England are targeting a calm performance in their Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Friday, but opening batter Danni Wyatt‘s nerves were frayed in the lead-up during an incident involving a cable car she was travelling in down Table Mountain. Wyatt revealed during a pre-match press conference in Cape Town on Thursday

Glenn Maxwell admits he is not as far advanced in his recovery from a broken leg as he thought he would be, but believes his slower build-up will have long-term benefits ahead of a massive year that includes the IPL, the T20 Blast, the Hundred and the ODI World Cup. Maxwell was named in Australia’s

Big picture: Back to the Basin If ever there was a venue for this rebooted England team to come full circle, it would have to be the Basin Reserve in Wellington. It was here, back on their 2007-08 tour, that James Anderson – the newly reinstated No.1 Test bowler in the world – began his

Big Picture As redemption stories go, India Women overturning the disappointment of 2020 to secure another chance at T20 World Cup glory would do nicely. The only problem is, they have to make it past Australia – again. After winning their opening match in Sydney during the last T20 World Cup, being outplayed when it

Western Australia 92 for 1 (Bancroft 50*, Wylie 10*, Ellis 1-10) and 300 lead Tasmania 169 (Webster 52, Silk 45, Stobo 3-45) by 223 runs Western Australia have moved closer to guaranteeing their spot in the Sheffield Shield final after a dominant day two with bat and ball against Tasmania in Hobart. WA took wickets

South Africa 117 for 0 (Wolvaardt 66*, Brits 50*) beat Bangladesh 113 for 6 (Nigar 30, Mostary 27, Kapp 2-17, Khaka 2-21) by ten wickets South Africa’s path to the semi-finals was scrappy to the last, but they’ll take it. Losing the first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup to Sri Lanka put the

Wanindu Hasaranga will not be joining Quetta Gladiators this PSL season as Sri Lanka look to manage his workload. Hasaranga was partially available, having been scheduled to play in six games before leaving on March 3, but the franchise confirmed he has been ruled out of the league altogether and they are now looking to

“If you looked into that third innings, I think we had them six down for 230-240 – I’m not sure of the exact numbers – but if we had taken a couple of quick wickets, the game could have been a lot different,” Mitchell said after arriving in Wellington for the second Test. “So, for

Harmanpreet Kaur wants India to address their dot-ball count ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. India are on track to face title favourites and defending champions Australia in the semi-finals after a rain-affected win over Ireland on Monday, barring a heavy England defeat against Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon. But they want to reduce

Toss India chose to bat vs Ireland India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against Ireland in Gqeberha. Harmanpreet said at the toss that left-arm spinner Radha Yadav was unwell and replaced her with legspinning allrounder Devika Vaidya. On the other hand, Ireland, made one change to the XI that played