The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accused fast bowler Naseem Shah of “violating the terms of his central contract” and issued him with a show-cause notice after a post on his X account, later deleted, appeared to criticise the Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz. A statement from the PCB said it would determine any…
Glamorgan have signed Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi for the T20 Blast to reinforce their pace-bowling stocks. Farooqi was the joint-highest wicket-taker at the 2024 T20 World Cup and has previously played for Nottinghamshire and Manchester Originals in English cricket. “Fazalhaq comes with a growing reputation as one of the leading bowlers in T20 cricket,” Mark Wallace,…
It is understood that Thushara has failed the fitness test made mandatory by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), and has therefore been denied a no-objection certificate (NOC) by his board. Ashley de Silva, the chief executive of SLC, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo on Friday that Thushara had failed to achieve the pass score of 17 out of…
Kingsmen wore a maroon kit, and the colour rubbed off on the white kookaburra ball. The maroon tinge on the ball was visible to the naked eye from the media box as early as the end of the powerplay. Kingsmen captain Marnus Labuschagne, though, had already raised the matter with the umpires by the second…
This was in accordance with a new regulation in the PSL playing conditions, which permits the captains to submit two team sheets to the match referee before the toss and finalise one of the submitted line-ups after the toss. The clause 1.2.1 in the “Nomination and Replacement of Players” section reads: “Before the toss, each…
A record sum of about US $1.635 billion (INR 15,290 crore approx.) has been successfully bid by a high-profile group of US-based sports investors to buy Rajasthan Royals (RR). ESPNcricinfo has learned that the consortium, which is led by Arizona-based tech entrepreneur Kal Somani, also includes owners of two franchises in US-based NFL – Rob…
Five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will face each other twice in IPL 2026 as complete schedule for the league phase was put out by BCCI on Thursday. MI will also take on defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru twice with the 19th season of the tournament starting from March 28. The BCCI…
Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad will host the five Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which will end a busy 2026-27 home season for India in which they are set to host as many as four bilateral tours. The four teams touring are West Indies (three ODIs and five T20Is), Sri Lanka (three ODIs and…
Sophie Molineux has not been bowling and has only had one brief, dozen-ball cameo with the bat during Australia’s T20I series sweep of West Indies – but the team’s new captain has already been hailed as an “amazing” leader. Molineux, who’s taken the reins of the national team in all formats from Alyssa Healy, has…
Last week, the ECB’s presentation of their review into England’s 4-1 Ashes loss featured plenty of introspection but little action. This was perhaps best demonstrated when managing director Rob Key addressed the board’s hunt for a new national selector. “It’s not a job that lots of people are ringing me saying, ‘Can I have that…