Cricket

South Africa’s search for the “nice pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” in this World Test Championship (WTC) cycle is on after they kept themselves in the hunt for a place in the title bout with a series win over West Indies. Red-ball coach Shukri Conrad described the incentive of reaching the

Nathan Lyon hopes to make use of the knowledge gained from England’s Tom Hartley during his spell with Lancashire when he comes up against India later this year as Australia look overcome a decade of “unfinished business” against them. Australia have not held the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2014-15 when they won 2-0 and that period

South Africa 160 (PIedt 38*, Bedingham 28, Joseph 5-33, Seales 3-45) and 246 (Verreynne 59, Markram 51, Seales 6-61) beat West Indies 144 (Holder 54*, Mulder 4-32, Burger 3-49) and 222 (Motie 45, Maharaj 3-37, Rabada 3-50) by 40 runs South Africa secured a 10th successive Test series win against West Indies, and earned a

Abrar’s absence means Pakistan will be without a frontline spinner for only the second time in a home Test – including their UAE Tests – since September 1995 (though they did play a couple of Tests in the early 2000s with Shahid Afridi as their sole spinner). The only other time they played an all-pace

Allen’s T20 strike rate of 168.60 is the second highest for any batter with at least 3000 runs in the format, behind only Andre Russell. At the international level, Allen has scored two T20I centuries, while he also made a significant impact against Australia at the 2022 T20 World Cup, when he flayed 42 off

South Africa 160 and 223 for 5 (Markram 51, Verreynne 50*, Seales 3-52, Motie 2-61) lead West Indies 144 (Holder 54*, Mulder 4-32, Burger 3-49, Maharaj 2-8) by 239 runs With a lead of 239, and five wickets in hand on a surface that got better to bat on as the day went on, South

Gus Atkinson will miss the final of the men’s Hundred after being made unavailable by the ECB ahead of England’s Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Atkinson took 22 wickets in his debut series against West Indies and was named Player of the Series. He has only featured once for Oval Invincibles this year, returning

Sophie Devine will remain with Perth Scorchers in the WBBL for at least another two seasons after completing a pre-draft signing. Devine was retained by Scorchers in last season’s draft, ahead of Marizanne Kapp, when Melbourne Renegades had attempted to secure the New Zealand captain. She had another productive campaign with 489 runs at 37.61,

Birmingham Phoenix 42 for 1 (Duckett 22*) beat Manchester Originals 41 for 5 (Milne 2-8) by nine wickets Birmingham Phoenix will meet Southern Brave in The Hundred Eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday after a nine-wicket victory over Manchester Originals. Moeen Ali’s side came out on top in a 30-ball-per-side match at Edgbaston, earning

South Africa opt to bat vs West Indies In the first Test at Guyana since 2011, South Africa won the toss and will bat first against hosts West Indies. Left-arm seamer Nandre Burger and offspinner Dane Piedt came into the South Africa XI, while Shamar Joseph replaced Kemar Roach for West Indies. For Shamar, this

Left-arm quick Spencer Johnson has been ruled out of the T20I series against Scotland and England next month after picking up a side strain in the Hundred with Oval Invincibles. He will be replaced by New South Wales allrounder Sean Abbott who had initially only been due to be part of the ODI squad for

Trent Rockets 151 for 4 (Powell 45, Alsop 41*, Hales 35) beat Oval Invincibles 150 for 3 (Malan 53*, Cox 39, Jacks 30) by six wickets Oval Invincibles missed the chance to confirm their spot in Sunday’s final at Lord’s at Trent Bridge, losing to Trent Rockets thanks to Rovman Powell‘s spectacular hitting. The Invincibles

Northamptonshire 86 for 1 beat Kent 82 (Chahal 5-14, Broad 3-16) by nine wickets India’s Yuzvendra Chahal made a stunning debut in the Metro Bank Cup, helping the Northamptonshire Steelbacks to a nine-wicket victory over the Kent Spitfires at Canterbury. Justin Broad was nearly as impressive, claiming 3 for 16 and Kent’s top scorer, Jaydn

Former India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami believes “franchise cricket is the future of women’s cricket” and that it’s time T20 leagues are prioritised over bilateral series. Goswami, the highest wicket-taker in women’s ODIs, has been the bowling coach and mentor with Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for the last two years

Northern Superchargers 64 for 1 beat London Spirit 111 for 8 (Bopara 31, Jennings 30, Rashid 3-16) by 21 runs via DLS method Northern Superchargers kept their season alive with a rain-affected victory over London Spirit in the Hundred at Headingley. They sit second in the table with 11 points, and now face an anxious

Marizanne Kapp has revealed that she had decided to retire from international cricket earlier this year, but was talked out of it and is now grateful she didn’t go through with it as she feels at the peak of her powers. The toll of balancing franchise cricket with being a vital all-round cog in a

Ishan Kishan will lead Jharkhand in the upcoming Buchi Babu tournament, a pre-season red-ball competition in Tamil Nadu starting August 15. Kishan, who was not part of Jharkhand’s original long list, will link up with the squad in Chennai on Wednesday. The move is seen as the first step towards the wicketkeeper-batter’s full-fledged return to

Birmingham Phoenix 120 for 4 (Bethell 38*, Livingstone 30*, Duckett 30) beat Trent Rockets 118 (Alsop 51, Southee 5-12) Birmingham Phoenix put themselves back into the knockout positions in the Hundred with an important win at Edgbaston, knocking Trent Rockets out of this year’s competition in the process. “It was a pretty good performance,” Southee