After an opening day dominated by a lengthy delay for bad light, the third Test between England and Sri Lanka at the Kia Oval plumbed farcical new depths on the second afternoon, when Chris Woakes was forced to bowl spin midway through an over, due to the on-field umpires’ concerns about the deteriorating conditions. The […]

New Zealand are about to embark on a period where they will play six Tests in two months. That’s rare, on two counts. First, it’s almost a whole year’s work for them – like in 2020 and 2021, when they went on to become the inaugural World Test Champions. And second, all of those matches

Graeme West, the current Cricket West Indies (CWI) high-performance manager, is set to take over as director of high performance at Cricket Ireland (CI). In his stint with CWI that started in 2012, West worked closely with young talent from across the West Indies, and in 2016 was coach of the West Indies team that

Mark Wood, England’s fastest bowler, will miss the forthcoming Test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand, after being ruled out for the rest of the year due to a bone-stress injury to his right elbow. Wood was withdrawn from the ongoing Sri Lanka series as a precaution, after suffering a right thigh strain while bowling

The franchises picked their icon and global superstars as direct signings ahead of the draft, which is set to take place on September 8. The 15-member squad will have an additional 16th player as their global icon. The squad will feature as many as six local Zimbabwe players; the icon and global star can also

Kate Cross has pledged to “trust my gut” and “do it my way” when she captains England for the first time at Stormont on Saturday. England have rested the majority of their T20 World Cup squad for their tour of Ireland – Bess Heath and Freya Kemp are the only exceptions – with players due

Afghanistan have named three uncapped players – opening batter Riaz Hassan, offspin allrounder Shams Ur Rahman and fast bowler Khalil Ahmed – in their 16-member squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand in Greater Noida, starting on September 9. In Rashid Khan’s injury-forced absence, Zahir Khan and Zia-ur-Rehman will lead the spin attack. Rashid

Rahul Dravid has been formally announced as Rajasthan Royals’ new head coach for a multi-year term, and he said it was the “ideal time” to “take on another challenge” after guiding India to the T20 World Cup title in June this year. “I am pleased to be returning to the franchise I have called ‘home’

Imagine being a frontline spinner from a country that is known to produce world-class fast bowlers. Imagine then touring a tough place like India and grabbing a historic ten-wicket haul in only your 11th Test. Now imagine still not becoming a frontline spinner for your team and getting to feature in only five of the

Rangana Herath and Vikram Rathour have linked up with the New Zealand Test squad, who are set to play six Tests in Asia over the next two months. Herath will be the spin-bowling coach for New Zealand’s next three Tests – one against Afghanistan and two in Sri Lanka – while Rathour will only be