The owner of Dukes has pledged to investigate the controversial ball change in Australia’s second innings during their 49-run defeat in the fifth men’s Ashes Test at The Oval, while casting doubt on a theory that a five-year-old replacement ball might have been used. The ball was changed in the 37th over of Australia’s chase,

Southern Brave 147 for 8 (Jordan 70*, Rauf 3-23) beat Welsh Fire 145 for 7 (Wiley 31, Mills 2-23) by two runs Chris Jordan smashed an exhilarating 70 off 32 balls to give Southern Brave their first Hundred victory of 2023 in a two-run nail-biter over Welsh Fire. England star Jordan dragged Brave from 76

Welsh Fire 165 for 3 (Matthews 65) beat Southern Brave161 for 4 (Mandhana 70*, Wyatt 67, Griffiths 2-26, Matthews 1-35) by four runs Hayley Matthews ended Southern Brave’s unbeaten home record with a magnificent individual performance as Welsh Fire claimed a four-run win. Matthews struck an impressive 65 to propel Fire to 165 for 3

Allrounders Fionn Hand and Gareth Delany make a return to the Ireland squad for the T20I series against India later this month. They come in at the expense of wicketkeeper-batter Neil Rock and pacer Graham Hume – these were the only changes to the Ireland squad that featured in the T20 World Cup Europe Region

Andy Flower has been appointed head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore as the franchise looks to overturn a disappointing IPL 2023, where they failed to make the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. The exact period of the contract has not been made public. At RCB, will reunite with Faf du Plessis, the

Birmingham Phoenix 84 for 5 vs Northern Superchargers – Match abandoned Torrential rain brought an abrupt end to the Hundred match at Headingley between Northern Superchargers and Birmingham Phoenix with just 62 balls possible in Phoenix’s first innings. With puddles forming on the outfield the umpires were left with no choice but to call a

The SA20 mini-auction ahead of the 2024 season will take place in Johannesburg on September 27. On the day of the auction, a total of 21 slots are to be filled, six of those reserved for rookie players. A rookie player is someone who is a South African under the age of 22 and has

Oval Invincibles 132 for 7 (S Curran 34) beat London Spirit 131 (Rossington 39, Wade 37, Sowter 3-34) by three wickets Sunil Narine starred with bat and ball as Oval Invincibles won a thriller against their rivals London Spirt by three wickets at Lord’s. Narine was at his eccentric batting best to pummel 12 runs

Welsh Fire 94 for 3 (Wells 57, Little 2-22) beat Manchester Originals 85 for 4 (Buttler 37*, Afridi 2-24, Willey 2-17) by nine runs A half-century from Luke Wells, followed by two wickets in the first two balls of the innings for Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi set Welsh Fire on their way to a first

Former South Africa batter Hashim Amla has been appointed batting coach of the Johannesburg-based Lions for the next three years. Amla joins former South Africa coach Russell Domingo at the Wanderers and replaces JP Duminy, who has moved to the national men’s white-ball set-up. Domingo is also new to the role and took over from