Pakistan remain in contention for the knockouts but need to beat New Zealand by a substantial margin on Monday, and hope other results go their way. If India beat Australia out Sunday, Pakistan will not be able to reach the semis. Sana, who was named captain of the side in August, was missed on Friday, […]

The beats that bring out the best in players at this World Cup include Lady Gaga’s Just Dance, which was the tonic that turned West Indies around after their opening defeat and inspired two big wins, Punjabi music in the Pakistan camp that even has the injured Diana Baig dancing and a proverbial mix-tape of

India will go into the home Test series against New Zealand with pretty much the same squad that took on Bangladesh in September – that means Mohammed Shami hasn’t recovered in time for what will be India’s last red-ball action ahead of the five-Test series in Australia to close out this year. Yash Dayal, who

Vlaeminck was attempting to stop a boundary off Muneeba Ali’s fine edge on just the fourth ball of the match in Dubai on Friday. Running back from short third, Vlaeminck slid but her knee got stuck in the turf as she reached for the ball and flicked it back before tumbling over the rope, crying

Rohit Sharma’s participation in the early Tests in India’s tour of Australia is in doubt owing to personal reasons. With that update, the selection of India’s new Test vice-captain has acquired significance. Rohit might not play the first Test – in Perth, from November 22 – and though India played the recent Test series against

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named a new quartet of Aleem Dar, Aaqib Javed, Azhar Ali and Hasan Cheema as voting members of the men’s selection committee, just over 10 days after Mohammad Yousuf’s resignation from the panel. The appointments come as the latest “recomposition” in the ever-changing selection committee that has undergone several

Glenn Maxwell has been named to make his red-ball return in Cricket Australia’s Second XI four-day competition after being named in Victoria’s 12-man squad to play Queensland at the Junction Oval starting on Monday. Maxwell was named for his first four-day match in over 12 months as he begins a build towards potentially going on

Cricket Australia has announced that three Sheffield Shield matches will be played under lights this season to give domestic Australian players exposure to day-night conditions given there will be at least one home pink-ball Test per summer moving forward. The matches have been strategically scheduled at Adelaide Oval, the Gabba and Bellerive Oval, with Adelaide

Somerset have appointed Trevor Griffin as head coach of their women’s team. Griffin, who has signed a two-year deal, previously had two spells coaching Western Storm in the women’s regional structure. He oversaw Storm’s two Kia Super League successes between 2017 and 2019, before moving on to coach Sunrisers and London Spirit in the Hundred.