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Captain Jemma Barsby played a crucial hand with the bat to help South Australia set a match-winning 280 ACT Meteors v South Australia | WNCL South Australia have kept their WNCL final hopes alive with a win over the ACT Meteors but missed out on giving their chances a bonus point or net run rate boost with their 26-run victory margin. Two days after rain had forced the sides to split points at Canberra’s EPC Solar Park, both teams were on a hunt for a big win to strengthen their position in the tight race to join New South Wales…

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Groups Group 1: Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, NetherlandsGroup 2: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland Full ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Friday June 12: England v Sri Lanka, Edgbaston 18:30 BSTSaturday June 13: Scotland v Ireland, Old Trafford Cricket Ground 10:30 BSTSaturday June 13: Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford Cricket Ground 14:30 BSTSaturday June 13: West Indies v New Zealand, Hampshire Bowl 18:30 BSTSunday June 14: Bangladesh v Netherlands, Edgbaston 10:30 BSTSunday June 14: India v Pakistan, Edgbaston 14:30 BSTTuesday June 16: New Zealand v Sri…

Hosts England have been grouped with Scotland and Ireland for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup, as the full schedule was finalised.Scotland and Ireland came through qualifying in Nepal and have been placed in Group 2 alongside England, West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. England will kick-off the Women’s T20 World Cup, which is live on Sky Sports, against Sri Lanka on Friday June 12 at Edgbaston. Scotland and Ireland will then face each other in the second match on June 13 at Old Trafford.Nat Sciver-Brunt’s England then face Ireland on June 16 at the Hampshire Bowl, before playing…

CENTURION: World champions South Africa will play eight Test matches at home in the 2026-27 season, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday. South Africa, who beat Australia in the 2023-25 Test championship final at Lord’s in England last year, did not play a single home Test match during the current 2025-26 season. But they will play three Tests against Australia, two against Bangladesh and three against England in the coming season with all three series counting towards the 2025-27 World Test Championship. South Africa are currently in third place in the standings after sharing a series 1-1 in Pakistan…

Zimbabwe unable to take down another top-ranked team as the Windies piled on the biggest total of the World Cup For a few seconds it seemed Zimbabwe were in the game against West Indies in their Super Eights T20 World Cup tie. The extra pace and bounce of Blessing Muzarabani had forced a mis-hit pull by Shimron Hetmyer and West Indies were about to be 2-26 off 21 balls. But on the boundary the ball popped in, then out, of Tashinga Musekiwa’s hands. Hetmyer was on nine at the time. He went on to make 85 off 34 balls, with…

Zimbabwe had arrived at this Super Eight clash on the back of a promising performance in the first phase. The African team defeated Australia and Sri Lanka in the group stage and were unbeaten in their first four matches. Electing to field first, Zimbabwe restricted West Indies to 55/2 in powerplay, but couldn’t keep a lid on the power-packed batting line-up for too long. Hetmyer, who was given two lives, including one when he was only on nine, made Zimbabwe pay dearly. He brought up his 50 with a six off captain Sikandar Raza. The 19-ball half-century was the fastest…

West Indies posted the second highest total in T20 World Cup history and thrashed Zimbabwe by 107 runs in the Super Eights on Monday.  West Indies finished with a team record 254-6 after Shimron Hetmyer – dropped on 9 and 70 – bashed 85 off 34 balls with seven sixes, and Rovman Powell hit 59 off 35. The West Indies batters hit 19 sixes. Their total was just six runs from the all-time World Cup high of 260-6 by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007. Image: Jason Holder celebrates with Matthew Forde during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and…

Schedule: South Africa v Australia ODI series1st ODI – 24 September 2026, Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban2nd ODI – 27 September 2026 , DP World Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg3rd ODI – 30 September 2026, JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom Test series1st Test – 9-13 October 2026, Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban2nd Test – 18-22 October 2026, Dafabet St George’s Park, Gqeberha3rd Test – 27-31 October, World Sports Betting Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town South Africa v Bangladesh Test series1st Test – 15-19 November 2026, DP World Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2nd Test – 23-27 November 2026, SuperSport Park, Centurion ODI Series1st ODI – 1 December 2026,…

Harry Brook says England’s pursuit of a flawless T20 World Cup performance makes for an exciting prospect.Sunday’s 51‑run victory over co-hosts Sri Lanka has left England on the cusp of the semi-finals, top of their group with Pakistan and New Zealand both on a point each after their game was rained off. Beat either Pakistan in Pallekele on Tuesday or New Zealand in Colombo on Friday – both live on Sky Sports Cricket – and England will progress, all while the search for a complete performance in the tournament continues. “We still haven’t had that perfect game,” England captain Brook…

England will face world champions South Africa in a three-Test series over Christmas and New Year before three ODIs in early 2027, but a proposed T20 series has been postponed.The Test series will commence on December 17 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg before moving to Centurion for the second Test starting on Boxing Day at SuperSport Park. Cape Town will host the final Test at Newlands Cricket Ground from January 3, 2027. England secured a 3-1 series victory on their last Test tour to South Africa in 2019/20 as they came from 1-0 down in the four-match series. Image:…