David Warner could learn this week if he stands any chance of overturning his leadership ban as two days of meetings between cricket’s powerbrokers loom. Warner’s ban is likely to be discussed at Thursday’s annual general meeting with the states, and is again expected to be a talking point at a Cricket Australia (CA) board

New Zealand 131 for 1 (Allen 62, Conway 49*, Shadab 1-26) beat Pakistan 130 for 7 (Bracewell 2-11, Santner 2-27, Southee 2-31) by nine wickets On a subcontinental-style pitch in Christchurch, New Zealand’s spin quartet, led by offspinner Michael Bracewell, pinned down Pakistan to a below-par 130 for 7 and set up the hosts’ second

Until 48 hours ago, Bangladesh looked set for a semi-final place to try and defend their Asia Cup title. They needed two points from their last two matches, but they lost to Sri Lanka in a rain-shortened match, where they failed to chase 41 in seven overs. With two overs left in the chase, Bangladesh

West Indies batter John Campbell is considering appealing against the four-year ban he was handed on October 7 for an anti-doping violation. The decision to ban Campbell was taken by an independent panel, after he was accused of refusing to provide a blood sample at his home in Kingston in April by the Jamaica Anti-Doping

Liam Livingstone has said he can see “light at the end of the tunnel” as he targets England’s final T20 World Cup warm-up match, against Pakistan on October 17, as a possible comeback from an ankle injury. Livingstone suffered the injury during the Hundred when he tripped on a kerb and spent several weeks in

Shreyas Iyer is enjoying a purple patch, with four half-centuries and a hundred in his last six ODI innings. That’s some unreal form in different conditions: from the bounce of the red-soil surface in Ahmedabad, to the sluggish pitches in the Caribbean, and biscuit-brown Ranchi. His latest innings in Ranchi on Sunday was only his

India 282 for 3 (Shreyas 113*, Kishan 93) beat South Africa 278 for 7 (Markram 79, Hendricks 74, Siraj 3-38) by seven wickets Ishan Kishan‘s career-best 93 and Shreyas Iyer‘s second ODI century set India up for a series-levelling win on a slow, dry pitch in Ranchi. The pair shared a 161-run stand – the

Suryakumar Yadav and Harshal Patel are among five members of India’s T20 World Cup squad who have not played top-flight cricket in Australia. The others are Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Hooda. Suryakumar was in contention to make the trip in December 2020, following a prolific IPL for Mumbai Indians in the UAE, but

Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Kane Williamson chose to bowl against Bangladesh in the third match of the tri-series in Christchurch, and brought in Adam Milne in place of Blair Tickner. The dew that came down later in his side’s loss to Pakistan in the previous game played a

Fast bowler Graham Hume has been drafted into Ireland’s T20 World Cup squad and will fly to Australia as replacement for Craig Young, who has experienced a “recurrence of a chronic issue”, according to Cricket Ireland. “Unfortunately, whilst out in Sydney for our T20 World Cup prep camp, Craig experienced a recurrence of a chronic