Month: October 2026

The BBL overlaps with the Plunket Shield, NZ’s premier red-ball competition

Bangladesh opted for Ebadot Hossain in place of Shoriful Islam while Afghanistan went for a batting-heavy line-up

A case is pending before the Itanagar bench of the Gauhati High Court; “until the court gives the clearance, we cannot do anything,” says BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia

Blair Tickner and Josh Clarkson have been brought into the squad for the five-match series against India starting later this month

He played 24 Tests for NZ between 2016 and 2020 and scored more than 10,000 runs in first-class cricket

James Hopes and Brad Haddin are presently in charge of Queensland and New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield

The win in Darwin is still fresh in the memory but Bangladesh have more than one form concern, while Afghanistan will hope to start afresh under new captain Rahmat Shah

Former cricketers Martin Guptill and Andre Adams will fill in for assistant coach Craig McMillan, who is recovering after a back surgery

Nathan McSweeney battled the heat and India A’s spinners to score a match-winning century for Australia A in their first one-day match against India A

Jason Rowles, an 18-year-old allrounder, commanded a bid of R 2.9 million from JSK, who also picked up Faf du Plessis

Tanmay Baloda picked up eight wickets in the second Australia Under-19 innings to set up a target of just 11, which India Under-19 knocked off in just five balls

“This whole reciprocal nature is potentially sending some countries broke,” the Cricket Australia CEO says about the future of bilateral cricket

Varun Chakravarthy is also back for India after missing the Asian Games, while Ravi Bishnoi has been left out

Fifties from Hope and Rutherford took West Indies to 171, but India made a mockery of the chase

New Queensland coach James Hopes believes Xavier Bartlett can push his Test case at the start of Shield season

Harmanpreet Kaur, 37, led India in five Tests, 51 ODIs and 155 T20Is

This year’s tournament began on 3 October, but Pakistan’s game against Bangladesh was postponed

The batter is focussed on charting his own path after recovering from toe injury

Morne Morkel also spoke about the importance of India developing part-time seamers

West Indies will hope Hope is fit as they look to carry on the good work from their win in New Chandigarh