Players from both Australia and England will wear black armbands at the third Ashes Test match at Adelaide Oval this week to commemorate the victims of Sunday’s shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Fifteen people died and many others sustained injuries after gunmen opened fire on crowds gathered in Sydney’s eastern suburbs to mark the first…
Shoaib Akhtar wants to pass on a few tricks to Bangladeshi fast bowlers in his first stint in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as a mentor, with Dhaka Capitals. This will also be Akhtar’s first stint as a member of the support staff in the T20 franchise circuit. “I’ve never been part of the BPL…
Usman Khawaja has been left out of the third Test in Adelaide, raising the prospect of him having played his final match for Australia, with Australia’s selectors backing the positive approach brought by the Jake Weatherald-Travis Head pairing. As expected, captain Pat Cummins and offspinner Nathan Lyon return to the side at the expense of…
IPL 2026 will be held between March 26 and May 31, occupying the same window it has in recent years in the cricket calendar. While the BCCI hasn’t announced the full fixtures yet, the 19th edition of the IPL will kick off roughly three weeks after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup – scheduled…
PSL 2026 will be played from March 26 to May 3, 2026, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Monday, following an auction on January 8 in Islamabad where the rights for two new franchises will be on offer. The additions will make the PSL an eight-team tournament from 2026. As opposed to 2025’s PSL X…
Axar Patel has been ruled out of the last two T20Is against South Africa due to illness. Shahbaz Ahmed has been named his replacement. “He [Axar] is with the team in Lucknow [the venue for the fourth T20I], where he will be further medically assessed,” the BCCI said in a statement. Axar had missed the…
Nathan Lyon has conceded no one has a given right to selection in Australia’s Test side but he does not think he has a point to prove as he prepares to return after being left out for the second time in the last three Tests. Lyon, 38, is expected to return for the third Ashes…
Harry Brook has pledged to temper his approach against Australia after a frantic start to the Ashes, after Joe Root warned Australia that Brook is a “generational player” who “is going to deliver at some point” in the series. Brook, who is on his first Ashes tour, made 52, 0, 31 and 15 in the…
In the 18th over of Renegades’ innings, after Heat elected to field, Afridi bowled two waist-high full tosses – one each to Tim Seifert and Ollie Peake – and he was forced out of the attack. After being told he could no longer bowl, Afridi sported a wry grin as Heat captain Nathan McSweeney had…
A New South Wales cricketer has been banned from playing at all levels indefinitely after a serious complaint was made about alleged misconduct involving young players. First reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, a player who has appeared for NSW and a T20 side has had his registration cancelled following an emergency board meeting. It…