Cricket

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

Warwickshire 367 and 294 for 3 dec (Yates 132*, Rhodes 62, Sibley 50) beat Somerset 389 (Gregory 68, Davies 52) and 154 (Miles 3-26) by 118 runs It was, as Mark Robinson put it, “one of those days you live for”. Certainly from a Warwickshire perspective. Robinson, the Warwickshire head coach, has been this way

Big picture September 20, 2020. Mayank Agarwal hits Marcus Stoinis wide of long-off for four, leaving Kings XI Punjab needing one run off three balls to win their opening match of the season. They fail to get that run, and lose the game in the Super Over. October 10, 2020. Kings XI need 22 to

News Allrounder heads to Australia after a sensational domestic season in England Experienced uncapped English allrounder Eve Jones has signed with Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming BBL season. Jones, 29, has not played international cricket but is coming off an outstanding domestic season. She was the leading runscorer in the T20 Charlotte Edwards Cup for

News “There’s also no point in rushing him back to get injured and miss the rest of the tournament when we have a chance to win it.” With Hardik Pandya sitting out both of Mumbai Indians’ matches since the resumption of IPL 2021, there has been a lot of speculation around his fitness and whether

News Takes over from Richard Gould in sign of thawing relations between ECB and Surrey Steve Elworthy, the ECB director of events who was widely credited for salvaging England’s 2020 home season during the Covid-19 outbreak, has been appointed as the new chief executive at Surrey. Elworthy, the former South Africa seamer who played in

News The allrounder limped of the attack after seven balls in Delhi Capitals match against Sunrisers Hyderabad Australia face a nervous wait to find out the severity of the injury allrounder Marcus Stoinis suffered in Delhi Capitals’ first match of the resumed IPL in Dubai after he limped out of the attack in his second

Report Sunrisers Hyderabad on the brink of elimination after losing seven from eight Delhi Capitals 139 for 2 (Iyer 47*, Dhawan 42, Pant 35*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 9 (Samad 28, Rashid 22, Rabada 3-37, Nortje 2-12) by eight wickets The South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada were too hot

Report Sam Cook claims ten in the match in 96.3-over rout at Chelmsford Essex 170 (White 4-40, Taylor 4-67) beat Northamptonshire 81 (S Cook 5-21, Porter 4-31) and 45 (S Cook 5-20, Snater 4-7) by an innings and 44 runs Essex thrashed Northamptonshire by an innings and 44 runs inside four sessions as they lifted

News The 22-year-old set for a stint in the WBBL after her recent England debut Melbourne Stars have signed recent England debutant batter Maia Bouchier for the upcoming WBBL season. The 22-year-old made her T20I debut in England’s recent series against New Zealand following some promising performances for Southern Brave in the women’s Hundred. She

Report Kings needed only four off the final over with eight wickets in hand, but they came up short A banner statistical day for Punjab Kings that included KL Rahul passing 3000 runs in the IPL, 2000 runs in the league for Mayank Agarwal, and a maiden IPL five-for from left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh became

News Moores, who was linked with Pakistan coach role, has committed his future to the county Peter Moores, the Nottinghamshire head coach, has signed a contract extension with the county after links with the vacant Pakistan role. ESPNcricinfo understands that Moores, who coached England across two spells from 2007-09 and 2014-15, was among the PCB’s

Report India hand ODI debut to Richa Ghosh, who replaces Taniya Bhatia as wicketkeeper in Mackay Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia have won the toss and opted to send India in on a fresh surface in Mackay for the opening ODI of the multi-format series. Australia captain Meg Lanning, playing her 200th game

News Allrounder relinquishes role after tough campaign at New Road Joe Leach has chosen to return to the ranks at Worcestershire, after five years as the captain. Leach will lead his side for the final time this week, when Worcestershire take on Leicestershire in their final LV=Insurance County Championship match of the season, starting at