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Toss India chose to bowl vs Bangladesh Harmanpreet Kaur continues her winning streak with the toss and opted to bowl first in the opening ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur. India handed out ODI debuts to allrounder Amanjot Kaur and left-arm spinner B Anusha. They also left Shafali Verma out of their XI and brought back

Somerset 145 (Dickson 53, Snater 3-13) beat Essex 131 (Sams 45, Henry 4-24, Sodhi 3-22) by 14 runs Somerset ended an 18-year wait for a second T20 title as they put their Finals Day heartache behind them, concluding a record-breaking season with another ruthless bowling performance under the Edgbaston lights. Somerset had won 14 games

Somerset 142 for 7 (Abbott 4-23) beat Surrey 118 (Henry 3-19, Overton 3-24, Green 3-25) by 24 runs Craig Overton, Matt Henry and Ben Green claimed three wickets apiece in a stunning defence of a sub-par target of 143, as Somerset overcame Surrey by 24 runs to book their place in the Vitality Blast final,

Alex Carey has stood by his controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s which ignited the biggest uproar of the Ashes and led to what he termed some “pretty nasty stuff” being said about him and the team. Speaking for the first time since the dismissal on the final day at Lord’s, Carey reinforced that

Jaiswal’s innings, lasting 501 minutes and 387 balls, was the longest by an India Test debutant, and Rohit watched a large part of it from the other end during an opening stand of 229. “He’s got the talent,” Rohit said of Jaiswal. “We knew about it. He’s shown us in the past couple of years

After being left out of the tour to Bangladesh, Richa Ghosh has returned to India’s 15-member squad for the women’s cricket competition at the 19th Asian Games. Fast bowler Titas Sadhu and allrounder Kanika Ahuja earned maiden call-ups while experienced allrounder Pooja Vastrakar was named among the five reserves. Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who was

West Zone 129 for 7 (Shaw 65, Kaverappa 4-44, Vyshak 2-29) trail South Zone 213 (Vihari 63, Mulani 3-29, Gaja 2-27) by 84 runs Vidwath Kaverappa is 24 years old. He isn’t what you’d define as a tearaway quick. But he’s lively and can certainly leave batters in a daze with his quick arm-speed, zip

The Sheffield Shield season will run from October 3, 2023, until the final on March 21-25, 2024. There will be six Shield rounds before the first Test however the last of those six games begins on November 28 to accommodate the BBL starting earlier on December 7. That may mean that Australia’s multi-format players are

Derbyshire 407 (Guest 105, du Plooy 52, Karvelas 4-64, Shipley 4-124) and 361 for 8 (du Plooy 128, Ali 73) drew with Sussex 402 (Hudson-Prentice 63*, Scrimshaw 5-49) and 384 for 9 dec (Coles 180, Thomson 5-110) Skipper Leus du Plooy made a magnificent 128 but Derbyshire came up just short in their pursuit of

Richa Ghosh, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, has become the third Indian player to sign a contract in the Hundred for 2023, replacing the injured Georgia Redmayne at London Spirit. Ghosh will join Smriti Mandhana (Southern Brave) and Harmanpreet Kaur (Trent Rockets) in the competition next month, who were retained from last year’s squad and signed in

The MCG and the SCG are set to host standalone WBBL games for the first time in the competition’s history, as Cricket Australia looks to push the women’s game into the spotlight in the early part of the Australian summer. CA released the WBBL fixtures on Thursday, with the final five matches of the 56-game

Hampshire 330 (Organ 97, Abbott 89, Bashir 3-88) and 34 for 2 trail Somerset 500 (Rew 221, Aldridge 88, Bess 54, Abbott 4-56, Dawson 4-118) by 136 runs Felix Organ and Kyle Abbott produced a ninth-wicket stand of 177 to boost Hampshire’s prospects of avoiding defeat on the third day of the LV= County Championship

England players have expressed their surprise and disappointment at the omission of both main northern venues from the schedule for the 2027 men’s Ashes. Headingley and Old Trafford, the venues for the third and fourth Tests in the ongoing series, have been overlooked in the allocation for England’s next home Ashes in four years’ time.

India had a pretty great left-hander in their line-up called Rishabh Pant. He is still their highest Test run-getter over the past three years, even though he has not played any cricket since December 2022 when he got injured from a car crash. The variety he offered this batting has been missed ever since. With

The Blaze 260 for 6 (Kelly 61, S Bryce 52) beat Southern Vipers 259 for 7 (Adams 95*, de Klerk 3-48) by four wickets Marie Kelly and Sarah Bryce’s fifties maintained The Blaze’s unbeaten start to the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and gained revenge on Southern Vipers for their Charlotte Edwards Cup final defeat. Openers

Toss India chose to bat vs Bangladesh India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss for the second consecutive time and elected to bat in the second T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh in Mirpur. The visitors lead the series 1-0. India were unchanged from the side that beat Bangladesh in the opening T20I. Bangladesh

Surrey 339 for 8 (Clark 107, James 4-74) vs Nottinghamshire Jordan Clark struck his first century of the season as Surrey took advantage of Nottinghamshire’s severely depleted bowling resources to build a strong platform in their LV= Insurance County Championship clash at the Kia Oval. The all-rounder hit 107, sharing a seventh-wicket partnership of 97

The Major League Cricket (MLC) organisers say there is “no animosity” between the league and the ECB, and are hoping that England’s leading white-ball players will sign up for the second season of the league in 2024. MLC’s inaugural season runs from July 13 to 30 and player salaries are highly competitive, with leading overseas