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He was dismissed in the 41st over, after defending a delivery from Kyle Jamieson into the ground and then swatting the ball away with his right hand after it had bounced up wide outside off stump. New Zealand appealed immediately and it was upheld by the TV umpire Ahsan Raza. “A cricketer who has played

A new-look BBL will begin on Thursday with a reduced 40-game regular season although the squeeze on marquee talent continues to be a challenge. We run the rule over how each side could go. You can read part one here. Squads as of December 6 and subject to change Melbourne Stars Squad Scott Boland, Joe

Big picture – England in a rum spot (again) Talk about another bloody day in paradise. England arrived in Antigua looking to launch a new chapter for their one-day cricket, after the disappointment of the World Cup, but were instead given a reboot up the backside by a feisty West Indies batting display, led by

The ECB have consulted with owners of IPL franchises, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds on the prospect of investment in the Hundred, and want counties to reach a decision on its future in the early months of the 2024 season. The Hundred’s existing model features eight clubs which field both men’s and women’s

Pakistan Women 137 for 6 (Muneeba 35, Riaz 32*, Penfold 2-17, Jonas 2-21) beat New Zealand Women 127 for 7 (Rowe 33, Plimmer 28, Sana 3-22, Sadia 2-29) by 10 runs Having beaten New Zealand for the first time in a T20I to start the series, Pakistan went one better in the second game in

Dunkley didn’t play as big a role in that campaign as planned, however, and that took its toll. It is only now, after resting for the latter part of the home international summer and finding some late form in the WBBL, that Dunkley is back, ready to pull on her England shirt again feeling good

Steven Mullaney has agreed a three-year player-coach contract with Nottinghamshire that will see him captain the 2nd XI while remaining available for the first team across all formats. Mullaney recently stepped down as club captain and has already begun to turn his focus to coaching, working at the Abu Dhabi T10 and on the Trent

Bangla Tigers 137 for 4 (Miller 50, Cox 35, Neesham 2-22) beat Northern Warriors 135 for 5 (Zazai 57, Neesham 23*, Brathwaite 2-26) by two runs Jimmy Neesham made a mark with the ball with two wickets, and scored 23 not out in 14 balls, but couldn’t hit the boundary Northern Warriors needed off the

It’s not always that you score 160 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and feel you are 15 to 20 runs above par. But that’s what Arshdeep Singh said after India beat Australia by six runs in the fifth and final T20I to take a 4-1 series win. After being sent in, India hobbled to 160

Pakistan 132 for 3 (Zulfiqar 41, Devine 2-23) beat New Zealand 127 for 6 (Green 43*, Sana 3-18) by seven wickets Having elected to bat first, New Zealand got off to a steady start before medium-pacer Sana struck in the sixth over to remove Bernadine Bezuidenhout for 13. She then went on to dismiss Kate

Chennai Braves 107 for 5 (Raza 27, Mithun 2-11) beat Northern Warriors 106 for 3 (Zazai 54, Nabi 2-11) by five wickets Sikandar Raza‘s 27 off 10 balls helped Chennai Braves chase 106 down as Northern Warriors went down by five wickets. Having been put in, Warriors were off to a steady start, with opener

Will Jacks was not told by the ECB that he had missed out on a central contract, saying “I just ended up seeing it on Twitter like everyone else.” Jacks, 25, has played in all three formats for England over the past 12 months and was a surprise omission from the ECB’s list of 29

Lack of batting partnerships and accurate bowling for long periods brought New Zealand’s downfall in Sylhet, according to their captain Tim Southee, after the visitors went down by 150 runs for their first Test defeat in Bangladesh. The two sides went toe-to-toe at the end of their respective first innings, but the home side pulled

New York Strikers 92 for 7 (Waseen 23, Gurbaz 22) beat Northern Warriors 88 for 3 (Munro 44*) by three wickets New York Strikers beat Northern Warriors with five balls to spare despite losing five wickets in the space of 13 balls towards the end of their chase of 89. The result ended Warriors unbeaten

Renuka Singh has made a comeback from a stress injury, while WPL breakout stars Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque have earned maiden T20I call-ups for the three-match series against England beginning December 6 in Mumbai. There was also a maiden call-up for Karnataka’s 24-year-old left-handed batter Satheesh Shubha. Renuka and Ishaque are also in line

Both Akmal and Anjum have had selection responsibilities before. Akmal, who represented Pakistan in 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is in a career spanning 15 years before retiring from all forms of cricket this February, was named chair of PCB’s Junior Selection committee earlier this year. He was also appointed chair of an eight-member

Sydney Sixers have brought back Afghanistan legspinner Izharulhaq Naveed for this season’s BBL after England’s Rehan Ahmed withdrew from the tournament following selection in both white-ball formats for the tour of West Indies. Naveed was a surprising pick by Sixers at the inaugural BBL draft last year but went on to claim nine wickets in

Northern Warriors 106 for 0 (Zazai 52*, Lewis 46*) beat Team Abu Dhabi 103 for 7 (Banton 33, Shamsi 2-17) by 10 wickets Abu Dhabi started off on the right note when their English openers Tom Banton and Alex Hales raced to 39 in under four overs but Shamsi truck to have Banton hole out