Initial batches of ten names for both the BBL and WBBL were released on Monday ahead of the drafts which will take place on September 1. New Zealand quick Lockie Ferguson is among them having opted out of a central contract and could join Finn Allen in the tournament after his signing with Perth Scorchers was confirmed. England captain Heather Knight has nominated alongside left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone who is…
Pat Cummins expects Cameron Green to have a greater workload with the ball against India this summer with Australia’s allrounders set to play a key role in ensuring the first-choice pace attack can sustain through five Tests in little more than seven weeks. Related Australia players have Sheffield Shield window for India preparation Xavier Bartlett’s ‘surreal few months’ leaves him eager for more Lyon on India: ‘Ten years of unfinished…
Oval Invincibles 147 for 9 (Jacks 37, Mills 3-33, Hosein 3-34) beat Southern Brave 130 for 7 (Davies 35, Mahmood 3-17) by 17 runs Saqib Mahmood put two years of injury hell behind him at Lord’s, winning the Hundred final for Oval Invincibles with a devastating spell of reverse-swing. With Southern Brave’s chase of 148 in the balance, Mahmood removed Leus du Plooy, Kieron Pollard and Laurie Evans to take…
Andre Russell will miss West Indies’ upcoming three-match T20I series at home against South Africa as he has “requested a period of rest and recovery,” according to Miles Bascombe, CWI’s director of cricket. Russell, 36, was part of West Indies’ run to the Super Eight during their home World Cup in June and was more recently in action for London Spirit in the Hundred. Russell and Jason Holder, who has…
Heather Knight said that Dani Gibson personifies the “bravery” and “clarity” that England want in their T20I side ahead of October’s World Cup. Gibson’s nine-ball innings of 22 contained five boundaries, all off international bowlers, and changed the course of the Hundred final at Lord’s to help London Spirit win their maiden title – men’s or women’s. Gibson walked out at No. 5 after Knight had been castled by Shabnim…
Somerset 334 for 4 (Goldsworthy 115*, Rew 71, Umeed 57) beat Leicestershire 311 for 9 (Handscomb 111, Green 3-63) by 23 runs Lewis Goldsworthy hit a career-best 115 not out as Somerset progressed to the final of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with a 23-run victory over holders Leicestershire Foxes at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. The hosts posted 334 for 4 after losing the toss, Goldsworthy blasting five…
Glamorgan 247 for 9 (Douthwaite 55, Ingram 47, Root 46, Barnard 4-34) beat Warwickshire 208 (Burgess 85, McIlroy 3-42) by 39 runs Dan Douthwaite turned into a matchwinner with both bat and ball as he guided Glamorgan into the Metro Bank One-Day Cup final at Trent Bridge next month with a 39-run victory over Warwickshire at Sophia Gardens. It was his lusty batting that first caught the eye as he…
Ireland Women 255 for 5 (Paul 81, Hunter 66, Stokell 53*, Dilhari 2-35, Kulasuriya 2-48) beat Sri Lanka Women 240 (Samarawickrama 105, Dilhari 53, Kelly 3-41, Maguire 2-33) by 15 runs Half-centuries from Amy Hunter, Leah Paul and Rebecca Stokell laid the foundations and Arlene Kelly applied the finishing touches with a three-wicket haul as Ireland took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Sri Lanka with a 15-run win in the…
London Spirit 118 for 6 (Redmayne 34, Ismail 3-24) beat Welsh Fire 115 for 8 (Jonassen 54, Glenn 2-17, Gray 2-26) by four wickets Two years on from Deepti Sharma sending Charlie Dean into despair by running her out at the non-striker’s end, the pair were jumping into each other’s arms on the same side of the pitch. Deepti had just struck the winning runs in the 2024 women’s Hundred…
South Africa’s search for the “nice pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” in this World Test Championship (WTC) cycle is on after they kept themselves in the hunt for a place in the title bout with a series win over West Indies. Red-ball coach Shukri Conrad described the incentive of reaching the 2025 WTC final at Lord’s as being at the back of the team’s mind even…