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The 2026 T20 World Cup concluded with a thumping 96-run win for tournament hosts India over New Zealand, but which players have made the ICC’s Team of the Tournament?Four members of the victorious Indian side have been selected in the ICC’s team announced on Monday, while two England players have been picked after their run to the semi-finals. Player of the Tournament Sanju Samson leads the winning quartet, joined by team-mates Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah following India’s successful title defence. ICC Team of the Tournament 1. Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan) – 383 runs at 76.60; Strike-Rate 160.252. Sanju…
UK sport will host its first major player auction this week as a host of cricketers go under the hammer ahead of the 2026 edition of The Hundred over the summer.The women’s auction is on Wednesday with the men’s 24 hours later – both of which you can watch live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am – as players hope to be purchased at Piccadilly Lights in London. Why is there a player auction?The change from a draft system has come after heavy private investment into the eight Hundred franchises, with four of the sides – Manchester Super Giants, MI…
UK sport will host its first major player auction this week as a host of cricketers go under the hammer ahead of the 2026 edition of The Hundred over the summer.The women’s auction is on Wednesday with the men’s 24 hours later – both of which you can watch live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am – as players hope to be purchased at Piccadilly Lights in London. A live stream will be available at the top of this page on Wednesday and Thursday and on the Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel. Why is there a player auction?The change from…
Ahead of this week’s final in Hobart between Tasmania and NSW, we’ve picked our best XI from the men’s 50-over domestic season 1. Mackenzie Harvey (SA) Matches: 7 | Runs: 322 | Ave: 53.66 | SR: 98.17 | 50s: 4 | HS: 76 Harvey blazes second one-day hundred of the season Another strong 50-over campaign for the left-hander, who replicated his domestic success abroad when he hit consecutive half-centuries for Australia A in the one-day component of their tour of India in October. Including those matches, Harvey has been dismissed for under 30 just once in 10 List A innings…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav said gold in 2028 on cricket’s return to the Olympics was the country’s next big aim after extending their T20 domination with back-to-back World Cup titles. Co-hosts India hammered New Zealand by 96 runs in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday to be the first team to retain the T20 World crown and first to win it three times. It was also the first time a team have won the title on home soil, and they did it with a brand of fearless, attacking cricket. “It has been very special,” Suryakumar told reporters at a celebratory…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a reward of Rs1.5 million for each player of the national hockey team following the team’s performance in the FIH Hockey World Cup qualifier, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. The announcement comes after the team secured a place in the upcoming hockey World Cup, marking their return to the tournament after an eight-year absence. It will be hosted jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands in August this year. Quoting a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Radio Pakistan said the team’s performance represented a “significant step towards promoting hockey in Pakistan”. The premier…
The Black Caps now turn their attention to next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, while Santner is also looking forward to the 11th edition of the T20 World Cup that they will co-host alongside Australia in 2028. “It’s probably quite far away that I think, so we will reflect as a group tonight, over the next few days of, I guess, this tournament and what it looked like,” Santner added. “I think to make it to a final is obviously a pretty good effort from the boys and they should be very proud…
Get all the latest news and broadcast details as Tasmania and NSW face off for the Dean Jones Trophy Match facts Who: Tasmanian Tigers v NSW Blues What: Final, One-Day Cup 2025-26 Where: Bellerive Oval, Hobart When: Wednesday, March 11. Coin toss at 1.20pm AEDT, first ball at 2.05pm AEDT How to watch: cricket.com.au, CA Live app, Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports How to attend: Entry to Bellerive Oval is free Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app Officials: Sam Nogajski and Phil Gillespie (field), Shawn Craig (third), Mike Graham-Smith (fourth),…
For Gambhir it also meant he became the first person to win a Men’s T20 World Cup as a player (2007) and coach (2026), with the former India batter revealing post-match the key ingredient behind the side’s success. “The plan was very simple as I am a different kind of character. Every person sees cricket differently. It’s not fair to compare what kind of a team I have made – I always believe that high risk, high reward is the only way to play a T20 format, and you don’t fear to lose a game of cricket to win a…
KARACHI Whites’ opener Abdullah Fazal plays a shot during the National T20 Cup match against Faisalabad at the Imran Khan Stadium.—Courtesy PCB PESHAWAR: Farhan Yousuf and Abdullah Fazal starred to help Lahore Whites and Karachi Whites, respectively, open their National T20 Cup campaigns with wins at the Imran Khan Stadium on Saturday. In the opening match of the tournament, Farhan hit an unbeaten half-century while Mohammad Akhlaq also scored a fifty as they lifted Lahore Whites from early troubles to chase down a 168-run target set by Peshawar. The pair came together with Lahore reeling at 48-3 by the end…