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Edwards hands over the Netherlands captaincy, and de Leede inherits the road to 2027

Scott Edwards has given up the Netherlands captaincy after four years and 56 ODIs, with allrounder Bas de Leede taking charge for the rest of the Worl...

Aug 1, 2026

No Desert Vipers batter passes 29, and the Unicorns book a final against Guyana

San Francisco Unicorns chased 123 with 23 balls to spare at Providence to reach the Global Super League final, where the defending champions are waiti...

Aug 1, 2026

Kuldeep dismisses Stokes at York, with one county game left before the Sri Lanka Tests

Kuldeep Yadav had Ben Stokes caught at backward point for 12 and finished with 2 for 23 as Yorkshire beat Durham by seven wickets at Clifton Park. One...

Aug 1, 2026

Bumrah clears the COE’s fitness tests and is available for both Sri Lanka Tests

India’s seam stocks were down to Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and an uncapped Punjab quick. The clearance changes the shape of the Galle Test.

Aug 1, 2026

Richa Ghosh has a hand in four dismissals, and the Super Giants still lose by 31

Ghosh stumped one and completed three run-outs at Old Trafford, but Sophia Dunkley’s 57 and Ashleigh Gardner’s 4 for 16 carried Trent Rockets past Man...

Aug 1, 2026

Finn Allen’s unbeaten 72 leaves Buttler’s 55 stranded as Trent Rockets win with 13 balls left

Allen hit 11 fours in a 35-ball 72 not out at Old Trafford, and Trent Rockets chased down 138 with 13 balls to spare to move clear at the top of the m...

Jul 31, 2026

Imesha Dulani’s maiden hundred chases down 177 as Sri Lanka go 1-0 up

Imesha Dulani became only the second Sri Lankan woman to score a T20I century, batting through the chase for an unbeaten 101 at Dambulla. Sri Lanka be...

Jul 31, 2026

Lee and Bouchier set it up, Rodrigues finishes it as Southern Brave go four from four

Southern Brave beat Birmingham Phoenix by 24 runs at the Rose Bowl to stay the only unbeaten side in the women’s Hundred, with Jemimah Rodrigues strik...

Jul 31, 2026

The ICC names 12 venues for the 2027 World Cup, and Namibia still has to qualify for it

The ICC unveiled the 12 host venues and a new brand for the 2027 ODI World Cup at a ceremony in Johannesburg on Thursday. Namibia will stage matches a...

Jul 31, 2026

Shan Masood’s broken finger costs him the second Test and clouds the England tour

Pakistan’s opener fractured his left index finger while making 109 in Tarouba, then batted at No. 8 with it. The PCB will not yet say whether he makes...

Jul 31, 2026

Root returns as England’s Test captain, but Fleming does not start until December

England have handed the Test captaincy back to Joe Root and the coaching job to Stephen Fleming, fresh from 18 years at Chennai Super Kings. Neither a...

Jul 31, 2026

Southern Brave defend 128 for their first win of the Hundred

Southern Brave had lost three in a row and were put in at the Rose Bowl. They made 128 for 8, then took five Birmingham Phoenix wickets for 37 and won...

Jul 31, 2026

Wellalage’s three in eight balls sends Jaffna top of the LPL

Kandy Royals were 91 for 2 chasing 222 at Pallekele. Dunith Wellalage then bowled two overs, took three for 11, and Jaffna Kings won by 21 runs to go...

Jul 30, 2026

Tamim calls the BCCI talks positive, but India’s September tour of Bangladesh is still unconfirmed

The BCB president says discussions with the BCCI have gone well and that Bangladesh is safe to visit, while admitting the decision is not his to make....

Jul 30, 2026

Perth’s spinners hand Guyana their first GSL defeat after Couch’s 43 from No. 10

Perth Scorchers XI were already out of the Global Super League when they bowled Guyana Amazon Warriors out for 121 at Providence. The 14-run win cost...

Jul 30, 2026

Colombo Kaps lose three wickets for one run and still chase down 175

Rubin Hermann’s 48 from 26 balls did the early damage at Pallekele, and Colombo Kaps survived a three-wicket collapse in the space of five balls to be...

Jul 30, 2026

Kerr and Henry rescue a tie at The Oval, and MI London are still winless

Amelia Kerr finished on 49 not out and Chinelle Henry hit 33 from 12 balls, and London Spirit could only find three runs from the last two deliveries....

Jul 30, 2026

Rahane signs off at 38, three years after his last Test for India

Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Thursday, closing a 12-year international career and an IPL run that ran from 200...

Jul 30, 2026

Fleming is England’s frontrunner for the Test job, weeks after walking away from CSK

The Telegraph reports that Stephen Fleming is set to take over England’s Test side after Brendon McCullum’s sacking, though the ECB has confirmed noth...

Jul 30, 2026

Winless Southern Brave host Birmingham Phoenix with their season already on the line

Three defeats by two balls, five runs and one delivery have left Brave bottom of the Hundred. Phoenix, seventh with the worst net run rate in the comp...

Jul 30, 2026

Pretorius’ 28-ball 64 gives London Spirit their first win of the Hundred

Seven sixes from the 20-year-old South African, then an unbeaten 37 from Dewald Brevis, and a winless London Spirit finally had four points at The Ova...

Jul 29, 2026

East Zone hand Sooryavanshi the vice-captaincy at 15, with Kishan in charge and Shami back

Ishan Kishan will lead East Zone in the Duleep Trophy with a 15-year-old as his deputy. Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar are in the squad. Riyan Parag...

Jul 29, 2026

Welsh Fire make 15 in the powerplay, Mooney makes 57, and the Rockets stroll home

Welsh Fire managed 15 runs from their first 25 balls at Sophia Gardens and never got the afternoon back. Beth Mooney reached fifty in 27 balls and Tre...

Jul 29, 2026

Udara’s maiden T20 hundred sinks the LPL leaders as Kandy chase 209

Lahiru Udara had never made a hundred in T20 cricket before Wednesday. He reached this one off 54 balls, finished unbeaten on 132, and Kandy Royals ra...