The ECB is on the lookout for three new principal sponsors, after LV= Insurance and Cazoo both joined Royal London in choosing not to extend their partnerships with English cricket. Cazoo, the title sponsor of the first two years of the Hundred, has confirmed it will not be involved in this summer’s third staging, while

Rawalpindi will host the most number of games in PSL 2023, which gets underway on February 13 in Multan with a contest between Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars, the defending champions. A total of 11 matches will be played in Rawalpindi, while Karachi (nine), Lahore (nine) and Multan (five) will host the remaining games. The

Australia could have a ready-made replacement for Aaron Finch in T20 cricket, with Steven Smith declaring his desire to open more often in the shortest format. Smith was left out of Australia’s team for the majority of their home T20 World Cup disappointment last year, featuring in the middle order in only the final group

India 147 for 6 (Amanjot 41*, Bhatia 35, Deepti 33, Mlaba 2-15) beat South Africa 120 for 9 (Luus 29, Tryon 26, Vaidya 2-19) by 27 runs It was a day when the young and seasoned combined to kickstart India’s final run to the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa on a positive note.

As per the tournament’s ‘Suspected Illegal Bowling Action’ guideline, the issue will be passed on to the Bowling Action Panel, which would judge the matter and come up with a conclusion. The panel consists of match referee representative Gerrie Pienaar, former South Africa seamer Vernon Philander, and CSA’s High Performance Manager Vincent Barnes.

To many, the decision to cast Alex Lees aside and keep faith with Zak Crawley for the tour of Pakistan was a surprise. The opening pair had very similar 2022 summers, though Lees shaded it on every metric: runs, average, half-centuries and double-figure scores. Except, ultimately, on talent ceiling. The three wise men of England’s

India 349 for 8 (Gill 208, Mitchell 2-30, Shipley 2-74) beat New Zealand 337 (Bracewell 140, Santner 57, Siraj 4-46, Kuldeep 2-43, Thakur 2-54) by 12 runs As they waited for the final DRS review of the match – a mere formality – Shubman Gill and Michael Bracewell shook hands and congratulated each other. They

Ravi Shastri, who was on commentary at the time, wasn’t convinced. “Oh, it’s been given out! Daryl Mitchell should be happy,” Shastri said. “Should really be happy, because that, if you take a look again as to where the keeper’s gloves are, where the ball is as it passes the stumps, it looked as if

Trent Boult is currently in action for MI Emirates in the ILT20 in the UAE, having turned down his New Zealand central contract. And Tim Southee has been wrapped in cotton wool ahead of the home Test series against England in February. The last time New Zealand played an ODI without both Boult and Southee

Shannon Gabriel could play his first Test in over a year after being recalled for West Indies’ Test squad to tour Zimbabwe later this month. Spinners Jomel Warrican and Gudakesh Motie will also come back into contention after being included in the 15-man party. Gabriel, 34, last featured in the Test side in Sri Lanka