Cricket

Big picture: Can Bangladesh spring a surprise? The defending champions have been upset by Afghanistan. Australia haven’t looked like Australia of World Cups past. Pakistan seem lacking too. And the South African juggernaut fell apart against the Netherlands. Of all the pre-tournament favourites, only India have played like favourites and they are gunning for their

South Australia 293 & 212 (McSweeney 100, Nisbet 5-53) beat New South Wales 183 & 136 (McAndrew 5-19, Conway 4-43) by 186 runs Nathan McAndrew and Nathan McSweeney have propelled South Australia to a commanding 186-run win that extends New South Wales’ winless streak in the Sheffield Shield. McAndrew produced the most dominant individual bowling

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Edwards, van der Merwe help Netherlands script famous win

Big Picture: Two teams on a high face off The 2019 World Cup champions have been taken down. Time for the runners-up next? Afghanistan players have time and again called India their second home. At various points, they have had their base set up at Indian venues like Dehradun, Lucknow and Greater Noida, where they

New South Wales 183 & 99 for 6 (McAndrew 4-19) trail South Australia 293 & 212 (McSweeney 100, Nisbet 5-53) by 223 runs New South Wales are reeling towards a 14th straight Sheffield Shield game without a win after a stunning spell former Blues junior Nathan McAndrew and a brilliant 100 from Nathan McSweeney put

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Australia put World Cup campaign back on track Australia

Australia 215 for 5 (Inglis 58, Marsh 52, Labuschagne 40, Maxwell 31*, Stoinis 20*, Madushanka 3-38) beat Sri Lanka 209 (Perera 78, Nissanka 61, Zampa 4-47, Cummins 2-32, Starc 2-43) by five wickets Australia chased down Sri Lanka’s sub-par 209 with some ease, cantering to a five-wicket win in Lucknow to revive their flagging World

Cricket will be among the sports to feature at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Recommended by the LA Local Organising Committee (LOCOG), the proposal was rubber-stamped by the International Olympic Committee’s members, who voted on Monday in Mumbai. Five new sports – cricket (men’s and women’s T20s), baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash –

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: The Great Upset – Afghanistan bring World Cup to

Afghanistan 284 (Gurbaz 80, Alikhil 58, Adil Rashid 3-42, Wood 2-50) beat England 215 (Brook 66, Malan 32, Rashid Khan 3-37, Mujeeb 3-51, Nabi 2-16) by 69 runs Afghanistan claimed the most famous scalp of their international history, and in the process provided the first big shock of the 2023 World Cup, by routing England’s

South Australia 262 for 8 (McSweeney 64, Bird 3-52) vs New South Wales South Australia’s late collapse on day one appeared to have put New South Wales in control of the Sheffield Shield clash at Adelaide Oval. The Redbacks looked steady at 223 for 5 but lost 3 for 4 late in the final session

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Bumrah and spin do the trick as India hand

India 192 for 3 (Rohit 86, Shreyas 53*) beat Pakistan 191 (Babar 50, Rizwan 49, Bumrah 2-19, Kuldeep 2-35, Jadeja 2-38) by seven wickets The game that always promises and rarely delivers came and went once more, promising plenty at various stages, and ultimately delivering what a blue mass of humanity had come to see:

The quality of Bangladesh’s batting at the start of their World Cup match against New Zealand was almost matched by the awkwardness of the conversations at the end of the day in Chennai. Najmul Hossain Shanto struggled to explain why Bangladesh were unsure about the positions of the batters in the middle order, while assistant

Alastair Cook, England’s leading Test run-scorer and one of the foremost batters of his generation, has announced his retirement from the professional game. Speculation had swirled around the final rounds of this season’s LV= Insurance County Championship that Cook, 38, could be set to call time on his playing career. Essex played down the reports,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has “accepted” the recommendation to include T20 cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The IOC took the decision on Friday, at its executive board meeting in Mumbai. The next step will be for the IOC to vote at its ‘Session’, which will take place in Mumbai from October 14

As Australia’s World Cup travails dominate the headlines, jockeying for selection amid an expected Test transition this summer is playing out in the sedate surroundings of the Sheffield Shield. With Perth stringing together hot weather, hinting that peak cricket season is nearing, opener Cameron Bancroft last week started his case for a long-awaited Test recall

Australia captain Alyssa Healy has backed Alana King to play a significant role in the upcoming tour of India after the legspinner’s sparkling return to the national team. Having been left out of the T20I series and opening one-dayer against the West Indies, King took career-best figures in the latter form, claiming 3 for 16