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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Monday called for support from the country’s business community for victims of the earthquake that killed at least 800 people and left more than 2,500 injured. The quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth of eight kilometres, was 27km from the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). “The ACB calls upon all national businessmen, traders [and] rich countrymen to extend their support to the affected families of Kunar and other eastern provinces in this dire situation, while also recognising its own responsibility in this regard,” the…
Hampshire seamer Sonny Baker is set to make his international debut for England as Jofra Archer returns to the side for the first ODI against South Africa at Headingley on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports.Archer returns to ODI cricket for the first time since the Champions Trophy match against South Africa in Karachi back in March. For pace bowler Baker, it is a welcome reward after the 22-year-old earned praise for his performances in The Hundred for Manchester Originals.Baker marked his selection in the squad for the three 50-over games against the Proteas with a hat-trick for Manchester Originals against…
Hampshire seamer Sonny Baker is set to make his international debut for England as Jofra Archer returns to the side for the first ODI against South Africa at Headingley on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports.Archer returns to ODI cricket for the first time since the Champions Trophy match against South Africa in Karachi back in March. For pace bowler Baker, it is a welcome reward after the 22-year-old earned praise for his performances in The Hundred for Manchester Originals.Baker marked his selection in the squad for the three 50-over games against the Proteas with a hat-trick for Manchester Originals against…
England all-rounder Jamie Overton has announced he is putting his red-ball career on hold, ruling himself out of a potential spot on this winter’s Ashes tour.The pace bowler featured in England’s last Test of the summer against India last month and had a strong chance of featuring in the squad for the hotly-anticipated trip to Australia despite a mixed outing at the Kia Oval. The selectors will now need to look elsewhere after he shared his decision to focus exclusively on white-ball opportunities, and Durham’s Matthew Potts could find himself moving back up the pecking order after being overlooked this…
England all-rounder Jamie Overton has announced he is putting his red-ball career on hold, ruling himself out of a potential spot on this winter’s Ashes tour.The pace bowler featured in England’s last Test of the summer against India last month and had a strong chance of featuring in the squad for the hotly-anticipated trip to Australia despite a mixed outing at the Kia Oval. The selectors will now need to look elsewhere after he shared his decision to focus exclusively on white-ball opportunities, and Durham’s Matthew Potts could find himself moving back up the pecking order after being overlooked this…
Morocco, captained by Ballon d’Or nominee Achraf Hakimi, could this week become the first African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. A matchday 7 win over Niger in Rabat will give the Atlas Lions an unassailable lead in Group E unless second-placed Tanzania triumph in Congo Brazzaville earlier that day. But a Tanzanian triumph will most likely only delay the qualification of the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists Morocco. Morocco travel to Zambia for a September 8 clash in Ndola and, assuming they beat Niger, would need one point to clinch a place at the expanded 48-nation global showpiece. The Moroccans…
LANDMARK MOVE The 2025 edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka © AFP In a landmark move, the ICC has announced a bumper prize money pool for the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup in India, set to take place from September 30 to November 2. The total sum of USD 13.88 million is nearly four times of what the ICC gave away at the last edition of this tournament in 2022, played in New Zealand (USD 3.5 million). More crucially, this sum exceeds the amount set aside as prize money for the…
Change is afoot for The Hundred.We don’t yet know how quick or dramatic the tweaks will be but they are definitely coming as the overseas investors begin to exert their power on the tournament ahead of the 2026 edition. Stakes in six of the eight franchises were completed earlier this summer while deals for Oval Invincibles – whose men’s side won a third straight title in 2025 – and Trent Rockets are set to follow suit. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of Oval Invincibles’ 26-run win over Trent Rockets in the men’s Hundred final…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced a staggering increase in the prize money for the tournament set to be staged in India and Sri Lanka. The 13th edition of the women’s showpiece 50-over tournament will begin on Sept 30. Pakistan is set to play its matches in Sri Lanka following India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy earlier this year, which resulted in a “hybrid model” being decided upon. The overall prize money at the eight-team marquee tournament totals $13.88 million — a monumental rise of 297 per cent from $3.5m at the last edition…
Meanwhile, the runners-up will receive $2.24 million, an increase of 273 per cent in comparison to the $600,000 England won three years ago. The two losing semi-finalists will take home $1.12 million (up from $300,000 in 2022) each. Each group stage participant is guaranteed to earn $250,000 while each group-stage win will get the victors $34,314. In the second half of the final table, the teams finishing fifth and sixth will take home $700,000 each and those in seventh and eighth place will earn $280,000. “This announcement marks a defining milestone in the journey of women’s cricket,” ICC Chairman Jay…