News England opener says substandard surfaces in Championship are a “country-wide problem” Zak Crawley says that England’s batting woes in the Ashes will not be improved until the standard of pitches in county cricket is raised, adding that he will stay committed to Kent rather than seeking a fresh start at a more prominent club

Report Wagner and Jamieson shared seven wickets in an innings win inside three days in the second Test Tea: New Zealand 521 for 6 dec (Latham 252, Conway 109, Blundell 57*) beat Bangladesh 126 and 278 (Litton 102, Mominul 37, Jamieson 4-82, Wagner 3-73) by an innings and 117 runs New Zealand gave Ross Taylor

Big picture After India’s dominance in Centurion to South Africa’s fightback in Johannesburg, this series is now set for a decider in Cape Town. It could not be more perfectly scripted, or perhaps more unexpected. Despite South Africa’s strong record against India at home, they came into this series on the back of two years

Report He smashed 83 off 58 to guide Stars past Strikers’ modest 9 for 139 with five balls to spare in a see-saw battle Melbourne Stars 5 for 140 (Clarke 83, Siddle 2-26, Rashid 1-16) beat Adelaide Strikers 9 for 139 (Wells 68, Qais 2-21, Zampa 2-24, Rauf 2-25) by five wickets Joe Clarke returned

News The opener picked up a calf injury during the Ford Trophy earlier this month Martin Guptill faces a tight timeframe to be fit for New Zealand’s limited-overs tour of Australia after picking up a “moderate” calf strain during the Ford Trophy one-day competition. Guptill suffered the injury on January 3 and is targeting a

News McBrine will have follow-up assessments for a suspect “mild concussive episode” Ireland allrounders Paul Stirling and Shane Getkate are set to travel to Jamaica and link up with the rest of the squad after returning negative Covid-19 tests. The duo had to stay back in Florida and self-isolate at a hotel after having tested

Report Turner smashed 69 from 41 balls as Scorchers overhauled Sixers’ modest 4 for 151 with one over to spare Perth Scorchers 5 for 152 (Turner 69, Hardie 35, Dwarshuis 2-34) beat Sydney Sixers 4 for 151 (Christian 35 not out, Philippe 32, Agar 2-23) by five wickets Ashton Turner posted his first half-century of

Report Ireland stay in the hunt courtesy Balbirnie and Tector, but fall short by 24 runs in the end West Indies 269 (Brooks 93, Pollard 69, Adair 3-38, Young 3-56, McBrine 2-52) beat Ireland 245 (Balbirnie 71, Tector 53, Dockrell 30, Shepherd 3-50, Joseph 3-55, Smith 2-26) by 24 runs Shamarh Brooks hit 93 off

News The ODIs against Zimbabwe are set to begin on January 16 Avishka Fernando is likely to be ruled out of the forthcoming ODIs against Zimbabwe after testing positive for Covid-19. Sri Lanka’s likely squad were expected to enter the bio-secure bubble on Sunday, but Fernando – whose positive test arrived before the bubble was

News Allrounder has represented South Africa in red and white-ball cricket George Linde, the South African allrounder, will join Kent on a two-year deal. Linde, 30, has represented South Africa in all formats, taking four wickets on Test debut before recording his Test-best figures of 5-64 against Pakistan last February, the last of his three