Innings India 333 for 5 (Kaur 143*, Deol 58, Mandhana 40) vs England A towering century from Harmanpreet Kaur set England a mammoth task to keep their ODI series alive against India. India asked the hosts to complete the first successful 300-plus run chase in women’s ODIs when they set a target of 334 to

Fit-again Jemimah Rodrigues has returned to India’s 15-member T20I squad for the Women’s Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh from October 1-15. Rodrigues missed the ongoing England tour because of a wrist injury that she picked up during her stint at the Women’s Hundred with Northern Superchargers. Since her return, Rodrigues has undergone three

Kent 165 (Compton 63, Abbott 4-46, Abbas 3-29, Barker 3-30) and 20 for 3 lead Hampshire 57 (Quinn 6-23) by 128 runs Hampshire were skittled for 57 in 87 minutes by Kent in a serious dent to their hopes of winning the LV= Insurance County Championship title for the first time since 1973. Matt Quinn

Stopping India’s rampant top-order – especially Smriti Mandhana – is England’s target if they are to keep their ODI series alive and prevent the final match at Lord’s from becoming a dead rubber. Mandhana produced a match-defining knock of 91 as India overhauled a target of 228 with seven wickets and 5.4 overs to spare

The player auction ahead of the inaugural edition of the SA20 league took place on Monday in Cape Town, and the six teams now have the 17 men they needed to form their squads. Here is a look at how they stack up and, courtesy Gaurav Sundararaman, what their likely first XIs are. Durban Super

Shelley Nitschke has been named the new head coach of the Australia women’s team for the next four years, after having taken on the role in an interim capacity since Matthew Mott left earlier this year. Nitschke, who had been an assistant coach with Australia since 2018, was in charge of the side as they

Big picture Seventeen long years ago, in the cold of a misty December night, England’s cricketers made their way off the field at Rawalpindi after a consolation victory in the fifth and final ODI. It was the final act of a tour in which little had gone right for England in either red- or white-ball

New South Wales legspinner Tanveer Sangha has been ruled out of the first part of the domestic season with a stress fracture of his lower back. Sangha, who has been involved with Australia’s white-ball squads, is aiming to return to action during the BBL where he will play for Sydney Thunder. He was with the

Western Storm 239 for 8 (Gibson 56, Jackson 3-50) beat Thunder 242 for 5 (Smale 57, Filer 3-46) by two wickets (DLS method) Western Storm ended their season on a high with a narrow two-wicket victory over Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Emirates Old Trafford. An 81-run partnership between Danielle Gibson and

Training without the fear of competition has been liberating for Harshal Patel. Having recovered from a rib injury that ruled him out of the Asia Cup that just finished in the UAE, Harshal is looking forward to life on the road again, which will soon include a maiden World Cup appearance. But first he has