Cricket

News Comedian will be second non-cricketer to deliver lecture, following Archbishop Tutu in 2008 The actor and presenter Stephen Fry is to deliver the Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s promising to represent the “the point of view of the fan”. Fry, who has played memorable roles in series such as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and was

News He will remain in the role for the rest of the season despite Shreyas Iyer having returned from his shoulder injury Rishabh Pant will continue as Delhi Capitals’ captain for the rest of the 2021 season despite regular captain Shreyas Iyer having returned from a shoulder injury. Pant had been named captain after Iyer

News India’s three ODIs in New Zealand likely to be postponed, with team not on government’s latest managed-isolation list Bangladesh, Netherlands and South Africa’s men’s teams are set to visit New Zealand in the 2021-22 season, having secured spots in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities, which are mandatory for people flying into the country.

Report The allrounder smashed an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls to deny the Kings in a last-ball thriller The experienced old pros of Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis and Dwayne Bravo may have helped propel St Kitts & Nevis Patriots into the 2021 CPL final, but it was the young guns – Dominic Drakes, Joshua Da

Report Alastair Cook has rare bowl as contest peters out after third-day washout Surrey 161 (Amla 84) and 113 for 2 (Amla 34*) drew with Essex 439 (Cook 165) Hashim Amla led Surrey’s rearguard action with huge skill and commitment as Essex were forced to accept a final-day draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship

News The pink ball and an unknown venue will add to the challenging elements for the day-night Test against India Alyssa Healy is looking towards Rohit Sharma for a formula to find cross-format success opening the batting as she prepares for the multi-format series against India that will include a pink-ball Test. Healy, who has

Evin Lewis blitzed another scintillating knock © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 181 for 3 (Lewis 77*, Gayle 42) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 178 for 9 (Hetmyer 45*, Jaggesar 2-19, Fawad 2-22) by seven wickets Coming off an unbeaten century in his last innings, Evin Lewis continued his

Report Avoidance of innings defeat provides crumb of comfort for Taunton faithful Lancashire 373 (Wells 103, Croft 71, Bailey 63, Bohannon 50; Brooks 4-77, Abell 3-63) and 32 for 0 beat Somerset 90 (Blatherwick 4-28, Bailey 3-9) and 314 (Lammonby 100, Azhar Ali 50; Wells 3-9) The statisticians from cricket’s black museum were out in

Report South Africa cruised to the target of 158 to take a 3-0 lead in the five-match series South Africa 158 for 2 (Lee 78*, Wolvaardt 53) beat West Indies 157 (Dottin 71, Williams 37, Ismail 3-31) by eight wickets Batter Lizelle Lee continued her run of fine form with an unbeaten 78 that ensured

Preview Fitness permitting, Evin Lewis should be back for the Patriots after missing their last league fixture Big picture The perennial bridesmaids meet 2017’s losing finalists. The Guyana Amazon Warriors have been the nearly team throughout the history of the CPL, advancing to the final five times but never claiming the title. The St Kitts

News The BCCI president had earlier been quoted saying he wanted the match to be a standalone event The replacement match for the now-cancelled Manchester Test should be continuation of the five-match England-India Test series and not a one-off Test, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has clarified. India could not field a team in the series-decider

News Australia’s Test captain is likely to be out of action until early November, giving him a month to prepare for the Ashes Australia Test captain Tim Paine faces a disrupted build-up to the Ashes after it was decided that he would undergo surgery on a pinched nerve in his neck, which has been causing

News He has one more chance to add to his ODI tally, which is 110 runs short of the Zimbabwean record Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor has decided to call time on his 17-year career. The 34-year old former captain and one of the most recognisable cricketers from his country will play his final match on Monday,

Report The hosts also left out Akila Dananjaya for Praveen Jayawickrama Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Kusal Perera makes his return to international cricket after recovering from Covid-19 and will open the batting after Dasun Shanaka opted to bat. Kusal tested positive for Covid last month and was included in Sri

Report The opener struck 11 sixes in a memorable display on a poor night for Knight Riders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 160 for 2 (Lewis 102*) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 159 for 7 (Munro 47, Jaggesar 3-32, Drakes 3-33) by eight wickets St Kitts and Nevis Patriots surged into the CPL semi-finals with a

News Former Essex captain, who will represent Netherlands at T20 World Cup, ends 19-year county career Ryan ten Doeschate, the Netherlands international and former Essex captain, will retire from professional cricket at the end of 2021. South Africa-born all-rounder ten Doeschate, who turned 41 in June, joined Essex in 2003 after impressing Graham Gooch during

News Markram replaces Malan at Kings as bubble fatigue, demanding winter prompt English withdrawals Several of England’s all-format players have withdrawn from this year’s IPL as a result of bubble fatigue and in anticipation of a long winter. Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have joined Jos Buttler in confirming their withdrawals. Jofra Archer

File photo: Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 71 to guide South Africa home © Getty Images South Africa 121 for 1 (Wolvaardt 71*) beat West Indies 120 all out (Knight 22, Kapp 3-24, van Niekerk 2-14) by nine wickets South Africa bowlers’ combined efforts to restrict West Indies 120 followed by Laura Wolvaardt‘s unbeaten 71