Cricket

More runs are being scored at this tournament than ever before. Five of the highest six team totals at a Women’s T20 World Cup have been made over the past two weeks, with four scores of 200 or more. This has come, in part, through the increase in the number …

England eased into the semi‑finals with a 38‑run win over West Indies, overcoming six dropped catches – their most since facing the same side in the 2024 T20 World Cup. MATCH REPORT: England beat West Indies to secure semi-final place Available to UK users only. BBC News

There will be no north of England venue for the 2027 Ashes series, with Trent Bridge in Nottingham the most northerly venue in the five-match series. However, Old Trafford and Headingley have been selected to feature in the 2031 edition. Matches are allocated to venues based on a number of …

BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team take a look at who owns each team in The Hundred. BBC News

With the growth of T20 leagues and batters hitting harder and further, bowlers like Curran are having to develop new techniques and an effective slower ball to get their revenge. Former England quick Steve Harmison, who famously bamboozled Michael Clarke with a 65mph slow yorker in the 2005 Ashes, said …

While baby Daisy is her main focus, Wyatt-Hodge says balancing being a new mum with trying to score more ‘Mummy hundreds’, is serving as inspiration. “She’s my main priority and then obviously making sure I’m training really hard and preparing well for each game in the World Cup and making …

The regulations around whether a bowler is ‘throwing’ are simple. Bowlers are not allowed to straighten their arm by more than 15 degrees from the time the arm reaches the shoulder in the bowling action. “An illegal bowling action is a bowling action where the player’s elbow extension exceeds 15 …

The ratings were introduced to protect players and promote a fair contest between the bat and ball in Test matches. The standard of pitch is crucial in influencing the outcome of a game, with spin-friendly wickets potentially favouring one team, or a seam-friendly pitch helping the side with faster bowlers. …

England Lions batter Ben McKinney has signed a new two-year contract extension at Durham to stay with the club until the end of the 2028 season. Sunderland-born McKinney has become a regular in the Durham side at the top of the order since making his debut in April 2023. He …

Available for over a year Despite it being 200 degrees and Sharky insisting all fans and air con are turned off (it’s too noisy) the Tailenders assemble to review the Mens 2nd Test between England and New Zealand, heap praise on Matt Henry, marvel at Joe Root’s 14,000 runs and …

Cricket scorecards can appear confusing at first glance, with multiple rows and columns indicating how well – or badly – both a team and individual player is faring in a match. But once you know what you’re looking at on a scorecard, it can become a lot less complex to …

The T20 skill scale used at the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup is a metric used to rate players’ playing styles based on certain aspects of their game. Conceptualised by the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) broadcast production, and delivered by cricket data experts CricViz, the skill scale ratings are regularly …

Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has joined Lancashire for the remainder of this season’s T20 Blast. A leg-spinner and lower-order batter, Shadab replaces Australian Chris Green, who was ruled out for the rest of the season with a fractured thumb earlier this month. Shadab, 27, has played six Tests and 197 …

Kemp played in that dismal Ashes defeat, but soon after her back troubles returned. It meant months of frustration, but time to work on her batting. She played a full summer for Hampshire, solely contributing with willow in hand. Gibson, meanwhile, missed the Ashes entirely. She, too, had a back …

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a remarkable 11-ball 50 for India A, breaking the record for the fastest half-century in the history of List A 50-over cricket. The 15-year-old’s latest remarkable feat came for India A against Sri Lanka A as he made 94 off 29 balls in a total …

When McCullum spoke to the media two days before the second Test at The Oval, he repeatedly spoke of his “worry” and “concern” for Stokes. Stokes returned to action for Durham against Northamptonshire in the County Championship and on Saturday struck 95, his highest score in any cricket since last …

Marizanne Kapp finishes unbeaten on 81 as she guides South Africa to a six-wicket victory over India at Old Trafford in the Women’s T20 World Cup, a win which keeps alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. READ MORE: Brilliant Kapp leads South Africa past India Available to UK users …

Only one Essex batter passed 50 during the game – Charlie Allison top-scoring with 56 from 104 balls on day three before he became an lbw victim of Patterson-White. “I know they are (2025) county champions but if I’m brutally honest, I don’t think we’ve really put our best foot …

The decision on Stokes and Atkinson brings an element of closure to an extraordinary period, as English cricket has had to deal with yet another off-field controversy. Without Stokes and Atkinson, an inexperienced England team showing five changes to the one that won the first Test was soundly beaten in …

To make the picture clearer, Thomas reeled off name after name of those who contributed to what was a milestone victory for a club that, in the not so distant past, found themselves needing to justify their status as a first-class outfit after years of struggles. Stand-in captain Ben Green …