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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…
Steve Smith’s second PSL half-century has put his Multan Sultans on the cusp of finals action Steve Smith has plundered a 27-ball half-century to put Multan Sultans on the verge of the playoffs as the Pakistan Super League reaches the business end of the tournament. Chasing Rawalpindiz’s 4-166, Smith was supported by fellow Aussies Josh Philippe (17) and Ashton Turner (37no) as they chased down their target with eight balls and six wickets in hand. Smith was named player of the match for his second fifty of the tournament, which lifts him into ninth spot on the run-scorer’s list (231…
The ‘Travishek’ opening duo put on 97 to help power Sunrisers Hyderabad into the IPL’s top three Australian opener Travis Head has helped set the platform for another Abhishek Sharma blitz as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals by 47 runs. Abhishek blitzed the visitors for an unbeaten 135 off 68 balls – the fifth-highest individual score in an Indian Premier League match – as Sunrisers piled up 2-242 in their 20 overs.The Capitals were rarely in the hunt and closed on 9-195 at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Head and Abhishek are known as ‘Travishek’ and are in the third…
Tom Abell praised England’s Headingley hero Jack Leach after the spinner was again involved in an important late partnership to this time get Somerset over the line in a tense Rothesay County Championship win at Hampshire. Abell was named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after he hit the winning runs and reached his century to send Somerset 15 points clear at the top of Division One. But it was Leach, unbeaten on six at the other end, that Abell put the spotlight on after Somerset chased down 287. “Any time you win a game like that it’s always…
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club are thrilled to announce that Head Coach Darren Lehmann has signed a new two-year contract extension with the Club. Having initially signed a one-year extension in August last year, the new deal will keep the Australian with Northamptonshire until the end of the 2029 season. “It was an easy decision for me because I love the place,” Lehmann said. “Everyone has made it such a family club for me, so I’m delighted to be carrying on here. “We just want to keep improving and hopefully we represent the club proudly along the way.” Having joined the…
Sky Sports will make all 12 group matches involving England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the semi-finals and final of the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup available for FREE via the Sky Sports App.Everyone will be able to stream all of the three home nations’ group games without subscription via the app, while their first matches in the tournament – plus the final – will also be shown free-to-air on Sky Mix. Additionally, the tournament opener between England and Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on June 12 will be broadcast on Sky One and via Sky Sports’ YouTube channel…
Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker was hailed as having “a huge ceiling” as the 23-year-old talent further pressed his England claims by taking a five-for in Hampshire’s latest County Championship clash with Somerset.Baker finished with figures of 5-62 from his 17 second-innings overs, though it wasn’t quite enough to see his side victorious as a superb, unbeaten century from Tom Abell (101no) on Monday helped secure table-toppers Somerset a tense two-wicket win. Hampshire captain Ben Brown was full of praise for his young seamer, who bowled Lewis Gregory and also dismissed Alfie Ogborne to crank up the pressure on Somerset,…
Victorian skipper diagnosed with a stress fracture in his shoulder following their Sheffield Shield final loss Victorian captain Will Sutherland’s English summer has been scuppered by injury yet again with the allrounder ruled out of his stint with Yorkshire. Cricket Victoria confirmed on Tuesday that Sutherland had been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right shoulder after Yorkshire announced overnight he would no longer be joining the club for this year’s T20 Blast and two County Championship matches in May and June.The 26-year-old played through low-level discomfort at the end of the Australian domestic season, but it didn’t stop…
Beau Webster’s all-round effort led Warwickshire to their first win as the great Jimmy Anderson starred again for Lancashire Division One Beau Webster – Warwickshire 14 (17) & 91 (123) DNB & 2-4 (4.2) Season to date: 207 runs at 41.40, three wickets at 36.33 The Test allrounder provided a matchwinning intervention for Warwickshire with the final two wickets on day four, but it was his crucial second-innings hand with the bat on Sunday that set up his side’s first win of the season. After being dismissed for 14 in the first innings, Webster arrived at the crease…
After shining with the bat at the weekend, Beau Webster played a key role with the ball on day four Beau Webster has made a matchwinning intervention as Warwickshire secured their first win of the English domestic red-ball season. The Tasmanian allrounder had already made the highest score of the County Championship match on a tricky pitch at Edgbaston, with his second innings 91 enabling the Bears to set visitors Essex a challenging 206 to win. After veteran Keith Barker (4-28) took a triple-wicket maiden in Monday’s second over to rip through Essex’s upper order, it seemed Webster’s bowling would…