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Mike Hesson has expressed his interest in taking over as the permanent head coach of Pakistan’s Test team alongside his existing white-ball duties. Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Joe Root's England in the third and final T...
13.09.2026
The South Africa National Cricket Team has suffered another injury blow ahead of the three-match ODI series against the Australia National Cricket Team, starting on September 24 in Durban. Actually, Ottneil Baartman has suffered an injury while playing fo...
13.09.2026
Shoaib Akhtar lauds Razaullah’s fearless knock; takes a dig at Babar Azam’s intent in Edgbaston Test
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has praised debutant Razaullah for his attacking display in the third Test against England. Akhtar highlighted the 21-year-old’s fearless approach and compared it with senior batter Babar Azam’s performance during...
13.09.2026
Jamaica Kingsmen finished their league stage just above St Lucia Kings to make the playoffs despite finishing with a loss
13.09.2026
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has distanced itself from Nigar Sultana’s decision not to shake hands with India captain Harmanpreet Kaur during the toss before their Women’s Asia Cup semi-final. Notably, the incident has raised questions over Nigar’s...
13.09.2026
Rishabh Pant is likely to return to India’s ODI setup for the three-match home series against the West Indies, with the national selection committee set to finalise the squad on Thursday. Pant could return to the ODI picture in the absence of Ishan Kishan...
13.09.2026
Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas is set to join Delhi Capitals as their new fast-bowling coach ahead of the IPL 2027 season. According to Sportstar, the 51-year-old has already joined the team at its preparatory camp and trials in New Delhi, but...
13.09.2026
"We wanted 3-0 and we've been clinical enough to do that," says captain, following successful start to second stint
13.09.2026
MIDDLESEX HAVE taken legal advice and are working with the Professional Cricketers’ Association in an attempt to overturn an administrative ruling that has ruled captain Leus du Plooy out of the remainder of the season. Du Plooy, 31, has played as a local...
13.09.2026
Sri Lanka in his sights: Jos Buttler and England welcome Sri Lanka this week PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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13.09.2026
Final time: Leicestershire take on Middlesex in the final of the Men’s One-Day Cup PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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13.09.2026
Life in the old dog yet: Imran Tahir took 5-17 against St Lucia Kings PICTURE: Alamy IMRAN TAHIR picked up his sixth five-wicket haul in T20 cricket to help Guyana Amazon Warriors claim their seventh win in eight matches of the ongoing Caribbean Premier L...
13.09.2026
Unrest: The Pakistan U19 squad received a far from pleasant welcome in Portsmouth PICTURE: Alamy PROTESTERS GATHERED outside a hotel in Portsmouth where the Pakistan U19 team were staying on Wednesday after the touring players were mistaken for asylum see...
13.09.2026
NEW ZEALAND all-rounder Mitchell Santner has turned down the opportunity to join Adelaide Strikers on a two-year BBL deal to instead focus on playing Test cricket for New Zealand. “When you look ahead to the summer we’ve got, India here for white ball and...
13.09.2026
JASPRIT BUMRAH has been cleared to play in India’s upcoming T20Is series against Afghanistan. Yash Thakur has replaced the injured Harshit Rana in the squad for this series as well as the Asian Games. Bumrah was named in the initial squad along with Nitis...
13.09.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF SOUTH AFRICA’S Jordan Hermann hit 150 on his ODI debut versus Namibia as the Proteas won the first ODI at Windhoek. South Africa made 348-6, Tony de Zorzi also making 72, before Namibia could only make 162-8 from a reduced 31 overs as Prenel...
13.09.2026
Stuff of dreams: Altrincham Grammar won the inaugural boys’ Knight-Stokes Cup PICTURE: Jed Leicester ON THURSDAY, Altrincham Grammar and John Hampden Grammar contested the first-ever Boys Knight-Stokes Cup at Lord’s. Having emerged from a field of nearly...
13.09.2026
DEVON ARE NCCA three-day champions after defeating Buckinghamshire by 122 runs in the final at Sandwell Park despite an 11-wicket match haul from left-arm spinner Conner Hadow. A repeat of last year’s final in which Bucks came out on top by 16 runs thanks...
13.09.2026
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13.09.2026
KNOWLE & DORRIDGE are on the cusp of taking the Birmingham & District title after opening up a 17-point lead over second place Smethwick after their title rivals picked up only five points in a seven-run loss to Harborne last weekend. Smethwick were bowle...
13.09.2026
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13.09.2026
WITH SCHOOLS returning from their summer break, there was unfinished business to conclude in several national schools cricket competitions. At Kibworth CC on Tuesday, persistent rain threatened the ESCA/ECB T20 Finals Day before play eventually began arou...
13.09.2026
CUCKNEY DEFEATED Blackheath by 19 runs in the Village Cup Final at Lord’s last weekend. It is their second success at Lord’s in recent years, having won the National Club Championship at the Home of Cricket back in 2023. Captain Richard Bostock told the B...
13.09.2026
Of all English openers to make their Test debut since the start of the last decade, none average north of 40, Ben Duckett’s underwhelming summer seeing him drop below that mark. Over six Tests, Emilio Gay has had his turn to try and crack it. After an enc...
13.09.2026
By Richard Edwards ‘Slogging a couple’: Donald’s pyrotechnics in the Hundred final made people sit up and take notice PICTURE: Alamy SOME CRICKET careers follow a linear path. Others most definitely do not. Just ask Anuerin Donald. The 29-year-old Welshma...
13.09.2026
The Blaze 249-7 (Beaumont 56, Tyson 3-40) lost to Hampshire 250-3 (Bouchier 118, Norgrove 52) by seven wickets Maia Bouchier hit her fourth century of the summer as Hampshire beat The Blaze by seven wickets at Utilita Bowl to keep alive their hopes of rea...
13.09.2026
Bowing out: Kate Cross is retiring after a stellar career PICTURE: Allan McKenzie/ SWPix.com, Yorkshire Cricket AT THE Oval yesterday, Surrey beat Somerset by one wicket with three balls to spare in a thriller to go through to the Eliminator. Somerset pos...
13.09.2026
KATYA WITNEY The last week has seen a new low in county mismanagement, set against a backdrop of wider ongoing governance failings. For an outsider looking in, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to conclude that some county clubs haven’t got a clue how to functi...
13.09.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi Last Thursday Lord’s was bathed in milky September sunshine and awash with excited schoolchildren. The storied venue was hosting the inaugural Knight-Stokes Cup finals, a tournament contested by over 1,100 teams from 820 state schools. A...
13.09.2026
By Sam Rhymes September 8-10, New Road, Worcester Worcestershire 200 (Cullen 64, Libby 55, Procter 5-63, Conway 2-38) & 182 (D’Oliveira 64, Taylor 25*, Chahal 4-46, Conway 3-33) Northamptonshire 289 (Zaib 110, Sales 52, Allison 3-44, Waite 3-31) & 96-4 (Z...
13.09.2026
By Ken Grime and Andy Wilson September 8-11, Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Gloucestershire 212 (Ahmed 51, Price 29, Balderson 4-44, Anderson 2-41) & 169 (Dhariwal 66, M Taylor 31, Balderson 4-31, Stanley 3-34) Lancashire 134 (Balderson...
13.09.2026
By Thomas Ridley September 8-11, Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street Durham 252 (Raine 58*, Lees 48, Morgan 4-78, Sharma 3-38, Higgins 3-63) & 374 (McKinney 184, Ackermann 48, Higgins 4-79, Helm 2-76, Morgan 2-101) Middlesex 203 (Holden 43, Duke 38*,...
13.09.2026
By Nigel Gardner September 8-11, The OurCoop County Ground, Derby Derbyshire 300 (Andersson 129*, Reece 32, Mahmud 4-30, Khaled 3-73) & 352-8 dec (Guest 75*, Reece 53, Mahmud 3-32, Foreman 2-122, E Singh 2-59) Kent 219 (Foreman 49, Stewart 48, Aitchison 4...
13.09.2026
ANNIE CHAVE Annie Chave on how Test cricket is increasingly for the monied few It’s a familiar sight. Bustling hospitality bars with champagne corks popping loudly at a sold-out Lord’s. These blazer-clad party-goers, with Bollinger-soaked lips that barely...
13.09.2026
By Graham Hardcastle September 8-10, Headingley, Leeds Yorkshire 390 (Bess 80*, Lyth 62, Critchley 5-85, Snater 3-82) Essex 171 (Bell 64*, Elgar 34, Yadav 4-70, Bess 3-36, Hill 3-12) & 113 (Walter 48, Bell 28, Yadav 6-50, Hill 2-2, Bess 2-32) Yorkshire wo...
13.09.2026
By Bruce Talbot September 8-11, County Ground, Hove Sussex 393 (Tear 89, Simpson 61, Chahar 4-97, Worrall 2-60, Fisher 2-70) & 167-3 dec (Haines 63, Tear 39, Fisher 1-5, Lomror 1-46, Chahar 1-51) Surrey 321 (Lomror 58, Patel 55, Hunt 3-65, Unadkat 2-60, K...
13.09.2026
By ECB Reporters September 8-11, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 377 (Clarke 105, Patterson-White 92, Abbott 4-82, Currie 4-61) & 104 (Clarke 37, Sheat 16, Lumsden 5-36, Jack 3-17) Hampshire 304 (Lehmann 133*, Stone 3-67, Pennington 3-60, Sheat 3...
13.09.2026
By Jon Culley September 8-10, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester Somerset 363 (Thomas 100, Lammonby 74, Gilchrist 3-73, A Patel 2-80) & 316-5 dec (Nicholls 100*, Lammonby 69, A Patel 2-101, Ahmed 2-76) Leicestershire 157 (Kelly 39, A Patel 26, Overton 3-23,...
13.09.2026
By Blake Bint September 8-9, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Glamorgan 69 (Ingram 19, Tribe 9, Dickson 9, Bamber 5-28, Barnard 3-5) & 65 (Tribe 27, Carlson 11, Barnard 5-13, Hannon-Dalby 2-18, Suthar 2-0) Warwickshire 391 (Hain 76, Young 60, Kellaway 3-79, Crane...
13.09.2026
HENRY CROCOMBE made history by producing a second hat-trick in eight days during one of the most extraordinary spells of the Rothesay County Championship season. The feat saw him become just the seventh player in the whole history of first-class cricket –...
13.09.2026
LAUREN WINFIELD-HILL Old pals: Ami Campbell did a job with the ball for her captain Lauren Winfield-Hill PICTURE: Alamy It’s been a very weird week for me. I went from staying the night in hospital after our game against Hampshire and having a camera put...
13.09.2026
ENGLAND HAVE appointed former Ashes-winning batter Kevin Pietersen to their white-ball coaching team ahead of the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup. Pietersen, 46, will join as a specialist mentor, beginning with England’s upcoming T20 and ODI series against Sri...
13.09.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi Sisters in arms: Sarah and Kathryn Bryce celebrate beating Essex on Friday to advance straight to the final PICTURE: Alamy “IT’S NOT being done before. It’s a really exciting opportunity and we’re in a good space to do it, but games of c...
13.09.2026
DEREK PRINGLE Razzmatazz: Razaullah’s pace gave Pakistan new hope Harry Brook, for all his generational talent, is a batter who continues to fascinate and frustrate despite him averaging 53 from 41 Test matches. Take his most recent knock, in a match Engl...
13.09.2026
Pakistan 133 (Saud 43, Tongue 4-42, Robinson 3-15) & 449 (Shan 95, Razaullah 81, Atkinson 3-109, Lawrence 2-17) England 453 (Brook 75, Smith 69, Razaullah 4-148) & 130-2 (Root 62*, Cox 59*, Abbas 2-27) England won by 8 wickets Toss: England won the toss a...
13.09.2026
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE RESTORED skipper Joe Root led England to a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan, easing early nerves caused by losing two wickets in the opening over to see his side across the line in the company of the impressive Jordan Cox. Both men finished with...
13.09.2026
The Women’s Asia Cup T20 2026 will reach its final on 13th September at 8:00 PM IST when India Women will challenge Sri Lanka Women at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.Get the best IND vs SL Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable pla...
13.09.2026
Seamer only bowled five overs and did not bat in second innings of Dolphins' four-day series defeat
12.09.2026
Day 4 highlights from the third Test match between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston.
12.09.2026
Day 4 highlights from the third Test match between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston.
12.09.2026