BBL 2024-25 – Stoinis named new Melbourne Stars BBL skipper
Marcus Stoinis has been confirmed as the new Melbourne Stars captain for the upcoming BBL season, replacing long-time skipper Glenn Maxwell who resigned at the end of last summer. Stoinis,…
Notts bring in Australian quick O’Neill for start of 2025 County Championship
Nottinghamshire have signed Australian seamer Fergus O’Neill for the first four rounds of next year’s County Championship. O’Neill, who has an impressive first-class record of 94 wickets at 19.91, is…
SMAT 2024 – Mohammed Shami fires with bat and ball to help Bengal into quarters
Bengal 159 for 9 (Karan 33, Shami 32*, Pramanik 30, Jagjit 4-21, Bawa 2-27) beat Chandigarh 156 for 6 (Bawa 32, Yadav 27, Ghosh 4-30, Seth 2-35) by 3 runs…
Afghanistan cricket news – Jonathan Trott to continue as men’s head coach through 2025
Jonathan Trott will continue as Afghanistan men’s head coach till the end of 2025. His next assignment will be the ODI leg of Afghanistan’s multi-format tour of Zimbabwe, but he…
Disaffected county players discuss Hundred boycott as ‘nuclear option’ in NOCs row
The Telegraph reported the boycott threat on Friday, and ESPNcricinfo understands that players have raised it as a nuclear option with their agents, and in crisis talks with the Professional…
Champions Trophy 2025 – ICC, PCB move closer to adopting hybrid model
A likely breakthrough has emerged in the impasse over the 2025 Champions Trophy: the ICC and the PCB are believed to have reached an in-principle agreement to adopt the hybrid…
Cricket Australia chair defends Afghanistan stance despite ‘hypocrisy’ accusation
Barcley’s tenure came to an end on December 1 when Jay Shah took over at the ICC and as part of a wide-ranging interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph he…
Afghanistan news – Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi plead for restoration of women’s right to education
Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, the biggest names in Afghanistan cricket, have come out strongly against the Taliban’s reported closure of institutes for women training as nurses and midwives. The…
Heinrich Klaasen to lead South Africa for Pakistan T20Is; Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi return
In the absence of Aiden Markram, who is currently involved in the Test series against Sri Lanka, Heinrich Klaasen will lead South Africa in their home T20I series against Pakistan.…
New Zealand, England docked WTC points for slow over-rates in Christchurch Test
New Zealand and England have been docked three World Test Championship (WTC) points and all their players have been fined 15% of their match fees for maintaining slow over-rates in…