The uncapped Indian players grabbed headlines as they fetched big money at the Women’s Premier League [WPL] 2025 auction held in Bengaluru. Simran Shaikh, the Mumbai allrounder, turned out to be the biggest buy on auction day with Gujarat Giants picking her up for INR 1.9 crore (USD 223,000 approx). Mumbai Indians meanwhile picked up […]

Hilton Cartwright was sent to hospital for a possible neck injury sustained in a fielding mishap late in the BBL season-opener between Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium. In the 13th over of Scorchers’ chase, Cartwright sprinted from deep point as he attempted to prevent a boundary from Scorchers batter Cooper Connolly. He

Bella James, the Otago Sparks top-order batter, has earned a maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad for the three-match ODI series against Australia in Wellington next week. Injuries have, however, ruled opener Georgia Plimmer and fast bowler Lea Tahuhu out of the series. James has represented Otago 137 times across formats since her debut

Harmanpreet Kaur has put India’s failure to win crunch games in big tournaments – specifically at this year’s Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup – down to the “mindset” of individual players. “I think it’s only the mindset because, if you see, our team has very good players,” Harmanpreet said ahead of the T20I

England will make a late decision on Kate Cross’s fitness for the one-off Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein, but have opted to play an extra seamer either way, as thoughts begin to turn to their upcoming Ashes challenge in January. Cross, England’s senior seamer, bowled just five balls in Wednesday’s third ODI at Potchefstroom

The Women’s Bangladesh Cricket League (WBCL), the country’s first three-day competition for women, will begin at two venues in Rajshahi on December 21. The BCB has organised the tournament to set in motion the process to build its first Test side, although the board is yet to put a timeline in place. “We have to

In the last BBL game played at Optus Stadium, a low-scoring knockout final back in January, Adelaide Strikers successfully deployed a spin-heavy attack that flummoxed Perth Scorchers and ended their dreams of a hat-trick of titles. It was a stunning turn, pardon the pun, of events and underlined that spin can have a major impact

Opener Shafali Verma continues to miss out from both squads after being dropped for the ODIs against Australia. D Hemalatha goes out from the T20I squad that played the T20 World Cup in October while Radha Yadav, who was the highest wicket-taker in the one-dayers against New Zealand at home, has misses out for the

G Trisha, Shabnam Shakil and Sonam Yadav, members of India’s Under-19 World Cup winning team in January 2023, are all part of India’s squad for the women’s Under-19 Asia Cup that will be held in Malaysia later this month. Their presence in the squad, a majority of which will also play in the second edition

Prem Thakkur, the team owner of Galle Marvels in Lanka T10, has been arrested on match-fixing charges. Thakkur was arrested on Thursday, a day after the tournament began, and was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on Friday; he has since been remanded till December 16. Sri Lanka Police told ESPNcricinfo that Thakkur, an Indian