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Derek Pringle argues the furore over Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson’s curfew breach risks making the England captaincy an impossible job.
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14.06.2026
The legacy of the Women’s T20 World Cup must be felt throughout the domestic game, says England World Cup winner Lauren Winfield-Hill.
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14.06.2026
England enter the Women’s T20 World Cup with renewed belief after signs of progress against India and a favourable route to the knockout stages.
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14.06.2026
Australia still top the ICC T20 rankings but no longer the dominant force of old, as a tightly packed field of contenders – led by England, India, South Africa and New Zealand – sets up a wide-open Women’s T20 World Cup where any side could realistically...
14.06.2026
England opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge struck a fabulous unbeaten 105 not out as England were much too strong for Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on the opening night of the T20 World Cup as a boisterous but chilly crowd of 14,865 enjoyed every minute.
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14.06.2026
It was part one of the County Championship's mid-season return and also marked the halfway stage, in what is shaping up to be one of the most absorbing campaigns in recent times.
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16.06.2026
Nat Sciver-Brunt played the perfect captain's innings to help guide her side to a four-wicket win in their ICC T20 World Cup group match against Ireland.
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17.06.2026
Birmingham Phoenix have secured the signing of Meg Austin as an injury replacement for Cordelia Griffith, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
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17.06.2026
The Blaze batter Marie Kelly has signed a new contract that will keep her at Trent Bridge until the end of the 2027 season.
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17.06.2026
Derbyshire spinner, Jack Morley, has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2028 season.
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17.06.2026
Olly Hannon-Dalby will remain at Warwickshire County Cricket Club until the end of the 2029 season after signing a three-year extension at Edgbaston Stadium.
The post Olly Hannon-Dalby signs Warwickshire contract extension appeared first on The Cricket Pa...
18.06.2026
Two wickets from debutant Sonny Baker helped England move from off-field drama to on-pitch matters as a new-look team held New Zealand in check on day one of the second Rothesay Test.
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18.06.2026
England Women have named a 15-player squad for their historic maiden Test match at Lord’s against India this July.
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18.06.2026
Birmingham Phoenix have added four players to their respective squads through The Hundred’s Vitality Wildcard Draft, strengthening both the men’s and women’s teams ahead of the 2026 edition of the tournament.
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18.06.2026
England captain Ben Stokes is close to returning in next week’s third Test against New Zealand, finally ending doubts over his international future.
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19.06.2026
ENGLAND HAVE named a 15-player squad for the first-ever women’s Test at Lord’s, against India, starting on July 10. Five potential debutants have been named in the squad, which will be led, fitness permitting, by Nat Sciver-Brunt. The England captain is c...
21.06.2026
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21.06.2026
Standings Home field advantage: England face West Indies and New Zealand at the Women’s T20 World 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...
21.06.2026
Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis became the oldest to score a men’s T20 hundred when he struck a 52-ball 113 not out during the 2026 Major League Cricket opener between Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas.
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21.06.2026
Day to remember: Joel Davies took three-for on Australia debut PICTURE: Alamy AUSTRALIA BOUNCED back from losing the ODI series against Bangladesh to take an unassailable 2-0lead in their three-match T20I series. They sealed the series after a seven-run v...
21.06.2026
FORMER SOUTH Africa skipper Graeme Smith has described India prodigy Vaibhav Sorryavanshi as potentially the best T20 batting prospect he’s ever seen. “There have been some unbelievable prospects in different formats of the game over the years, but I can’...
21.06.2026
BRAZIL LEGEND Roberta Moretti has retired from international cricket. A huge advocate for cricket in the country, she captained Brazil Women in 33 T20Is and twice lifted the South American Women’s Championship as well as leading Brazil at two T20 World Cu...
21.06.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF INDIA CAPTAIN Shubman Gill made a fantastic 154 from 110 balls as India crushed Afghanistan by 170 runs at Lucknow. India posted 402, Ishan Kishan blazing 125 from 79 balls in a 224-run stand with Gill, before Afghanistan were bowled out for...
21.06.2026
UPPINGHAM, SHREWSBURY and St Edward’s supplied the sharpest statements as the National Schools Boys Under 18 T20 reached its quarter-final stage, with regional titles, commanding chases and two superb centuries shaping the road to the national finals. Per...
21.06.2026
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21.06.2026
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21.06.2026
American boy: Srivastava shone for Earby last weekend PICTURE: World Sports Xchange USA INTERNATIONAL Utkarsh Srivastava is enjoying his first season of English club cricket with Earby in Lancashire in the North West Cricket League Championship. Srivastav...
21.06.2026
Rolling back the years: Kumar Sangakkara was at it again in Dorset PICTURE: Alamy SRI LANKAN legend Kumar Sangakkara put on a masterclass for Shillingstone in Division 1 of the Dorset County League, scoring an unbeaten 168 against Broadstone 2XI. Coming i...
21.06.2026
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21.06.2026
TOWNVILLE AND Woodlands are joint top of the Bradford League after convincing victories last weekend. Townville beat Pudsey Congs by 115 runs after centuries from Johnny Booth (133 not out) and Abdul Wahid (130) saw them to a total of 344-4. Congs replied...
21.06.2026
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21.06.2026
Ton up: Feroze Khushi is in great form for Suffolk PICTURE: Alamy SUFFOLK’S FEROZE Khushi joined an elite group of players to have scored two career centuries in the National Counties T20 competition with a match-winning knock against Lincolnshire at Hadl...
21.06.2026
The South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) Women’s programme, run in collaboration with Take Her Lead, a charity dedicated to advancing equity, diversity, and the inclusion of women and girls in cricket, was established in March this year to support the progr...
21.06.2026
JUNE 17 ESSEX V HAMPSHIRE Maia Bouchier and Ella McCaughan both struck unbeaten centuries as Hampshire thrashed Essex by 10 wickets at Chelmsford. Bouchier, overlooked by England for their T20 World Cup squad, dominated Essex for the second time in 10 day...
21.06.2026
Annie Chave explores how cricket’s traditional social culture is under threat, from village teas and pub trips to modern curfews and professionalisation at the elite level.
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21.06.2026
Sussex star James Coles has been named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after a masterful unbeaten maiden Championship double-century helped his side to a crushing victory over Glamorgan at Hove.
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21.06.2026
When Glamorgan announced the late signing of Australian seamer Ryan Hadley ahead of their first season back in Division One for 21 years, you could forgive the Cardiff faithful for the collective head-scratching that followed.
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21.06.2026
By Joe Chapman June 19-22, New Road, Worcester Gloucestershire 289 (Hammond 139*, Bancroft 52, Swanepoel 5-65, Allison 2-54) Worcestershire 210-5 (Hose 52, D’Oliveira 52, Williams 2-33, Ahmed 1-23) Toss: Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat Off...
21.06.2026
By Fred Atkins June 19-22, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Kent 416 (Benjamin 70, Compton 53, Morgan 5-104, Helm 4-83) Middlesex 319-6 (Holden 143*, Gohar 62*, Milnes 2-51, Hasan 2-60) Toss: Kent won the toss and decided to bat Officials: Chris Watts, Paul...
21.06.2026
By Thomas Ridley June 19-22, Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street Northamptonshire 450 (Vasconcelos 187, Zaib 61, Raine 3-63, Potts 3-84) Durham 302-7 (Stokes 95, Rhodes 62, Sanderson 4-81, Conway 3-47) Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to field O...
21.06.2026
By Nigel Gardner June 19-22, Queen’s Park, Chesterfield Lancashire 161 (Balderson 37, Singh 28, Abbas 3-49, Dal 3-49) & 140-6 (Harris 57*, Jones 29, Aitchison 3-25, Haydon 3-38) Derbyshire 364 (Montgomery 86, Aitchison 75, Stanley 5-80, Balderson 2-71) To...
21.06.2026
Katya Witney examines how Sussex’s thrilling title challenge has been overshadowed by financial uncertainty, player departures and fears that a new golden era is slipping away.
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21.06.2026
By Paul Weaver and Bruce Talbot June 19-22, County Ground, Hove Hampshire 191 (Gubbins 52, Prest 49, Price 3-27, Haines 2-17, Carson 2-27) & 206-9 (Potgieter 55, Organ 48, Unadkat 3-37, Price 3-34) Sussex 159 (Haines 52, Alsop 33, Abbott 6-49, Jack 2-58,...
21.06.2026
By Andrew Stockhausen June 19-22, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Somerset 208 (Goldsworthy 90, T Rew 35, Webster 4-23, Gilchrist 2-31) & 23-1 (Hermann 16*, Thomas 6, Gilchrist 1-12) Warwickshire 330 (Hain 68, Webster 64, Ogborne 3-40, 2-42)...
21.06.2026
By Jon Culley June 19-22, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester Yorkshire 185 (Wharton 56, Hill 42, B Green 3-27, A Green 2-50, Ahmed 2-6) & 32-2 (Wharton 9*, Whiteman 8*, Davey 2-9) Leicestershire 453 (Ahmed 128, Kelly 121, Moriarty 4-85, H Ali 2-80, Bess 2-4...
21.06.2026
By Blake Bint June 19-22, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Glamorgan 358 (Crane 106, Cooke 101, Atkinson 4-61, Abbott 2-58) Surrey 105 (Thomas 25, Patel 24, Norton 5-50, Crane 2-9) & 82-2 (Burns 43*, Sibley 26, Norton 1-18, Kellaway 1-22) Toss: Glamorgan won the t...
21.06.2026
By Martin Smith June 19-22, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford Essex 184 (Westley 44, Harmer 31, Patterson-White 6-43, Hutton 1-28, Stone 1-42) & 13-2 (Elgar 10*, Porter 1, O’Neill 2-12, Patterson-White 0-1) Nottinghamshire 457 (Haynes 137*, Hameed...
21.06.2026
JUNE 13 NEW ZEALAND V WEST INDIES West Indies beat New Zealand by seven wickets with one ball remaining in an exciting match at Southampton. Shemaine Campbelle was the star for West Indies, scoring an unbeaten 90 from 62 balls as they chased down a target...
21.06.2026
June 16, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Ireland 118-9 (Prendergast 26, Little 26* Ecclestone 3-22, Dean 2-11, Gibson 2-10) England 119-6 (Sciver-Brunt 48, Knight 26, Maguire 2-23, Prendergast 2-17) England Women won by 4 wickets Toss: England Women won the tos...
21.06.2026
The news of Nat Sciver-Brunt being injured for England’s next two World Cup games is devastating – not just for England’s campaign, but on a human level for her.
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21.06.2026