Cricket

England players dominate the BBL list with 14 names, Ashes stars Harry Brook and Zak Crawley among them, while there are seven in the WBBL platinum group. South Africa provide six of the WBBL players and India five. The drafts will take place on September 3. The WBBL runs from October 19 to December 2

Big picture: Back to the 20-over format Roll up, roll up! We’ve had rollercoaster men’s and women’s Ashes, the Hundred has enjoyed its month in the spotlight… but there’s still room in the sardine can for a bilateral white-ball series or three! Astute followers of the game will be aware that New Zealand arrived in

KL Rahul, India’s first-choice wicketkeeper-batter for the Asia Cup, will not be available for the first two matches at the tournament, against Pakistan and Nepal, head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed at a press conference prior to the start of the tournament. Dravid said Rahul has been “progressing really well”, but won’t be ready in time

You probably already know this name but if you don’t, remember it: Dewald Brevis. Tipped to become South Africa’s next big batting thing since finishing as the leading run-scorer at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, Brevis has had to wait 18 months to crack the senior side and has racked up a host of domestic

Rohit Sharma wants to “shut out” the external pressure and the weight of expectation that come with captaining the host nation in a World Cup. When the tournament last came to India in 2011, Rohit endured a “heartbreak” as he didn’t make the final squad of 15. Twelve years on, it is possible this could

Australia A 141 for 3 (Jewell 69*) trail New Zealand A 147 (Swepson 3-19, Buckingham 3-29) by six runs Young pace bowler Jordan Buckingham made another good impression for Australia A on the opening day of the first four-day match against New Zealand A in Brisbane. He collected three wickets in a 13-ball rush as

Oval Invincibles 161 for 5 (Curran 67*, Neesham 57*) beat Manchester Originals 147 for 6 (Holden 37, Jacks 2-11) by 14 runs Tom Curran brought men’s Hundred glory to south London with a virtuoso all-round performance as Oval Invincibles fought back from the brink to secure their first men’s Hundred title with a 14-run victory

Shreyas Iyer, who is currently part of a six-day conditioning camp in Bengaluru for India’s Asia Cup-bound squad, admits to “panicking” about his back injury and that he “never imagined” he would recover so fast. Iyer’s injury flared up after the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test against Australia in March. Initially, he was understood to have been

One of the most interesting aspects of the upcoming Australian cricket season is the identity of David Warner‘s successor at the top of the order in the Test team. It remains to be seen whether that vacancy will need filling against Pakistan in mid-December or against West Indies a month later. Warner wants to retire

Manchester Originals 201 for 3 (Buttler 82, Salt 47) beat Southern Brave 196 for 1 (Allen 68, Vince 56*, Conway 51*) by seven wickets Manchester Originals ransacked their way to the highest successful run-chase in the men’s Hundred on a night of boundary-fuelled belligerence at the Kia Oval, sweeping past a seemingly intimidating target set