Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming called R Ashwin‘s return to the franchise “a homecoming” after buying him for INR 9.75 crore (US$1.16 million approx.) at the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah. Ashwin was with CSK from 2009 to 2015. To acquire Ashwin, CSK had to beat Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a four-way bidding war. The franchise also signed…
In an extraordinary conclusion to the Super50 Cup one-day tournament in the West Indies, the finalists – Barbados Pride and Jamaica Scorpions – decided not to turn up for the toss and forfeit the final in Tarouba instead. This came after heavy spells of rain reduced the match to a 20-overs-a-side contest. As a result of the teams’ no-show, the trophy went unawarded. The game was scheduled to start at…
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were among the two franchises – along with Rajasthan Royals (RR) – who came into the mega auction without any right-to-match (RTM) options in the bag, and they are getting close to retaining a majority of their core, although with the unexpected amount of INR 23.75 crore they shelled out for Venkatesh Iyer. But by spending a combined INR 5.60 crore on opening batters Rahmanullah Gurbaz…
Shreyas Iyer was expected to attract big bids at the IPL 2025 mega auction, and he did, going to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 26.75 crore (US$3.18 million approx.) – and he could well be the team’s new captain. “He’ll be a great leader for our team if we decide to go that way, which I’m pretty sure we probably will,” Ricky Ponting, PBKS’ head coach, said soon after the…
England 143 for 6 (Sciver-Brunt 59, Jones 31, Marx 3-19, de Klerk 2-20) beat South Africa 142 for 5 (de Klerk 29*, Dean 2-21) by four wickets Nat Sciver-Brunt brought up her 15th T20I half-century – the most by any non-opening batter in the women’s game – and ensured England took the opening honours on their tour of South Africa. She eclipsed an excellent allround effort by Nadine de Klerk,…
Brisbane Heat Sydney Sixers 140 (Kerr 41, Hamilton 3-21, Jonassen 3-26) Brisbane Heat downed Sydney Sixers by five wickets but failed to steal WBBL final hosting rights from Melbourne Renegades. Heat, chasing the Sixers’ 140 all out, reached their target from 17 overs for victory at Allan Border Field. But they to chase down their target in 13.3 overs to eclipse Renegades on net run rate and secure hosting rights…
South Australia 139 for 4 (Hunt 71*, Nielsen 48*, Richardson 3-26) trail Western Australia 373 (Goodwin 139, Turner 79, Doggett 5-97, Johnson 3-108) by runs Three South Australia top-order batters made golden ducks as Western Australia took a stranglehold on their Sheffield Shield game amid a dramatic return to four-day cricket by Jhye Richardson. After WA, anchored by Jayden Goodwin‘s 137, posted 373 all out, SA spectacularly collapsed on day…
Queensland 94 for 5 trail Victoria 186 (Short 54, Swepson 4-31, Steketee 3-45) by 92 runs Harris made only 2 as Victoria were bowled out for 186 on Sunday, with Queensland tottering on 94 for 5 at stumps. Related Injury hits Maxwell’s Shield hopes, leaves race for BBL Ward leads NSW talent in piling on runs against Blues Swepson claimed 4 for 31 while paceman Mark Steketee and Liam Guthrie…
Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history after he was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 27 crore (USD 3.2 million) on the first day of the mega auction in Jeddah. He surpassed the mark set by Punjab Kings, who bid INR 26.75 crore (USD 3.18 million) to buy Shreyas Iyer, a few minutes earlier. Both LSG and PBKS were in need of new captains…
Tasmania 251 for 4 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Radhakrishnan 55) vs New South Wales Adopted Tasmanian Tim Ward has his side into a promising position on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, as three Blues juniors impressed against their old state. In his second game back in Tasmania’s team after being dropped last summer, Ward hit 91 at the SCG on Sunday, before falling…