Islamabad United 178 for 6 (Munro 58, Azam 44, Amir 2-30, Musa 2-48) beat Karachi Kings 173 for 7 (Haider 59, Sharjeel 34, Raees 2-26, Wasim 2-38) by four wickets Colin Munro‘s 28-ball 58, backed up by a power-packed 28-ball 44 from Azam Khan, helped Islamabad United get their PSL 2023 campaign off to a

Saurashtra 81 for 2 (Desai 38*, Mukesh 1-23) trail Bengal 174 (Shahbaz 69, A Porel 50, Sakariya 3-33, Unadkat 3-44) by 93 runs Saurashtra’s fast-bowling trio of Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat and Chirag Jani made full use of a lively Eden Gardens pitch on day one of the Ranji Trophy final to bowl Bengal out

Dinner England 279 for 5 (Brook 79*, Foakes 27*) vs New Zealand Harry Brook rumbled along to 79 not out from 64 balls, to back up Ben Duckett‘s opening-session 84 from 68 balls, to provide the substance to another of England’s new-style Test innings in the pink-ball Test at Mount Maunganui. However, New Zealand’s put-upon

Pakistan 165 for 5 (Muneeba 102, Dar 33, Kelly 2-27) beat Ireland 95 (Prendergast 31, Richardson 28, Sandhu 4-18) by 70 runs Bespectacled players have taken quite the centre stage in the last few months. After memorable Test debuts in the men’s arena for Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed and Australia’s Todd Murphy, Pakistan’s Muneeba Ali made

Big picture: Tim Southee, Ben Stokes, and friendly fire As the New Zealand government declared only the third state of emergency in the country’s history because of Cyclone Gabrielle, the sun shone between intermittent bouts of rain in Mount Maunganui. The site of the first Test between New Zealand and England sits slap-bang in the

The eve of the first Test of the home summer is rarely the best time to be addressing cricket’s existential matters. But here was Tim Southee at the Bay Oval, just two matches into his captaincy, talking about the players not here – one in particular – and what it might mean for the game

Australia 111 for 2 (Lanning 48*, Healy 37, Marufa 1-19, Shorna 1-12) beat Bangladesh 107 for 7 (Nigar 57, Wareham 3-20) by eight wickets Bangladesh showed spark in parts but it was the return of legspinner Georgia Wareham that stole the headlines as Australia continued their winning run at the Women’s T20 World Cup. Wareham

Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians will kick off the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on March 4. This was confirmed as the BCCI announced the fixtures for the WPL. The final will be at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on March 26, following 20 league games and

Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out of the series against England, and faces another extended period on the sidelines after a recurrence of his back stress fracture, while Matt Henry will also miss the first Test. Jamieson, 28, had been in line to play at least one of the upcoming Tests having not feature in

South Africa 132 for 6 (Tryon 40) beat New Zealand 67 (Mlaba 3-10) by 65 runs A fired-up South Africa reignited their home World Cup campaign with a 65-run win over New Zealand in front of a boisterous Boland Park crowd. After their shock defeat to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener and with six