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Sunrisers Leeds will face Welsh Fire in the twenty-seventh match of the English Men’s 100 League 2026 at Headingley, Leeds, on 9th August at 7:00 PM IST.Get the best SUL vs WEF Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI, and match insig...
09.08.2026
Sunrisers Leeds Women and Welsh Fire Women will compete in the twenty-seventh match of the English Women’s 100 League 2026 at Headingley, Leeds, on 9th August at 3:30 PM IST. Get the best SUL-W vs WEF-W Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable p...
09.08.2026
A positive update for the India National Cricket Team ahead of their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Captain Shubman Gill, who injured his finger while batting in the nets and was uncertain for the first Test of the series, returns to practice.In...
09.08.2026
Just Jos: Buttler moved to the top of the T20 tree PICTURE: Alamy AS JOS Buttler swatted Marco Jansen onto the balcony of the hotel at Old Trafford during Manchester Super Giants’ demolition of Welsh Fire last week, he surpassed Kieron Pollard to become t...
09.08.2026
All to play for: The Hundred finishes this week PICTURE: ECB Images ... 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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09.08.2026
Knockout time: The One-Day Cup finalists will be decided 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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09.08.2026
In the runs: Abdullah Shafique was key to Pakistan’s series-levelling win PICTURE: Alamy PAKISTAN CLAIMED their first overseas Test win for three years to square their two-match series against West Indies. Having been beaten by 90 runs in the opening fixt...
09.08.2026
IRELAND WERE undone by a Rashid Khan masterclass as Afghanistan secured a 92-run win in the second ODI of their five-match series. The leg-spinner returned figures of 6-34 at Bready, dismissing the hosts for 207 after they were set a target of 300. Cade C...
09.08.2026
CHAMARI ATHAPATHTHU and Pathum Nissanka were the big winners at the Sri Lanka Cricket Awards, walking away with the Women’s and Men’s Cricketer of the Year honours. Athapaththu, who struck a century against Ireland in the recent T20 World Cup, was recogni...
09.08.2026
SCOTT EDWARDS has resigned as captain of the Netherlands after a run of 56 ODIs that began in June 2022, with Bas de Leede, the 26-year-old all-rounder, succeeding him. Netherlands are currently second in the CWC League 2 table, behind USA. The top four t...
09.08.2026
JASPRIT BUMRAH will not travel to Sri Lanka for India’s two-Test series this month after the BCCI medical team advised him not to rush back to action after an injury to his left knee. India are already without Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who are...
09.08.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF TRAVIS HEAD claimed back-to-back Allan Border Medals after pipping Alex Carey by one vote and Mitchell Starc by three to the top men’s award in Australian cricket. Head racked up 629 runs in the Ashes including three centuries at a strike-ra...
09.08.2026
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE kept alive their hopes of retaining the NCCA Cluberly Championship with a nerve-jangling 16-run victory over Suffolk at Chesham. The Eastern Division champions appeared to be heading for a second successive defeat when Suffolk were 116 for...
09.08.2026
THE ECB National Club Championship is approaching the semi-final stage as the 40-over competition continues its quest to crown the leading club in the country. Smethwick defeated Knowle & Dorridge in an all Birmingham League clash, knocking off a target o...
09.08.2026
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09.08.2026
IT CONTINUES to be musical chairs at the summit of the Bradford League table with New Farnley knocked off top spot after defeat to third place Woodlands. Ex-England Under-19s batter Mosun Hussain hit 179 off 152 balls in Woodlands’ total of 330-6before Ki...
09.08.2026
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09.08.2026
LEICESTER IVANHOE’S Sam Evans became the first batter to reach 1,000 Premier League runs this summer when he scored 90 in his side’s Leicestershire & Rutland League victory over Lutterworth last weekend. In 10 innings, he has made 1,024 runs with a highes...
09.08.2026
KENT BATTER Ben Compton is currently averaging 80.75 from his five innings for Sevenoaks Vine in this year’s Kent Premier League. His highest score this summer is the 118 not out he scored against Lordswood last month, helping his side to a nine-wicket wi...
09.08.2026
Ahead of Pakistan’s latest tour of England, Jo Harman-McGowan revisits the infamous series of 20 years ago when ball-tampering allegations led to chaotic scenes at The Oval and the hosts’ victory masked the gradual disintegration of a once-great side Agla...
09.08.2026
AUGUST 2 Trent Rockets Women v SunRisers Leeds Women A high-quality partnership between England stars Sophia Dunkley and Nat Sciver-Brunt backed up by a disciplined bowling performance saw Trent Rockets defeat Sun-Risers Leeds by five runs at Trent Bridge...
09.08.2026
AUGUST 5 Welsh Fire Women v Manchester Super Giants Women Welsh Fire did their chances of qualification no harm at all at Old Trafford, their bowlers inspiring them to a three-wicket win over Manchester Super Giants. Fire’s attach restricted the home side...
09.08.2026
AUGUST 6 London Spirit Women v MI London Women Previously winless MI London beat city rivals London Spirit on their own patch at Lord’s, somehow recovering from the depths of 23-5and 64-8 to defend 122. New Zealand superstar Melie Kerr single-handedly dra...
09.08.2026
August 8, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Super Giants Women 139-4Southern Brave Women 112-6 Manchester Super Giants Women won by 27 runs Toss: Manchester Super Giants won the toss and decided to bat A SUPERB performance in the field from Manchester Super Giant...
09.08.2026
August 8, The Kia Oval, Kennington MI London Women 121-5Trent Rockets Women 125-1 Trent Rockets Women won by 9 wickets Toss: Trent Rockets Women won the toss and will field SAM BATES was at her miserly best before Nat Sciver-Brunt and Beth Mooney stroked...
09.08.2026
August 8, The Kia Oval, Kennington MI London Men 147-7Trent Rockets Men 148-4 Trent Rockets Men won by 6 wickets Toss: Trent Rockets Men won the toss and decided to field Laser focus: Santner registered his maiden half-century in The Hundred PICTURE: Alam...
09.08.2026
ANDREW FLINTOFF has stepped down as head coach of England Lions. The former England all-rounder began the role in September 2024 but leaves the post having been appointed head coach of BBL outfit Sydney Thunder in June, his first overseas T20 coaching rol...
09.08.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi “RELIEF IS a good word. It’s ridiculous to say, but until you have that feeling and you take your helmet off, there’s always some doubt that you’re ever gonna do it. So yeah, it was it was relief !” Essex all-rounder Noah Thain is in ref...
09.08.2026
By Richard Edwards ANDREW NEAL has graduated from this year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign with flying colours – but the man himself fears that English cricket could pay a heavy price for turning its back on the University programme that helped to hone...
09.08.2026
AUGUST 2 WARWICKSHIRE V GLOUCESTERSHIRE Captain Rob Yates was the driving force as Warwickshire kept their One-Day Cup qualification hopes alive with a thumping six-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Rugby School. Chasing 272 to win, Yates struck a glorio...
09.08.2026
By Mark Baldwin August 5, The Kia Oval, Kennington Surrey 286 Kent 191 Surrey won by 95 runs Toss: Kent won the toss and decided to field It’s the Lawes!: Tom Lawes take one of his four wickets PICTURE: Alamy SURREY OVERPOWERED Kent by 95 runs at the Kia...
09.08.2026
By Alex Smith Hampshire 263 Glamorgan 173 Hampshire won by 90 runs Toss: Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat TEENAGER MANNY Lumsden picked up his career-best figures to showcase Hampshire’s fast bowling stcoks as they rolled through Glamorgan to kee...
09.08.2026
By Graham Hardcastle August 7, Scarborough Derbyshire Falcons 278-8Yorkshire 281-5 Yorkshire won by 5 wickets Toss: Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field Watch the birdie: James Wharton bats as a gull gets a good look at the action PICTURE: Bruce Ro...
09.08.2026
By Paul Weaver August 7, County Ground, Hove Sussex Sharks 333-9Worcestershire Rapids 334-6 Worcestershire Rapids won by 4 wickets Toss: Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field A THIRD century in as many innings by Worcestershire Rapids captain J...
09.08.2026
By Andrew Stockhausen August 7, County Ground, Taunton Somerset 368-9Surrey 180 Somerset won by 188 runs Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to field Ton for Tom: Lammonby acknowledges the Taunton crowd after going to his third List-Ahundred PICTURE: Ha...
09.08.2026
By Jon Culley August 7, Queen’s Park, Chesterfield Northants Steelbacks 259-8Notts Outlaws 261-4 Notts Outlaws won by 6 wickets Toss: Northants Steelbacks won the toss and decided to bat AFTER BACK-TO-BACK away defeats, Notts Outlaws revived their bid to...
09.08.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore August 7, Grace Road, Leicester Warwickshire 220 Leicestershire Foxes 222-7 Leicestershire Foxes won by 3 wickets Toss: Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat In the Nick of time: Kelly came to the Foxes’ rescue PICTURE: Alamy NE...
09.08.2026
By ECB Reporters August 7, Old Trafford Manchester Gloucestershire 270-6Lancashire 273-6 Lancashire won by 4 wickets Toss: Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat LANCASHIRE GAVE their chances of reaching the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One-...
09.08.2026
By Jeff Thomas August 7, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Essex 312 Glamorgan 309-7 Essex won by 3 runs Toss: Glamorgan won the toss and decided to field Just enough: Luk Benkenstein’s maiden List A hundred gave Essex a winning total PICTURE: Alamy LUC BENKENSTEIN...
09.08.2026
By Thomas Ridley Durham 303-7Middlesex 307-7 Middlesex won by 3 wickets Toss: Middlesex won the toss and decided to field VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS from Joe Cracknell and Naavya Sharma helped Middlesex beat Durham by three wickets in a thriller. Durham suffered...
09.08.2026
Evan Gallagher reports on the body’s efforts to create a more structured route into coaching The ECB is increasing its efforts to bring more women into cricket coaching and create clearer routes into the profession. It stretches from bursaries for new coa...
09.08.2026
Lauren Winfield-Hill The gloves are off: Sarah Taylor coaching James Rew in the England set-up PICTURE: Alamy There’s been a lot of focus during The Hundred this season over both the lack of English coaches and particularly the lack of female coaches in t...
09.08.2026
ARK BUTCHER Ithought the moment that Stephen Fleming left his role at Chennai Super Kings, which was about five minutes after the announcement that Brendon McCullum was being stood down as England’s Test coach, that this would be the likely outcome. And I...
09.08.2026
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler With his arms folded, a matter-of-fact manner and sporting a physique much younger than his four decades, Joe Denly did not look like he was ending a successful 23-year association with Kent when he spoke to the Canterbury...
09.08.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore A NEW T20 tournament designed to give aspiring cricketers another route into the professional game comes to Northampton this month. The Gateway T20 League provides a platform for talented young cricketers who may have narrowly missed o...
09.08.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi Making a name for himself: Fateh Singh has excelled in both formats PICTURE: Alamy “MAIDEN FIVE-FERS in first-class and List A cricket, it’s why you play the game, isn’t it?” Fateh Singh’s rhetorical question is a consequence of an excel...
09.08.2026
By Jo Harman-McGowan AFTER ALL the upheaval of recent months, there is a familiar look to England’s Test squad for the opening two Tests of their forthcoming series against Pakistan, which begins at Headingley in 10 days time. With the notable exception o...
09.08.2026
By Jo Harman-McGowan WE’RE DEEP in the guts of the white-ball season. The Hundred is nearing its conclusion after dominating the landscape over the last three weeks. We’re approaching the knockout stages of the One-Day Cup. Meanwhile, the red ball has bee...
09.08.2026
Southern Brave are now out of post-season contention after suffering their fifth defeat
08.08.2026
Trent Rockets book their place in the knockout stages of the men's Hundred with a six-wicket victory against MI London while Southern Brave are eliminated after defeat by Manchester Super Giants.
08.08.2026