Cricket

A theme of regeneration and renewal is gripping English white-ball cricket at present, even if – on the early evidence of their T20I series with Australia – England’s rebooted team remains a work in progress. Down on the south coast, however, where one of the stories of the summer has been unfolding, Sussex have already

Former Australia and New South Wales fast bowler Frank Misson has passed away at the age of 85. Misson played five Tests across the famous 1960-61 home series against the West Indies and the 1961 Ashes tour to England but his Test career was cut short by an Achilles injury. He took 16 wickets at

Somerset threw open the County Championship Division One title race by beating leaders Surrey in a thrilling day-four finish at Taunton – but victory came at a cost, with Tom Banton set to miss Saturday’s Blast semi-final rematch between the teams after rolling his ankle while playing football. Banton batted at No. 11 in Somerset’s

Somerset 317 (Banton 132, Vaughan 44, Shakib 4-97) and 224 (Overton 49*, Banton 46, Shakib 5-96) beat Surrey 321 (Curran 86, Patel 70, Vaughan 6-102) and 109 (Leach 5-37, Vaughan 5-38) by 111 runs Spinners Archie Vaughan and Jack Leach sparked a dramatic late Surrey collapse as Somerset boosted hopes of a first ever Vitality

“All yours now champion.” That was the caption David Warner posted on his Instagram Story picture of himself and Jake Fraser-McGurk sharing a drink following his T20I retirement in June. But Australia’s selectors aren’t so sure at the moment, and Matthew Short is intent on making his case to be the permanent partner to Travis

Australia are facing the prospect of losing another pace bowler from their UK tour after Xavier Bartlett pulled up with a side strain in the first T20I against England in Southampton. He had overcome a no-ball from his first delivery, which saw Phil Salt taken at mid-off by captain Mitchell Marsh who had not heard

Yorkshire 379 (Tattersall 126, Fisher 88, Scriven 4-103) beat Leicestershire 98 (Cox 51, Coad 5-15, Fisher 3-38) and 209 (Rehan 77, Hill 6-59) trail by an innings and 72 runs Yorkshire moved a step closer to securing promotion after completing a three-day victory over Leicestershire in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship despite more

Rain and the state of the outfield at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground rendered the third day of the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand a non-starter. Play was abandoned as early as 9.15 am. With no play possible on either of the first two days, and the toss yet to happen, the chances

Several slushy pockets in the Greater Noida Sports Complex ground along with drainage that has been overwhelmed by heavy rainfall have prevented the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand from taking off. For the second straight day, there was no play possible, not even a toss, and there is growing fear that the entire

Sussex 407 for 5 (Simpson 112*, Hughes 83, Clark 73*, Crocombe 54) lead Glamorgan 186 (Carlson 56, Unadkat 4-52) by 221 runs Skipper John Simpson became the first Sussex batter for ten years to score five Vitality County Championship hundreds in a season as the second division leaders took charge against Glamorgan at Hove. Simpson

New Zealand will be boosted by the return of fast bowler Rosemary Mair for the women’s T20 World Cup 2024, after she suffered a back injury during their home series against England in March. Meanwhile, their captain Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates are set to play their ninth T20 World Cup when the competition begins

Yorkshire 263 for 8 (Tattersall 90*, Scriven 4-69) lead Leicestershire 98 (Cox 51*, Coad 5-15) by 165 runs Skipper Jonny Tattersall‘s fine, unbeaten 90 enabled promotion-chasing Yorkshire to close on 263 for 8 for a lead of 165 after 18 wickets fell on day one of their Vitality County Championship match against Leicestershire. It came

Ollie Pope, England’s stand-in captain, admitted his team were frustrated at missing out on a notable slice of history in the final Test of the English summer, but denied that complacency had been to blame for their shock eight-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka at the Kia Oval. Leading 2-0 in this series, and following on

India B 321 (Musheer 181, Saini 56, Akash 4-60) and 184 (Pant 61, Akash 5-56) beat India A 231 (Rahul 37, Mukesh 3-62) and 198 (Rahul 57, Akash 43, Dayal 3-50, Saini 2-41) by 76 runs For over three hours on the final day of the Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru, KL Rahul‘s discipline kept

Rutherford, 26, had played just four games for Patriots this season, scoring 35 runs at a strike rate of 194.44. In Rutherford’s absence, Patriots had Dominic Drakes, who is predominantly a bowling allrounder, batting at No.7 against Falcons on Sunday. They are currently rooted to the bottom of the CPL 2024 points table with a

Two balls across two innings defined Akash Deep‘s impressive outing in the Duleep Trophy game, where he returned a match haul of 9 for 116 for India A against India B. The first one was Nitish Kumar Reddy’s wicket, courtesy of late seam movement that squared him up to hit the top of the off

Moeen Ali, the England allrounder, has announced his retirement from all internationals. “I’m 37 years old and didn’t get picked for this month’s Australia series,” Moeen said in a Daily Mail interview. “I’ve played a lot of cricket for England. It’s time for the next generation, which was also explained to me. It felt the

Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s interim head coach, said that his team’s success in frustrating Harry Brook had been integral to their fightback on the second day at the Kia Oval, as they reached the close on 211 for 5 in their first innings, trailing by just 114 after bowling England out for 325 in the