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Bangladesh were 55 for 6, and a 42-run stand sent them to a semi-final against India

Two Bangladesh batters went for nothing off one ball each, and the innings closed on 103. UAE were held to 69 for 9 in reply, and India are next on Th...

Sep 8, 2026

Shami bowled 11 overs for 17 runs, and South Zone are 267 short of avoiding the follow-on

East Zone lead the Duleep Trophy final by 466 with two days left in Chennai, and Tilak Varma is the last recognised batter South Zone have left.

Sep 8, 2026

Deepti Sharma has eight Asia Cup wickets for 14 runs, and it moved her up two places

India’s two spinners now sit first and sixth in the ICC women’s T20I bowling rankings, two days before a semi-final whose opponent was still being dec...

Sep 8, 2026

Babar Hayat retired hurt on 13, and came back to make 117 not out

Hong Kong needed to beat Nepal to reach the ACC Men’s Premier Cup semi-finals. At 133 for seven they were nowhere near it, and Babar Hayat had already...

Sep 8, 2026

Oman were 13 for four inside four overs, and UAE had already lost five wickets for 13

Both sides lost a clutch of wickets in a heap at Bangi on Tuesday. Only one of them could afford it, and UAE finished the group stage unbeaten.

Sep 8, 2026

Pietersen called out Brook for skipping the IPL, and now he coaches him

The ECB has hired the man it spent a decade avoiding. Kevin Pietersen joins Brendon McCullum’s white-ball staff as a specialist mentor, twelve years a...

Sep 8, 2026

Karun Nair was left out twice in a week, and he scored a hundred somewhere else

A selection row has opened up at the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai, where South Zone’s coach and their most decorated batter have given different acc...

Sep 8, 2026

Nashra Sandhu took 6 for 7, and Pakistan went from 55 all out to a semi-final

Two days after making their lowest ever T20I total, Pakistan bowled Hong Kong out for 71 in Dubai. Sandhu’s four overs are the best figures any Pakist...

Sep 7, 2026

Kishan left the field on 250, came back for 270, and East Zone finished on 708

East Zone batted all of day two of the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai and were bowled out for 708, with Ishan Kishan making 270 either side of retirin...

Sep 7, 2026

Barbados were 112 all out on Saturday, and a day later they chased 139 with 13 balls to spare

Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s 3 for 22 held Saint Lucia Kings to 138, and Quinton de Kock and Rivaldo Clarke were still together at the end. The Tridents are las...

Sep 7, 2026

Virandeep Singh made 98 and took three, and Malaysia still might not reach the semi-finals

Malaysia beat Bahrain by 126 runs at the Bayuemas Oval on Monday and finished their ACC Men’s Premier Cup group. Whether that gets them a semi-final i...

Sep 7, 2026

Mohammad Nabi took 4 for 17 at 41, and Guyana are the first team into the CPL playoffs

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots managed 128 at Providence, and it was never going to be enough against a side that has not lost all tournament.

Sep 7, 2026

Sri Lanka were 44 for 5 chasing 115, and Samarawickrama got them home with four balls left

Bangladesh had Sri Lanka five down inside ten overs in Dubai and still lost. The defending champions top Group B, which leaves India waiting on Tuesda...

Sep 7, 2026

Pakistan were 55 all out two days ago, and tonight they must beat a team they have never played

Hong Kong have lost both their games and Pakistan have just made their lowest T20I score. One of them will be playing Sri Lanka in a semi-final on Fri...

Sep 6, 2026

Brad Evans took two wickets and made 56 not out from number eight, and Zimbabwe still lost the final by 48

South Africa made 205 for 5 in Windhoek and had Zimbabwe 61 for 7 in reply. The last three wickets added 96, which was the best part of Zimbabwe’s day...

Sep 6, 2026

Ishan Kishan and Kumar Kushagra added 144 without being parted, and Mohammed Siraj’s 14 overs cost 96

East Zone closed the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final on 385 for 4 at Chepauk, with two Jharkhand wicketkeepers still together at the crease. So...

Sep 6, 2026

Narine took three in the powerplay, and Barbados were 35 for 4 chasing 148

Trinbago Knight Riders defended 147 at Kensington Oval on Saturday, and the chase was effectively finished six overs in.

Sep 6, 2026

The PSL’s broadcaster wants a January window, and three of its four main venues sit in Punjab’s winter fog

Moving Pakistan’s T20 league to January would take it out of the IPL’s shadow and drop it straight into the Big Bash and SA20’s. That is the trade the...

Sep 6, 2026

Pakistan made 55 in 18.1 overs, and India’s three spinners took eight of the wickets for 21

India bowled Pakistan out for 55 in Dubai, the lowest total Pakistan have made in a women’s T20I, and chased it inside nine overs to finish top of Gro...

Sep 5, 2026

Chahal took nine wickets and bowled Ben Stokes, and Northamptonshire were bowled out for 50

Yuzvendra Chahal finished with 9 for 120 at Northampton, including the wicket of Ben Stokes, and still lost by 153 runs after Northamptonshire were di...

Sep 5, 2026

Hong Kong were 161 for 8, and Anshuman Rath finished the Super Over in three balls

Hong Kong and Malaysia both finished on 209 at Bangi on Saturday. The Super Over that decided it lasted three deliveries.

Sep 5, 2026

Suraksha Kotte took two wickets in two balls, and Indonesia’s first Asia Cup ended without a win

UAE beat Indonesia by six wickets in Dubai on Friday to stay alive in Group B. Indonesia were 1 for 2 after two deliveries and never recovered.

Sep 5, 2026

Aneurin Donald equalled Ravi Shastri’s record at 19, and England have picked him at 29

England named two uncapped players in their squads for the white-ball series against Sri Lanka. One of them spent ten years sharing a record with Ravi...

Sep 5, 2026

Jamaica were 87 for 6, Hassan Khan got them to 159, and Guyana still won with 16 balls to spare

Dwaine Pretorius struck twice in the powerplay, Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a 35-ball 54, and the only unbeaten side in the Caribbean Premier League staye...