Big picture – Will upgrades translate into on-field results? Last season, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals seemed to have squads that covered a lot of bases but were still somehow incomplete. Sunrisers had impressive pace resources and seemed to have sorted out their long-standing batting-depth issue, but they lacked spin options, and struggled to get

Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das are in Bangladesh’s Test squad for the one-off Test against Ireland that begins on April 4 in Dhaka. There was speculation that the BCB would allow the pair to join their IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders this week but the squad announcement confirms that they will join after the

The determination of Joel Paris to play through the pain barrier in the Sheffield Shield final has been revealed after he was ruled out of the Australia A tour of New Zealand with a back injury. Paris, the left-arm quick who played two T20Is in 2016, took five wickets in the match across 40 overs

Big picture After an impressive inaugural season where they made it to the playoffs, Lucknow Super Giants will play at their home ground for the first time, with the IPL returning to the tradition home-and-away format. Last year, Super Giants’ middle order looked brittle at times, so at the auction, they bought Nicholas Pooran. How

South Africa chose to bowl vs Netherlands Under cloudy skies and in cool conditions at Willowmoore Park, Temba Bavuma chose to chase, with the possibility of an interrupted game top of mind. With World Cup Super League points on the line, South Africa want to make sure they know exactly what they need to do

Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against New Zealand Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first, on what captain Dasun Shanaka felt should be a good batting track in the third ODI in Hamilton. New Zealand captain Tom Latham said he would have bowled first anyway, mostly because

Match details Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, Ahmedabad: 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, two teams that have specialised in proving haters – and experts – wrong, kick off the new IPL season in front of what is expected to be a capacity crowd in Ahmedabad. MS Dhoni

Nottinghamshire have signed Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi for their 2023 Vitality Blast campaign. Afridi will join Colin Munro as one of the club’s two T20 overseas players. Last season, Nottinghamshire missed out on qualification for the knockout stages of the Blast for the first time since 2015, and head coach, Peter Moores, hailed

Durham have signed Matthew Kuhnemann, the Australia slow left-arm spinner, for their LV= Insurance County Championship campaign, after a planned deal for Kuhnemann’s Test team-mate Todd Murphy fell through. Durham had hoped to bring in Murphy for the first part of the summer but the offspinner’s availability was blocked by Cricket Australia, with the expectation

Delhi Capitals are set to sign Bengal’s Abishek Porel as a replacement for the injured Rishabh Pant ahead of IPL 2023. Porel’s signing, which is yet to be announced officially, comes following a series of practice games at a week-long preparatory camp in New Delhi. Porel and three other uncapped wicketkeepers – Sheldon Jackson, Luvnith