Cricket

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

New Zealand 119 for 2 (Bates 52, A Kerr 33*) beat Sri Lanka 118 for 6 (Hasini 33, Tahuhu 4-21) by eight wickets A four-wicket haul from Lea Tahuhu and a steady half-century from Suzie Bates helped New Zealand wrap up the T20I series against Sri Lanka with an eight-wicket win in the second match

There is an inherent sadness to being the standout in fields where what you do and, perhaps more importantly, how you do it brings such joy to others. Because while you’ll know of the power you wield, you’ll never be able to witness it. The hairs on the back of Etta James’ neck probably never

Harry Brook described a three-wicket victory against Australia at his home ground Headingley as his best Test win for England, after his innings of 75 off 93 balls underpinned their successful run chase on the fourth day. Having batted at No. 3 in the first innings, deputising for the injured Ollie Pope, Brook returned to

Bangladesh are writing off this ODI series defeat to Afghanistan as “two bad days”, according to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The hosts were crushed by 142 runs as their recent ODI form deserted them, and Afghanistan went on to amass 331 by breaking a few records and seal their first series against the hosts. Mehidy said

England 237 and 27 for 0 need 224 more runs to beat Australia 263 and 224 (Head 77, Khawaja 43, Broad 3-45, Woakes 3-68) It took six hours to get there amid the rain, but the third day at Headingley produced an electrifying final session where both sides traded blows in their attempts to set

Afghanistan 331 for 9 (Gurbaz 145, Zadran 100, Shakib 2-50) beat Bangladesh Bangladesh 189 for 9 (Mushfiqur 69, Farooqi 3-25, Mujeeb 3-40) by 142 runs Afghanistan lorded over Bangladesh in a 142-run win in the second match in Chattogram, completing their first bilateral ODI series win against this side. Rahmanullah Gurbaz blazed 145 while Ibrahim

Ambati Rayudu has withdrawn from the inaugural edition of USA’s Major League Cricket, where he was to represent Texas Super Kings. This follows the BCCI’s proposal to introduce a year-long cooling-off period for retired players before they can participate in overseas T20 leagues. The proposal, put forward at Apex Council meeting in Mumbai yesterday, will

Hampshire 102 for 5 (Prest 25, Weatherley 25) beat Worcestershire 100 (Usama Mir 39, Ellis 4-6) by five wickets Defending champions Hampshire Hawks will face Essex in the Vitality Blast semi-final on Finals Day after Nathan Ellis razed Worcestershire Rapids with his career best. Ellis claimed 4 for 6, with Chris Wood and John Turner

Sri Lanka 244 for 2 (Nissanka 104, Karunaratne 83) beat West Indies 243 all out (Carty 87, Theekshana 4-34) by eight wickets A second straight ton by Pathum Nissanka and yet another four-for from Maheesh Theekshana headlined a dominant eight-wicket win over West Indies, as Sri Lanka completed a comfortable warm-up for Sunday’s final against

Despite Tamim Iqbal saying “this is the end for me” in terms of international cricket, Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, is hoping that Tamim will be a part of the upcoming ODI World Cup and beyond. Hassan said in a midnight press conference in Dhaka following an emergency BCB meeting that he has reached out