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South Zone announce Duleep Trophy squad, Tilak Varma named captain

Tilak Varma has been named as the captain of the South Zone team for the Duleep Trophy 2026-27 season. Andhra Pradesh veteran Ricky Bhui has been named as Tilak's deputy for the tournament.The South Zone announced its full squad on Saturday, with Tilak Va...

02.08.2026

Domingo dazed by English schedule

By Richard Edwards Head-scratcher: Domingo had been surprised by the schedule this summer PICTURE: Alamy IT’S RUSSELL Domingo’s first season as a coach in English cricket but there are already signs that he has a decent grasp of what makes perhaps the cra...

02.08.2026

Fixtures

Young guns on show: The One-Day Cup continues to be a brilliant platform for emerging county players PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login...

02.08.2026

Standings

A ton of fun: The Hundred rages on 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 The post Standings appeared first on The Cricket Pa...

02.08.2026

Rahane calls time on India career

By Evan Gallagher AJINKYA RAHANE has retired from international cricket, bringing down the curtain on a distinguished India career spanning more than a decade. The 38-year-old played 85 Tests, scoring 5,077 runs at 38.46, with 12 centuries and 26 fifties....

02.08.2026

Greaves five-for fires Windies to Test victory

By Evan Gallagher JUSTIN GREAVES delivered an extraordinary spell as West Indies beat Pakistan by 90 runs in Trinidad to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Pakistan appeared in control after Shan Masood’s 109 and Imam-ul-Haq’s 63 carried them to 244...

02.08.2026

Litton Das appointed Bangladesh ODI captain

LITTON DAS (below) has replaced Mehidy Hasan Miraz as Bangladesh’s ODI captain and will lead the side through to the 2027 World Cup. The 31-year-old already captains Bangladesh in T20 cricket and previously led them to a 2-1ODI series victory over India i...

02.08.2026

Australia seek 17-player World Cup squads

AUSTRALIA COACH Andrew McDonald has called for squad sizes at the expanded 2027 ODI World Cup to increase from 15 to 17 players, warning against the tournament becoming a test of survival. “You want the best players to be available,” he said. “Give us lar...

02.08.2026

Jain earns surprise India Test call-up at 33

NEWS IN BRIEF SARANSH JAIN has earned a surprise first India Test call-up at the age of 33, joining the squad for next month’s two-match tour of Sri Lanka. The off-spinning all-rounder has taken 188 wickets and scored 2,223 runs in 54 first-class matches...

02.08.2026

Northumberland win takes them top of Eastern Division

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE suffered a first defeat in their defence of the NCCA Championship as they went down by eight wickets to Northumberland at Benwell Hill in Eastern Division One. Having fallen just short of victory against Suffolk in their first-ever match i...

02.08.2026

ECB PREMIER LEAGUES

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02.08.2026

Charity match a hit in Malvern

Cricket’s the winner: Malverns football and rugby teams came together for a game of cricket for a good cause Andy Poole PICTURE: Andy Poole THERE WAS a fusion of local sport at Barnards Green Cricket Club last Sunday afternoon as three of Malvern’s leadin...

02.08.2026

ECB Premier Leagues round-up

BARNT GREEN have knocked Knowle & Dorridge off the top of the Birmingham & District table after a seven-wicket win at Station Road. 85 not out from B J Chapman-Lilley, 77 from Jacques Banton and 63 from Daniel Meredith saw them chase down a target of 261...

02.08.2026

RESULTS

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02.08.2026

Saltburn cheating scandal rocks NYSD competition

THE NORTH Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League is investigating an alleged incident of cheating after video emerged of a player seemingly clicking his fingers to simulate the noise of a ball hitting a bat. Video clips shared on social media show Salt...

02.08.2026

WILL JACKS

“It’s taken me two decades to get to where I am, so I know what I can do. Test cricket is so much a mental game, and the Ashes is as hard as that can possibly get. I know if I do get another chance, it’s going to be easier than the Ashes” Despite his […]...

02.08.2026

Tight finishes as The Hundred finds its feet

JULY 26 Manchester Super Giants Men v Birmingham Phoenix Men Manchester Super Giants made it two wins from two at Old Trafford to move to the top of the table in The Hundred men’s competition. As soon as play was possible after rain saw the abandonment of...

02.08.2026

Thrilling tie at The Oval before Pretorius fireworks

JULY 29 Welsh Fire Women v Trent Rockets Women A blistering knock from Beth Mooney ensured that Trent Rockets strolled to their second win of this year’s competition against a Welsh Fire outfit that never got going with the bat. After two single-figure sc...

02.08.2026

Rockets men, Brave women top of the table

JULY 30 Southern Brave Women v Birmingham Phoenix Women In the battle of top versus bottom, Southern Brave maintained their spotless record to make it four from four, defeating a forlorn Birmingham Phoenix outfit that remained rooted to the foot of the ta...

02.08.2026

Root sees Fire back to winning ways

August 1, Edgbaston, Birmingham Birmingham Phoenix Men 137-9Welsh Fire Men 138-3 Welsh Fire Men won by 7 wickets Toss: Birmingham Phoenix Men won the toss and will bat WELSH FIRE are back on the winning trail after a commanding performance against a misfi...

02.08.2026

Marvelous Molineux leads Brave to five-in-five

August 1, Lord’s Cricket Ground London Spirit Women 114-8Southern Brave Women 115-5 Southern Brave Women won by 5 wickets Toss: Southern Brave Women won the toss and will field SOUTHERN BRAVE extended their lead at the top of the table and look favourites...

02.08.2026

Perry brilliance earns Phoenix first win

August 1, Edgbaston, Birmingham Welsh Fire Women 144-3Phoenix Women 145-3 Birmingham Phoenix Women won by 7 wickets Toss: Phoenix Women won the toss and decided to field ELLYSE PERRY was the hero at Edgbaston as Birmingham Phoenix climbed off the foot of...

02.08.2026

Middlesex set early pace, Pears’ defence on track

JULY 26 ESSEX V DERBYSHIRE Tom Westley marked the 500th appearance of his professional career by hitting his 10th List A century in leading Essex to their first One-Day Cup victory of the season. The Essex captain, who missed the opening-day defeat at Mid...

02.08.2026

Lancs beat Notts to go top of the table

JULY 28 LANCASHIRE V KENT Lancashire marked the opening of the Farington Cricket Ground with a six-wicket victory over Kent, completing their chase with 13 balls to spare. Kent appeared not to have learnt from their previous outing against Gloucestershire...

02.08.2026

Yorkshire bowlers blow wasteful Durham away

By Graham Hardcastle July 31, Clifton Park, York Durham 165 Yorkshire 167-3 Yorkshire won by 7 wickets Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to bat THE POTENT combination of excellent Yorkshire bowling and poor batting from Durham meant the home side won...

02.08.2026

Worcestershire down leaders Middlesex in thrilling chase

July 31, New Road, Worcester Middlesex 293-7Worcestershire Rapids 294-6 Worcestershire Rapids won by 4 wickets Toss: Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field WORCESTERSHIRE ended Middlesex’s 100 per cent Metro Bank One-Day Cup record with a four-w...

02.08.2026

Patel’s record guides Foxes to victory over sloppy Steelbacks

By Jeremy Blackmore July 31, County Ground, Northampton Nothants Steelbacks 246 Leicestershire Foxes 248-2 Leicestershire Foxes won by 8 wickets Toss: Northants Steelbacks won the toss and decided to bat RISHI PATEL struck a belligerent 115 off just 61 ba...

02.08.2026

Denly bows out in thrilling Kent win

By Fred Atkins July 31, Canterbury Somerset 313-9Kent 314-8 Kent won by 2 wickets Toss: Kent won the toss and decided to field Tom to go, Joe: Denly is given a guard of honour by Somerset’s players ahead of his final innings as a professional PICTURE: Ian...

02.08.2026

Sibley secures Surrey success at Bristol

By Andrew Stockhausen July 31, Bristol Surrey 311-5Gloucestershire 292 Surrey won by 19 runs Toss: Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field DOM SIBLEY registered his sixth List-A hundred as Surrey inflicted a 19-run defeat on Gloucestershire in a...

02.08.2026

Thain’s second successive ton trumped by Fuller’s fireworks

By Martin Smith July 31, Chelmsford Essex 317 Hampshire 321-7 Hampshire won by 3 wickets Toss: Essex won the toss and decided to bat Purple patch: Noah Thain has hit successive One Day Cup hundreds PICTURE: Alamy JAMES FULLER refused to give up a lost cau...

02.08.2026

Guest condemns Glammy to fourth straight loss

By Nigel Gardner July 31, Repton School Ground Derbyshire Falcons 315-5Glamorgan 271 Derbyshire Falcons won by 44 runs Toss: Glamorgan won the toss and decided to field BROOK GUEST’S maiden List A hundred set Derbyshire Falcons up for a 44-run victory ove...

02.08.2026

KP SNACKS FUND TO SUPPORT ECB CRICKET CITIES PROGRAMME

£750,000 will be committed to grassroot projects over the next three years Welcome funding: The grassroots game will receive a welcome boost PICTURE: ECB/Getty KP Snacks has announced the launch of The KP Snacks Everyone In Fund that will support the ECB’...

02.08.2026

HUNDRED TINKERING COULD BENEFIT ENGLAND’S NEXT GENERATION

Lauren Winfield-Hill The star-studded nature of The Hundred is its biggest selling point, but the crowding out of some of the best English domestic talent by big-name overseas players does not sit well with me. To be clear, the overseas players in The Hun...

02.08.2026

WOMEN’S BLAST GETS LOST IN THE MAYHEM

KATYA WITNEY Less than a week before the start of The Hundred, women’s T20 Blast Finals Day played out at The Oval. If you missed it, you can hardly be blamed. Wedged between England’s Test against India at Lord’s and the opening weekend of The Hundred, a...

02.08.2026

Banton 2.0 relishing role in Rockets ranks

By Evan Gallagher Seasoned pro: Tom Banton has started The Hundred impressively for the Rockets PICTURE: KP Snacks TOM BANTON’S career has moved through enough phases for him to be several different cricketers. There was the teenage phenomenon, ramping an...

02.08.2026

Mills expects to bloom at Spirit under Flower

By Tawhid Qureshi “FIRST OF all you need to have an understanding wife.” At a sun-drenched Lord’s, Tymal Mills is explaining how he juggles his BBC commentary commitments during The Hundred alongside playing in the competition itself. Following a five-yea...

02.08.2026

THE GREAT DIVIDE

ANNIE CHAVE The photographs that are lighting up my social-media feed show outgrounds the colour of corn, with dappled sunlight reaching through parched trees and boundary ropes lined by congenially placed deckchairs. At the height of a sublime summer, th...

02.08.2026

Vasconcelos shows his steel as Northants prosper

By Tawhid Qureshi Match-winner: Vasconcelos lit up Finals Day for the Steelbacks PICTURE: Alamy IT’S THE stage of the season when weeks begin to merge and the events of even a fortnight ago are easily forgotten. But Ricardo Vasconcelos, the twenty-eight-y...

02.08.2026

Reasons to be cheerful – Yorkshire on the up

By Guy Williams THE HUNDRED may well have grabbed the country’s best players, but Yorkshire’s head coach Anthony McGrath, speaking to TCP while preparing his side for their sixth game in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Lord’s today against Middlesex, is 100...

02.08.2026

Fleming the right man but why not now? ot now?

By Evan Gallagher ENGLAND’S LATEST reset will feature an experienced New Zealand captain at its centre. Just not the one who started the last one. Brendon McCullum has moved across to focus solely on England’s white-ball sides. Stephen Fleming, the man wh...

02.08.2026

BACK TO THE FUTURE

By Evan Gallagher JOE ROOT is the man England turn to in a crisis, on or off the field. He is the mainstay of English cricket, a figure who offers comfort to supporters, teammates and those at the top of the ECB. When the batting collapses, a Test is on t...

02.08.2026

Katya Witney

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02.08.2026

Lauren Winfield-Hill

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02.08.2026

Annie Chave

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02.08.2026

PUTTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER

Fleming joins pal McCullum in England role THE ECB have announced that Stephen Fleming will take over from his former New Zealand international teammate Brendon McCullum to become England’s new men’s Test head coach. McCullum continues on in his white-bal...

02.08.2026

West Indies vs Pakistan 2nd Test Pitch Report: Weather Forecast, Venue Records, Average Scores & Conditions

The iconic Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, will host the second and final Test between West Indies and Pakistan, starting on Sunday, August 2, 2026. West Indies took a 1-0 lead in the series after a 90-run win in Tarouba, while Pakistan will...

02.08.2026