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New South Wales New Blues head coach Brad Haddin will enter his first season at the helm with a stable 28-player squad that has seen just two additions for the 2026-27 domestic season. The Dean Jones Trophy holders have snapped up discarded West Australian quick Bryce Jackson, with hard-hitting left-hander Harjas Singh earning his maiden state contract on the NSW rookie list. Singh, who top scored for Australia in their Under-19 World Cup final triumph over India in 2024, clubbed a record-breaking triple-century in Sydney first-grade last October, while Jackson has taken more One-Day Cup wickets than anyone else over…

The three Aussie bowlers conceded 4-152 in 11 overs on a run-laden night in the Himalayan foothills Ricky Ponting is a facing a crisis at Punjab Kings after the former India Premier League table-toppers suffered a fourth successive defeat. The Ponting-coached Kings looked to have done enough against Delhi Capitals, making 5-210 with a rapid 38 from Cooper Connolly including a six off Mitchell Starc. But troubled by heavy dew in Dharamshala and dogged again by poor fielding, the Kings allowed the Capitals to pull off a record run chase at the Himalayan ground, winning with three wickets and an…

NSW add big-hitter Harjas Singh and prolific white-ball quick Bryce Jackson to their men’s squad for next season Harjas Singh, the hard-hitting left-hander who clubbed a record-breaking triple-century in Sydney first-grade last October, has earned his maiden state contract after being added to the NSW men’s list for next season. Singh, who top scored for Australia in their Under-19 World Cup final triumph over India in 2024, has secured a rookie deal with the Blues, one of two additions to their 28-player squad for 2026-27 alongside discarded WA paceman Bryce Jackson. NSW men’s squad for 2026-27: Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins…

NSW bowler Ryan Hadley played the innings of his life to steer Glamorgan to a thrilling two-wicket win Until this weekend Ryan Hadley, at 27, had a high score of 15 and a batting average of 5.77 having faced 250 balls in first-class cricket in his entire career. On Sunday night, the bowler was sent in as nightwatchman, with Glamorgan 4-133 chasing 283 to beat Somerset. It was a role he also fulfilled for NSW last season having finished not out in more than half of his first-class innings to date. Five hours and 231 balls later Hadley hit the…

Ben Duckett blasted his way to an unbeaten double century on Monday as County Championship title contenders Nottingham and Surrey settled for a draw at Trent Bridge.The England Test opener announced in March that he would be pulling out of this year’s Indian Premier League in a bid to improve his form against the red ball, following a dismal Ashes series over the winter. Across the start of the County Championship season, Duckett has amassed 503 runs from seven innings. During Nottinghamshire’s first innings, he was dismissed by Dan Worrall – who took six wickets in the first innings -…

Tilly Corteen-Coleman has enjoyed quite the couple of months: a £105,000 Hundred contract secured in March, a call-up to England’s T20 World Cup squad in April and then a starring role on her international debut in May.The 18-year-old spinner more than proved her worth in the side when taking 2-49 on her ODI debut against New Zealand in Durham on Sunday, seeing England over the line with the bat too as she proved a perfect foil for stand-in captain Charlie Dean in their crucial last-wicket stand. “Tilly was all right, wasn’t she?!” Dean joked afterwards. “She showed nerves of steel…

Check out the squads for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in England and Wales from June 12 to July 5, live on Sky Sports. Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 groups Group A: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa Group B: England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sri Lanka, West Indies Group AAustralia: Yet to be announced Bangladesh: Nigar Sultana Joty (captain), Dilara Akter, Fahima Khatun, Fariha Islam Trisna, Juairiya Ferdous, Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Ritu Moni, Shanjida Akther Maghla, Sharmin Akter Supta, Shorna Akter, Sobhana Mostary, Sultana Khatun, Taj Nehar. Image: India captain Harmanpreet…

George Bailey has dismissed concerns that Australia stars could turn down national contracts but conceded franchise cricket has created “tension in the marketplace”. It comes after the release of Australia’s winter white-ball squads to tour Pakistan and Bangladesh that have several top players missing entirely or making delayed entrances because of the game’s most lucrative T20 league.Bailey, the former national limited-overs captain turned team selection chief, also expressed solidarity with reported discontent from top Big Bash players over outsized salaries for overseas imports. Australia will take a total of 24 different players to Pakistan and Bangladesh to cover the absences…

Bryce Jackson has taken more One-Day Cup wickets than anyone else over the past two domestic summers One of domestic cricket’s most in-form white-ball quicks, Bryce Jackson, has found a new home on the opposite side of the country after signing with NSW for next season. Despite being the leading fast bowler in last summer’s One-Day Cup competition with 15 wickets, Jackson was discarded by his native Western Australia last month to accommodate the returns of Jhye Richardson and Lance Morris from national contracts. ‘He’s got the look’: Jackson wins fans after 15-wicket season Recruiting Jackson, which was confirmed this…

Stokes may get another chance with the new ball when Durham travel to Beckenham for a four-day contest against Kent beginning on Friday, though the side are likely to have fellow England international Matthew Potts return after he was rested from the Worcestershire clash. Durham coach Ryan Campbell recently praised Stokes for the impact the England captain has had on his squad and suggested his plan was to use the right-armer with the new ball at certain stages of his comeback. “He’ll be bowling for us, 100 percent,” Campbell told the Press Association recently. “In one of the innings he…