Sam Konstas and Nic Maddinson were involved in an extraordinary start to the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria at the SCG. The pair took 30 runs off the first two overs – Konstas with 10 off Scott Boland and Maddisnon with 20 from Fergus O’Neill – before Konstas was bowled attempting to sweep Boland from the 13th ball of the match. Konstas, who made 3 and…

Alex Hales is set to skip both the T20 Blast and the Hundred after signing a deal which will see him represent Knight Riders franchises in both Major League Cricket and the Caribbean Premier League. Hales, 36, retired from international cricket in 2023 but has continued to play franchise cricket around the world, and became the second-highest run-scorer in T20 history earlier this month. He has played for Nottinghamshire since…

Toss Royal Challengers Bengaluru chose to bowl vs Delhi Capitals RCB captain Smriti Mandhana continued the trend of captains opting to chase in WPL 2025, after winning the toss against Delhi Capitals. Mandhana said RCB were expecting dew at night, which influenced their decision. All three games of this WPL so far have been won by teams chasing. RCB made one change, bringing in left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht for their…

Sri Lanka have left out left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera and seam-bowling allrounder Ama Kanchana for their upcoming New Zealand tour comprising three ODIs and three T20Is. Apart from them, batter Hasini Perera and 16-year-old left-arm wristspinner Shashini Gambini are also missing from the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka’s last international assignment. There are several young additions to the squad. Manudi Nanayakkara and Rashmika Sewwandi, who turned…

In November last year Nabi, 40, said he would quit ODIs at the end of the Champions Trophy but is now “still thinking” about his future. “These might not be my last ODIs, I will probably play less ODIs and give chances to the youngsters to build experience,” Nabi told the ICC. “I’ve discussed with the senior players and in the high-level games, maybe or maybe not, we’ll see. It…

Who’s playing Gujarat Giants (GG) vs Mumbai Indians (MI)Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, February 18, 2025, 7.30pm IST What to expect: GG look to break MI jinx The last time MI and GG met, Harmanpreet Kaur cracked 95 off 48 balls as MI pulled off a heist and booked a playoffs spot last moment. That meant MI have a 4-0 record against GG so far. But unlike the previous two seasons, GG…

Kerala 206 for 4 (Baby 69*, Saxena 30, Bishnoi 1-33, Jadeja 1-33) vs Gujarat Kerala made slow progress on an attritional day in Ahmedabad, courtesy of captain Sachin Baby‘s unbeaten half-century. Kerala’s approach may have stemmed from their first-innings collapses of late, most recently in the quarter-final against Jammu & Kashmir when they were reduced to 200 for 9, and needed a last-wicket stand of 81 to take the first-innings…

Vidarbha 308 for 5 (Malewar 79, Shorey 74, Rathod 47*, Dube 2-35, Mulani 2-44) vs Mumbai Half-centuries from Dhruv Shorey and Danish Malewar helped Vidarbha set themselves a firm footing from where they could hope to cross the 400-run mark in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against defending champions Mumbai in Nagpur. But Vidarbha will also rue missed opportunities after four of the top five wasted starts to give Mumbai a…

In the wake of the contentious run-out incidents during the last-ball thriller between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians on February 15, the WPL has notified teams that the LED bail will need to be fully dislodged for umpires to judge that the wicket is broken in the context of run-out and stumping decisions. This means the pre-existing playing condition, which states that the stumps are deemed to be broken when…

New Zealand batter Kane Williamson has become the first direct overseas signing in the men’s Hundred and will captain London Spirit during this year’s competition, as previously reported on ESPNcricinfo. He will also play for Middlesex during a four-month stay in the UK. Williamson, 34, has not played in the Hundred, despite being picked up in the original draft by Birmingham Phoenix, withdrawing from his deal in 2021 to manage…