Aug 8, 2026
Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 in Darwin, five days before the first Test
Campbell Thompson had one first-class match behind him before this week. He took 8 for 25 as Bangladesh folded in 22 overs and lost the warm-up by an...
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Aug 8, 2026
Flintoff quits the England Lions with five months left, and the Big Bash has him
Andrew Flintoff has stepped down as England Lions head coach with five months still on his ECB contract, taking up the Big Bash job he agreed back in...
Aug 8, 2026
Rashid Khan’s 6 for 34 gives Rahmat Shah a win in his first match as captain
Afghanistan’s new captain had to sit through a washout before he got a game in charge. He got a 92-run win, and six wickets from the best bowler he ha...
Aug 8, 2026
Harper and Asalanka put on 126, and Galle get a fourth go at Jaffna in the LPL final
Galle Gallants chased down 177 with eight balls to spare in Qualifier 2 at the R Premadasa Stadium, knocking Colombo Kaps out of the Lanka Premier Lea...
Aug 8, 2026
Carse and Potts take three each, and Birmingham Phoenix are out of the Hundred
Sunrisers Leeds won by 45 runs at Edgbaston to end Birmingham Phoenix’s season with two games still to play. Ryan Rickelton’s 65 was the innings of th...
Aug 7, 2026
Steve Waugh called five minutes after Rahane retired, and now he has a contract in Europe
Eight days after signing off from Indian cricket, Ajinkya Rahane has a new employer. Steve Waugh’s Amsterdam Flames have made him their marquee player...
Aug 7, 2026
Bangladesh had Cricket Australia XI 1 for 2, and Teague Wyllie’s 130 still put them behind
Six days before the first Test in Darwin, Bangladesh’s bowlers made the perfect start on day one and finished day two looking at a 73-run deficit.
Aug 7, 2026
Sri Lanka’s second string made 363 at the NCC, and Manav Suthar was India’s best bowler
Eight days before the first Test at Galle, India’s attack spent 90 overs in the field at the Nondescripts and got one wicket out of its seamers.
Aug 7, 2026
Gill was hit twice in Thursday’s session, and KL Rahul led India’s warm-up instead
Shubman Gill took two blows to his right hand at practice in Colombo on Thursday and was held out of day one of India’s only warm-up before the Sri La...
Aug 7, 2026
The ACC finally published the Asia Cup schedule, and India get Pakistan on 5 September
Three weeks out, the Asian Cricket Council has released the Women’s T20 Asia Cup fixtures. Every match is in Dubai, every match is at 8pm IST, and Ind...
Aug 7, 2026
John Turner has not bowled since June 2025, and at 25 he has retired
The Hampshire quick who broke 90mph and played four times for England has stopped, with two years left on his county contract. A back stress fracture...
Aug 7, 2026
Bethell hurt his knee against India, and it has cost him England’s whole Pakistan series
Jordan Cox goes in at three, Dan Lawrence is back after two years, and Joe Root has the first squad of his second spell as captain.
Aug 7, 2026
MI London were 23 for 5 at Lord’s, and Amelia Kerr’s 69 not out still won it
Charlie Dean had figures of 3 for 6 and MI London were eight down for 64. They defended 122 anyway, by three runs, and finally have a win in the Hundr...
Aug 6, 2026
Pakistan left Noman Ali out of the England Tests, and Lancashire have signed him for six games
Pakistan dropped their most productive Test spinner of the last two years for the tour of England. He will be in the country for it anyway, bowling Di...
Aug 6, 2026
Bangladesh were 194 for 9 in Darwin, and Miraz’s unbeaten 109 got them to 263
Corey Rocchiccioli took six wickets on the opening day at Marrara Oval. Mehidy Hasan Miraz answered with an unbeaten hundred and a last-wicket stand t...
Aug 6, 2026
Markram flies home from the Hundred, and Buttler leads a side for the first time in 17 months
Manchester Super Giants lost their captain to a personal-reasons departure on Wednesday and won by nine wickets hours later, with Jos Buttler back in...
Aug 6, 2026
Rain at Bready sends Ireland into the 2027 World Cup Qualifier, and West Indies’ route now runs through India
Ireland needed to sweep Afghanistan 5-0 to keep any chance of direct entry to the 2027 ODI World Cup alive. The first ball at Bready was never bowled.
Aug 6, 2026
Pakistan win in Port of Spain to level the series, three years after their last away Test win
West Indies needed a draw in Port of Spain for their first series win over Pakistan since 2000. They were bowled out for 117 instead.
Aug 6, 2026
Kandy lose seven for 42 and Colombo Kaps go through to meet Galle again
Kandy Royals’ season ended in the space of eight overs at the R Premadasa. Colombo Kaps meet Galle Gallants on Friday for the right to face Jaffna in...
Aug 5, 2026
Manchester Super Giants make 85, and Ecclestone’s 3 for 14 almost defends it
Orla Prendergast’s 4 for 18 is the second-best return of this year’s women’s Hundred. It left Welsh Fire needing only 86 at Old Trafford, and they sti...
Aug 5, 2026
Jaffna beat Galle at the third attempt, and Mishara’s 108 puts them in the LPL final
Jaffna Kings are through to the Lanka Premier League final on 8 August after a 14-run win over Galle Gallants in Qualifier 1. Galle get a second chanc...
Aug 5, 2026
Zaheer Khan buys Jaffna Kings, less than three weeks after their last owner was arrested
Anchor Sports AB, the Stockholm group co-owned by Zaheer Khan and Nagendra Siddoutam, has taken over the Lanka Premier League’s most successful franch...
Aug 5, 2026
Vlaeminck returns for Australia A’s India tour, two years after dislocating her shoulder at the T20 World Cup
Tayla Vlaeminck and Darcie Brown headline a 15-player Australia A women’s squad for next month’s multi-format tour of India, with both fast bowlers pi...
Aug 5, 2026
Dindigul bowl out the TNPL champions for 107, 13 months after losing the final to them
Dindigul Dragons opened the tenth Tamil Nadu Premier League by dismissing defending champions IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans for 107 at the NPR College Gro...