Of all the teams in this Champions Trophy, New Zealand have had the toughest travel schedule. They began their tournament in Karachi, went to Rawalpindi next, arrived in Dubai to play India in their final group game, played a semi-final in Lahore, and have now traveled back to Dubai for the final. There have been […]

Will Smeed has reversed his decision to become a white-ball specialist and could make his first-class debut this summer after signing a new all-formats contract with Somerset. Smeed made headlines in 2022 when, aged 21, he opted out of red-ball cricket. “I feel that I need to solely focus my attention on the limited-overs formats

If Henry cannot play, New Zealand have right-arm seamer Jacob Duffy in their squad. Duffy has not played any of New Zealand’s four matches in the tournament, but did have an outing against Pakistan in the pre-tournament tri-series that had been played there. He took 1 for 48 in seven overs in that game. Source

Nathan McSweeney would grab the opportunity to play county cricket if a chance arose as he pushes to try and win back a spot in Australia’s side with one of the opening slots still to be locked in for the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s in June. McSweeney, 25, began the

John Davison, the former Canada captain and Australian state cricketer, has been named Italy’s T20I coach as they push for a place at the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Italy will take part in the European Regional Finals of the T20 World Cup qualifying pathway in the Netherlands from late June,

Australia’s transition into their title defence at the 2027 ODI World Cup, which will be staged in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, is now well underway after Steven Smith became the third of the victorious 2023 squad to retire from the format following David Warner and Marcus Stoinis. There could well be more to follow

Derbyshire allrounder David Lloyd has stood down as club captain ahead of the 2025 season. Lloyd, who joined from Glamorgan in 2023, led the club in the County Championship last year, but could not prevent Derbyshire from receiving the wooden spoon after finishing bottom of Division Two. In his first full summer at the club,

Sri Lanka, India and South Africa are set to play a women’s ODI tri-series in April and May in Sri Lanka, SLC announced on Thursday. This tri-series was not originally part of the women’s Future Tours Programme (FTP). All seven matches of the series will be day games, played at the R Premadasa Stadium in

Only Bert Sutcliffe has higher individual scores than Bruce in New Zealand’s first-class history Source link