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News Offspinner says he still has “aspirations to play for South Africa” after end of Kolpak status Simon Harmer has confirmed his hopes for a South Africa comeback after signing to play for the Titans in the domestic T20 competition. Harmer turned his back on international cricket when signing on a Kolpak deal with Essex

News At the start of a home season, Pant and Kuldeep are finally looking at a decent run in the Test side The 2018-19 India tour of Australia seemed like the start of the era of Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav. Pant ended the series with a century, becoming the only Indian wicketkeeper to have

News The Sydney Sixers wicketkeeper-batsman has followed up last season’s success with another outstanding campaign Josh Philippe believes he’s batting as well as he ever has ahead of the BBL final at the SCG on Saturday, with his form earning him the Player of the Tournament title, but is eager to develop into an all-format

This was one half-century he was always going to convert. From the moment Joe Root toddled out to bat in Nagpur – really, did old-school Yorkshiremen like Brian Close or Ray Illingworth, look as young as Root did that day even in their pre-natal scans? – it looked likely he would spend a decade and

Jordan said he hopes kids can draw inspiration from him © Getty Images England bowler Chris Jordan says he hopes that by being a positive presence at the highest level the game can serve as inspiration for young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Cricket, especially in England, is increasingly under-fire for

News Chief executive Nick Hockley said the planning for the Ashes would start very soon Any issues between Australia’s coach Justin Langer and his players need to be sorted out in-house as Cricket Australia reviews the performance of the Test team in the gap between now and next summer’s Ashes series against England, according to

Tim Paine won’t be leading his team out in South Africa next month © Getty Images A formal offer from Cricket Australia to play next month’s scheduled Test series in Australia was rejected by Cricket South Africa. CA’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley confirmed discussions of the Australia scenario as he explained why the “risk

News Jofra Archer insists he’s ready to go after his break with ‘a very long year’ ahead Ollie Pope looks set to be added to England’s Test squad in time to play the first Test of the series against India. Pope, the 23-year-old middle-order batsman, suffered a dislocated shoulder while fielding in the final Test

Mitchell Swepson has formed an impressive pairing with Marnus Labuschagne © Getty Images Colin Munro has said the Perth Scorchers will need to “take our egos out” of their batting when they come against Brisbane Heat in the BBL Challenger final on Thursday with the prize a place in the final against the Sydney Sixers.

News Sydney Thunder coach criticises ECB for not asking him about ‘matured’ star’s conduct during BBL England’s treatment of Alex Hales has been described as “really unfair” by Shane Bond. Hales has not played an international match for almost two years after being deemed to have shown a “complete disregard” (in the words of Eoin

News Left-arm spinner embraces pressure as he prepares for the “ultimate test” Jack Leach is promising to “cherish” every moment of the Test series in India despite knowing it represents the “ultimate” challenge. Leach returned to England’s Test team in Sri Lanka after an absence of 14-months during which he has admitted he both feared

News The batsman struggled for the first part of his innings but was able to turn in a match-winning hand Sam Heazlett showed the value of hanging in as he turned a batting struggle into a match-winning display against the Sydney Thunder in the BBL Knockout final. Heazlett was 19 off 26 balls in the

News “I’d like to think more opportunities will come from this and we’ll see what happens,” Overton says England hopefuls Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett and Jamie Overton all performed with the bat at the T10 League on Sunday, serving up some timely reminders of their talent in a year of great opportunity for

News Foakes is set to keep wicket from the second Test onwards with Jos Buttler rested As Ben Foakes picked up his oversized Player-of-the-Series cheque following England’s clean sweep in Sri Lanka in November 2018, it was unthinkable – barring injury – that he would play only two out of their next 18 Test matches.

News “I accept the fine handed down to me, my reaction to the umpire’s decision was unacceptable” Perth Scorchers allrounder Mitchell Marsh has been fined $5000 for dissent but has escaped suspension following his outburst at an umpire after his dismissal against Sydney Sixers in Saturday’s BBL Qualifier in Canberra. Marsh was given out caught

Eighteen months since playing his last Test, Moeen Ali feels he has so much more to achieve, including passing the 200-wicket milestone. Back in Chennai, where he scored the last of his five Test centuries with 146 in England’s innings defeat as India won their series 4-0 in 2016, Moeen said that a sense of

News BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal says board confident of hosting IPL 2021 in India The BCCI doesn’t feel the need to look at a back-up overseas venue for hosting the 2021 edition of the IPL, treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal said on Saturday. Dhumal, who is also on the IPL Governing Council, told PTI that the

News The premier first-class tournament will not be held for the first time since its inception in 1934-35 There will be no Ranji Trophy for the first time since its inception in 1934-35, but the BCCI has announced that the senior men’s, senior women’s and Under-19 men’s 50-over competitions would be held in the current