Offspinner Leigh Kasperek will replace medium-pacer Jess Kerr for New Zealand women’s tour to Sri Lanka. Kasperek, who last played an international game in September 2021, returns after Kerr was struck on the toe while batting in the nets. A subsequent scan revealed that Kerr will need six weeks of rehabilitation. Kerr’s injury came early

Northamptonshire 177 for 5 (Vasconcelos 51) beat Nottinghamshire 99 (Sanderson 3-29, Willey 2-9) by 78 runs Ben Sanderson took three wickets to help send Northamptonshire to a comprehensive 78-run victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws in this Vitality Blast match at Wantage Road. Sanderson started wickets tumbling by removing England T20 opener Alex Hales for 0 in

Pujara, meanwhile, had started his county season in April with a century against Durham and followed it with hundreds against Gloucestershire and Worcestershire as well. He was also the Sussex captain in the six games he played, where he scored 545 runs at an average of 68.12. He will also feature in the Royal London

“I still feel like I’m going to watch the Ashes, I need to remind myself that I’m potentially playing it,” says Phoebe Litchfield. In a way, it’s unfair to a player to say an international career feels inevitable because, however talented, there is a huge amount of work that goes into reaching the highest level.

Australia 311 for 5 (Khawaja 126*, Carey 52*, Head 50) trail England 393 for 8 declared by 82 runs Usman Khawaja walked up the dressing-room stairs unbeaten for the second straight evening at Edgbaston, 122 runs better off than he had been the night before. England hoped four overs would be enough to dislodge Khawaja

Edgbaston, 1st innings3.5 NOW THAT’S OUT!! Full and fast, pinned in front of middle and leg! Warner is gone, no attempt even to review – Broad has burst through in the fourth over of the morning, and Edgbaston is all over this! “Cheerio, cheerio!” they crow, as Warner grits his teeth and heads for the

Essex 177 for 6 (Khushi 61, McIlroy 4-36) beat Glamorgan 175 for 6 (Carlson 43, Harmer 2-43) by four wickets Feroze Khushi sent off his audition to be Dan Lawrence’s successor as Essex made it four wins in a row by beating Glamorgan by four wickets in the Vitality Blast. Academy graduate Khushi crashed a

Australia 20 for 0 trail England 393 for 8 dec (Root 118*, Bairstow 78, Crawley 61, Lyon 4-149) by 373 runs The first day of the 2023 Ashes started with Zak Crawley lacing Pat Cummins through cover for four, ended with Australia’s openers seeing out four overs following an opportunistic declaration, and hardly paused for

The Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] has apologised after their security personnel assaulted a journalist during the third day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Dhaka. BCB director Ismail Haider Mallick came to the press box within the hour of the incident, and assured that the people involved would be withdrawn from duty

Conway, Santner and Rayudu will reunite with Fleming under whom they won IPL 2023 last month. Rayudu, who had retired from the IPL after that final, is set to feature in his first franchise league outside of India. Conway was the Player of the Match in the rain-hit three-day final, scoring a 25-ball 47 in