Cricket

Will Jacks wants to “become a mainstay” for England across formats after making his international debuts last winter, and is using his old Under-19 team-mate Harry Brook as inspiration as he looks to force his way into their World Cup squad. Jacks played twice for England in all three formats in 2022-23, making his T20I

Alyssa Healy is hopeful Meg Lanning could return to cricket for the home series against West Indies this October and will gladly relinquish the captaincy if the star batter wants it back. The hiatus came shortly after she returned in January from a four-month mental-health break and cast fresh doubt over Lanning’s future in cricket.

Trent Rockets 152 for 6 (Munro 66*, Willey 2-15) beat Welsh Fire 148 for 6 (Clarke 54, Sams 2-35) by four runs Trent Rockets climbed off the bottom of the table with a nail-biting win over Welsh Fire, as bowler John Turner held his nerve with 14 required from the final five balls. He finished

Dewald Brevis has earned his first call-up to the South Africa men’s squad for their upcoming white-ball series against Australia. The 20-year-old batter, who was the top run-getter at the Under-19 World Cup in 2022, has already featured in multiple franchise competitions around the world. He has been included in the squads for both the

India went in with four No. 11s in each of the five T20Is against West Indies this month. Their lack of batting depth on this tour has been a big talking point and it appears the team management knows it as well. Head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that they were hamstrung by the options they

Toss India chose to bat vs West Indies Hardik Pandya called correctly and an unchanged India elected to bat in the series-deciding fifth T20I in Lauderhill. Rovman Powell, his West Indies counterpart, said he would’ve wanted to bowl first anyway, which means both teams got what they wanted. Asked about his call to bat first,

Southern Brave 91 for 1 (Conway 35*) beat Welsh Fire 87 (Eskinazi 38, Mills 4-13, Garton 3-8) by nine wickets Southern Brave romped to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire, the bowlers setting the tone with Tymal Mills taking only the second hat-trick in the Men’s Hundred. That came off the final three balls

London Spirit 195 for 4 (Lawrence 93) beat Trent Rockets 193 for 5 (Root 72*) by two runs Dan Lawrence hammered the highest score of the Men’s Hundred so far and set up London Spirit’s first victory of the competition as they scraped past holders Trent Rockets by two runs in a tense finish at

The 2023 Caribbean Premier League – men’s and women’s – has announced severe penalties for teams going through their overs slowly, even putting in place a red card-like system of removing a player if the fielding side is behind schedule at the start of the 20th over of an innings, a first in the game.

Bangladesh are looking to the future with Tanzid Hasan gaining a maiden call up to the ODI side for the upcoming Asia Cup. The 22-year-old whose nickname is Tamim, is one of two openers selected to cover for Tamim Iqbal who is recovering from a back injury. Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan and Nasum Ahmed were

Big picture – India, West Indies look at the long term After losing the first two T20Is, India kept the five-match series alive with a thumping win in the third. While, in the long run, the result of this series will matter little, India are looking to try out personnel for the 2024 T20 World

Essex 298 for 9 (Westley 80, Allison 70) beat Middlesex 295 (Stoneman 93) by three runs Charlie Allison struck a maiden half-century in only his third first-team innings to help Essex pull off an extraordinary first victory of the season in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. The 18-year-old younger brother of seamer Ben lived up

Ambati Rayudu could become the second Indian to play in the men’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after St Kitts & Nevis Patriots signed him as their marquee player for the upcoming season. Rayudu, 37, retired from international – and Indian – cricket after helping Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title in May this

Australia cricket superstar Ellyse Perry could easily have found herself playing alongside Sam Kerr and the other Matildas at the Women’s World Cup. An equally gifted footballer, Perry made her international debut at 16 – playing her first match for Australia against Hong Kong in 2007. The brilliant cricket allrounder made her first World Cup appearance

Worcestershire 375 for 7 (Roderick 137, Libby 86) beat Gloucestershire 290 (Taylor 121, van Beek 4-58) by 85 runs Worcestershire Rapids keeper-batter Gareth Roderick marked his return from illness with a superb century against his former club to help secure an 85-run success in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at New Road. Roderick had missed

Gus Atkinson, the Surrey fast bowler, is in contention to win his first call-up to an England squad and could make his international debut in the four-match T20I series against New Zealand which starts later this month. He was scooped for six by Buttler early on and later bowled him a beamer that had him

Oval Invincibles 186 for 5 (Klaasen 60, Roy 59) beat Manchester Originals 92 (Overton 37, Johnson 3-1, Narine 3-12) by 94 runs Heinrich Klaasen‘s belligerent half-century led the way as Oval Invincibles thrashed the Manchester Originals by a record margin of 94 runs in the Hundred. The South African international thrashed 60 from 27 balls

Northamptonshire 415 for 8 (Shaw 244, Whiteman 54, Brooks 3-75) beat Somerset 328 (Umeed 77, Dickson 52, Keogh 4-49) by 87 runs Prithvi Shaw secured his place in the record books with a magnificent 244 off just 153 balls to set up an 87-run victory over Somerset in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at