Cricket

News Carrara to host one-off pink-ball Test and the T20Is, while Mackay will host the three-match ODI series The first match on the India women’s team’s tour of Australia is set to be delayed by two days – from September 19 to September 21 – and the entire series of three ODIs, one day-night Test,

News Division Two fixture cancelled with a number of Surrey squad going into isolation Surrey’s opening match in the divisional stage of the County Championship, against Durham at Chester-le-Street, has been cancelled following a positive Covid-19 test. The unnamed member of Surrey’s squad returned a positive result ahead of the Division Two match, which was

Report Teenager paves way for visitors as Stars leapfrog rivals to go top of Group A South East Stars 167 for 4 (Capsey 61) beat Southern Vipers 147 for 7 (Elwiss 45, Capsey 2-9) by 20 runs South East Stars beat Southern Vipers by 20 runs at the Ageas Bowl in the Charlotte Edwards Cup,

Report Mohammad Amir took three wickets in the Powerplay but Royals’ collapse of 6 for 19 cost them Trinbago Knight Riders 125 for 4 (Pollard 59*, Amir 3-21) beat Barbados Royals 122 (Udana 5-21) by six wickets Kieron Pollard turned what had looked an uncertain run chase into a canter for Trinbago Knight Riders after

Sam Billings en route to a half-century © Getty Images Kent 162 for 7 (Billings 56, Bell-Drummond 53, Bresnan 4-26) beat Birmingham Bears 141 (Lintott 41*, Milnes 4-24) by 21 runs Half-centuries to Sam Billings and Daniel Bell-Drummond helped Kent to a 21-run victory against Birmingham Bears, meaning that Finals Day will be an all-southern

Tabraiz Shamsi takes off on a celebratory run © AFP/Getty Images Tabraiz Shamsi is reaping the rewards of regular international game time, with success for South Africa and a string of short-term deals in overseas leagues that he hopes will benefit the national side. Shamsi went straight from South Africa’s tour of the Caribbean and

News The former allrounder will undertake “a significant rehabilitation process” at a specialist hospital Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is paralysed in his legs after suffering a stroke in his spine following emergency heart surgery in Sydney, New Zealand media reported on Friday. Cairns, 51, had returned to his home city Canberra but remained

Gajanand Singh in action during his time at the CPL © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty Gajanand Singh, the former West Indies Under-19, Guyana and Guyana Amazon Warriors batter, is one of four debutants named in a USA 14-player squad headed to Oman in September for a six-match ODI tour that includes two

News The after-effects of concussion have taken a toll but he is looking ahead to the CPL and the IPL Faf du Plessis has declared himself fit to return to action after a long lay-off due to the concussion he suffered during the PSL in June. du Plessis, who was also forced to miss the

News Bosch has secured her first WBBL deal after a promising return to international cricket Brisbane Heat have signed South Africa allrounders Nadine de Klerk and Anneke Bosch for the WBBL. de Klerk will be returning for her second season with Heat after playing nine matches in last year’s campaign. For Bosch it will be

Mohammed Siraj gestures to the fans © PA Images via Getty Images India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj had a ball thrown at him from the crowd, according to Rishabh Pant, which left the India captain Virat Kohli annoyed. It is not clear what kind of ball it was or if it was deliberately aimed to

Preview Somerset host Lancashire in quarter-final at world’s highest-scoring T20 venue Roll up, roll up and see The Beast. Shane Warne’s moniker for Liam Livingstone is yet to catch on but it will be only a matter of time before it does if his monstrous six-hitting form continues, not least with the T20 World Cup

“We have four or five days of training to find out if our game plans will suit these types of wickets” © AFP via Getty Images New Zealand’s record of one win in their last ten bilateral matches in Bangladesh will be their biggest motivating factor, according to quick bowler Hamish Bennett. The 34-year-old is

Report Inventive, outrageous cameo ends Yorkshire hopes after Gary Ballance puts Sussex under pressure Sussex 178 for 5 (Wright 54, Rashid 27*, Thompson 3-28) beat Yorkshire 177 for 7 (Kohler-Cadmore 55, Ballance 55, Mills 3-39) by five wickets There has not been too much in life to cheer Rashid Khan in recent weeks. He was

Rajeshwari Gayakwad is back from injury © AFP India Women have called up two uncapped players in Railways medium-pacer Meghna Singh and Baroda left-hand batter Yastika Bhatia for all three formats for their tour of Australia in September and October. Meanwhile Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who was out with an injury for India’s tour of England, returned

News He has been particularly taken by the innovations introduced to speed up the over-rate Experienced allrounder Carlos Brathwaite believes some of the new Hundred rules could be phased into mainstream T20 to speed the game up after the original format had become “really, really slow”. Brathwaite, 33, captained Manchester Originals in the inaugural Hundred,

News Board claims 16.1 million people watched new tournament on TV, with 510,000 tickets issued The ECB has hailed audience figures for the first edition of the Hundred as “incredible” and promised it will lead to pay rises for women cricketers. Sanjay Patel, the managing director of the tournament, claimed 16.1 million people watched the

News Says a big bonus for New Zealand was seeing how Australia played there Henry Nicholls was handed his T20I debut during the 2016 T20 World Cup against Bangladesh in Kolkata. He has only played four T20Is since, with his last appearance coming against Sri Lanka in Auckland in January 2019. With a number of