Aussie Green reaches record IPL auction sale price Sport Business Australian Cameron Green has been sold for £2.1m at the Indian Premier League auction to become the most expensive overseas cricket player in history. The all-rounder will play for Ramandeep Singh’s Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2026 IPL competition having been purchased for 25.2 crore by the eastern team. The Kolkata Knight Riders, whose 2024 [...]
IPL value drops for second year in row, sinking 10 per cent Sport Business The IPL’s estimated value has been downgraded for the second consecutive year, with the franchise cricket competition shrinking by over 10 per cent. The biggest cricket league in the world has been rocked by changes to betting laws in India, while a less competitive media rights landscape has contributed to D&P Advisory declaring shrinkage in [...]
Exclusive: Welsh Fire co-owner wants Hundred to be T20 within two years Sport Business The Indian-American co-owner of The Hundred franchise Welsh Fire, Sanjay Govil, wants the competition to drop its unique format and become a T20 league within two years. The 100-ball format has come under pressure following the sale of stakes in all eight Hundred franchises to overseas investors, some of whom are keen to bring the [...]
Major London venue to host 2026 World Cup final May 1, 2025 Major London venue Lord’s will host the Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup this year as the tournament’s venues were revealed. The Home of Cricket will stage the showpiece final in next year’s World Cup in a win for the capital amid competition from other major UK Test arenas. Manchester’s Old Trafford, Leeds’ Headingley, Birmingham’s Edgbaston, [...]
Buttler to join with England but will not keep wicket in West Indies November 4, 2024 England white-ball captain Jos Buttler has linked up with the national team ahead of their remaining matches against the West Indies. The 34-year-old is mooted for a return to the one-day side for the decider against the hosts but will more than likely feature in the T20 series. But the captain, who has not fully [...]
Buttler return delayed until West Indies T20 series October 21, 2024 England white-ball captain Jos Buttler will miss his side’s ODI series against the West Indies due to an injury setback. The 34-year-old was on course to feature in the Caribbean but has suffered “a slight setback in his rehabilitation” from a calf injury. It is hoped he will be fit for the five-match T20 series. [...]
England out of Women’s T20 World Cup in shock defeat October 15, 2024 England were beaten by the West Indies on Tuesday in a match that resulted in their exit from the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup. The West Indies set a target of 145 after their innings. Openers Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph knocked 50 and 52 respectively. In response England could muster only 141-7, handing the [...]
England thrash Scotland in T20 Cricket World Cup October 13, 2024 England thrashed Scotland in the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup to move top of their group and remain unbeaten. The result leaves England alongside Australia as the only unbeaten teams in the tournament, albeit both teams are in separate groups. Having restricted Scotland to 109-6 from their 20 overs – captain Kathryn Bryce knocked 33 [...]
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 [...]
T20 World Cup venues confirmed as Bangladesh ditched for UAE September 19, 2024 The two venues which will host next month’s Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup were announced on Thursday after the competition switched from Bangladesh to the UAE. Organisers the International Cricket Council decided to move the World Cup from Bangladesh due to civil unrest in the country. And while the United Arab Emirates was confirmed recently, [...]