Report Eight-wicket victory with 13 balls to spare continues surging run of form for Vince’s men Southern Brave 147 for 2 (de Kock 57*, Vince 53) beat Welsh Fire 144 for 5 (Banton 36, Phillips 30*, du Plooy 30) by eight wickets Southern Brave will spend the next 48 hours at the top of the

News The allrounder was added to the England squad ahead of the Lord’s Test against India Liam Livingstone has admitted it is “obviously disappointing” for players to be pulled out of the Hundred for international duty but has backed Birmingham Phoenix to cope with the absence of their captain Moeen Ali for the final two

Yasir Shah was simply unstoppable on Pakistan’s last tour to the Caribbean © Associated Press Big picture A dustbowl at Sabina Park, devoid of spectators owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, with rain forecast on all five days of the Test match, doesn’t sound like the first step of any great journey. But it is at

News The stand-in coach for the tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan will be joined in the backroom by former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera New Zealand’s stand-in coach Glenn Pocknall believes ​”there is a huge amount of growth” the team can look forward to from the uncapped pace bowler Ben Sears, who is among the

Report Originals run out of road after Carlos Brathwaite cameo is undone at the death London Spirit 142 for 6 (Rossington 46) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 9 (Ackermann 53, Wheal 4-17) by six runs Brad Wheal claimed the stunning figures of 4 for 17 to help London Spirit claim their first win in six

News Captain says Hameed will take the opportunity with “both hands”, if he plays Joe Root, England’s captain, hopes that Moeen Ali can transform the confidence and fluency of his recent table-topping exploits with Birmingham Phoenix into the Test arena, as he prepares to make only his second Test appearance in two years, and his

News He was also not impressed by the lack of preparation from the players ahead of the first Test against Pakistan West Indies head coach Phil Simmons acknowledged that the hosts were the underdogs in the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan. The Tests – both of which will be played in Jamaica – herald

Report Moeen Ali scores 23-ball fifty as home side rack up records on way to thumping win Birmingham Phoenix 184 for 5 (Smeed 65*, Moeen 59, Payne 3-38) beat Welsh Fire 91 (Cockbain 32, Tahir 5-25) by 93 runs Birmingham Phoenix completed a clean sweep at Edgbaston, winning their fourth and final home game to

News His first assignment will be the bilateral ODIs against Pakistan next month followed by the T20 World Cup Former Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait has been appointed Afghanistan’s bowling coach with immediate effect. He will be working alongside head coach Lance Klusener. Tait’s first assignment will be a three-match ODI series against Pakistan, set

News Mahmudullah on the positive side of biosecure bubbles: “You can spend more time with your team-mates, discuss plans and strategies” No Tamim Iqbal, no Liton Das and no Mushfiqur Rahim. Bangladesh’s plans of putting it past a depleted Australia side in what is the first bilateral T20I series between the two teams have been