Jul 15, 2026
MLC 2026 playoffs open in Oakland with the top two chasing a shortcut to the final
Three teams finished the league stage level on points, so net run rate decided the seeding for the Major League Cricket playoffs. The knockouts open i...
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Jul 15, 2026
India can seal the ODI series in Cardiff after Axar’s Birmingham rescue
India lead 1-0 and can wrap up the three-match series with a game to spare when they face England in the second ODI at Cardiff on Thursday.
Jul 15, 2026
West Indies and New Zealand head to a Providence decider with the ODI series level
West Indies and New Zealand meet at Providence on Thursday with the ODI series tied 1-1 and everything riding on the last game.
Jul 14, 2026
Axar Patel’s all-round show gives India a winning start against England in the first ODI
Axar Patel took four wickets and then an unbeaten 57 as India chased England down at Edgbaston to win the first ODI by six wickets and go 1-0 up in th...
Jul 14, 2026
Lennox’s five-for levels the series as New Zealand skittle West Indies at Providence
A career-best five-wicket haul from spinner Jayden Lennox skittled West Indies for 138 at Providence, and New Zealand cruised home to level their Cari...
Jul 14, 2026
Stephen Fleming steps down as CSK head coach after 18 years
Chennai Super Kings and Stephen Fleming have parted ways after an 18-year association, ending one of the most successful captain-coach eras in franchi...
Jul 13, 2026
India crush England by 270 runs to win the first women’s Test at Lord’s
The first women’s Test ever played at Lord’s ended with India in complete command, a bowling-led effort dismissing England cheaply on the final day as...
Jul 13, 2026
Heather Knight bows out at Lord’s, the ground where she made England champions
England’s World Cup-winning former captain, the most-capped player in the country’s women’s history, will end a 16-year international career at the cl...
Jul 13, 2026
Mohammad Kaif slams India’s ‘confused’ management after the England whitewash
Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has questioned the team’s decision-makers after the 4-0 T20I loss in England, singling out the in-and-out handling o...
Jul 13, 2026
Knight Riders seal second and a Qualifier spot as the MLC playoffs take shape
The Los Angeles Knight Riders beat Texas by six wickets on the final night of the MLC league stage to grab second place and a Qualifier date with the...
Jul 13, 2026
India need four wickets to seal a historic Lord’s Test win
A maiden Test win at Lord’s is four wickets away for India’s women, with England resuming the final day on 130 for 6 and still 327 runs adrift.
Jul 13, 2026
After a T20I whitewash, India get a clean slate in the ODIs at Edgbaston
India’s white-ball tour of England moves to the 50-over game at Edgbaston on Tuesday, with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah back in the mi...
Jul 12, 2026
Bhatia’s Lord’s century puts India in command as England stare at a record chase
Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a Test century at Lord’s as India declared and set England 457 in the one-off Test.
Jul 12, 2026
Kohli and Bumrah return as India regroup for the ODIs after a T20I mauling
England swept the five-match T20I series 4-0, but India get a clean slate on July 14 when the one-day leg begins at Edgbaston with Virat Kohli and Jas...
Jul 12, 2026
Buttler and Brook flatten India as England complete a 4-0 T20I sweep
England piled up 257 for 3 at Southampton and won the final T20I by 56 runs to take the series 4-0, knocking India off the top of the men’s T20I ranki...
Jul 12, 2026
San Francisco Unicorns lead the way as MLC 2026 heads into playoff week
San Francisco sit top and the playoff line-up is settled, but the closing league games in MLC 2026 still have plenty to sort out before the knockouts...
Jul 12, 2026
Mandhana closes on a Lord’s century as India build a 269-run lead
India were 154 for 1 at stumps on day two of the inaugural women’s Test at Lord’s, with Smriti Mandhana unbeaten on 69 and 31 short of a historic cent...
Jul 12, 2026
Dwarshuis’ late blitz carries Washington Freedom past Texas Super Kings
Ben Dwarshuis’ unbeaten 38 off 16 balls carried Washington Freedom to a three-wicket win over Texas Super Kings, keeping their MLC playoff hopes alive...
Jul 11, 2026
Kranti Gaud’s maiden five-for puts India in command at Lord’s
Kranti Gaud took a maiden Test five-wicket haul as India dismissed England for 170 and stretched their lead to 157 on the second day of the historic L...
Jul 11, 2026
Holder’s four-for and Munro’s fifty send the Knight Riders past the Unicorns
Los Angeles Knight Riders defended 184 to beat San Francisco Unicorns by 11 runs in Dallas, a result that tightens the Major League Cricket 2026 playo...
Jul 11, 2026
MI New York escape as Seattle Orcas collapse from a winning position
MI New York recovered from 73 for 5 to post 179 for 8, then watched Seattle Orcas throw away a winning position, sliding from 144 for 1 to 162 for 6 t...
Jul 11, 2026
India’s No.1 T20I ranking is on the line in the Southampton finale
England have already wrapped up the series, but the final T20I in Southampton carries a bigger prize. Win it, and they take India’s No.1 spot in the I...
Jul 11, 2026
Mandhana anchors India to 285 as Lord’s hosts its first women’s Test
Smriti Mandhana’s 83 and three fifties carried India to 285 on the opening day of the first women’s Test ever played at Lord’s, with England replying...
Jul 11, 2026
Fletcher and Tromp fifties give the Knight Riders a first win over Washington Freedom
Andre Fletcher and Matthew Tromp both made fifties as the LA Knight Riders beat Washington Freedom by 18 runs for the first time, climbing to third wi...