Cricket

England’s home Test series against West Indies might be salvaged and the domestic season should not be considered a write-off, officials insisted on Friday. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has suspended the start of its 2020 campaign until May 28 at the earliest because of the coronavirus pandemic. But …

The Indian Premier League has been suspended until April 15 as a precautionary measure, due to the continued spread of coronavirus. A host of leagues and competitions, across multiple sports and continents, have been cancelled or postponed this week in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPL was due to begin …

Australia will defend their Women’s T20 World Cup title in the final against India after defeating South Africa in a rain-affected match at the SCG. The hosts and reigning champions posted 134-5 in a match at first delayed and then truncated by rain, with the earlier semi-final between England and India having …

Craig Ervine scored his first century in five-day cricket as a captain but four wickets from Nayeem Hasan kept Zimbabwe in check on day one of the only Test against Bangladesh. Ervine, standing in as skipper for Sean Williams, played a captain’s innings at Shere Bangla National Stadium with a …

Tom Curran says England’s lack of runs in the first one-day international with South Africa cost them the match. England scored just 258 for eight from their 50 overs with early wickets causing a lot of damage. The hosts eased to a seven-wicket victory with 14 balls to spare but …

New Zealand suffered another horrendous collapse to hand India a seven-run win and 5-0 series victory in Ross Taylor’s 100th T20 international on Sunday. Tim Seifert (50) and milestone man Taylor (53) had steered the Black Caps to within sight of a consolation win at Bay Oval before familiar frailties …

Aaron Finch and David Warner pummelled India with imperious unbeaten centuries to seal a crushing 10-wicket victory for Australia in the first match of the ODI series at Wankhede Stadium. India collapsed from 134-1 to 255 all out in Mumbai on Tuesday after Shikhar Dhawan (74) and KL Rahul (47) put on 121 for the …

Australia opener David Warner is staying patient and believes he is close to recapturing his best Test form. The explosive left-hander is without a Test ton since January, making just two half-centuries in his past nine five-day matches. Speaking ahead of the second Test against Pakistan, Warner said he was …

Haris Rauf starred as the Melbourne Stars made it back-to-back wins to begin their Big Bash League campaign with a thrashing of the Hobart Hurricanes. Marcus Stoinis (unbeaten 81) guided the Stars to 163-4 after they elected to bat first in Moe on Sunday. Hobart, who were also coming into …

New Zealand Cricket will apologise to Jofra Archer after the England bowler was racially abused by a spectator during the Black Caps’ Test victory at Bay Oval. Archer put on a stand of 30 alongside Sam Curran (29 not out) as England attempted to salvage a draw on day five in Mount …