Cricket

Few players can have experienced as many of Test cricket’s highs and lows as Tom Hartley did on debut across the four days of the first Test at Hyderabad. Hartley’s first delivery in Test cricket was carted by opener Yashasvi Jaiswal over long-on for six. His 308th and most recent spun past an on-rushing Mohammed

Rashid Khan hasn’t been named in Afghanistan’s 16-man squad for their one-off Test against Sri Lanka starting February 2, as he continues to recover from the back surgery he had last November. Rashid’s absence paved the way for the selection of legspinner Qais Ahmad, whose only Test was back in September 2019. Afghanistan also selected

The allrounder has been named in Australia’s T20 squad for the upcoming West Indies series and is hopeful to be part of the T20 World Cup squad. But after being left out of the ODI squad he revealed that he will be playing more T20 franchise cricket in the next couple of years and appears

Ben Stokes described England’s unlikely turnaround win against India in Hyderabad as their “greatest triumph” since he took over as captain, and labelled Ollie Pope‘s second-innings 196 “the greatest innings that has ever been played in the subcontinent by an English batsman”. England have won 14 of their 19 Tests since Stokes took over as

England 246 (Stokes 70, Bairstow 37, Ashwin 3-68, Jadeja 3-88) and 420 (Pope 196, Duckett 47, Bumrah 4-41, Ashwin 3-126) beat India 436 (Jadeja 87, Rahul 86, Jaiswal 80) and 202 (Rohit 39, Hartley 7-62) by 28 runs Less than two days after messing up many a travel plan, England pulled off one of their

South Africa 144 for 4 (Wolvaardt 58*, Brits 41) beat Australia 142 for 6 (Harris 31*) by six wickets South Africa’s women beat Australia for the first time ever, claiming a six-wicket win in the second T20I in Canberra. Quality bowling on Sunday helped them hold the hosts to a below-par total of 142 for

New Zealand, after electing to bat first, were 28 for 3 in seven overs, Luke Watson, Tom Jones and Snehith Reddy all falling to Ubaid Shah‘s pace. There was a bit of a fightback, first courtesy Oliver Tewatiya (29) and captain Oscar Jackson (12), and then a more substantial one from Tewatiya and top-scorer Lachlan

Dinner West Indies 311 and 106 for 3 (Athanaze 28*, Hodge 8, Lyon 1-8) lead Australia 289 for 9 dec by 128 runs West Indies No.3 Kirk McKenzie made Australia’s bowlers toil in oppressive conditions at the Gabba before falling to offspinner Nathan Lyon late in the first session as the second Test hung in

England’s women are facing a choice between club and country, with a clash looming between the final stages of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in India and a bilateral T20I series in New Zealand. The BCCI confirmed this week that the WPL final will take place on the evening of March 17 in Delhi, with

Worcestershire have signed Josh Cobb to strengthen their white-ball sides for 2024, and have handed a first professional contract to 28-year-old fast bowler Yadvinder Singh who will initially appear for them as an overseas player. Cobb, 33, was released early from his contract with Northamptonshire after losing the T20 captaincy at short notice, and being