Cricket

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

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

Tea New Zealand 347 and 274 for 4 (Williamson 123*, Mitchell 18*) lead England 143 (Henry 4-48, Santner 3-7, O’Rourke 3-33) by 478 runs Kane Williamson‘s century stretched New Zealand’s lead to 478 runs at tea on a rain-hit third day in Hamilton when England were forced to sweat on the fitness of their captain, Ben

Mumbai 180 for 5 (Suryakumar 48, Rahane 37, Shedge 36*, Tripuresh 2-34) beat Madhya Pradesh 174 for 8 (Patidar 81*, Dias 2-32, Thakur 2-41) by five wickets Mumbai have yet another star in the making, and yet another trophy in a cabinet which is fast running out of space. Even before the ball landed beyond

Australia 405 for 7 (Head 152, Smith 101, Carey 45*, Bumrah 5-72) vs India Centuries from Travis Head and Steven Smith, those two great India tormentors, put Australia in control of the third Border-Gavaskar Test at the Gabba, on a fast-moving second day that produced 377 runs and seven wickets. Five of those wickets fell

Lunch England 54 for 2 (Root 15*, Bethell 7*) trail New Zealand 347 (Santner 76, Latham 63, Potts 4-90, Atkinson 3-66) by 293 runs Matt Henry removed both England openers as New Zealand enjoyed the better of the second morning in Hamilton. Henry continued his hold over Zak Crawley, dismissing him for the fifth time

Abandoned South Africa vs Pakistan The third T20I between South Africa and Pakistan in Johannesburg was washed out by persistent rain without a toss. The game was initially delayed by lightning strikes in the area, before a steady drizzle set in. The drainage at the Wanderers is exemplary, and the groundstaff remained poised. When the

Australia 28 for 0 (Khawaja 19*, McSweeney 4*) vs India Only 13.2 overs were possible on a rain-hit first day in Brisbane, where India strove without success after choosing to bowl first in the third Border-Gavaskar Test match. Overcast conditions and a grassy pitch prompted India to insert Australia after winning their third straight toss,

Australia have a fresh injury concern ahead of the Ashes with Sophie Molineux ruled out of the women’s ODI tour of New Zealand with a knee injury. Already sweating on the fitness of captain Alyssa Healy and her sore knee, Australia suffered more bad news on Saturday in the form of Molineux’s injury. The finger-spinner

Madhya Pradesh 152 for 3 (Patidar 66*, Harpreet 46*, Gawli 30, Ishant 2-12) beat Delhi 146 for 5 (Anuj Rawat 33*, Iyer 2-12) by seven wickets The bucket seats at the Chinnaswamy Stadium must still be hurting. After endless shouts of “RCB, RCB” to hail their IPL hero, the throats of those present in the