There are 12 platinum players overall, featuring a mixture of names who had already been announced and a significant group confirmed on Monday after the registration process closed the previous evening. The full list of platinum players, who will be paid AU$340,000 (US $233,853 approx.) regardless of how many games they are available for, reads:

Pakistan 206 (Babar 91, Nawaz 27, de Leede 3-50, Kingma 2-15) beat Netherlands 197 (Cooper 62, Vikramjit 50, Naseem 5-33, Wasim 4-36) by nine runs Pakistan nearly paid the price for extreme caution with the bat, but standout bowling performances from Naseem Shah and Mohammad Wasim spared their blushes as they eked out a nine-run

To say that Zimbabwe’s batting woes start at the top would be an understatement. Their last century partnership for the first wicket in ODIs was way back in 2014, when Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza added 224. Since the start of 2020, Zimbabwe have used 14 different opening combinations – the most among all teams

David Warner‘s return to the BBL for the first time since 2013 has been confirmed with a two-year deal for his original club Sydney Thunder. Late last month the Australian reported that Warner was going to request permission to play in the new ILT20 league in the UAE rather than the BBL after the cancellation

Nottinghamshire 255 for 9 (Wright 6-35) beat Leicestershire 154 (Hutton 7-26) by 104 runs (DLS method). Seamer Brett Hutton returned the best List A figures in Nottinghamshire’s history, taking 7 for 26 as the Outlaws recorded a victory which keeps them in with an outside chance of qualification for the knock-out stages of the Royal

Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the Asia Cup, as well as the seven-match T20I series at home against England in September, because of a knee injury. He faces a race against time to be fit for the T20 World Cup, starting October, after being advised “four-six weeks rest” by the PCB’s medical

South Africa 326 (Erwee 73, Jansen 48, Elgar 47, Maharaj 41, Broad 3-71, Stokes 3-71) beat England 165 (Pope 73, Rabada 5-52, Nortje 3-63) and 149 (Nortje 3-47) by an innings and 12 runs South Africa completed a crushing innings win over England at Lord’s, dismantling the home batting line-up for the second time in

Sussex 397 for 5 (Orr 206, Pujara 66) beat Somerset 196 (Currie 3-38, Coles 3-31) by 201 runs Ali Orr smashed the first ever List A double century by a Sussex player as the Sharks maintained their impressive Royal London Cup form with a 201-run demolition of Somerset at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.

India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been ruled out of rest of Northern Superchargers’ campaign in the Women’s Hundred with a fractured wrist. She will be replaced by Gaby Lewis, who will be available for only two games on either side of Ireland’s three-match ODI series against Netherlands. Rodrigues had sustained a blow to her right

Manchester Originals 188 for 3 (Buttler 68, Russell 64*, Salt 38) beat Southern Brave 120 (Walter 3-20) by 68 runs Jos Buttler and Andre Russell smashed scintillating half-centuries as Manchester Originals crushed reigning champions Southern Brave by 68 runs at the Ageas Bowl. Buttler hammered 68 off 42 balls and Russell flayed an unbeaten 64