Cricket

“He’s probably going to be fed up of me by September,” Tom Hartley joked ahead of what he hopes will be a productive summer picking the brains of Nathan Lyon. England’s newest finger spinner has Australia’s finest as a Lancashire team-mate for the duration of the 2024 season. He does not regard that as a

Cameron Green could be kept out of Australia’s limited-overs series against Pakistan at the start of the next home summer, ahead of a five-match Test series against India, to play Sheffield Shield cricket after the selectors were immediately rewarded for keeping him red-ball focussed before the Wellington Test where he delivered a match-winning 174 not

Pat Cummins is adamant that Marnus Labuschagne is under no pressure for his place despite a lean run of form, but Australia’s batting order is facing increasing scrutiny after letting an opportunity slip to bury New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. Australia started their second innings 204 runs in front and even with the double

India allrounder Shardul Thakur has called for longer breaks between Ranji Trophy games to facilitate better recovery and preparation for players, keeping in mind the lengthy nature of the competition. Mumbai, for example, would’ve played 10 first-class games in under 10 weeks should they reach the final. Shardul termed the current schedule – where teams

Victoria 106 and 373 for 8 (Maddinson 109, Harris 76, Handscomb 71, Carlisle 3-63) need 69 more runs to beat Tasmania 240 and 307 Victoria coach Chris Rogers was pinning his hopes on a Will Sutherland masterclass after his side suffered a costly late collapse in their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in Hobart. Nic

Australia 383 (Green 174*, Henry 5-70) and 164 (Lyon 41, Phillips 5-45) beat New Zealand 179 (Phillips 71, Lyon 4-43) and 196 (Ravindra 59, Lyon 6-65) by 172 runs Nathan Lyon crushed New Zealand’s hopes early on day four to complete a 10-wicket match haul as Australia recorded a convincing 172-run first Test victory at

Mumbai 45 for 2 (Musheer 24*, Sai Kishore 1-3) trail Tamil Nadu 146 (Vijay 44, Washington 43, Deshpande 3-24, Kotian 2-10) by 101 runs After opting to bat on a grassy, red-soil pitch at the Bandra Kurla Complex, Tamil Nadu folded for 146 in their semi-final against Mumbai. Tushar Deshpande carved up the top half

New South Wales 126 for 2 (Hughes 71*) trail South Australia 287 (Manenti 71, Kelly 54, McSweeney 53) by 161 runs New South Wales will need to go into overdrive in order to keep their finals hopes alive after rain and bad light affected day two of their Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia in

Lunch Australia 383 and 113 for 4 (Green 17*, Head 24*) lead New Zealand Nathan Lyon fell short of a maiden Test half-century, but Australia’s lead grew past 300 after Cameron Green held firm and Travis Head counterattacked to thwart New Zealand’s attempts at a comeback early on day three at Basin Reserve. In windy

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie is glad to finally have the “monkey off their backs” and is hopeful Ireland’s maiden Test win will “inspire people back home to want to be Test match cricketers”. Seven years since first making their Test debut and in their eighth attempt, Ireland finally got their first win in the longest

Red-ball cricket for women will make a return to India’s domestic calendar after four years when the BCCI conducts its Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy in Pune from March 28. It was in 2018 that a domestic red-ball tournament – of two-day matches – was last held in India for women. This comes not long

Delhi Capitals 194 for 5 (Shafali 50, Capsey 46, Devine 2-23, de Klerk 2-35) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 169 for 9 (Mandhana 74, Meghana 36, Jonassen 3-21, Kapp 2-35) by 25 runs Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey carried on their good form with the bat to lead Delhi Capitals to victory and end an unbeaten

Stumps Afghanistan 155 and 134 for 3 (Shahidi 53*, Noor 32, Adair 2-23) lead Ireland 263 (Stirling 52 Campher 49, Zia-ur-Rehman 5-64, Naveed 3-59) by 26 runs Hashmatullah Shahidi‘s unbeaten 53 led Afghanistan’s batting and left the Abu Dhabi Test delicately poised at stumps on the second day. After conceding a 108-run first-innings lead, Afghanistan

Mushfiqur Rahim has hit back at the criticism of Bangladesh’s senior cricketers, saying great team performances in T20 cricket require experienced hands as much they do the fearlessness of youth. Mushfiqur, 36, pointed towards the success of Fortune Barishal, who beat Rangpur Riders in the second Qualifier on Wednesday to make it to the final

Scott Kuggeleijn has been named as New Zealand’s all-out pace attack will look to probe Australia’s reshuffled top-order on a green surface in overcast conditions at Basin Reserve after captain Tim Southee won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Test. In a new era after the retirement of firebrand Neil Wagner, New

UP Warriorz chose to bowl vs Mumbai Indians UP Warriorz won the toss and opted to bowl first in their WPL clash against an under-strength Mumbai Indians side missing captain Harmanpreet Kaur and pace bowler Shabnim Ismail in Bengaluru. Harmanpreet and Ismail were out with small “niggles”, said Nat Sciver-Brunt, standing as captain for Harmanpreet,

Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Ireland Afghanistan have chosen to bat in the one-off Test against Ireland at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi announced that wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz would make his Test debut in the match. It is the first Test being played at the Tolerance Oval, which becomes the

As England nursed the collective disappointment of their series defeat, head coach Brendon McCullum defended Ollie Robinson after a tough first outing in India. But Robinson finds himself at another juncture in a Test career only in its third year, with questions remaining about his robustness. Robinson had been primed for a pivotal role during