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Lucy’s Finn-tastic maiden WNCL fifty When NSW Breakers debutant Lucy Finn ran in to bowl her first over in the WNCL last month, the commentators remarked how her pre-season goals would have been to do well in grade cricket and push for a game with the NSW 2nd XI. Such has been the meteoric rise of the 19-year-old – a maiden WNCL appearance, preceded by a memorable WBBL debut for the Sydney Thunder. An even more impressive feat was to follow two days later. With the Breakers – thus far undefeated and boasting a formidable top order – stunned at…

Australia’s evergreen run machine Beth Mooney has cashed in on her enduring excellence, scooping a joint-record pay-day of £210,000 ($395,000 AUD) in the auction for the Women’s Hundred. The 32-year-old wicketkeeper-batter was the subject of a feverish bidding war between Trent Rockets and Manchester Super Giants before the Nottingham-based Rockets won the signature of the BBL’s top-scorer for the month-long tournament in July and August. After Britain’s historic first ever major players’ auction for any sports event on Wednesday, Mooney will enter the tournament as the joint-highest earner alongside New Zealand allrounder Sophie Devine, who was also bought by Welsh…

Davina Perrin made history as the first player ever signed at The Hundred Auction, with Birmingham Phoenix securing the talented batter for £50,000. The UK’s first-ever major sports auction took place in the iconic Picadilly Lights in London and 19-year-old Perrin was the first player randomly drawn for bidding, and Phoenix Performance Director James Thomas and Head Coach Ali Maiden beat Sunrisers Leeds to her signature. Phoenix quickly followed that by securing England star and former Welsh Fire captain Tammy Beaumont for £70,000, stealing a march on their rivals. From the Tier 1 batters, Phoenix signed Emma Lamb for £27,500…

Australia wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney headlined Trent Rockets’ signings on the opening day of The Hundred Draft, with the four-time World Cup winner commanding the joint-highest bid in the women’s competition. The 32-year-old left-hander, who has more than 200 caps for her country, was signed by Chris Read’s Rockets for £210,000 after competing with Manchester Supergiants for the left-hander’s signature. Mooney will be joined at Trent Bridge by fellow wicketkeeper-batters Ailsa Lister (£30,000) and Bess Heath (£32,500), with batters Millie Taylor (£27,500), all-rounders Emma Jones (£35,000), Georgia Elwiss (£27,500) and Georgia Adams (£30,000). Bowlers Katie Levick (£32,500) and Charley Philips (£15,000)…

Check out the men’s and women’s squads so far for the 2026 season of The Hundred, which runs from July 21-August 16, live on Sky Sports.Teams were allowed to make up to four pre-auction signings – either as new acquisitions or player retentions – before forming the bulk of their squads at March’s auction. The women’s auction took place on Wednesday with the men’s to be held on Thursday. Sides will then add two more cricketers to their rosters ahead of the tournament through wildcard picks based on performances in this summer’s men’s and women’s Vitality Blast competitions. Image: Danni…

The opening two weeks of the Indian Premier League (IPL) schedule have been announced, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the opening match.The first set of matches will be played from March 28 to April 12, with the full schedule of the tournament set to be announced in due course. This is due to the fact that “three states are scheduled to undergo State Assembly elections during this period” and so there is a wait to see when poll dates are announced. Twitter This content is…

Dani Gibson earned a £190,000 payday to become the highest-paid English woman at the inaugural Hundred auction, while uncapped teenager Tilly Corteen-Coleman picked up a bumper £105,000 deal.The level of spending at the United Kingdom’s first player auction in a major professional sport represents a huge uplift in the women’s game, where the top salary band in the previous system started at £15,000 in 2021 and was still capped at £65,000 last summer. The tournament has received a major cash injection after selling off stakes in all eight franchises to private investors and the new owners of the rebranded Headingley…

Blues stand-in skipper and the season’s highest run-scorer, Kurtis Patterson, lifted his state to their 13th One-Day Cup title Tasmania v New South Wales | One-Day Cup Final New South Wales have won their first One-Day Cup title in five years after they defeated Tasmania by four wickets in a rain-affected decider at Bellerive Oval. Reduced to a 22-over per side contest due to an afternoon drenching in Hobart, NSW rolled the hosts for 118 in 20.3 overs before chasing down the Tigers’ total with 11 balls to spare. NSW stand-in skipper Kurtis Patterson (52 not out) capped a stellar…

The International Cricket Council has denied accusations of preferential treatment towards England after it emerged that the West Indies have had to source commercial flights home following their T20 World Cup exit.The West Indies have been stranded in Kolkata since being eliminated from the tournament on March 1, with travel arrangements back to the Caribbean disrupted by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. England have already landed back in the UK following their semi-final exit on March 5, but the West Indies and South Africa remain stuck in India after their charter flights fell through. In a statement, the…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday rejected suggestions of unequal treatment after the West Indies and South Africa squads were stranded in India for more than a week following the T20 World Cup. Airlines have cancelled or rerouted flights because of the war in the Middle East, throwing international travel into chaos. Cricket West Indies said on Tuesday its squad had waited nine days for a charter flight that was “repeatedly delayed”, calling the uncertainty “increasingly distressing”. Former England captain Michael Vaughan also criticised the situation, noting on social media that England departed 36 hours after their semi-final exit…