Big picture A resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad will be looking to extend their purple patch and notch up their fourth win on the trot when they meet Punjab Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Such is the mid-table clog this season that, at the moment, all of two points separate teams ranked

Yorkshire 334 for 8 (Brook 101, Lyth 52) lead Gloucestershire 227 by 107 runs News of Joe Root’s resignation as Test captain had caused regret to descend momentarily upon Yorkshire’s band of travelling supporters as they gathered in little clutches around the Bristol ground before start of play, but by the time that stumps were

It is one of the great tropes of modern American literature that a central protagonist often finds their day-to-day struggles foregrounded against the wider societal malaise. Whatever minor acts of heroism and failure these characters are responsible for, they are picayune concerns when compared to the bigger picture, the state-of-the-nation handwringing. Never mind the plot

Big picture As IPL 2022 moves closer to the halfway stage, the race to consolidate a top-four spot gets intense. On Saturday, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be up against each other in a bid to pull away from the mid-table traffic. For Capitals, Prithvi Shaw has been imposing at the top, and

Joe Root has stepped down as England’s Test captain with immediate effect. Root has been in the role for five years and has overseen more games (64), wins (27) and defeats (26) than any other England captain. But his side have won only one of their last 17 Test matches, a run of form that

Yorkshire 37 for 0 trail Gloucestershire 227 (Harris 136, Fisher 4-19) by 190 runs No word will have sounded sweeter all year to Yorkshire than the one where the umpire Ian Blackwell called “play” and their Championship season rumbled into life. A winter of condemnation as Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism attracted national attention gave

Apr 15: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 25th match, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Safe XI: Nicholas Pooran, Kane Williamson (capt), Shreyas Iyer (vice-capt), Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, T Natarajan, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar After a slow start to the season, the Sunrisers captain has found form in recent times,

Anya Shrubsole has announced her retirement from international cricket, calling time on her career at the top level after 14 years. Shrubsole, the hero of England’s 2017 World Cup triumph, was awarded an MBE after bowling her side to a famous and dramatic victory with a record 6 for 46 against India at Lord’s. Aged

Punjab Kings 198 for 5 (Dhawan 70, Agarwal 52, Jitesh 30*, Thampi 2-47) beat Mumbai Indians 186 for 9 (Brevis 49, Suryakumar 43, Varma 43, Smith 4-30, Rabada 2-29) by 12 runs Having strengthened their bowling at the cost of batting depth, Mumbai Indians twice committed the cardinal sin of T20 – losing wickets to

R Ashwin believes retiring out as a tactical move – which he did for the first time in the IPL recently – will not be a stigma like run-out at the non-striker’s end, and is of the view that teams are “already late” in utilising this rule. Ashwin retired out while batting for Rajasthan Royals