Cricket

News Veteran T20 star cites bubble fatigue, wants to “refocus on helping the West Indies in the T20 World Cup” Punjab Kings have announced that Chris Gayle will be leaving the IPL bio-bubble due to bubble fatigue. Having just arrived from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) bubble, Gayle said he was looking to mentally refresh

News Australian opener joins from Leicestershire on all-format, two-year deal Gloucestershire have billed the signing of Marcus Harris, the Australian opener, as a “big statement of intent” after convincing him to join on an all-format, two-year contract as an overseas player. Harris, 29, spent the 2021 summer playing for Leicestershire in the County Championship and

Report There are four points available for winning the Test – the first time the teams have met in the format since 2006 Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Six players will make their Test debuts in the day-night clash at Metricon Stadium with Australia and India facing each other in the format for

Report Rajasthan Royals looked good for a big score with Evin Lewis going strong, but his wicket triggered a terminal collapse Rajasthan Royals 153 for 3 (Maxwell 50*, Bharat 44, Mustafizur 2-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 149 for 9 (Lewis 58, Jaiswal 31, Harshal 3-34, Shahbaz 2-10, Chahal 2-18) by seven wickets Rajasthan Royals were in

News The Delhi seamer has started training with the squad after completing the mandatory quarantine Mumbai Indians have drafted in Delhi seamer Simarjeet Singh as a replacement for the injured Arjun Tendulkar in the ongoing UAE leg of the IPL. According to a media release from the franchise, the 23-year old has started training with

It won’t be long, you suspect, before international teams start needing to do their homework on Alice Capsey, the 17-year-old winner of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Young Player of the Year award. Capsey’s dramatic rise to prominence was one of the stories of the summer – but for now she has homework of her

News He said his visit to the hospital had been a “routine check-up” after experiencing discomfort in his stomach Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has, in his first public comments since undergoing an angioplasty, clarified that he did not suffer a heart attack. He also thanked people who had wished him well around the world, and

News Capsey youngest-ever winner, Eve Jones first domestic player to be named women’s Player of the Year Joe Root and Eve Jones have been voted winners of the cinch Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards, with Harry Brook and Alice Capsey each picking up Young Player of the Year.

Australia and India, semi-finalists and finalists at the 2017 World Cup, have played nine and 11 matches in the format respectively since the start of the pandemic. The three-match ODI leg of their ongoing multi-format series offered a peek into the strengths and flaws, and potential combinations for them to field at next year’s World

News Former Pakistan captain undergoes angioplasty after complaining of chest pain Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain and one of their all-time batting greats, is in hospital after suffering a heart attack in Lahore. Inzamam underwent a successful angioplasty on Monday evening. Inzamam, who shot to global prominence during Pakistan’s World Cup winning 1992 campaign, had

News A look at the highlights from Pool A matches of CSA’s domestic T20 competition The Western Cape will be well-represented in the quarterfinals of the Provincial T20 Cup – CSA’s domestic T20 competition – after two teams from the province progressed from Pool A at the weekend. South Western Districts and Western Province finished

News Teams of Auckland and Northern Districts will see their opening rounds of matches postponed There will be disruption to the start of the New Zealand domestic season due to the ongoing lockdown in Auckland. The opening rounds of matches for men’s and women’s sides from Auckland and Northern Districts will be delayed due to

Royal Challengers Bangalore 165 for 6 (Maxwell 56, Kohli 51, Bumrah 3-36) beat Mumbai Indians 111 (Rohit 43, Harshal 4-17, Chahal 3-11) by 54 runs In their first two games since the resumption of IPL 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed all of five wickets combined in two massive losses. On Sunday, they ran into the

News The franchises feel the current revenue and distribution model prevents the league from flourishing Ramiz Raja, the PCB chairman, is keen on exploring the idea of introducing an auction to the Pakistan Super League, instead of the draft the league currently uses, in a bid to strengthen and grow the league. Ramiz wants franchises

News They replace England’s Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont who are unavailable as the Thunder chase back-to-back WBBL titles Defending WBBL champions Sydney Thunder have pulled off a coup signing India batter Smriti Mandhana and allrounder Deepti Sharma ahead of their title defence in October. Mandhana, coming off her highest ODI score of the year,

Report Holder heroics not enough as Sunrisers horror season continues Punjab Kings 125 for 7 (Markram 27, Holder 3-19) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 120 for 7 (Holder 46*, Bishnoi 3-24, Shami 2-14) by five runs Punjab Kings kept their slim hopes of making the playoffs alive after a tidy bowling performance helped them defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad

Preview Dhoni’s team has one foot in the playoffs but Morgan’s men are beginning to come together brilliantly Big picture These are two teams in red-hot form, and they come into the game having beaten Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, respectively, in their last games. So, when Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders

Beth Mooney put on a century stand with Tahlia McGrath © Albert Perez/Getty Images Beth Mooney reckons that Australia will attack the ODI World Cup with belief that anybody can help them win from any position, having produced a career-best knock to snatch a stunning victory over India in Mackay. Mooney, promoted to open in