David Warner can now formally apply to have his lifetime leadership ban modified after Cricket Australia’s board amended its code of conduct policy. Warner was previously unable to hold a captaincy position in Australian cricket after being handed a lifetime ban as a result of 2018’s ball-tampering scandal and under the previous code of conduct,

Adelaide Strikers 4 for 144 (Wolvaardt 75*, Darlington 2-36) beat Sydney Thunder 118 (Beaumont 37, Schutt 6-19) by 26 runs Megan Schutt became the first bowler in WBBL history to claim six wickets in a match while Laura Wolvaardt produced a classy 75 not out to help Adelaide Strikers sew up second spot and a

Batter Shweta Sehrawat will lead India Under-19 women against New Zealand Under-19 women in a series of five T20Is in Mumbai from November 27 to December 6. The series is part of India’s build-up towards the inaugural women’s Under-19 World Cup (T20 format) to be played in Bangladesh in January 2023. Sehrawat, a top-order batter,

Australia will look to expand their ODI captaincy pool over the next 12 months, with the likelihood that a variety of different players will stand in for Pat Cummins when needed after Josh Hazlewood took the role in Sydney. Hazlewood, who had never captained in a professional game but was previously an ODI vice-captain, stepped

Afghanistan have named allrounder Gulbadin Naib and uncapped left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad in their 18-man squad for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka that gets underway in Kandy later this month. The rest of the squad remains the same as Afghanistan’s last ODI series, against Zimbabwe in early June when they blanked the hosts

R Ashwin has defended India head coach Rahul Dravid being given a break from the ongoing tour of New Zealand, highlighting the physical and mental strain that the team has been under since they began building up to the 2022 T20 World Cup. In Dravid’s absence, former India batter and current head of the National

Since late 2021, the Sharma-led selection panel was reduced to four members after Abey Kuruvilla, the former Mumbai and India fast bowler, completed the maximum tenure of five years. While Kuruvilla moved on to the role of BCCI general manager (cricket development), the board did not appoint his replacement on the selection panel.

For Australia, this could be the first series where they will miss regular captain Meg Lanning – who opted to take an indefinite mental-health break – following their Commonwealth Games title win, which was where these two teams last met. With Rachael Haynes announcing her retirement, Australia don’t currently have a captain. Alyssa Healy was

Combined NSW and ACT XI 259 for 2 trail West Indians 424 for 9 dec (Thomas 77*, Brathwaite 75, Brooks 56, Holder 50ret) by 165 runs West Indies were given a wake-up call on the bowling front after being dominated by a NSW/ACT XI on day two of the tour match in Canberra. Oliver Davies,

A buoyant Steven Smith has proudly announced his superb one-day innings against England was the best he has felt batting in six years. The bold claim from one of the country’s greatest batters will strike fear into West Indies and South Africa ahead of the Australian Test summer. Smith belted an unbeaten 80 from 78