News”I wanted to attack Babar from the very first ball, bringing the ball in to him using the blind spot,” the seamer revealsPeshawar Zalmi’s two new boys Hazratullah Zazai and Abrar Ahmed may have caught the eye in a statement-making thumping of champions Karachi Kings but the win was set up by a rare bout…

NewsThe two sides will contest for the title in Southampton from June 18. ESPNcricinfo tells you why it’s importantAt the end of a two-year cycle that began in July 2019, India and New Zealand will contest the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) in Southampton from June 18. ESPNcricinfo tells…

ReportThe biggest loss by runs in PSL history also eliminated the Quetta Gladiators from the playoffs raceMultan Sultans 183 for 5 (Masood 73, Charles 47, Khurram 2-26) beat Quetta Gladiators 73 (Weatherald 19, Tahir 3-7, Imran 2-13) by 110 runsA fluent half-century from Shan Masood, who hit 73, and a fantastic bowling and fielding display…

ReportThe biggest loss by runs in PSL history also eliminated the Quetta Gladiators from the playoffs raceMultan Sultans 183 for 5 (Masood 73, Charles 47, Khurram 2-26) beat Quetta Gladiators 73 (Weatherald 19, Tahir 3-7, Imran 2-13) by 110 runsA fluent half-century from Shan Masood, who hit 73, and a fantastic bowling and fielding display…

ReportCaptain Will’s T20 career-best leads thumping victory over winless LeicestershireBirmingham Bears 190 for 7 (Rhodes 79, Hain 45, Mike 4-22) beat Leicestershire 155 (Steel 46) by 45 runsWill Rhodes, Birmingham Bears’ captain, posted a T20 career-best 79 as the North Group leaders notched a fourth consecutive win and consigned Leicestershire to a fifth straight defeat…

ReportBillings, Crawley return to action but wish they hadn’t, as Milnes exploits dreadful pitchKent 144 for 7 (Cox 32*) beat Glamorgan 104 (Milnes 5-22) by 40 runsIf you are going to directly clash a Glamorgan T20 Blast tie with a Wales match in the European Championship, then at least reward those who turn up with…

ReportEngland batter doubtful for Sri Lanka T20Is after leaving ground in moon boot with coach fearing ligament damageYorkshire 216 for 6 (Bairstow 112, Kohler-Cadmore 53, Dwarshuis 4-31) beat Worcestershire 122 (Ali 39, Rashid 3-32) by 94 runsThe saying used to be ‘beware a limping Gordon Greenidge’, but on this evidence, it should be updated to…

NewsGood performances in West Indies and Bangladesh could yet make the selectors change their plansThere is no guarantee from Australia’s selectors that all the players who made themselves unavailable for tours of West Indies and Bangladesh will immediately return to the fold for the T20 World Cup if others take the chance to impress in…

NewsThe selectors also decided it was better for Cameron Green to remain at home to prepare for next seasonAustralia will again have uncertainty over Steven Smith’s elbow heading into a major tournament after he was ruled out of the tours to West Indies and Bangladesh.Smith has suffered a recurrence of the problem he had earlier…

ReportEngland lost four middle-order wickets for 21 runs as their grip loosenedStumps England Women 269 for 6 (Knight 95, Beaumont 66, Rana 3-77, Sharma 2-50, Vastrakar 1-43) vs India WomenMaking their first appearance in the longest format since 2014, India wrested a measure of control courtesy debutants Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar as…