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Van Niekerk has not played any cricket since The Hundred in August last year, which she was forced to leave early after fracturing her right thumb. Before that, she captained Sunrisers in the Rachel Heyhoe-Flint Trophy, where they finished fourth, and had a stint in the first edition of the […]

India will host the next edition of the Men’s Asia Cup cricket tournament in the T20 format in 2025 as a precursor to the T20 World Cup scheduled in the country in 2026, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) stated in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). Since 2016, when […]

Washington Freedom 207 for 5 (Smith 88, Maxwell 40) beat San Francisco Unicorns 111 (Ravindra 3-23, Jansen 3-28) by 96 runs The result cemented Freedom’s standing as the team of the season having secured five wins in the group stage before progressing direct to the final with victory over Unicorns […]

Will Rhodes will join Durham next season after deciding to leave Warwickshire, the side he captained to the County Championship title in 2021. Rhodes, whose contract at Warwickshire expires at the end of the season, was offered an extension but turned it down, feeling that the time was right for […]

Zimbabwe will become the first country in the modern era to be paid a “touring fee” by the host board in bilateral cricket when they travel to England in the 2025 summer for a one-off Test. That development was confirmed by ECB chief executive Richard Gould on Friday during a […]

Somerset 270 for 7 (Umeed 114*, Rew 71) beat Kent 267 (Evison 55, Stewart 51, Goldsworthy 4-44) by three wickets Andy Umeed continued his love affair with the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as Somerset launched their Group A campaign with a three-wicket victory over Kent Spitfires at the Cooper Associates […]

Andrew Flintoff is “raring to go” for his first head coach role and will be “at his happiest” when his Northern Superchargers play Trent Rockets on Friday night. That is according to Kyle Hogg, Flintoff’s assistant at the Superchargers and his right-hand man ever since they met as teenagers making […]

Ravi Shastri believes having Gautam Gambhir as the new India head coach is “refreshing” because he is “contemporary,” he has “fresh ideas,” and he has the “tools” and “experience” for the job. “He’s contemporary, he just had a great season in the IPL,” Shastri said on Gambhir on the ICC […]

Ben Stokes believes Mark Wood could join Shoaib Akthar and Shaun Tait as the only Test bowlers to register a delivery at 100mph. Wood was electric throughout the second Test at Trent Bridge, his first appearance of the summer, beginning with a four-over opening burst on day two. He clocked […]

Last month, a South African T20 squad that last played together in December 2023*, traveled to (the USA and) the Caribbean and reached the World Cup final. This month, a South African Test side that last played together in the first week of January** is traveling to the Caribbean to […]