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R Sridhar has been named Sri Lanka’s men’s fielding coach through to the end of the T20 World Cup, scheduled from February 7 to March 8. Sridhar brings extensive experience to the role, having served as the senior fielding coach of the India men’s team between 2014 and 2021. A Level 3 BCCI-certified coach, Sridhar […]

Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Pramodya Wickramasinghe has been named head of the country’s newly constituted national selection committee, which will oversee selections for both the men’s and women’s senior teams. He will be joined by former internationals Vinothen John, Indika de Saram, Rasanjali de Alwis (née Silva), and Tharanga Paranavitana. The previous committee, chaired […]

Varun Chakravarthy has further entrenched his position at the top of the ICC men’s T20I bowling rankings, while Tilak Varma has surged two places to No. 4 among batters following the first three matches of India’s ongoing T20I series against South Africa. Abhishek Sharma, despite modest returns, remains at the summit of the batting standings. […]

England were weighing up whether to lodge a formal complaint with the match referee on Wednesday night after the supplier of the Snicko technology used in Australia accepted “full responsibility” for an apparent error during the third Ashes Test. The controversy centred on Alex Carey’s reprieve on 72, when he flashed at the opening delivery […]

Joe Burns, the former Australia Test opener, has been stripped of the Italy captaincy and left out of the country’s plans for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Burns had been the central figure in Italy’s remarkable rise through qualification over the past 18 months, a journey that reached its peak in July when the side […]

Just seven days into this Ashes series, and already it feels incapable of pausing for breath. Day one at Adelaide Oval unfolded with the same breathless chaos that has defined the opening week, leaving a record crowd of 56,298 unsure whether England were clawing their way back into contention or whether Alex Carey’s sublime maiden […]

Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board are working towards a reciprocal agreement aimed at improving preparation for future Ashes series, after renewed scrutiny of England’s limited warm-up ahead of this summer’s contest. England arrived in Australia having played just one warm-up fixture before the opening Test in Perth — a match against […]

Cricket Australia has received firm assurances that Pakistan’s leading players signed to the Big Bash League will be available for the entirety of the tournament, despite a newly announced T20I tour of Sri Lanka scheduled for January. CA chief executive Todd Greenberg addressed the issue during a wide-ranging media briefing on the morning of the […]

Steven Smith was ruled out of the third Ashes Test in dramatic circumstances on the morning of the match, with Usman Khawaja earning a surprise recall just a day after it appeared his Test career with Australia had reached an end. Cricket Australia confirmed shortly before the start of play in Adelaide that Smith was […]

Cameron Green has etched his name into IPL history, becoming the most expensive overseas player the league has ever seen after being snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 25.20 crore (approximately AU$4.2 million) at Tuesday’s IPL 2026 player auction. The Australia allrounder was at the centre of an intense bidding duel between KKR […]