Zak Crawley, Sophie Ecclestone and Sir Alastair Cook have been honoured at the Cricket Writers’ Club awards. Kent and England batsman Crawley – who scored 267 in the final Test of the summer against Pakistan at The Ageas Bowl – scooped the NV Play Young Cricketer of the Year. Crawley has joined an illustrious list […]

Shikhar Dhawan rode his luck to score his maiden IPL century and lead Delhi Capitals to a dramatic five-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings. Scorecard IPL table The Indian opener played superbly and took just 57 balls to reach three figures and ended unbeaten on 101, although he benefitted from being dropped three times plus […]

Eoin Morgan’s tenure as Kolkata Knight Riders captain got off to losing start as Quinton de Kock powered Mumbai Indians to an eight-wicket victory that saw them leapfrog Delhi Capitals at the top of the IPL. Scorecard IPL table Morgan – who has taken over as Knight Riders skipper from Dinesh Karthik – hit an […]

Eoin Morgan has been named Kolkata Knight Riders captain after Dinesh Karthik stood down from the role. Morgan, who was signed at auction for £563,000 in December last year, has scored 175 runs at an average of 35 and a strike-rate of just under 130 in the 2020 campaign, where he has been acting as […]

Adil Rashid has revealed he had an “informal” discussion with England head coach Chris Silverwood about a return to Test cricket but has yet to commit due to concerns over his shoulder. Rashid has not played red-ball cricket of any kind since his previous Test appearance in January 2019, and carried a painful shoulder injury […]

England all-rounder Ben Stokes lifts the lid on life at Rajasthan Royals ahead of their clash against Delhi Capitals, live on Sky Sports Cricket at 2.50pm on Wednesday. In this Q&A he discusses what it’s like playing under Australian Steve Smith, his IPL role, how he survived quarantine and more! How excited are you to […]

Stephen Fry will focus on the importance of mental wellbeing and broadening cricket’s reach in his role as a patron of the MCC Foundation. https://youtube.com/watch?v=B0CkzfzUztA%3Ffeature%3Doembed Actor, comedian and presenter Fry’s new role was announced on World Mental Health Day (October 10) and he joins an organisation which aims to give children from disadvantaged backgrounds the […]

Over £15,000 was raised for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust across the weekend of Vitality Blast Finals Day, despite bad weather delaying play until Sunday afternoon. In the absence of spectators at Edgbaston, fundraising took place via text donations, an online JustGiving page, a silent auction and a raffle. The Trust also thanked sponsors Vitality, the […]

Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham was introduced as a peer at the House of Lord’s on Monday. The former Sky Sports pundit, 64, was nominated for a life peerage in the 2020 Political Honours and will now sit as a non-party political crossbench peer. Sir Ian was introduced as Baron Botham of Ravensworth, his […]

All players offered a contract for the Women’s Hundred in 2020 have the option to roll over their deals to 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed. The Women’s Hundred, just like the men’s, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic with the new 100-ball domestic tournament now set to get underway next […]