Ed Warner: My 10 sports for a slimmed down Commonwealth Games October 3, 2024 The self-styled ‘friendly games’ are no longer quite so friendless: it appears Glasgow will indeed host a slimmed-down edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2026, although still we await official confirmation. The trouble is that 20 into 10 won’t go, and boxing’s political turmoil is holding up a decision on which sports will be left [...]
Sky Sports strike back at rival TNT with England cricket rights win October 2, 2024 England’s forthcoming Test matches in Pakistan will be shown on Sky Sports after the broadcaster loosened rival TNT Sports’ grip on overseas series. Ben Stokes’s side are due to play three Tests against Pakistan, starting on Monday in Multan. The second Test at the same venue is on 15-19 October and the series concludes in [...]
Ahead of the Game: Yorkshire land financial boost from Castore deal October 2, 2024 Yorkshire have agreed a multi-million pound kit deal with Castore in a major boost for the cash-strapped county. The five-year contract is the first significant commercial deal brought to the club since their leadership was overhauled following the return of Colin Graves as chairman in February. Graves has yet to secure the £4m outside investment [...]
Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup: Can anybody beat Australia? October 2, 2024 As the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup approaches, can anybody, even England, beat overwhelming favourites Australia? Another year, another cricket World Cup. While it seems as if they come around quicker than ever, they do often throw up some fireworks. That is, except in the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup, exactly the tournament that starts [...]
Shock as Saqib Mahmood goes unsold in SA20 T20 auction October 1, 2024 English cricketer Richard Gleeson fetched the highest price at the SA20 T20 cricket auction yesterday as fellow international Saqib Mahmood went unsold. The 36-year-old Lancashire cricketer – who last played for England in 2022 – sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R2.3m (£99,600) after a bidding war in yesterday’s auction, which helped the six competing [...]
Hampshire sell up but insist Southern Brave won’t be thrown in for free September 30, 2024 Hampshire Cricket insist GMR is not getting a Hundred franchise on the cheap after agreeing a deal to become the first Indian-owned county in the English game. GMR, which owns Indian Premier League side the Delhi Capitals, has signed a deal worth around £120m to acquire Hampshire and the Utilita Bowl, and pay down debt. [...]
Indian Premier League owners agree deal to buy Hampshire Cricket September 30, 2024 Hampshire Cricket has confirmed it has agreed a sale to GMR Global Pte Ltd (GGPL), the owners of Indian Premier League side the Delhi Capitals. The deal, believed to be worth £120m, will see GGPL acquire Hampshire Cricket and the Utilita Bowl but it remains unclear if it will also include a 51 per cent [...]
Australia win ODI series 3-2 after rain halts England hopes September 29, 2024 Rain and a solid Australia innings combined to inflict defeat on England in Bristol as they lost the ODI series 3-2. England recovered from 2-0 down to draw the series 2-2 to turn Sunday’s fifth match into a decider. Ben Duckett was the star for England with the bat; the Opener knocked 107 of England’s [...]
IPL could ban English players for two years if they pull out September 29, 2024 The world’s biggest T20 league the IPL (Indian Premier League) could enforce two-year bans on English players under new plans. If players are purchased in the auction or retained by their IPL side and then pull out before the 2025 competition, they will be barred from competing in the Indian domestic league for two years. [...]
Cricket in focus: England, India, the IPL and Hundred September 27, 2024 As England and India forge their own paths with white-ball cricket competitions the Hundred and T20, is the future one of cooperation? When the bumper England versus India Test series rolls around in the summer of 2025 – a year where the hosts also head Down Under to face Australia in the Ashes – the [...]