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Kevin Pietersen reignited his long-running feud with Sir Alastair Cook over his former England team-mate’s criticisms of Jacob Bethell being at the Indian Premier League.Bethell has been unused by Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Cook urged the youngster to return to Warwickshire to play county cricket instead of “sitting on his a*** at the IPL not doing anything.” Pietersen, who was banished from the England set-up when Cook was captain after the 2013-14 Ashes, argued the former left-handed opener’s lack of IPL experience renders his judgement irrelevant. “Alastair Cook has absolutely NO IDEA what it’s like to be in the IPL,”…
Who are England’s Test match candidates? Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain discuss the impact of James Rew in the County Championship.Rew is the most prolific run-scorer in the country but England’s middle-order appears to be locked in with Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes cementing their spots, so the 22-year-old’s best hope could be to open the batting for Somerset to challenge under-pressure batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett. The left-hander’s run-scoring in the Championship is bettered only by Jamie Smith so if he does get a call-up, England could face a quandary on how to fit…
Who are England’s Test match candidates? Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain discuss the impact of James Rew in the County Championship.Rew is the most prolific run-scorer in the country but England’s middle-order appears to be locked in with Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes cementing their spots, so the 22-year-old’s best hope could be to open the batting for Somerset to challenge under-pressure batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett. The left-hander’s run-scoring in the Championship is bettered only by Jamie Smith so if he does get a call-up, England could face a quandary on how to fit…
Left-armer given all-clear from Cricket Australia to suit up for Delhi Capitals following elbow and shoulder injuries In-swinging, stump-shattering best of Starc’s T20I career Mitchell Starc has been cleared by Cricket Australia to resume playing and will head to India for a belated link-up with Delhi Capitals at the Indian Premier League. Starc has been sidelined with elbow and shoulder injuries picked up during the Australian summer, when he played all five Tests in a player-of-the-series performance in the 4-1 Ashes victory, before playing for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash. Starc is expected to build up his workloads on…
ICC Chief Executive Sanjog Gupta, who was present at the ground-breaking ceremony, said cricket’s world governing body remains focused on expanding the sport globally, with its return to the Olympics marking a significant step towards that goal. “This is a ‘ground-breaking’ moment in cricket’s return to the Olympic Games, both for the sport and for the Olympic movement,” he said. “The journey over the next two years will see many such milestones which enhance the sense of occasion, culture and community, as cricket’s home for LA28 is built in Pomona.“With the inclusion in the Olympic Games and other regional multi-sport…
Both Steve Smith and Usman Khan hit hundreds in a high-scoring PSL clash Steve Smith’s Multan Sultans have finished on the losing side despite a maiden Pakistan Super League hundred from the Aussie legend, after a blistering ton from Hyderabad Kingsmen’s Usman Khan. Batting fire, the red-hot Smith needed 47 balls to reach three figures, a day after he hammered a 27-ball half-century against Rawalpindiz. This time it was Marnus Labuschagne’s Hyderabad Kingsmen on the receiving end, as Smith hit 12 fours and six sixes in his rollicking knock. It’s Smith’s sixth T20 century and his third of the past…
Mitch Marsh did his best to bail out Lucknow Super Giants but his half-century wasn’t enough to save them from defeat Mitch Marsh has delivered a pugnacious half-century, his best knock of the IPL season — but it still wasn’t enough to deliver a badly needed victory for Justin Langer’s struggling charges, the Lucknow Super Giants. Australia’s T20 skipper did his best to bail out a sinking ship on his home ground in their 40-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday, hitting his first 50 of the campaign while wickets were tumbling all around him. Eventually, though, a couple of…
Jacob Bethell has responded to criticism about his lack of match time at the Indian Premier League as former England captain Sir Alastair Cook called for him to consider a return to county cricket.Bethell’s century in the final Test at Sydney in January was a belated high point of England’s woeful Ashes tour and he cemented his status as a star in the making with an astonishing 105 in the T20 World Cup semi-final against India in March. But that remains his most recent competitive innings, having failed to earn a spot in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team. He has…
Real Madrid and England football star Jude Bellingham has taken a minority shareholding in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix. Bellingham will take 1.2% of the equity – half of this amount has been sold by Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the other half by affiliates of Knighthead Capital Management (Knighthead). As a consequence Warwickshire County Cricket Club maintains majority control with 50.4% and Knighthead holding 48.4% Bellingham grew up in Stourbridge, just outside of Birmingham, England, and holds the City and wider West Midlands region close to his heart, keeping the values he developed in those early years at the…
Real Madrid and England’s Jude Bellingham has announced himself as a new investor in The Hundred’s Birmingham Phoenix ahead of the 2026 season.The former Birmingham City midfielder will take a keen interest in community engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, with increasing participation in cricket, and bringing people from different backgrounds together through the power of sport. Bellingham, who grew up in Stourbridge, will take 1.2 per cent of the equity, with Warwickshire County Cricket Club maintaining majority control with 50.4 per cent, and Birmingham City owners Knighthead Capital Management – for whom NFL legend Tom Brady acts as…