Cricket

Central Sparks 213 for 9 (Freeborn 53, Ballinger 3-47) The Blaze 135 (de Klerk 43, Baker 3-29) by 78 runs Central Sparks ended their 50-over hoodoo against the Blaze with an emphatic 78-run victory on the opening day of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy season at Edgbaston. Eve Jones’ side had never beaten Blaze in

As per a media release by the IPL, David and Pollard committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.20, which covers all types of conduct that are contrary to the spirit of the game. However, it did not specify the offence. Article 2.20 states: “When assessing the seriousness of the offence, the context of the

Middlesex 84 for 2 trail Yorkshire 159 (Higgins 4-31) by 75 runs From 1306 runs for 15 wickets across four days to 243 for 12 in just 55.4 overs some two weeks later. What a difference a ball makes. At least, that’s how the narrative will play out. The Dukes’ return at Lord’s brought with

The Impact Player rule has given him “nightmares”, but Ricky Ponting, Delhi Capitals’ head coach, is happy for the IPL to retain it if it is making the tournament a “better spectacle.” “I can answer it in two ways,” Ponting told ESPNcricinfo in a conversation on April 16, a day after Sunrisers Hyderabad plundered 287

Left-arm orthodox Test spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has left Queensland and is set to head to Tasmania in a bid to play more first-class cricket to put himself in the frame for the tour of Sri Lanka, while former Test opener Joe Burns has not been offered a contract as Queensland revamp their list after a

Mumbai Indians tend to use Jasprit Bumrah as their trump card in the back end of the bowling innings, given that is where a lot of T20 games are won and lost and having his skills when the pressure is that high is always useful. But the man himself would like to have a crack

India captain Rohit Sharma is “not a fan” of the Impact Player rule in the IPL, arguing that it’s detrimental to the growth of allrounders in Indian cricket. Rohit is the first high-profile Indian player to be critical of the Impact Player rule which was introduced in IPL 2023 and allows teams to bring in

Scott Boland‘s first spell in county cricket could be under threat from a heel injury that resurfaced on his debut for Durham. Boland bowled 13 wicketless overs for Durham in the first innings of their high-scoring draw against Warwickshire at Edgbaston but did not bowl after the first day of the match. Scott Borthwick, their

Lanning’s exit from the international game had come as a shock but was not surprising given she had missed three international series in 2023, including the Women’s Ashes, due to an undisclosed medical issue. Even when she retired in November she did not wish to reveal what she had been battling. Lanning instead revealed her

Jofra Archer hopes to play for England in front of his family in the Caribbean at June’s T20 World Cup but has warned that he would find it hard to cope with “another stop-start year” after persistent injuries over the last three years. Archer has not played a professional match since May 2023 due to