Cricket

Central Sparks 183 for 4 (E Jones 73, A Jones 40) beat Southern Vipers 180 (McCaughan 59, Burns 5-36, Davis 3-19) by six wickets Erin Burns helped Central Sparks avenge their defeat at the hands of Southern Vipers earlier this month with a five-wicket haul to help her new side to victory in this Rachael

The ICC’s next revenue-distribution model looks set to confirm the BCCI as the only really big player in the game, with the Indian board projected to take home nearly 40% of the ICC’s net surplus earnings from its next four-year commercial cycle. The new model, currently at a proposed stage and seen by ESPNcricinfo, draws

Pat Cummins admits he was “burnt out” by the relentless nature of the cricket schedule when he returned from a frustrating run of injuries early in his international career. In his first interview since leaving India midway through Australia’s tour in February to spend time with his dying mother, the Test and ODI captain declared

Chennai Super Kings Played 11, Points 13, NRR 0.409Rem mat: DC (h), KKR (h), DC (a) Chennai Super Kings are relatively comfortably placed in second place, on 13 points after 11 games and with a healthy net run rate too. In an extreme case, even if they lose all three remaining matches, they could still

Toss Ireland chose to bowl against Bangladesh Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie decided to bowl after winning the toss in the first ODI against Bangladesh in Chelmsford. It was the first ODI in 24 years at the County Ground, where two matches during the 1999 World Cup were played. Ireland made just one change to the

Kolkata Knight Riders 182 for 5 (Nitish 51, Russell 42, Roy 38, Chahar 2-23) beat Punjab Kings 179 for 7 (Dhawan 57, Varun 3-26, Harshit 2-33) by five wickets Kolkata Knight Riders hung on by the skin of their teeth, both in their match against Punjab Kings and in the tournament. Rinku Singh sealed another

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has termed his side’s preparations for the ODI series against Ireland less than ideal, referring to his team’s lack of practice time and access to the series venue, the Cloud County ground in Chelmsford. The series begins on May 9, with all three matches to be played in Chelmsford, a

Ravi Shastri believes Rohit Sharma‘s challenges as captain of Mumbai Indians “have doubled” in the past two years, leading to poor returns as a team. “The resources that you had two or three years ago isn’t quite the same. The challenges as a captain might have doubled for him. The work as a captain would

After the dramatic defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said that the nature of the IPL means that any team can conjure up a result even out of difficult circumstances, but admitted it hurt to bowl no-balls at crucial moments, like the last ball of the match. Sandeep Sharma had

Hardik Pandya has hailed Rashid Khan‘s athletic outfield catch to dismiss Kyle Mayers that broke Lucknow Super Giants’ strong opening stand as a “match-changing” effort, after Gujarat Titans prevailed by 56 runs in Ahmedabad. Chasing 228, Mayers had powered to 48 off 31 balls in a partnership of 88 with Quinton de Kock in just

Greg Shipperd, one of the most renowned coaches in Australian cricket, has been named new head coach of the New South Wales men’s team with the task of reviving the state’s fortunes after their first winless Sheffield Shield campaign in 84 years. Shipperd, who has previously coached Tasmania and Victoria, guiding the latter to four

Derbyshire 350 for 7 dec (du Plooy 94, Madsen 67, Haider 54, Mulder 5-67) lead Leicestershire 122 (Brookes 6-20) by 228 runs Derbyshire were frustrated by rain which washed out most of the third day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire at Derby. The home side batted on in the morning to secure

Matheesha Pathirana “shouldn’t even get close” to red-ball cricket, in the opinion of MS Dhoni, his captain at Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. Pathirana, a new-gen version of Lasith Malinga, has emerged as one of the aces in Dhoni’s pack in the IPL, and picked up three wickets for just 15 runs against Mumbai

Lucknow Super Giants have drafted in Karun Nair as a replacement for KL Rahul for the remainder of IPL 2023. Nair comes on board for INR 50 lakh. Nair has scored 1496 runs in 76 IPL games over the years, turning out for Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals), Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Kolkata Knight

Gujarat Titans 119 for 1 (Saha 41*, Hardik 39*, Chahal 1-22) beat Rajasthan Royals 118 (Samson 30, Rashid 3-14, Noor 2-25) by nine wickets Clinical. That’s what Gujarat Titans were against Rajasthan Royals on Friday night in Jaipur. After bowling out Royals for a mere 118, they chased the target down in just 13.5 overs

Ajaz Patel, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has joined Durham as a replacement for Australia’s Matt Kuhnemann, who suffered a back injury while playing against Glamorgan in April and has had to pull out of his deal. Patel, 34, will link up with the Durham squad ahead of next week’s Championship fixture against Yorkshire and

Ravi Shastri and Tom Moody feel it is “inevitable” that IPL teams will start to influence world cricket by engaging players in long term contracts which will see them take part in multiple leagues. Last week, FICA confirmed that there have been informal conversations between some franchises and players about the possibility of such contracts,

Kolkata Knight Riders 171 for 9 (Rinku 46, N Rana 42, Jansen 2-24, Natarajan 2-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 166 for 8 (Markram 41, Klaasen 36, Thakur 2-23, Arora 2-32) by five runs Varun Chakravarthy bowled overs 16, 18 and 20 for 12 runs – four of them off byes and leg byes – and one