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However, Mitchell Starc has already said he will use the period to rest during a hectic Test schedule that will see Australia play nine matches from late November to mid-March – two against West Indies, three against South Africa and four against India – having also been part of the T20 World Cup. Test captain

Oval Invincibles 115 for 5 (Bates 41, Kapp 34*) beat Trent Rockets 112 for 9 (Sciver 59*) by five wickets All-rounder Marizanne Kapp starred as Oval Invincibles beat Trent Rockets by five wickets with a ball to spare at Trent Bridge after Bryony Smith almost pulled off a miracle at the end. The Rockets’ small

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs England Dean Elgar called correctly at the toss and opted to bowl on a cloudy, humid morning at Lord’s for the start of the first Test. That means England will have to make the running with the bat for the first time in a Test since Ben Stokes

Manchester Originals 149 for 9 (Salt 38, Ball 4-29) beat Welsh Fire 102 (Abbott 4-8) by 47 runs Manchester Originals recorded their first victory of the Men’s Hundred against the winless Welsh Fire by 47 runs at Emirates Old Trafford. Sean Abbott gave the Mancunian crowd the perfect parting gift in his last home match

Chris Jordan has been ruled out of the rest of the Hundred after picking up an injury to the middle finger on his right hand. Jordan suffered the injury when fielding off his own bowling in Southern Brave’s defeat to London Spirit on Friday night, getting his finger in the way when Kieron Pollard attempted

India are set to play two Tests, both at home, in the 2022-25 women’s FTP cycle. The first, against England, will be in December 2023, and the second, against Australia, will start the same month and roll into January 2024. England (five) will play the most Tests, in this FTP, followed by Australia (four), and

Hobart Hurricanes have pulled off a WBBL coup by poaching England fast bowler Issy Wong for the upcoming season. Wong, 20, burst onto the WBBL scene last season playing for Sydney Thunder where she took nine wickets in 13 games at an economy rate of 7.28. She also produced one of the most stunning hitting

Ponting suggested that Suryakumar should bat at No. 4 in the Indian line-up. “Surya (Yadav) scores 360 degrees around the ground, a bit like an AB de Villiers did when he was in his actual prime. The lap shots, the late cuts, you know, the ramps over the keeper’s head. He can hit down the

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