Aug 5, 2026
Akhilesh Reddy asked a team-mate to concede runs, and the ICC gave him eight years
An ICC tribunal has banned the USA offspinner from all cricket until November 2033, with an extra year added for deleting the WhatsApp messages that w...
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Aug 5, 2026
Ireland end a 14-month wait for an ODI at Bready, against a side rated 90 to their 54
Gary Wilson’s first series in charge pairs three ODI debutants with a returning Paul Stirling, against a side that has won the last six meetings betwe...
Aug 5, 2026
Sunrisers Leeds make 241, the highest total in the Hundred, and still only climb to fourth
Mitchell Marsh and Ryan Rickelton put on a competition-record 148 inside 65 balls at Headingley, Harry Brook added 55 from 18, and London Spirit’s rep...
Aug 5, 2026
Jaffna topped the LPL table without beating Galle, and now they meet in Qualifier 1
The Lanka Premier League playoffs open with a double-header at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday: Galle Gallants against Jaffna Kings at 12.30pm I...
Aug 5, 2026
Shafique’s unbeaten 160 puts Pakistan four wickets from a first away Test win since 2023
Abdullah Shafique faced 323 balls for an unbeaten 160 in Port of Spain, and by the close Sajid Khan’s 4 for 32 had left West Indies 103 for 6 with a l...
Aug 4, 2026
India’s Asia Cup squad went up and came down, and the ACC still has not announced the tournament
The Women’s Asia Cup is meant to start on 28 August in the UAE. Three weeks out there is no confirmed venue, no fixture list and no formal announcemen...
Aug 4, 2026
India arrive in Colombo with seven spinners, and their openers spent the week facing Mumbai’s
Four specialist spinners in the squad, three more travelling as net bowlers, and a week of spin-focused batting in Bandra for KL Rahul and Yashasvi Ja...
Aug 4, 2026
Five wickets for 19 runs undo Sri Lanka, and Pakistan avoid the sweep in Dambulla
A dead rubber in Dambulla turned on one passage of spin bowling. Sri Lanka lost five wickets for 19 runs, and Pakistan’s four-wicket win denied them a...
Aug 4, 2026
Sydney Sixers want Ben Stokes, and the reported fee would break a BBL record they set themselves
A reported 600,000 Australian dollars would make Stokes the best-paid player in Big Bash history. The record he would break belongs to Babar Azam, and...
Aug 4, 2026
The BCCI will review how India manage injuries once the Sri Lanka Tests are done
India’s selectors picked Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka Tests expecting him to be fit. He is not, and the board has lined up a formal review of how...
Aug 4, 2026
Babar is 14 short of his first Test hundred since 2022, and Pakistan trail by 78
Abdullah Shafique’s unbeaten 107 and an unbroken stand of 168 have Pakistan 78 behind West Indies at Port of Spain, with Babar Azam 14 runs from endin...
Aug 4, 2026
Graham’s last ball ends Southern Brave’s unbeaten run as Welsh Fire win twice in Cardiff
Heather Graham took two wickets and then hit the winning runs off the final delivery, and Matt Short’s unbeaten 60 completed a Sophia Gardens double o...
Aug 3, 2026
Sudharsan is batting again in Bengaluru, and India’s Colombo warm-up loses a day
India fly to Colombo on 4 August with their No. 3 still waiting on a fitness clearance, and with one day less of warm-up cricket than they had planned...
Aug 3, 2026
Punjab gets a T20 league of its own, and the calendar is already in the way
The Sher-e-Punjab T20 League was launched in New Chandigarh on Sunday: six city franchises, 27 matches from 30 August, and an auction on 9 August. Whe...
Aug 3, 2026
Ecclestone’s opening burst and a 73-run stand keep MI London winless at The Oval
Sophie Ecclestone bowled both MI London openers inside eight balls, the hosts never recovered from 1 for 2, and Smriti Mandhana and Meg Lanning knocke...
Aug 3, 2026
Duckett takes over the run charts, and Gregory defends 16 off five balls
Ben Duckett’s 64 moved him past Phil Salt at the top of the men’s Hundred run charts, Mohammad Amir removed Harry Brook and Mitchell Marsh at the deat...
Aug 3, 2026
Abhishek Sharma hits 233 off 91 balls in Amritsar, a week after 11 runs in Zimbabwe
India’s T20 opener made a district double hundred with 25 sixes on Sunday, seven days on from a Zimbabwe tour that brought him 11 runs in three inning...
Aug 3, 2026
Rashid Khan’s 5 for 17 bowls out the Super Giants and sends MI London second
Manchester Super Giants had 184 to chase at The Oval on Sunday and fell 46 short, with Aiden Markram’s first Hundred fifty the only real resistance.
Aug 3, 2026
Greaves holds West Indies together again as rain cuts day one in Port of Spain
West Indies reached 239 for 5 in 74 overs at Queen’s Park Oval, with Justin Greaves 64 not out after Babar Azam had dropped him at leg slip.
Aug 2, 2026
Asalanka’s 58 and Nawaz’s three in the middle send Galle into Qualifier 1
Charith Asalanka made 58, Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets in 13 balls, and Galle Gallants finish the LPL league stage on top of the table.
Aug 2, 2026
The Rockets go 32 balls without a boundary, and still beat the champions by five runs
Sophia Dunkley’s 56 set it up, Annabel Sutherland’s unbeaten 59 nearly took it away, and the Women’s Hundred champions ended up five short at Trent Br...
Aug 2, 2026
Bumrah is out of the Sri Lanka Tests, two days after clearing his fitness tests
India’s medical staff have told Jasprit Bumrah not to rush the left knee he has been managing since the T20 World Cup, and he will not travel for the...
Aug 2, 2026
A debutant’s 46 and Athapaththu’s 15-ball 40 hand Sri Lanka the series in Dambulla
Sanjana Kavindi made 46 from 24 balls in her first international innings and won the match award as Sri Lanka chased 176 with 14 balls to spare. They...
Aug 2, 2026
Harmanpreet keeps the captaincy as India name their Women’s Asia Cup squad
Amita Sharma’s selection panel has picked 15 for the Asia Cup, with Prema Rawat retained and Pratika Rawal left among the five reserves. India go in w...