Cricket

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,

Matthew Potts, the Durham seamer, has been preferred to Craig Overton and will make his England debut in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s which starts on Thursday. Potts, 23, has been the standout bowler in county cricket this year, taking 35 Championship wickets at 18.57 for Durham. Ben Stokes, England’s new captain,

Surrey 129 (Jacks 51, Smith 3-13, van Meekeren 3-32) beat Gloucestershire 92 (Higgins 37, Curran 4-14) by 37 runs England have gone left-arm crazy in white-ball cricket, picking as many as five left-arm seamers in their 14-man squad for a three-match ODI series in the Netherlands next week. Two of them, Sam Curran and Reece

Tim Southee is preparing to make his fifth appearance at Lord’s, a ground where his name is already etched on the visiting dressing room honours board twice. When he first played in St John’s Wood, in only his second Test back in 2008, Brendon McCullum led the way for New Zealand by thrashing 97 off

Kinrara Academy Oval, Malaysia’s premier cricket ground, will host its last games this June as Malaysia Cricket (MC)’s agreement with the landowners runs down after 18 years. Over the past few years, the two parties had disputes over tariffs and the matter went to court, with the ruling earlier this year in favour of the

Ellyse Perry is up for the challenge of proving she still belongs in Australia’s best T20I team ahead of a packed short-form schedule. Once one of Australia’s T20 stars, Perry has had battles with injuries and form in recent years and she was dropped from the Ashes opener in January. A lengthy recovery from a

New Zealand have named Henry Nicholls and Trent Boult in their 15-man squad for the first Test against England at Lord’s, although both have been described as “unlikely” starters. Nicholls has been recovering from a calf injury sustained in training before leaving New Zealand, and has not had any game time in the build-up to

Australia’s all-conquering women’s team will only play six days of international cricket at home during the 2022-23 season but players believe benefits will be felt elsewhere in the game with availability for domestic cricket. The summer will feature three ODIs and three T20Is against Pakistan in January before the T20 World Cup in South Africa.