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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…

Damien Hough does not want to go down as the first curator in the storied history of the Adelaide Oval to create a Test pitch where a spinner is redundant, as Nathan Lyon emphasised the importance of the role in Australia despite only bowling two overs in the Ashes series to-date. Lyon and Hough shared…

Atkinson has had a difficult tour, though is certainly not alone on that front. His average of 78.66 is the worst of England’s bowlers, with just three wickets from 54 overs – the first of those coming with the final ball of his 41st over of the series, during Australia’s first innings of the second…

Australia and England have paid tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack while Pat Cummins has urged people to donate blood. Sixteen people have died after gunmen opened fire on crowds gathered to mark the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday, on Sunday evening. In a joint statement, the two boards…

Ajaz Patel is in line to play his first Test match in more than a year, and his first home Test in more than five years. Ajaz was brought into New Zealand’s squad for the third Test against West Indies, which begins on Thursday in Mount Maunganui. Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell, who missed the second Test…