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NEW DELHI: Indian cricket fans were stumped to discover that star all-rounder Shivam Dube could have been travelling incognito on a train with them, fresh from delivering a record third T20 World Cup crown. Dube, who slammed an unbeaten 26 off just 8 balls in Sunday’s final against New Zealand, was left stranded in Ahmedabad on Monday when flights to Mumbai were booked solid. It meant he took a berth in a shared sleeper train for a seven-hour journey home — something almost unheard of in India, where top cricketers are major celebrities and often mobbed by fans when they…
THE Pakistan Super League 11 trophy is displayed during its unveiling ceremony at the National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.—Courtesy PCB KARACHI: The glittering trophy of the HBL Pakistan Super League 11 was unveiled in a ceremony held at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday marking the beginning of a new era for the country’s marquee Twenty20 tournament. The unveiling ceremony was attended among others by PSL chief executive officer Salman Naseer and the representatives of the eight participating teams. The trophy has been handcrafted by 18 master artisans who devoted more than 2,600 hours to complete the masterpiece.…
Rana first burst onto the scene at the start of 2024 when he debuted in an ICC World Test Championship contest against Sri Lanka in Sylhet and it’s in the longest-format that the pacer has appeared in mostly since despite a brief foray into white-ball cricket at the ICC Champions Trophy event last year. While the temptation for Rana to hit speeds in excess of 150km/h continues to create much attention, the fast bowler is instead concentrating on finding the right line and length with his bowling and letting the rest take care of itself. “Honestly, I don’t think too…
Lucy’s Finn-tastic maiden WNCL fifty When NSW Breakers debutant Lucy Finn ran in to bowl her first over in the WNCL last month, the commentators remarked how her pre-season goals would have been to do well in grade cricket and push for a game with the NSW 2nd XI. Such has been the meteoric rise of the 19-year-old – a maiden WNCL appearance, preceded by a memorable WBBL debut for the Sydney Thunder. An even more impressive feat was to follow two days later. With the Breakers – thus far undefeated and boasting a formidable top order – stunned at…
Australia’s evergreen run machine Beth Mooney has cashed in on her enduring excellence, scooping a joint-record pay-day of £210,000 ($395,000 AUD) in the auction for the Women’s Hundred. The 32-year-old wicketkeeper-batter was the subject of a feverish bidding war between Trent Rockets and Manchester Super Giants before the Nottingham-based Rockets won the signature of the BBL’s top-scorer for the month-long tournament in July and August. After Britain’s historic first ever major players’ auction for any sports event on Wednesday, Mooney will enter the tournament as the joint-highest earner alongside New Zealand allrounder Sophie Devine, who was also bought by Welsh…
Davina Perrin made history as the first player ever signed at The Hundred Auction, with Birmingham Phoenix securing the talented batter for £50,000. The UK’s first-ever major sports auction took place in the iconic Picadilly Lights in London and 19-year-old Perrin was the first player randomly drawn for bidding, and Phoenix Performance Director James Thomas and Head Coach Ali Maiden beat Sunrisers Leeds to her signature. Phoenix quickly followed that by securing England star and former Welsh Fire captain Tammy Beaumont for £70,000, stealing a march on their rivals. From the Tier 1 batters, Phoenix signed Emma Lamb for £27,500…
Australia wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney headlined Trent Rockets’ signings on the opening day of The Hundred Draft, with the four-time World Cup winner commanding the joint-highest bid in the women’s competition. The 32-year-old left-hander, who has more than 200 caps for her country, was signed by Chris Read’s Rockets for £210,000 after competing with Manchester Supergiants for the left-hander’s signature. Mooney will be joined at Trent Bridge by fellow wicketkeeper-batters Ailsa Lister (£30,000) and Bess Heath (£32,500), with batters Millie Taylor (£27,500), all-rounders Emma Jones (£35,000), Georgia Elwiss (£27,500) and Georgia Adams (£30,000). Bowlers Katie Levick (£32,500) and Charley Philips (£15,000)…
Check out the men’s and women’s squads so far for the 2026 season of The Hundred, which runs from July 21-August 16, live on Sky Sports.Teams were allowed to make up to four pre-auction signings – either as new acquisitions or player retentions – before forming the bulk of their squads at March’s auction. The women’s auction took place on Wednesday with the men’s to be held on Thursday. Sides will then add two more cricketers to their rosters ahead of the tournament through wildcard picks based on performances in this summer’s men’s and women’s Vitality Blast competitions. Image: Danni…
The opening two weeks of the Indian Premier League (IPL) schedule have been announced, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the opening match.The first set of matches will be played from March 28 to April 12, with the full schedule of the tournament set to be announced in due course. This is due to the fact that “three states are scheduled to undergo State Assembly elections during this period” and so there is a wait to see when poll dates are announced. Twitter This content is…
Dani Gibson earned a £190,000 payday to become the highest-paid English woman at the inaugural Hundred auction, while uncapped teenager Tilly Corteen-Coleman picked up a bumper £105,000 deal.The level of spending at the United Kingdom’s first player auction in a major professional sport represents a huge uplift in the women’s game, where the top salary band in the previous system started at £15,000 in 2021 and was still capped at £65,000 last summer. The tournament has received a major cash injection after selling off stakes in all eight franchises to private investors and the new owners of the rebranded Headingley…