England were considering raising their grievances around the ‘Snicko’ technology used in Australia with the match referee on Wednesday night, after Alex Carey admitted he had “a bit of luck” when adjudged not out on review during his century at Adelaide Oval. Carey had scored 72 when he flashed at the first ball of the…
Cricket Australia and the ECB are in talks over a reciprocal arrangement which would see touring teams provided with better preparation ahead of Ashes series. England played a single warm-up match before the first Ashes Test in Perth last month against England Lions at Lilac Hill, a club ground with slow and low surfaces. They…
Cricket Australia (CA) has been given assurances that the Pakistan players in the BBL will play the entire competition despite a scheduled T20I tour of Sri Lanka in January, while CA has sent a party to Pakistan to finalise plans for Australia’s T20I tour there prior to the T20 World Cup. CA chief executive Todd…
Steven Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test on the morning of the match in extraordinary circumstances with Usman Khawaja earning a recall just a day after it seemed unlikely that he would play another Test for Australia. Smith left the ground during the warm-up after he had batted in the nets…
Cameron Green became the highest priced overseas player in IPL history, bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 25.20 crore (AU$4.2 million approx). At Tuesday’s player auction for the 2026 season the Australia all-rounder was the subject of intense bidding between KKR and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) before being purchased by the three-time champions….
Mohammad Abbas, the Pakistan Test seamer, has agreed to join Derbyshire as one of their overseas players, signing a two-year contract that covers the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Abbas has built an impressive record in red-ball county cricket with Leicestershire, Hampshire and Nottinghamshire, whom he helped to the Championship title last summer. He will be…
Prashant Veer, a 20-year old left-arm spin allrounder from Uttar Pradesh, and Kartik Sharma, a 19-year old wicketkeeper from Rajasthan, have smashed the record for the most expensive uncapped Indian player ever signed at an IPL auction, with Chennai Super Kings bidding a whopping INR 14.2 crore for each of them at the IPL 2026…
Anrich Nortje was just about finishing his pre-match media press conference ahead of South Africa’s fourth T20I against India in Lucknow when he received word that the city is also his new IPL home. Nortje was picked up by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL mini-auction for his base price of 2 crore (US$220,000…
Australian allrounder Cameron Green has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 25.20 crore ($2.8 million) – making him the third most expensive player sold at an IPL auction, and the most expensive overseas player ever. KKR, who began the auction with the largest purse of INR 64.3 crore, had to stave off…
Harnoor, Arora fifties and Ramndeep’s cameo helped Punjab bounced back from two defeats; Venkatesh Iyer’s fifty went in vain Source link