Laura Wolvaardt has been signed up by Gujarat Giants as replacement for the injured Beth Mooney for the remainder of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Wolvaardt, who was in Pakistan to take part in the PCB’s Women’s League exhibition matches, has been released by her team, Super Women, and her compatriot Sune Luus has replaced

Quetta Gladiators 243 for 2 (Roy 145*, Hafeez 41*, Mujeeb 1-38) beat Peshawar Zalmi 240 for 2 (Babar 115, Ayub 74, Pretorius 1-40) by eight wickets It all descended into a fog of boundaries, and nothing seemed to make sense. The upshot of 483 runs, 54 fours and 21 sixes was that Quetta Gladiators move

Western Australia 387 for 7 (Inglis 138, Bancroft 90, Marsh 56, W Agar 2-56) beat South Australia 206 (Hunt 50, Smith 44, Agar 5-64) by 181 runs Josh Inglis tuned up for the India ODI tour with a blistering century as Western Australia capped a flawless Marsh Cup season by thrashing South Australia in a

Steven Smith could not remember another occasion where he had been unsure which pitch he would be playing on for a Test match two days out from it starting. That was the situation which emerged on Tuesday in Ahmedabad with Australia leaving the ground still in the dark over which of the two surfaces would

A cushion of over 200 runs to defend in a T20 game can be a double-edged sword. While it certainly puts the chasing team under pressure, it could also induce bowlers into taking it easy – or the opposition taking the game head on with little to lose. Alyssa Healy did just that, giving UP

Big picture For South Africa and West Indies, the current World Test Championship will come to an end at the Wanderers, with neither side competing for a place in the final but both aiming for a better finish than they managed in their previous run. South Africa ended the 2019-2021 cycle in fifth; West Indies

New Zealand batter Kane Williamson will join their squad late for the Test series opener against Sri Lanka in Christchurch following the death of his grandmother Joan Williamson-Orr, a former mayor of Taupo. Williamson will link up with the side after attending a memorial service on Wednesday. Two days out from the first Test at

Mumbai Indians 159 for 1 (Matthews 77*, Sciver-Brunt 55*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 155 (Ghosh 28, Matthews 3-28, Ishaque 2-26) by 9 wickets West Indies’ Hayley Matthews was unsold in the first round of the WPL auction, which was held just at the start of the Women’s T20 World Cup, before Mumbai Indians picked her

Aiden Markram has been appointed South Africa’s new T20I captain, while Cricket South Africa (CSA) roped in JP Duminy as the batting coach and Rory Kleinveldt as the bowling coach in the white-ball set-up. Markram takes over captaincy from Temba Bavuma, who has been dropped from the squad altogether for the upcoming home T20Is against

Indore. India’s first innings. Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli. 19.5 Beaten as this skids through. Kohli plays for turn from around the stumps but there’s none there. 21.4 Big appeal and Kohli has been given! He has reviewed after a brief chat with KS Bharat. This one’s fired full and fast, keeps a touch low