Australia could be a bowler down for the remainder of the Gabba Test after Josh Hazlewood suffered calf soreness ahead of the fourth day’s play and was only able to send down one over before leaving the field. Hazlewood was late entering the field at the start of play and then looked laboured when he came into the attack, barely topping 131kph which included a wide long hop first ball…
Lunch England 143 and 193 for 5 (Atkinson 19*, Pope 17*) need a further 465 to beat New Zealand 347 and 453 New Zealand claimed three wickets before lunch on day four at Seddon Park as they closed in on a thumping win over England in the third and final Test. Jacob Bethell produced further confirmation that he belongs at Test level with a third half-century in as many appearances,…
Daren Sammy has been named head coach of the West Indies men’s team across all formats. Sammy, who has been the coach of West Indies’ T20I and ODI teams since last year, will take charge of the Test side from April 2025 replacing Andre Coley, the CWI director of cricket Miles Bascombe announced in St Vincent. “It’s always an honour to represent West Indies in any format or any position….
Innings South Africa 281 (Wolvaardt 65, Kapp 57, Luus 56, Bell 4-49) trail England 395 for 9 dec (Sciver-Brunt 128, Bouchier 126, Mlaba 4-90) by 114 runs Lauren Bell’s career-best 4 for 49, which included the first and second-last wickets of the innings, will steal the headlines but England’s seamers were collectively excellent and well deployed by captain Heather Knight. Lauren Filer operated in short, sharp bursts which allowed her…
Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Ankit Rajpoot has announced his retirement from Indian cricket. Rajpoot most recently represented UP in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season, where he went wicketless across two matches. He made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 2012-2013 season and took 248 wickets in 80 first-class games, at an average of 29.25. He also picked up 71 List A wickets from 50 games at 26.94, and 105 in…
Chris Dehring, the managing director and CEO of the 2007 ODI World Cup in the Caribbean, has been appointed the new Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive. He replaces Johnny Grave, who stepped down from the role in October. A CWI statement said that Dehring had been selected from a “competitive pool of over 50 applicants representing Europe, Australia, Afghanistan, India, and the Caribbean”. “Consistent with the priority to recruit…
Jason Gillespie, the former Australia cricketer who recently quit as Pakistan’s head coach in Test cricket, said on Monday that he stepped down after being “completely and utterly blindsided” by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Gillespie, whose contract was set to expire in 2026, resigned last week and he expressed his frustration over the lack of communication, which led him to feel that the Pakistan Cricket Board no longer wanted…
Sydney Sixers 172 for 5 (Henriques 53*, Vince 40, Sutherland 2-20) beat Melbourne Renegades 169 for 7 (Seifert 55, Sutherland 36*, Abbott 2-34, Dwarshuis 2-42) by five wickets Captain Moises Henriques once again kept his cool in a tense chase as Sydney Sixers overcame a new-look Melbourne Renegades to start their BBL season with a five-wicket victory at the SCG. Chasing a tricky 170, Sixers wobbled in the middle overs…
Jasprit Bumrah has defended the rest of the Indian bowling attack who have come under some criticism for the way they have struggled to provide support to him over the course of this Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia have been able to mount two big first-innings totals – 337 in Adelaide, which gave them a lead of 157 , and 445 in Brisbane, where they could prise only 76 runs at 2.61…
If there were loyalty cards in Test cricket, Matt Henry would be in line for a free Zak Crawley. Henry bagged Crawley for the sixth time this series – and eighth overall – late on day three in Hamilton, as England went to stumps on 18 for 2, chasing a ridiculous 658. An earlier lbw dismissal off the fifth ball of England’s second innings was overturned successfully on height, after…