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West Indies land in Dhaka without Alzarri Joseph and Shai Hope as uncapped Kevin Wickham waits for his chance
Roston Chase's side begin a two-Test World Test Championship series against Bangladesh on 28 October, missing their spearhead and their most experienced batter.
News · · Muhammad Irfan
Samson, Iyer and Dhir power India's record 226 chase to stun New Zealand at Hagley Oval
Glenn Phillips' 82 not out lifted New Zealand to 225 for 4, but India hunted it down with two balls to spare for their highest successful T20I chase and a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Match reports · · Muhammad Irfan
Bavuma's 179 and Jansen's 5 for 33 level the series as South Africa crush Australia by an innings in Gqeberha
Two days lost to rain, 12 for 2 on the first morning, and still a win by an innings and 31 runs. South Africa's comeback at St George's Park sets up a winner-takes-all decider at Newlands.
Match reports · · Muhammad Irfan
Brook's record 202 not enough as Sri Lanka chase 430 to stun England in Rawalpindi
Harry Brook hit the fastest double-century in ODI history and still finished on the losing side. Sri Lanka chased 430 with one ball to spare, the second-highest successful chase the format has seen.
Match reports · · Muhammad Irfan
World champions, empty stands: South Africa's Test crowd crisis is a fixture-list failure, not a fan failure
Just 4,108 people turned up for the first day of the World Test champions' first home Test in 641 days, and fewer than 20,000 watched all five days in Durban. Unrest, a sold-out football final and the cost of living all played a part, but the bigger mistake was staging South Africa's biggest series in years in October, on the wrong days of the week, while the prime summer slots went elsewhere.
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Rashid's 4 for 31 sends unbeaten Afghanistan into tri-series final as Bangladesh crash out
Bangladesh were 28 for 4 inside seven overs in Sharjah and, despite Parvez Hossain Emon's 70, were bowled out for 160. Captain Rahmat Shah's unbeaten 67 completed a seven-wicket win with 87 balls to spare, setting up Friday's final against Zimbabwe and eliminating Litton Das' side without a point.
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Shreyas Iyer's India begin six-week New Zealand tour in Christchurch as Test squad takes shape
India's all-format tour of New Zealand starts with the first of five T20Is at Hagley Oval on Thursday, with Shreyas Iyer leading a young side fresh from Asian Games gold. Behind it sit five ODIs featuring Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, and two Tests for which Shubman Gill's squad includes Jasprit Bumrah, a fit-again Akash Deep and Rishabh Pant, subject to fitness.
Previews ·
Darcie Brown ruled out of WBBL|12 with back injury, dealing a blow to Adelaide Strikers
The Australia fast bowler has not recovered from a back problem that cut short her Australia A tour of India and will miss the whole Women's Big Bash League season, which starts on October 29. Cricket Australia says she remains in the plans for the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy in 2027.
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Ranji Trophy round two: Mumbai crush Himachal, Rinku Singh's lone hand and Priyansh Arya's 199 headline a decisive week
Eleven Elite Group matches produced outright results in round two of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy. Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Kerala won by an innings, Hyderabad thrashed Andhra by 267 runs and Punjab beat Chhattisgarh despite Shubman Gill making 1, while Sikkim recorded the biggest win of the round in the Plate Group.
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England and Sri Lanka meet in Rawalpindi with both still searching for their first tri-series points
Pakistan have won both their matches and lead the ODI tri-series. Harry Brook's England, beaten by 87 runs after a dramatic collapse, and Kusal Mendis' Sri Lanka, who lost the opener by 37 runs, meet on Thursday knowing that a second defeat would leave the loser with little room before the October 31 final.
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Konstas makes his case as Australia face a top-order reckoning before Cape Town
On the day Australia were bowled out for 99 and asked to follow on in Gqeberha, Sam Konstas hit an unbeaten 151 at the WACA with a national selector watching. With Nic Maddinson, Marnus Labuschagne and Beau Webster all under pressure, the third Test may bring the biggest batting reshuffle of Australia's season.
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Jansen's 5 for 33 bowls Australia out for 99 and South Africa enforce the follow-on in Gqeberha
After Temba Bavuma's career-best 179 carried South Africa to 425 for 9 declared, Marco Jansen's five-for dismissed Australia for 99, 326 behind. Travis Head's unbeaten 87 took the visitors to 156 for 4 following on, but they still trail by 170 going into the final day, with Steve Smith unable to bat and Anrich Nortje off injured.
Match reports · · CricSearch Desk
Salau hundred, Okpe blitz power Nigeria to 160-run rout of Gambia in T20 World Cup qualifier
Hosts Nigeria piled up 262 for 1 in Abuja, then bowled Gambia out for 102 to top the Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C table on net run-rate. With only two places in the 2027 Regional Final on offer, CricSearch looks at what the result means for the race to the 2028 T20 World Cup.
Match reports · · CricSearch Desk
PSL 12's player market opens: why the next window is about fine-tuning, not rebuilding
Two-year contracts, up to seven retentions, a trade window and an auction: as the PSL administration meets to set the rules, CricSearch examines what each of the eight franchises needs before March 2027.
Analysis · · CricSearch Desk
Arafat Minhas's 59 and 6 for 40 crush England as Pakistan win by 87 runs in Rawalpindi
Pakistan recovered from 81 for 4 to post 302, then the 21-year-old left-arm spinner took 6 for 40 and ran out the last man as England collapsed from 120 for 1 to 215 all out. Pakistan make it two wins from two in the tri-series.
Match reports · · CricSearch Desk