Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has earned his maiden India A call-up for the upcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, which will also feature Afghanistan. This continues the 15-year-old’s rapid rise in top-flight cricket, after the Rajasthan Royals batter became an IPL sensation last year, and was India Under-19s’ highest run-getter in the World Cup earlier this year….
Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to launch in October. The league has been sanctioned by the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation (SACF) and is expected to feature players who have recently retired from international cricket but remain active on the franchise circuit….
Faheem, who has previously played county cricket for Northants and Sussex, will arrive ahead of Yorkshire’s opening Blast encounter, against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, on May 22 and be involved throughout the competition. He could also feature in Championship games against Warwickshire at Scarborough and the trip to Leicestershire in June. “I’m delighted to be…
CSK did not specify how long Overton would be away for – or whether he was out for the rest of the season – but it is doubtful that he will return for their remaining three league games. They play an away game against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday. “Jamie Overton has a right thigh…
After scores of 4, 1 and 6 in three of his first five innings, Rinku has scored 207 runs in his last four innings without being dismissed, striking at 172. On Wednesday, he made an unbeaten 29-ball 49 to help KKR post 192 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on a Raipur deck that played a lot…
But his only franchise experience was two seasons at Northern Superchargers in the Hundred in 2024 and 2025. He will not coach them in 2026 after failing to agree to terms with the franchise’s new Indian owners Sun Group who have renamed the team Sunrisers Leeds. Superchargers finished fourth and third in Flintoff’s two seasons…
Liam Dawson, the Hampshire allrounder who played four Tests for England, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket with immediate effect. Dawson, 36, took 380 wickets and scored 18 hundreds during a career that spanned 20 seasons. He was named men’s Player of the Year at the Professional Cricketers’ Association awards in 2024, as well…
Noronha was recently awarded the MA Chidambaram Trophy at the annual Naman Awards, organised by the BCCI, for being the highest run-getter in the 2024-25 Col CK Nayudu Trophy. Noronha was a key part of the Mangaluru Dragons side that lifted the Maharaja Trophy in 2025, scoring 253 runs in ten innings and picking up…
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“We knew coming up against their bowling line-up and the fact that they had five seamers [Arshad Khan was the fifth, but didn’t get to bowl] plus Rashid [Khan] was always going to be a challenge,” Vettori said. “We didn’t get the start we wanted and they were able to capitalise the whole way through…