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Unbroken stand worth 152 lifts Essex, who also became the first county to substitute a player for injury

Essex skipper substituted under trial ruling, but like-for-like replacement won't be permitted to bowl

MI look overwhelming favourites given their record against DC, but expect a close contest

CSK have left out Matthew Short

GT play their first home game of the season, facing some pressure over their old-school batting approach

Six players involved on the Ashes tour were in action on the opening day of the County Championship

When you do get chances, you want to use them, Anneke Bosch says of the career-best 91 in the second ODI against New Zealand in what was her international comeback

At the moment [Varun] doesn't inspire a lot of confidence, Sanjay Bangar says

It's not compulsory to bowl four overs. If he's struggling, you've got to accept that he is struggling, Ajinkya Rahane says of giving Varun Chakravarthy just two overs against SRH

The fast bowler has not played since dislocating her shoulder in the opening of the 2024 T20 World Cup

The visitors needed fewer than 20 overs to chase their target to complete an undefeated tour of West Indies

His brutal 34-ball 74 led the way in a chase of 198, after an excellent Hasan Ali had ripped out a three-for in the death for Kings

KKR faded away after flying start and Raghuvanshi's fifty in 227 chase to remain winless

Lahore Qalandars batter to miss two games after PSL technical committee uphold's match referee's decision

He emphasised the importance of batting with a positive mindset, despite a poor performance in their opening match, ahead of their first home fixture of the season

The most important domestic cricket competition in Bangladesh is on hold, and the players are suffering

Shreyas Iyer has been declared fit for the clash, while CSK are likely to be without Dewald Brevis and MS Dhoni

Both teams are looking to open their account, having lost their opening games despite scoring 200-plus

The pair put on an unbeaten 128 off 68 balls, with both players scoring half-centuries as United made light work of the 184 chase

RCB bowler's argument is that his SLC contract ended on March 31, making the enforcement of an NOC unreasonable and a barrier to his livelihood

Former Gloucestershire spinner to work with Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Linsey Smith before T20 World Cup

The ODIs, which will end an eight-year absence for Australia in Zimbabwe, are set to be played at the Harare Sports Club

Allrounder's stint with Worcestershire set to be canned as board withhold No-Objection Certificate

The opener has gone top of the T20I batting rankings after just 12 matches following her century against West Indies

Sultans overhauled Kingsmen's 226-run target with eight balls to spare to go top of the table

Whether as opener or not, however, Pant is decided on playing in the top order

Alongside an unbeaten Tristan Stubbs, they forged a recovery from 26 for 4 to close out a chase of 142 with almost three overs to spare

No further action taken against Tongue, after incident in which England white-ball captain was hit by nightclub bouncer

Seamer will be available for first month of season after being released by Worcestershire in 2025

Narine and Varun, who have an excellent record at the ground but did not go well in the first game in Mumbai, will be in focus for KKR

Kishan is leading SRH until Cummins is available to play in the second half of IPL 2026

ECB chief executive Richard Gould considers mirroring Premier League regulations

Head coach signals departure on eve of campaign as Hove crisis deepens

Axar Patel becomes the first away captain to win a toss this season

Zimbabwe are also scheduled to tour India for three ODIs in January 2027, their first tour of India for a bilateral series since 2002

There wasn't run-rate pressure through that middle phase of the game as she was flying, Amelia Kerr says of Isabella Gaze, who scored 68 in 48 balls in the chase

The match had a total of 696 runs in 99.4 overs, and when New Zealand got past South Africa's 346, it became the highest successful run chase in women's ODI history

Bowling more cross-seam deliveries and keeping the yorker away is the reason for Kagiso Rabada not doing well at the death, agree Ambati Rayudu and Dale Steyn

Todd Murphy returns to the list ahead of a period that includes a five-Test tour of India early next year

Making his IPL debut, Ashok Sharma returned figures of 1 for 31 from three overs

Prasidh Krishna's wickets caused a late wobble, but Connolly's unbeaten 72 steered PBKS home

Before the toss, a violent thunderstorm lashed Lahore, with heavy rain, strong winds and hailstones in parts of the city

PBKS chipped away regularly at the wickets, as three of GT's top four got to 25 without any of them getting to 40

A total of 18 men's and 15 women's contracts were awarded, as well as a hybrid contract for offspinner Simon Harmer

England's jam-packed schedule means involvement in mooted Asia Cup-style tournament unlikely

Glenn Phillips, meanwhile, makes his franchise debut for GT

Rishabh Pant could bat at No. 3 for LSG, while Auqib Nabi is likely to make his IPL debut with DC

Australian seamer to begin rehab programme after routine MRI detected recurrence of problem

He will miss Qalandars' matches against Multan Sultans on April 3 and Islamabad United on April 9.

Group of prominent former players hits out at board ahead of AGM on April 15