Ollie Pope says the perception that England “weren’t fussed” during the winter’s Ashes was hard to take, but admits they gave fans little reason to believe otherwise given the manner of their 4-1 defeat. Pope was speaking at Surrey’s county media day after the ECB lifted a gagging order they had put in place to…
Gareth Batty, Surrey’s head coach, believes that the pathway from domestic cricket to the England Test team has become “misted over”, and defended the County Championship as “the best breeding ground in the world” ahead of the start of the 2026 season. Batty coached Surrey to three consecutive Championship titles before their second-placed finish last…
Marnus Labuschagne has been appointed captain of the Hyderabad Kingsmen franchise in the Pakistan Super League. Labuschagne was a direct signing for Kingsmen, and becomes the third Australian to be appointed captain of a PSL side this year, after David Warner for the Karachi Kings and Ashton Turner for Multan Sultans. Labuschagne has never captained…
Suryakumar Yadav’s T20I side “wanted to win the [2026 T20] World Cup in India, and we wanted to win it in the same stadium in Ahmedabad, which was more important for us” after having ended up on the wrong side of the result in the ODI World Cup final against Australia in the same city…
South Africa opt to bowl vs New Zealand On a wicket Jess Kerr described as a “belter” after New Zealand women lost to South Africa by 18 runs, South Africa’s men’s team opted to chase in Hamilton. South Africa have a 1-nil lead in the five-match series. They made one change to the team that…
The series in New Zealand consists of five T20Is and three ODIs, which form part of the Women’s Championship. The T20Is are being played as double-headers with the men’s matches, where South Africa have another injury concern. Batter Jordan Hermann is out with a hamstring injury but no replacement has been named. Source link
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fast bowler Harshit Rana is set to miss a major part of IPL 2026 as he recovers from the knee surgery he underwent in February. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Rana, who suffered a knee strain during India’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against South Africa, is doing his rehab with no…
Foster, who won 23 caps across formats as England wicketkeeper between 2001 and 2009, has coached extensively in franchise cricket since he called time on his playing career in 2018. He won the ILT20 as head coach at Desert Vipers in January, and was recently appointed as assistant coach at Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred….
MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson (PTI Photos) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson has expressed his excitement about finally sharing a dressing room with legendary cricketer MS Dhoni in the upcoming Indian Premier League season. Although Samson has spoken to Dhoni before and met him during national team camps, he says this will be the first time…
Cricket Australia has made a tweak to their injury substitution rule for the Sheffield Shield final but are understood to be delighted with how the trial has worked across the course of the season ahead of submitting the findings to the ICC. The changes for the final were announced back in December when CA confirmed…