Cricket

Delhi Capitals 181 for 5 (Rodrigues 58, Capsey 48, Patil 4-26) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 7 (Ghosh 51, Perry 49, Capsey 1-5) by one run The WPL dished out a scintillating thriller for the third night in a row to cap off a bumper weekend that saw a second team – Delhi Capitals

Australia slumped to 34 for 4 in pursuit of the target of 279. Lyon had been padded up as the nightwatcher yet again but was not required after Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh steered Australia to stumps without any further loss. But they still need 202 runs to win with just six wickets in hand

Karachi Kings 179 for 7 (Vince 42, Irfan 35, Abbas 2-23) beat Lahore Qalandars 177 for 5 (Shafique 55, Zaman 54, Mahmood 2-27) by three wickets Shoaib Malik hit a boundary off the last ball to give Karachi Kings a three-wicket victory in a must-win game against two-time champion Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super

Mumbai Indians (Harmanpreet 95*, Bhatia 49) beat Gujarat Giants 190 for 7 (Hemalatha 74, Mooney 66, Ishaque 2-31) by seven wickets Mumbai Indians were down and out – no team had scored more than 83 in the last six overs of an innings; they needed 91 in 36 balls with Harmanpreet Kaur in the middle.

The BCCI has announced a “Test Cricket Incentive Scheme” that will increase a player’s match fee by 300% if he features in 75% or more Tests during a season. ESPNcricinfo understands the move has been recommended by the Ajit Agarkar-led senior men’s selection panel to encourage cricketers to give importance to first-class cricket. The scheme

Peshawar Zalmi 196 for 8 (Babar 53, Hosein 4-23) beat Quetta Gladiators 120 (Shakeel 24, Shahzad 2-15, Ayub 2-20) by 76 runs Babar Azam and Saim Ayub upstaged Akeal Hosein‘s hat-trick as Peshawar Zalmi thumped Quetta Gladiators by 76 runs and booked a playoff spot in the Pakistan Super League on Friday. Gladiators’ batters fumbled

Toss UP Warriorz chose to bat vs Delhi Capitals UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy called correctly and became the third captain in three days to opt to bat, in their game against Delhi Capitals in Delhi. “We played on this wicket last night and hopefully we have learnt some lessons,” Healy said at the toss.

He second-top-scored for New Zealand in the second Test running with an important 29 as they were bowled out for 162 having been sent into bat on a seam-friendly Hagley Oval pitch. Josh Hazlewood put on a supreme display of bowling to take 5 for 31 Henry was then equally good during his turn, prising

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against New Zealand Ben Sears will make his debut, while spinner Mitchell Santner has again been overlooked for New Zealand as Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl on a green-tinged Hagley Oval surface in the second Test. An unchanged Australia are hoping

Mumbai Indians 160 for 6 (Sciver-Brunt 45, Kerr 39, Harmanpreet 33, Athapaththu 2-27) beat UP Warriorz 118 for 9 (Deepti 53*, Ishaque 3-27, Sciver-Brunt 2-14) by 42 runs Mumbai Indians went second on the WPL points table as they thumped UP Warriorz by 42 runs in their return fixture on Thursday. They posted 160 for

CA Green 355 for 3 dec (Voll 200*, Piparo 66, Darke 57) and 259 (King 81, Voll 56, Piparo 55, Sutcliffe 3-28) drew with CA Gold 350 for 4 dec (de Broughe 115, Faltum 112, Mack 56) and 173 for 7 (de Broughe 86*, King 4-52, Graham 3-38) Alana King and Heather Graham nearly bowled

India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is set to play his final IPL season this year when he appears for Royal Challengers Bangalore over the next two months. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Karthik, who turns 39 in June, will also make a final decision soon on his international future. Karthik, who started his IPL career at Delhi

Dame Sarah Storey is set to become Lancashire’s next club President after accepting a nomination from the board. Storey, Great Britain’s greatest Paralympian, has won 28 medals for cycling and swimming across eight Paralympic Games, including 17 golds. She is building towards her ninth appearance in Paris this year, having been made a Dame after

England have opted against reinforcing their seam-bowling contingent for the fifth Test against India in Dharamsala, and have named an XI featuring just one change – Mark Wood for Ollie Robinson – from the side that lost by five wickets in Ranchi last month. The talk in the lead-up to the Test had centred around

Mitchell Starc has the strong words of former Australia coach Tim Nielsen still ringing in his ears as he stands on the brink of a remarkable achievement. As impressive as that is, Starc is arguably prouder of the fact he is set to play his seventh straight Test of a southern hemisphere summer. It is

Delhi Capitals 192 for 4 (Rodrigues 69*, Lanning 53) beat Mumbai Indians 163 for 8 (Amanjot 42, Matthews 29, Jonassen 3-21, Kapp 2-37) by 29 runs Delhi Capitals couldn’t have asked for a better start in their home stretch. They saw off the Mumbai Indians quite comfortably courtesy half-centuries from Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues,

Islamabad United 196 for 4 (Shadab 80, Salman 37, Ayub 2-15) beat Peshawar Zalmi 167 for 9 (Jamal 87, Shadab 3-41, Hunain 2-25) by 29 runs Islamabad United thwarted Aamer Jamal‘s rapid-fire half-century to beat Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in the Pakistan Super League on Monday. Islamabad put up 196-4 thanks mainly to captain

Carl Crowe, Lancashire’s assistant coach, has left the club by mutual consent on the eve of the 2024 county season, in order to pursue new coaching opportunities. He is replaced on the staff by Will Porterfield, who has joined with immediate effect after leaving Gloucestershire. Crowe, 48, played 83 professional games between 1995 and 2009,