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Lalit Modi, the founder and architect of the Indian Premier League, has accused the ECB of being “disconnected from reality” in their ambitions for the Hundred, after leaking the board’s confidential financial projections for the tournament, and its valuations of each of the eight teams. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Modi

Josh Hull, the Leicestershire left-arm seamer, has been ruled out of England men’s Test tour of Pakistan with a quad injury. Hull, 20, picked up the niggle during his debut in the final Test of the summer against Sri Lanka at the Kia Oval. At the time, the ECB felt there was time for him

Ben Stokes says “it’s definitely going to be a yes” if Brendon McCullum asks him to come back to play for England’s rebooted white-ball teams, but insists that no such conversations have happened yet, as he focusses first on regaining full fitness in time to lead next month’s Test tour to Pakistan. Stokes, 33, famously

Steven Croft, Lancashire’s veteran allrounder and stalwart of their 2011 Championship-winning side, has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the age of 39. Croft stepped down from first-class and List A cricket at the end of the 2023 summer, and had been on a T20-only deal for this summer’s campaign. However, he has now

Private investment into the Hundred may not be finalised by next year if the right bids and suitors are not found, according to Vikram Banerjee, director of business operations at the England & Wales Cricket Board, and the man tasked with selling off stakes in The Hundred franchises. The ECB announced at the start of

Australians and Indians dominate that table. R Ashwin (0 for 29 and 6 for 88 in Chennai) is No. 1, followed by Jasprit Bumrah (4 for 50 and 1 for 24) at No. 2. After Bumrah, there’s Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada before another Indian, Ravindra Jadeja (2 for 19 and 3 for

England’s women cricketers have taken another step towards gender parity, with minimum starting salaries in domestic cricket set to be equalised across the men’s and women’s professional games from 2025. The move, which will coincide with the first season of the new women’s county competition, will apply both at ‘Rookie’ level, which is being introduced

Ticket prices for next year’s Lord’s Test against India have risen once again, despite Marylebone Cricket Club coming in for severe criticism for the cost of entry to this summer’s Test against Sri Lanka. For the first three days of the India Test, which begins on July 10 next year, the cheapest adult tickets on

Toss England chose to bowl vs Australia Harry Brook won this third toss in a row as England captain – that bit of the job is going well, at least – and chose to bowl in overcast conditions for the start of the third ODI at Chester-le-Street. England, 2-0 down and needing a win to

England Women’s captain Heather Knight has been reprimanded and handed a £1000 suspended fine by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) for a photo of her in blackface from 2012, deemed as racist and discriminatory conduct. The photo, taken by a third party at a “sports stars” themed fancy-dress party at a cricket club in Kent

Fresh from bringing up 200 ODI wickets at Headingley on Saturday, Adil Rashid says he has the hunger to continue playing international cricket, dismissing talk that retirement may be on the horizon. The legspinner broke new ground as the first English spinner to reach the milestone, albeit one brought up in a second consecutive defeat

Brydon Carse has thanked the England management for keeping their faith in him, after he returned to the international game following a three-month gambling ban. Earlier this year, Carse was given a 16-month suspension from cricket, with 13 of those suspended, after it was discovered that he had placed over 300 bets on matches between

England won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia Australia have been able to recall the experienced trio of Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell for the second ODI at Headingley after they missed the opening game due to illness. England, who opted to bowl first on a cloudy morning, have made one

Gareth Batty, Surrey’s head coach, dedicated his team’s third consecutive County Championship title to the outgoing director of cricket, Alec Stewart, describing him as “irreplaceable” and adding that it was “delusional” to think that anyone could emulate the influence he has wielded across his five decades at the Kia Oval. Surrey, who beat Durham by

England’s Test tour of Pakistan next month will comprise back-to-back fixtures in Multan and a series finale in Rawalpindi, with the PCB finally giving the go-ahead to its revised schedule after a protracted delay. The original itinerary for the three-Test series, which forms part of the ICC World Test Championship, had involved a second Test

Innings break England 315 (Duckett 95, Labuschagne 3-39, Zampa 3-49) vs Australia Ben Duckett fell five runs short of a century in an innings of two halves from England’s batters, as Australia’s patched-up attack turned to their spinners – established and part-time alike – to give themselves a fighting chance in the first ODI at

It tells you just how serenely Harry Brook‘s international career has progressed that he came under scrutiny after averaging 30 in a series win. But by his own admission, Brook finds himself trying to avoid paralysis by overanalysis as he prepares to captain England for the first time at Trent Bridge on Thursday after his

Liam Livingstone has become the No.1-ranked men’s T20I allrounder following his Player of the Series performances against Australia. He has toppled Marcus Stoinis by climbing seven places on the back of 124 runs and five wickets in the two matches which took place with the decider at Old Trafford washed out. The series saw Livingstone

England will test out their fast-bowling depth when they unleash seven seamers across their ODI series against Australia. A tight schedule of five matches in 11 days – starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday – will demand some degree of rotation, which could aid Hampshire’s John Turner in his long-standing bid to make his international

Emilio Gay will join Durham on loan for their County Championship clash with table-topping Surrey at the Kia Oval on Tuesday, after the club captain Scott Borthwick was ruled out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury. Gay, 24, has enjoyed a prolific season at the top of Northamptonshire’s order, scoring 919

Harry Brook will captain England for the first time during their five-match ODI series against Australia, with Jos Buttler ruled out for the rest of the summer with a calf injury sustained in July. Buttler’s injury has also given a lifeline to Liam Livingstone, who has been recalled to the 50-over side after initially being

England will continue to take a cautious approach to Jofra Archer‘s workloads during their five upcoming ODIs against Australia, after he bowled just 3.3 overs across the drawn, rain-affected T20I series. Archer has been steadily eased back into international cricket this year, playing two T20Is against Pakistan in May before featuring in all eight of

England vs Australia – Match abandoned The forecast for Manchester wasn’t wrong as steady rain from early in the day forced the deciding T20I to be abandoned shortly after 4pm on a bleak Sunday. It meant England and Australia shared the spoils after the visitors were convincing winners in Southampton before England responded with a

As he prepares to depart the ICC, Alex Marshall, the head of global cricket’s anti-corruption unit (ACU), has warned that “badly run” domestic T20 leagues “at lower level” remain a “threat” to the game with corruptors looking to use them as an entry point. Marshall, 63, has decided to retire from the ICC job this

Ireland 155 for 7 (Lewis 72) beat England 153 (Beaumont 52, A Maguire 5-19) by three wickets (DLS) Ireland’s women held their nerve in an exhilarating finish to their ODI series in Belfast, as Alana Dalzell overcame a team hat-trick in Mady Villiers’ final over to strike a last-ball four, and seal her team’s first

Brydon Carse could be in line for a Test debut, just weeks after serving a ban for betting irregularities, while Jack Leach is back in England’s plans for the first time since the tour of India in February, after the selectors named a 17-man squad for their three-match series against Pakistan, which gets underway next

Big Picture Ready for some more England vs Australia? Whatever your answer may be, there’s plenty through the rest of this month with eight matches in 18 days starting with the first of three T20Is in Southampton. And from the paying punters’ point of view, the late-season action is proving popular with five of the

Andrew Flintoff’s rise through the coaching ranks continues after he was announced as the new England men’s Lions head coach. Flintoff, who played 79 Tests for England, will begin his new role in October, leading the Lions to South Africa before Christmas, then to Australia in January for a red-ball tour that will act as

England have withdrawn Gus Atkinson from their 50-over squad to face Australia later this month, as they look to manage his workload after a summer in which he put himself in the first rank of quick bowlers for the Test side. Atkinson made his debut in July, taking 12 wickets in the match against West

England 211 for 6 (Armitage 44, Cross 38*) beat Ireland 210 (Prendergast 76, Cross 6-30) by four wickets Kate Cross claimed career-best figures with bat and ball on her captaincy debut to lead England to a four-wicket win over Ireland in the first ODI at Stormont. Cross, leading a side featuring five ODI debutants in