenix to snatch a four-run victory from the jaws of

Trent Rockets 193 for 2 (Malan 98*, Hales 38, Kohler-Cadmore 30) beat Manchester Originals 189 for 3 (Salt 70*, Buttler 41) by eight wickets Dawid Malan‘s sensational 98 not out freewheeled the Trent Rockets to a record-breaking men’s win over Manchester Originals as the Hundred shone on a glorious day at Emirates Old Trafford. Rockets

New Zealand 215 for 5 (Phillips 76, Mitchell 48, Conway 42, McCoy 3-40) beat West Indies 125 for 9 (Bracewell 3-15, Santner 3-15) by 90 runs Glenn Phillips struck a half century from 31 balls to propel New Zealand to a 90-run win over the West Indies in the second T20I in Jamaica, clinching the

London Spirit 147 for 6 (Bell-Drummond 46, Maxwell 34, Hogan 2-31) beat Southern Brave 138 for 7 (Whiteley 52, Davies 36, Thompson 2-32) by nine runs London Spirit’s Hampshire Hawks bowling attack used their Ageas Bowl insider knowledge to end Southern Brave’s home domination. Dawson, Wheal and Crane all picked up a wicket-a-piece, along with

Northamptonshire 225 for 4 ( Vasconcelos 104, Gay 81, Carlson 4-41) beat Glamorgan 221 (Lloyd 65, Zaib 4-23) by six wickets Northamptonshire’s Ricardo Vasconcelos struck a superb run-a-ball 104, his second List A century as Northamptonshire beat Glamorgan by six wickets in this Royal London Cup clash at Wantage Road. Vasconcelos put a bad spell

Former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will lead India Maharajas in an exhibition match against a World Giants team, which will be led by former England captain Eoin Morgan, on September 16. The game, set to be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, is part of Legends League Cricket (LLC), a private

After several days of impasse, a group of Pakistan’s leading players including captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan agreed to sign the PCB’s central contracts – though only after successfully negotiating changes in several clauses. The group signed the contracts nearly a week after receiving them and just before flying out for the

Regis Chakabva, Zimbabwe’s wicketkeeper-batter, will continue to lead the side against India in the upcoming ODI series, with regular captain Craig Ervine still nursing a left hamstring injury. Zimbabwe, who announced their 17-member squad against India on Thursday, will also be without left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza, who is sidelined due to a shoulder tendon injury.

Devon Conway believes New Zealand’s ongoing T20I series against West Indies is an opportunity for the team to explore different roles and combinations in the lead up to the T20 World Cup in Australia starting in October. New Zealand are back at full strength for this series after a month of playing with an extended

Birmingham Phoenix 176 for 4 (Smeed 101*) beat Southern Brave 123 (Davies 33, Brookes 5-25, Richardson 3-19) by 53 runs Will Smeed hit the first hundred in the Hundred as Birmingham Phoenix thrashed reigning champions Southern Brave by 53 runs in a sun-soaked Second City. On NHS Heroes Night at Edgbaston, with NHS workers and

Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy are among 11 England players to have signed on for CSA’s new T20 league, joining – as ESPNcricinfo reported last week – Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali. English representation is the largest among the direct overseas signings the league has made so far. With nine players, including Niroshan

Australia coach Andrew McDonald believes they can avoid situations like Ben Stokes‘ ODI retirement and Trent Boult‘s New Zealand contract release by managing their multi-format players carefully. Boult’s decision to walk away from his NZC contract on Wednesday was another example of the challenge national teams face with multi-format international players, especially when they are

New Zealand Cricket has agreed to release Trent Boult from his central contract after the fast bowler requested to spend more time with his family and to make himself available for T20 leagues with his international career now to be “significantly reduced”. Boult, 33, had held several conversations with NZC prior to Wednesday’s announcement. The

Mohammad Nabi called correctly as Afghanistan elected to bat in the opening T20I against Ireland, in Belfast. Afghanistan, who are playing their first international match since June 14, included both Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the side with Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi slotted in as the pacers. “The wicket looks good, dry for