Western Australia will begin their Sheffield Shield title defence against New South Wales at the WACA, while the details of the expanded WNCL have been locked in with the announcement of the domestic fixtures for the Australian summer. There will be a full men’s domestic programme for the first time since 2018-19 following two disrupted

Gloucestershire 337 and 99 for 3 lead Lancashire 402 (Croft 80, Wood 50, Higgins 3-55) by 34 runs Half-centuries from Steven Croft and Luke Wood helped Lancashire move into a potentially winning position on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Croft was dismissed

Big picture Australia’s tour to Sri Lanka has already had an impact following the special scenes in Colombo of locals dressed in yellow to thank the visitors for touring during a desperate time in their country’s history. Sri Lanka winning the ODI series provided moments of joy for the home supporters, but there is a

New Zealand’s men’s team will play England in a day-night Test in Mount Maunganui, host a limited-overs visit by India and be part of a T20I tri-series ahead of the World Cup as part of their 2022-23 home season. Sri Lanka will also arrive for an all-format tour which includes two Tests, three ODIs and

Middlesex 106 for 4 (Stoneman 67) trail Nottinghamshire 551 for 8 dec (James 155, Mullaney 79, Patterson-White 50, Hollman 4-122) by 445 runs Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire tightened their grip against Middlesex in the LV= Insurance County Championship, posting their highest total at Trent Bridge for seven years after Lyndon James had turned his overnight

Toss England chose to bowl vs South Africa England have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the Test against South Africa in Taunton. England have handed a surprise international debut to 20-year-old quick Issy Wong, who was promoted from travelling reserve after Emily Arlott pulled out of the 13-strong squad as she

Bangladesh 234 and 132 for 6 (Roach 3-32) trail West Indies 408 (Mayers 146, Brathwaite 51, Khaled 5-106) by 42 runs Kemar Roach reached the landmark of 250 Test wickets as West Indies dominated the third day of the second test with Bangladesh fighting to avoid an innings defeat. Bangladesh was reduced to 132 for

Northamptonshire 420 for 6 (Keogh 130, Cobb 88, Gay 70, McManus 57*) vs Warwickshire Rob Keogh‘s first century since the season’s opening game led the run glut for Northamptonshire on day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Warwickshire at Wantage Road. The county’s longest-serving player struck 130 with 20 fours in a

Madhya Pradesh 536 (Dubey 133, Patidar 122, Shubham 116, Mulani 5-173) and 108 for 4 (Mantri 37, Patidar 30*) beat Mumbai 374 (Sarfaraz 134, Jaiswal 78, Yadav 4-106) and 269 (Parkar 51, Sarfaraz 45, Kartikeya 4-98) by six wickets Madhya Pradesh are the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 champions, 69 years after they last won the coveted

India Test captain Rohit Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19 which could put him in doubt for the one-off Test against England at Edgbaston. Rohit is in isolation at the team hotel and if the same protocols are followed as for the ongoing England-New Zealand series it would be for a period of five days.