News Deals for Alex Hales, Benny Howell alongside million-dollar men Liam Livingstone and Jofra Archer The big-money signings of Liam Livingstone, for GBP 1.125 million (USD 1.53 million) by Punjab Kings, and Jofra Archer, for GBP 783,000 (USD 1.06 million) by Mumbai Indians – the latter despite not being able to play this season –

Report A 97-run opening stand from Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Haris took Zalmi to 193, and Kings never got going in the chase Peshawar Zalmi 193 for 6 (Zazai 52, Haris 49 , Jordan 3-41) beat Karachi Kings 138 for 6 (Babar 59, Irshad 2-24) by 55 runs Lahore Qalandars have had a few shocking

News The ten teams look to plug remaining holes despite diminished purses Liam Livingstone became the first millionaire on the second day of the IPL 2022 mega auction, with Kolkata Knight Riders, who don’t have much money to play with, Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings going into battle to get his services. Gujarat Titans

News Bangladesh’s new batting coach arrived in the country last week Bangladesh’s new batting coach Jamie Siddons has tested positive for Covid-19. Jalal Yunus, the BCB’s cricket operations committee chairman, confirmed to the Dhaka-based Prothom Alo that Siddons has mild symptoms. The 57-year-old Australian, who arrived in Dhaka last week, didn’t initially have a role

News Punjab Kings spend big early on, acquiring the services of Shikhar Dhawan and Kagiso Rabada Shreyas Iyer was expected to be one of the big draws at the mega 2022 IPL auction, and he was – becoming the first to cross the INR 10 crore barrier, a fervent bidding war between a number of

The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2022 IPL player auction in Bengaluru. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 75 approx; INR 50 lakh = USD 66,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 133,000 approx; INR 10 crore = USD 1,330,000 approx) Sold players Mohammed Shami (Base price INR 2

Report Fakhar Zaman’s 37-ball 60 sets up unassailable target as league leaders lose for first time Lahore Qalandars 182 for 4 (Fakhar 60, Hafeez 43) beat Multan Sultans 130 all out (Zaman Khan 3-21) by 52 runs It took seven matches and two venues to get there, but Multan Sultans have finally lost a game.

Andrew Strauss only played 28 games of T20 cricket in his career yet nobody better personifies English cricket’s changing attitudes to the IPL. Months later, Strauss was appointed as director of cricket at the ECB with an enlightened view. “Thirty-eight of the 44 players involved in the semi-finals of the World Cup had IPL experience;

Report Michael Neser and Mark Steketee were outstanding for Queensland but couldn’t quite pull it off New South Wales 186 (Hughes 86*, Steketee 5-46) and 8 for 137 beat Queensland 193 (Khawaja 63) and 129 by two wickets Chris Tremain held his nerve to guide an inexperienced New South Wales side to a gripping two-wicket

Report Like Muzarabani, Khushdil Shah also grabbed three wickets, as he cleaned up Zalmi’s tail Multan Sultans 182 for 7 (Masood 68, David 34, Wahab 2-34) beat Peshawar Zalmi 140 (Malik 44, Muzarabani 3-18, Khushdil 3-25) by 42 runs New city, same old result. The PSL may have shifted to Lahore from Karachi, but it