Cricket

South Africa have named Laura Wolvaardt as the new captain of their senior women’s team. Wolvaardt, 24, has for now been appointed for just under two months, for the tour of Pakistan and the home series against New Zealand, which ends on October 15. A CSA release said Wolvaardt’s position will be reviewed following the

Ashes stars Harry Brook and Zak Crawley headline a host of English players unveiled as the latest nominations for the upcoming BBL draft but England’s Test tour of India in January, as well as clarity over the ILT20 dates means clubs will have some decisions to make as to whether to recruit the biggest names

Sophie Ecclestone has been taken to hospital for scans after damaging her right shoulder ahead of Manchester Originals’ final match of the women’s Hundred against Southern Brave. The left-arm spinner sustained the injury during the pre-match warm-ups and looked to be in considerable pain. She required assistance to walk off the field and back up

New York Warriors 109 for 4 (Carter 41*, Harmeet 2-8) beat Atlanta Riders 103 for 6 (Simmons 41, Uthappa 32, Sohail 4-15) by six wickets Sohail Khan took four wickets in four balls to restrict Atlanta Riders to 103 for 6 but it came down to New York Warriors needing 22 off the final over

Gloucestershire 269 for 3 (Wells 108*, O Price 85*) beat Durham 267 (Bedingham 64, Borthwick 57, Anwar 3-38) by seven wickets Ben Wells and Ollie Price staged a brilliant unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 184 to earn Gloucestershire a convincing seven-wicket Metro Bank One Day Cup triumph over Durham in their final Group B fixture at

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced equal international-match fees for their men’s and women’s players in a massive boost to female cricketers in the country. The landmark announcement came on the same day when CSA unveiled a six-team professional domestic system for women, as part of the legacy projects following the 2023 Women’sT20 World Cup,

Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha spoil Finch’s six party New Jersey Triton’s 117 for 4 (Yusuf 35, Ojha 25) beat California Knights 116 for 3 (Finch 75*, Milind 27) by six wickets Former India players Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan led the New Jersey Triton’s chase at different points to give them a six-wicket win over

A bowling captain who plays all three formats, and leads in two of them. Pat Cummins has a lot on his plate, especially with an ODI World Cup in India coming up, but Matthew Hayden feels that with Steven Smith always “flapping around” on the field, “it’s a solution that Australia’s got covered” at the

Sciver-Brunt, who took 335 wickets for England across formats, announced her international retirement earlier this year and said she would end her career for good after the Hundred, but has struggled with a hip injury during the tournament. She led a lap of honour at Trent Bridge after battling through the injury to bowl 20

Glenn Maxwell wants to play for Australia as long as possible and has declared his experience makes him a valuable proposition beyond the ODI World Cup. Among Maxwell’s contemporaries, former captain Aaron Finch retired from international cricket earlier this year and David Warner plans to finish his Test career this summer. More changes are likely

B-Love Kandy 151 for 5 (K Mendis 44, Ahmad 3-27) beat Dambulla Aura 147 for 4 (Dhananjaya 40) by five wickets B-Love Kandy overcame a spate of injuries and a demanding schedule – this was their second game in 24 hours – to be crowned champions of the fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League.

Nearly two months after the end of their previous central contracts, the Pakistan players and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are close to signing off on fresh contracts. There is optimism that all players will sign them this week and, if not, almost certainly before the Asia Cup starts on August 30 after a number

Pienaar trumps Yusuf’s all-round show Batting first, captain Gautam Gambhir fell for 3 and Jesse Ryder and Naman Ojha for 17 each before Yusuf struck three sixes to help New Jersey to 95 for 3. Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth and Najaf Shah took one wicket apiece. In reply, Chris Gayle’s 17 off 14 gave Morrisville some

Aayan Afzal Khan did not have breakfast on the morning of the second T20I against New Zealand, and preferred sleeping before the game. In the evening, he feasted on New Zealand’s top order to pick up 3 for 20 and set up UAE’s first win over New Zealand across formats. Bowling on a used pitch,

Yorkshire have signed Dan Moriarty, the South African-born left-arm spinner, on a three-year contract from Surrey, making his loan move permanent. Moriarty broke into Surrey’s first team in 2020 and was part of their side that reached the T20 Blast final that season. But he gradually found opportunities harder to come by, and played a

Ireland middle-order batter Shauna Kavanagh has retired from international cricket. Kavanagh, 31, played 27 ODIs and 58 T20Is, the last of which came in September 2022 against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup Qualifier. She was picked for the recent T20Is against Netherlands but didn’t get a game. Kavanagh played in the 2016 and 2018

Leicestershire 173 for 5 (Handscomb 54*, Bamber 3-27) beat Middlesex 191 (Robson 58, Scriven 3-33, Salisbury 3-41) by 23 runs via DLS Leicestershire Foxes clinched their place in the knock-out stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with a 23-run victory over Middlesex in a rain-affected contest at the Uptonsteel County Ground. In a day-night

Jasprit Bumrah returned to international cricket after a year out due to injury and immediately made an impact, striking twice in his first over in the first T20I against Ireland. This is how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary recorded the over. 0.1 Bumrah to Balbirnie, FOUR runsNot a good start for Bumrah, a great start for Balbirnie.