Cricket

Liam Dawson has become the first domestic cricketer since 2018 to land the coveted PCA Men’s Player of the Year award, after a stellar allround season for Hampshire in which he claimed 71 wickets across all formats and scored 1,280 runs, to top the Overall MVP table by a considerable distance. Dawson succeeds last year’s

In the aftermath of a match that forced India to play an extreme kind of Test cricket – scoring their first-innings runs at almost nine an over and declaring after 34.4 – to secure the result they wanted because of days lost to rain and poor drainage in Kanpur, there has been a heightened focus

Lunch Bangladesh 233 and 146 (Shadman 50, Bumrah 3-17, Jadeja 3-34, Ashwin 3-50) set India 285 for 9 decl 95 runs to win Barely 24 hours after taking his 300th Test wicket and only two sessions after India’s batters started a near-unthinkable push for victory, Ravindra Jadeja‘s triple-strike started a slide for Bangladesh that wiped

Kent have signed wicketkeeper-batter Chris Benjamin from Warwickshire on a three-year contract. Benjamin, 25, made headlines when drafted as a replacement player during the 2021 Hundred, having only played one senior T20 for Birmingham Bears. He scored 24 off 15 balls to see Birmingham Phoenix over the line and went on to feature regularly over

Even after Sunday’s fifth ODI had been called off, the rain kept coming. As Australia’s victorious squad gathered in the indoor nets for their trophy presentation, Jos Buttler stood out in the open mingling with fans. In between autographs and selfies were occasional grimaces skywards, wondering how much the dark clouds had left. Plenty, as

Lunch Bangladesh 205 for 6 (Mominul 102*, Mehidy 6*, Akash Deep 2-43, Ashwin 2-45) vs India When play finally resumed after two days were lost to rain, a tug of war between a defiant Mominul Haque and a disciplined Indian bowling attack ensued. In the 31 overs that were bowled on the fourth morning in

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia’s resources have again been stretched for the ODI series decider in Bristol with captain Mitchell Marsh ruled out after pulling up sore following Lord’s. Steven Smith will lead the visitors who have handed a debut to allrounder Cooper Connolly. Despite the series being on

South Africa opt to bowl v Ireland Ireland and South Africa made a change apiece to their bowling attacks for the second T20I in Abu Dhabi. After Friday’s night high-scoring game on a surface with decent bounce and carry and significant grass, the two teams have adjusted their seam combination. Graham Hume replaced Craig Young

Overseas players who make themselves unavailable for an IPL season after being bought at an auction without legitimate reasons, will henceforth be penalised with two-year bans. That aside, overseas players’ mini auction price tags will be the “lower of the highest retention price” – of INR 18 crore (US$ 2.1 million approx.) – or “the

Franchises can retain up to six players each, the right-to-match option is back at the auction, and the Impact Player rule will remain in place for IPL 2025. That aside, the auction purse is bigger at INR 120 crore (US$ 14.33 million approx.), INR 20 crore more than last year. These are among the most

Players in IPL 2005 are set to receive a boost to their earnings with the BCCI introducing a match fee of INR 7.5 lakh (US$ 9000 approx.) per game. This means that in addition to the value of players’ contracts, franchises will also pay them for their appearances over the course of the season. BCCI

South Africa chose to bowl vs Ireland South Africa rested their most experienced fast bowler Lungi Ngidi on a surface with a significant grass covering, fielding an attack with four seam and three spin options as they chose to bowl in the series opener against Ireland. Ottneil Baartman and Lizaad Williams are set to make

England 312 for 5 (Brook 87, Duckett 63, Livingstone 62*) vs Australia Harry Brook produced a sparkling innings after an Australian wicketkeeper was briefly the centre of attention at Lord’s, and Liam Livingstone hammered a thunderous 27-ball 62, as England racked up an imposing 312 for 5 in just 39 overs at Lord’s After a

Australia face a nervous wait on the fitness of allrounder Cameron Green after he was ruled out of the final two ODIs against England with a back injury. Green underwent scans after reporting soreness following the third ODI in Durham, where he bowled a spell of sustained short balls, and will undergo further assessment on

Former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo has ended his long and celebrated journey at Chennai Super Kings, with whom he won four IPL titles in different roles. He is joining defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as a mentor from the 2025 season. Bravo, who turns 41 in October, will replace Gautam Gambhir, who took

Bravo, 41 next month, is the leading T20 wicket-taker in history. He had previously called time on his international career in 2021, and stepped away from the IPL last year, as he began to move into coaching – in the last 12 months he has worked with Chennai Super Kings and the Afghanistan men’s team.

Essex 116 for 1 (Elgar 54*, Westely 52*) vs Surrey An unbeaten century second-wicket stand between Dean Elgar and Tom Westley before the rains came brought champions Surrey back down to earth after their week-long celebrations. Surrey completed their third successive Vitality County Championship win in their last game against Durham but were on the

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs New Zealand Sri Lanka won the toss again in Galle and unsurprisingly chose to bat again, which means New Zealand will bat last once again on what is expected to be another turner. Dhananjaya de Silva said the pitch looked “firmer than the last one with less grass”