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Northamptonshire have secured the signing of Nottinghamshire all-rounder Calvin Harrison on a two-year deal. The leg spinner spent the majority of the 2025 season on loan at Wantage Road and finished as Northants’ leading wicket taker in the County Championship, claiming 36 wickets in 10 matches. He also contributed 456 runs at an average of 32.57, highlighted by a score of 122 against Kent in July. “After being on loan with Northamptonshire this summer, I’m looking forward to joining on a full-time basis,” Harrison said. “I enjoyed working with Boof and the whole coaching team, and I’m hoping to help…

Durham have confirmed that rising stars Tom Mustard and Ben Robinson have signed new contracts, extending their stays at the Club for at least the next two seasons. A talented wicketkeeper-batter, Newcastle-born Mustard has already made two first-class and 16 white-ball appearances for Durham. The 19-year-old impressed with the bat during this summer’s One Day Cup, closing in on 250 professional runs before an injury brought his campaign to an early end. Mustard made both his first-class and professional T20 debuts during Durham’s 2024 pre-season tour of Zimbabwe, where he played a key role in the Club’s T20 final victory…

Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2026 season.DERBYSHIREIns: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire) Outs: David Lloyd (retired), Alex Thomson (released)Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia)DURHAMIns: Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire) Outs: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire) Overseas players: ESSEXIns: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)Outs: Nick Browne (retired), Adam Rossington, Jamal Richards (both released)Overseas players: GLAMORGANIns: Sean Dickson (Somerset)Outs: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (released)Overseas players: GLOUCESTERSHIREIns: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire)Outs: Archie Bailey (Durham), Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire), Zaman Akhter (Essex), Dom Goodman (Sussex), Tom Price (Sussex), Josh…

Re-live a memorable day of Ashes cricket, ball-by-ball, as we countdown to the 2025-26 series To celebrate the countdown to the men’s Ashes reaching 50 days, we’re going to replay a full day’s play from a classic Australia-England match. This Tuesday marks 50 days until the Adelaide Test begins so we’ve chosen an unforgettable day to look back on – the third day of the 2013-14 Adelaide Oval Ashes Test where Mitchell Johnson ran rampant.  Australia had posted a good first-innings score on what seemed to be a batting paradise, but the express pace of Johnson had other ideas.  Tune…

India’s Shreyas Iyer is continuing to be monitored in a Sydney hospital after suffering a lacerated spleen while fielding in his side’s win over Australia in Saturday’s third ODI at the SCG.Shreyas landed awkwardly taking a catch to dismiss Australia batter Alex Carey and soon clutched his side in pain after falling to the turf. The 30-year-old received treatment on the field and did not play any further part in the match, which India won by nine wickets thanks to Rohit Sharma’s hundred and Virat Kohli’s half-century to avoid a 3-0 series sweep.A statement released by the Board of Control…

‘We can score anything’: Australia’s gung-ho Powerplay approach Australia’s T20 rejuvenation will face its biggest test over the next fortnight, and the challenge of facing the format’s reigning champions India will be further amplified after their revolving door of squad changes saw another key player omitted, possibly for the series. Mitch Marsh’s side have lost just once in 11 T20Is since committing to a more daring batting style prompted by their failure to get out of the group stage at each of the last two T20 World Cups. India, the winners of last year’s tournament in the Caribbean and co-hosts…

Usman Khawaja insists Matthew Renshaw is ready to fire as an opener in the Ashes ‘Spicy wickets’ for the Ashes? Wannabe openers plead case Usman Khawaja has revealed why the Queensland top three are ready to fire in the Ashes for Australia, while giving Matthew Renshaw a glowing endorsement for a recall. The veteran opener also declared Bulls captain Marnus Labuschagne should be recalled at No.3 for Australia, where he has been prolific at Test level and also at the start of this summer’s domestic season. “Queensland … one, two and three would be great,” Khawaja said ahead of the…

Steve Smith headlines the inclusions as teams revealed their squads for round three of the Sheffield Shield Steve Smith will make his first appearance of the home summer as he ramps up his preparation for the Ashes as his NSW take on Queensland at the Gabba in round three. Test allrounders Cameron Green (Western Australia) and Beau Webster (Tasmania) are also expected to return for their respective states, while Marnus Labuschagne has been released from Australia’s one-day squad to carry on his hot start for the Bulls as he continues to press his case for a Test recall. There’s a…

2005 ODI World Cup final   Australia’s bid for a fifth World Cup title in the 2005 tournament in South Africa pitted them against a first-time finalist, India. Belinda Clark’s team had been dominant through the tournament, winning five of their seven round-robin games with their other two washed out, including their showdown with India. Batting first in Centurion, Clark and Lisa Keightley departed cheaply, but a superb unbeaten 107 from first drop Karen Rolton and 55 from Lisa Sthalekar saw Australia to 4-215, a reasonable score given just six first-innings totals above 200 had been posted previously in the…

We’re ranking the best Aussie matches this century in a five-part series on the Unplayable Podcast ‘That’s when Lord’s erupted’: Carey explains Bairstow stumping A quarter century of amazing cricket deserves to be recognised! So we’ve scoured through over 1,500 internationals played out by Australia’s men’s and women’s teams to bring you the complete top 25. We’ve rated each match based on six categories; context or occasion, star power, performances, drama or tension, watchability and how it’s remembered today. To prevent spoilers, we won’t list what each match is in the episode index, but we will leave time stamps for…