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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…
Blues stand-in skipper and the season’s highest run-scorer, Kurtis Patterson, lifted his state to their 13th One-Day Cup title Tasmania v New South Wales | One-Day Cup Final New South Wales have won their first One-Day Cup title in five years after they defeated Tasmania by four wickets in a rain-affected decider at Bellerive Oval. Reduced to a 22-over per side contest due to an afternoon drenching in Hobart, NSW rolled the hosts for 118 in 20.3 overs before chasing down the Tigers’ total with 11 balls to spare. NSW stand-in skipper Kurtis Patterson (52 not out) capped a stellar…
The International Cricket Council has denied accusations of preferential treatment towards England after it emerged that the West Indies have had to source commercial flights home following their T20 World Cup exit.The West Indies have been stranded in Kolkata since being eliminated from the tournament on March 1, with travel arrangements back to the Caribbean disrupted by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. England have already landed back in the UK following their semi-final exit on March 5, but the West Indies and South Africa remain stuck in India after their charter flights fell through. In a statement, the…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday rejected suggestions of unequal treatment after the West Indies and South Africa squads were stranded in India for more than a week following the T20 World Cup. Airlines have cancelled or rerouted flights because of the war in the Middle East, throwing international travel into chaos. Cricket West Indies said on Tuesday its squad had waited nine days for a charter flight that was “repeatedly delayed”, calling the uncertainty “increasingly distressing”. Former England captain Michael Vaughan also criticised the situation, noting on social media that England departed 36 hours after their semi-final exit…
DHAKA: Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (L) and his Bangladesh counterpart Mehdi Hasan Miraz pose with the ODI series trophy on Tuesday.—Courtesy PCB DHAKA: After a forgettable T20 World Cup campaign, Pakistan have quickly shifted their focus on next year’s 50-over showpiece, with an eye on testing fresh faces. Their preparations for the tournament will kick off with the three-match One-day International series against Bangladesh here at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium from Wednesday. The first ODI is set to feature three debutants — Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz Sadaqat as openers and Shamyl Hussain as first drop — Pakistan captain Shaheen…
LONDON: West Ham United moved into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win against Brentford, who paid the price for Dango Ouattara’s spot-kick blunder on Monday. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side twice blew the lead as Jarrod Bowen’s double was cancelled out by an Igor Thiago brace to force extra-time in the 2-2 draw at the London Stadium. However in the shoot-out, Brentford winger Ouattara attempted a chipped ‘Panenka’ penalty, but his woeful effort went straight into West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola hands. It was an awful mistake by the Burkina Faso international and West Ham took full…
The Breakers have locked in hosting rights for the WNCL final after a dominant season to date With one round of the 2025-26 WNCL season remaining, New South Wales are the runaway favourites to go back-to-back as the undefeated Breakers have already locked in a home final at Cricket Central on March 21. But, for Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and ACT, there is still lots to play for in the final block of regular-season matches. Here’s a reminder on the scoring system: Teams get four points for a win, zero points for a loss and one point for a…
More than 125,000 tickets already sold, over half from outside Victoria A celebration of Test cricket 150 years in the making Cricket fans are set to travel from far and wide to witness the sesquicentennial Test match between Australia and England next March, with those outside Victoria snapping up more than half the tickets already sold. Today marks a year until the first ball of the 150th Anniversary Test at the MCG, which will be played under lights with a pink ball from March 11, 2027. More than 125,000 tickets have already been sold for the first four days of…
West Indies players are leaving India on commercial flights in batches after their departure was delayed due to international airspace closures amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Caribbean side’s governing body CWI said on Tuesday. Indian media reported that a charter flight for the West Indies and South Africa Twenty20 World Cup teams scheduled to fly to Johannesburg before continuing on to Antigua was cancelled earlier on Tuesday. Some players and staff have departed and others are scheduled to leave on different flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, CWI said in a statement. West Indies were eliminated from the…
India bowler Arshdeep Singh has been fined by the ICC after throwing a ball at New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell in Sunday’s T20 World Cup final.Arshdeep petulantly launched the ball at Mitchell, striking him on the pads in the 11th over of New Zealand’s run chase, during which he had been hit for two sixes. A furious Mitchell gesticulated and advanced towards Arshdeep, but the bowler turned and walked back to his mark instead of apologising. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the T20 World Cup final between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad…