Harmanpreet Kaur contended that no “crime” had been committed. England were “not fans”. The two opposing views summed up the divide that inevitably follows the dismissal of a batter who is run out while backing up. So when Deepti Sharma held the ball as she started her action with Charlie Dean out of her ground

The PCB has announced an increment in its domestic players’ retainer and match fee, across all formats and levels, for the 2022-23 season. As per the new financial model, a player featuring in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will now get a match fee of PKR 100,000 as opposed to the previous PKR 60,000. Those playing the

Big picture An eight-overs-a-side sprint in Nagpur ended with India levelling the T20I series 1-1 thanks to some outstanding bowling from Axar Patel and a supreme display of ball-striking from Rohit Sharma. But it’s difficult for the two sides to gain a lot from the experience on Friday, other than gleaning some insight into how

After nearly seven months on the sidelines, Mark Wood marked his return to international cricket with a searing display of matchwinning fast bowling in the third T20I at Karachi, but said that workload management remains his priority as England build towards the winter’s main event, next month’s T20 World Cup in Australia. England’s need for

Toss India chose to bowl vs Australia India gained a significant advantage when they won the toss and opted to chase in a severely reduced T20 international in Nagpur. Adding to that feeling is the return of Jasprit Bumrah, who will play his first game of cricket in over two months. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has

Victoria 3 for 158 (Pucovski 64) beat New South Wales 7 for 277 (Hughes 117) by three runs (DLS method) A sparkling half-century from batting prodigy Will Pucovski helped Victoria to a bizarre weather-impacted One-Day Cup win against New South Wales in the men’s domestic cricket’s season opener in Melbourne. Three runs behind the required

Pakistan 203 for 0 (Babar 110*, Rizwan 88*) beat England 199 for 5 (Moeen 55*, Rauf 2-30) by ten wickets A world record unbeaten 203-run partnership that was devastating in its brutality and yet delectable in its beauty saw Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam chase down 200 against England with three balls to spare, and

Gloucestershire 255 (Taylor 71, Yadav 5-90, Briggs 3-79) and 149 for 7 (Dent 64, van Buuren 49, Yadav 4-47) beat Warwickshire 274 (Sibley 120, Briggs 65, Gohar 5-64) and 128 (Davies 60, T Price 8-27) by three wickets For much of this match Gloucestershire revealed many of the vulnerabilities expected from a side rooted to

September 23 SA vs VIC, Karen Rolton Oval; WA vs ACT, WACA; NSW vs QLD, North Sydney September 25 SA vs VIC, Karen Rolton Oval, WA vs ACT, WACA; NSW vs QLD, North Sydney September 30 NSW vs WA, North Sydney October 1 QLD vs ACT, Bill Pippen Oval October 2 NSW vs WA, North

Harmanpreet, India’s captain, has confirmed that Saturday’s third and final fixture of India’s tour will be veteran bowler Goswami’s last before she retires from international cricket after a career spanning two decades. Victory at Canterbury means India take an unassailable 2-0 lead into the final match of their tour having clinched their first series win