News They replace England’s Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont who are unavailable as the Thunder chase back-to-back WBBL titles Defending WBBL champions Sydney Thunder have pulled off a coup signing India batter Smriti Mandhana and allrounder Deepti Sharma ahead of their title defence in October. Mandhana, coming off her highest ODI score of the year,

Report Punjab Kings defend 125 to keep their hopes of making the top four alive Punjab Kings 125 for 7 (Markram 27, Holder 3-19) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 120 for 7 (Holder 46*, Bishnoi 3-24, Shami 2-14) by five runs With eight losses in nine games, Sunrisers Hyderabad are no longer in playoff contention. Punjab Kings

News It has not been confirmed whether the match will be a standalone game or complete the series started in August England and India have confirmed plans to play a Test in England, in the summer of 2022. The match replaces the fifth Test at Old Trafford which was abandoned earlier this month. It has

News This is Sindh’s first win over Southern Punjab in four games Central Punjab 145 for 8 (Babar 65, Wahab 20*, Junaid 3-41) beat Balochistan 142 for 7 (Umaid 32, Qadir 4-25) by two wickets A collective team effort, in which Wahab Riaz scored a crucial 20 off 8 balls, Usman Qadir took four wickets

Warwickshire begin their celebrations after sealing the County Championship © PA Images/Getty Warwickshire 367 and 294 for 3 dec (Yates 132*, Rhodes 62, Sibley 50) beat Somerset 389 (Gregory 68, Davies 52) and 154 (Miles 3-26) by 118 runs It was, as Mark Robinson put it, “one of those days you live for”. Certainly from

Can Kagiso Rabada help Delhi Capitals overcome their death-overs struggles? © BCCI Big picture The Delhi franchise have never won the IPL, whether playing as Daredevils or Capitals, and it is becoming increasingly apparent this might be their best opportunity to change that. Their eight-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening game of the

Eve Jones swings the ball leg side © Getty Images Experienced uncapped English allrounder Eve Jones has signed with Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming BBL season. Jones, 29, has not played international cricket but is coming off an outstanding domestic season. She was the leading runscorer in the T20 Charlotte Edwards Cup for Central Sparks,

Report Win with 29 balls to spare puts KKR ahead of Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders 159 for 3 (Tripathi 74*, Iyer 53, Bumrah 3-42) beat Mumbai Indians 155 for 6 (de Kock 55, Rohit 33, Ferguson 2-27) by seven wickets Scintillating half-centuries from Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer gave Kolkata Knight Riders a thumping

News Takes over from Richard Gould in sign of thawing relations between ECB and Surrey Steve Elworthy, the ECB director of events who was widely credited for salvaging England’s 2020 home season during the Covid-19 outbreak, has been appointed as the new chief executive at Surrey. Elworthy, the former South Africa seamer who played in

News Negotiations continue over the quarantine conditions the England players and their families will face in Australia Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has made a personal intervention in a bid to ensure this winter’s Ashes tour is able to take place, after raising the issue of a travel ban on the families of England’s