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On paper this looks like the ultimate mismatch. A powerful and successful Australia side, against a West Indies team that will feature at least three debutants and only five players with previous experience in the country. It will probably play out that way, too, but that does not mean there won’t be intrigue along the

Middlesex are highly unlikely to sign an overseas player for the 2024 season in a bid to alleviate the financial troubles which saw them placed under special measures by the ECB last year. An investigation last year concluded that Middlesex had breached the County Partnership Agreement and the ECB’s financial regulations during a period of

Lancashire have signed New Zealand batter Tom Bruce as their second overseas player for 2024. The 32-year-old will link up with the club in April and, like Australia’s Nathan Lyon, is expected to be available across formats for the full season. Bruce, who has been capped 17 times in T20Is, averages 49.85 in first-class cricket

Cameron Green could hardly be blamed if he was feeling a little like he was damned if he did open the batting in the Adelaide Test and damned now that he is batting at No.4. The Western Australia allrounder says he is excited and grateful to make his Test match return against West Indies having

Toss India chose to bowl vs Afghanistan India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl in the second T20I in Indore, which he called “quite a chasing ground”. Rohit is playing his 150th T20I, becoming the first men’s player to do so. India made two changes. Virat Kohli, who was unavailable for

Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Zimbabwe Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first T20I against Zimbabwe in Colombo. For the hosts, Kusal Perera returns to the side, likely at the top of the order. Pathum Nissanka, who missed the ODIs with dengue, is back in, opening the

Toss Pakistan chose to field against New Zealand Pakistan opted to chase again as they look to level the three-match T20I series against New Zealand with a win in Hamilton. Mitchell Santner, who was ruled out of the first T20I with Covid, was fit again and returned in New Zealand’s only change. He replaced fast

Melbourne Renegades 139 for 4 (Marsh 64*, Fraser-McGurk 42, Coulter-Nile 2-25) beat Melbourne Stars 137 for 8 (Cartwright 38, Richardson 2-17, Hosein 2-18) by six wickets Aaron Finch enjoyed a winning farewell despite a third-ball duck, as his Melbourne Renegades side dealt a massive blow to local rivals Melbourne Stars’ BBL finals hopes. A total

Big picture: Virat Kohli returns to T20I action For Afghanistan, Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the entire three-match series, but they can still be a dangerous T20 team on their day. Six players in the XI that played on Thursday have IPL contracts and almost all their players feature in franchise T20 –

When he passed 265, he broke the Logan Cup first-class record for the highest individual score, which belonged to Cephas Zhuwao for his effort in the 2017-18 season. Ray Gripper‘s 279 not out, the highest individual score by a Zimbabwean player in first-class cricket, back in the 1967-68 Currie Cup in South Africa, was the