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Pat Cummins is among those who won’t be in West Indies or Bangladesh © Getty Images David Warner, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell are among six players to have opted out of Australia’s tours of West Indies and Bangladesh while Steven Smith will miss the trips due to an elbow injury. Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson

Report Peshawar’s bowlers restricted Karachi Kings to their lowest ever PSL total before Zazai made short work of it Peshawar Zalmi 109 for 4 (Hazratullah Zazai 63, Imad Wasim 2-2) beat Karachi Kings 108 for 9 (Abbas Afridi 27*, Abrar 3-14, Wahab 3-34, Gul 2-13) by six wickets There are dispiriting losses, humiliations, and whatever

Preview First Test encounter for seven years sets the scene for multi-format series Big picture They call it the seven-year itch and after so long in the Test match wilderness, India are ready for a change of scene which they and their opponents, England, hope will be anything but dull or scratchy. So rare are

News Daryl Mitchell, Doug Bracewell, Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra also left out Ajaz Patel‘s impressive performance against England at Edgbaston has earned him the spin-bowling position ahead of Mitchell Santner in New Zealand’s final 15-player squad for the World Test Championship final. Daryl Mitchell, who also played in the second Test, is another to

Report Islamabad United two points clear of Lahore Qalandars at the top of the PSL standings Islamabad United 191 for 2 (Munro 88*, Iftikhar 71*) beat Karachi Kings 190 for 4 (Babar 81, Zadran 71*) by eight wickets Colin Munro and Iftikhar Ahmed pulled off a stunning turnaround in the second half of the innings

News Runners-up to get USD 800,000; the teams will split the prize money in case there isn’t a result The winners of the India vs New Zealand World Test Championship (WTC) final will take home USD 1.6 million, as well as the Test Championship Mace, while the losing team will get USD 800,000, the ICC

Report Maqsood too chips in with bruising half-century as Sultans make it two in two in UAE leg Multan Sultans 167 for 1 (Rizwan 82*, Maqsood 61) beat Peshawar Zalmi 166 for 7 (Rutherford 56, Akmal 35, Dahani 4-31) by 9 wickets Mohammad Rizwan‘s adjective-defying T20 run shows no signs of abating. On Sunday night,

Report Qalandars surrendered from advantageous positions in both innings after dominating the first ten overs each time Islamabad United 152 for 7 (Asif 75, Iftikhar 49, Faulkner 3-19) beat Lahore Qalandars 124 (Zaman 44, Musa 3-18, Shadab 2-14) by 28 runs At first, the Islamabad United’s historic decision to bat first at the toss –

Report All the updates, news and stats from day four of the second Test at Edgbaston Welcome to day four of our live report of the second Test between England and New Zealand from Edgbaston. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here. * Most recent entry will

Sussex 155 for 1 (Salt 72*, Bopara 56*) beat Hampshire 154 for 7 (Vince 36, Lenham 3-14) by nine wickets Over at Edgbaston, English cricket had descended into its periodic bout of unremitting gloom. But 170 miles away on the south coast the world was a bountiful place as Archie Lenham, a 16-year-old Sussex legspinner,