Sunrisers Leeds successfully bought mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed for £190,000 (US$255,000) on the morning of the inaugural men’s Hundred auction in London, making him the first Pakistan player signed by an Indian-owned team in the tournament. The Indian media conglomerate Sun TV completed a full takeover of the franchise formerly known as Northern Superchargers last…
Left-arm seamer Thomas O’Connor produced the second spectacular bowling performance in the sixth round of the four-day Plunket Shield, after Brett Randell’s five in five, which ended on Thursday. Thomas, the 21-year-old son of former Black Cap Shayne O’Connor, followed up figures of 7 for 58 in the first innings for Otago against Auckland with…
No one has scored more Sheffield Shield runs in the last five years than Peter Handscomb. Only two players, Ben Compton and Shan Masood, have scored more first-class runs globally in the same period. No one, therefore, is better qualified to talk about the challenge of Shield batting right now. As it stands with one…
An approval, which the KSCA expects to come through, will mean an official seal on the Bengaluru stadium to host IPL 2026 and other matches Source link
Fast-bowling allrounder Javon Searles, Titans team owner Chitranjan Rathod, and team official Trevon Griffith have been provisionally suspended from all cricket after being charged with breaches of anti-corruption codes relating to the 2023-24 Bim10 tournament in Barbados. The charges were brought by the ICC and Cricket West Indies (CWI) under their respective anti-corruption codes. All…
New South Wales were 12 minutes away from having no say in the destination of the Dean Jones Trophy after rained lashed Hobart for much of Wednesday – had the game been washed out, Tasmania would have taken the title by finished top of the table. But having won the toss more than four hours…
Save for one more power hitter, MI London’s Lisa Keightley walked away from the inaugural Women’s Hundred auction not wanting for much on field. Asked afterwards what those pay hikes would do for the women’s game, Keightley was frank in her assessment. “It’s really changing fast, isn’t it? And I suppose the three powerhouses –…
Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney have topped the bidding in the inaugural Women’s Hundred auction, each securing a £210,000 payday, narrowly ahead of the biggest surprise of the morning: England allrounder Dani Gibson heading to Sunrisers Leeds for a whopping £190,000. South Africa allrounder Nadine de Klerk, who lit up the recent 50-over World Cup…
The first ever Hundred auction took place on Wednesday. This is how the eight women’s teams stack up ahead of the 2026 season. Birmingham Phoenix: Alice Capsey (£130,000), Ellyse Perry (£100,000), Linsey Smith (£100,000), Lauren Filer (£95,000), Tammy Beaumont (£70,000), Davina Perrin (£50,000), Alana King (£37,500), Jemima Spence (£37,500), Lucy Hamilton (£35,000), Eva Gray (£30,000),…
Varun was the joint-highest wicket-taking but lost the No. 1 spot among bowlers to Afghanistan’s Rashid Source link