Cricket

Ireland are contemplating postponing their first ever men’s bilateral series against Australia due to financial and logistical pressures. Under the Future Tours Programme, Australia are scheduled to tour Ireland for three ODIs and a one-off T20I in August and September before journeying to England for further white-ball series. But the likely strains of a hectic

Big picture: Bowing out on a high One way or another, England will be ending their tour of India on a high, as they head to the foothills of the Himalayas for the fifth and final Test in Dharamsala – the first of the Bazball era in which Ben Stokes’ men are not in the

Sri Lanka were indignant in the second T20I following the controversial overturning of an on-field decision, by third umpire Masudur Rahman. Early in the fourth over of Bangladesh’s chase, opener Soumya Sarkar had been given out by on-field umpire Sharfuddoula, who ruled that he had edged behind a short delivery from left-arm seamer Binura Fernando.

Vidarbha 170 (Nair 63, Avesh 4-49, Iyer 2-28) and 402 (Rathod 141, Wadkar 77, Anubhav 5-92) beat Madhya Pradesh 252 (Mantri 126, Umesh 3-40, Thakur 3-51) and 258 (Dubey 94, Wakhare 3-42, Thakur 3-60) by 62 runs Vidarhba’s bowlers made short work of Madhya Pradesh’s tail to confirm their spot in the final of the

For the first time under Ben Stokes‘ captaincy, England will be playing for pride in a Test match. India hold the spoils, and all England have is the carrot of leaving with a 3-2 scoreline by becoming the first team since 2012 to win two matches in a series against the hosts. Though that is

India and Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in India. The move is with an intent to participate in T20 leagues around the world, including the legends competitions. “I was considering this decision for a long time and now I have decided to retire from all three

Islamabad United 196 for 4 (Shadab 80, Salman 37, Ayub 2-15) beat Peshawar Zalmi 167 for 9 (Jamal 87, Shadab 3-41, Hunain 2-25) by 29 runs Islamabad United thwarted Aamer Jamal‘s rapid-fire half-century to beat Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in the Pakistan Super League on Monday. Islamabad put up 196-4 thanks mainly to captain

Carl Crowe, Lancashire’s assistant coach, has left the club by mutual consent on the eve of the 2024 county season, in order to pursue new coaching opportunities. He is replaced on the staff by Will Porterfield, who has joined with immediate effect after leaving Gloucestershire. Crowe, 48, played 83 professional games between 1995 and 2009,

UP Warriorz chose to bowl vs Royal Challengers Bangalore UP Warriorz won the toss and chose to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second match-up of WPL 2024 in Bengaluru. Smriti Mandhana, the RCB captain, revealed at the toss that off-spinner Shreyanka Patil had a niggle, which meant a WPL debut for 38-year-old left-arm

Pat Cummins has been appointed captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2024, replacing Aiden Markram who had led the team in the 2023 season. Cummins has not led a side in the IPL before – in fact, he has not led a team in top-flight T20 cricket before – but his appointment comes after a