Ben Stokes sends message to Australia as England captain breaks his silence for the first time since Ashes rival Pat Cummins led his side to incredible Cricket World Cup victory

Ben Stokes has congratulated Australia  The Aussies won the Cricket World Cup  Stokes was in the team that won in 2019  By Ollie Lewis For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:03 GMT, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 15:01 GMT, 21 November 2023 Ben Stokes has begrudgingly congratulated the Australian cricket team following their World Cup triumph … Read more

How a cyclone could dash Australia’s ODI World Cup dreams in India – as rain is predicted ahead of semi-final against South Africa

 Rain is forecast for Thursday’s World Cup semi-final  Worse conditions are expected for Friday  South Africa will progress to final if match is washed out By James Cooney For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:11 GMT, 14 November 2023 | Updated: 00:26 GMT, 14 November 2023 Australia‘s chances of qualifying for the Cricket World Cup final … Read more

Ollie Pope may miss England’s first Test match against India next month following thigh injury

Ollie Pope may miss England’s first Test match against India next month following thigh injury suffered on Surrey duty… and medical staff could advise him to aim for second Test at Lord’s eight days later Ollie Pope sustained a thigh injury playing for his county Surrey in the T20 Blast The England batsman had hoped … Read more

England beat India by eight wickets in third women’s T20 to seal multi-format series win

England beat India by eight wickets in third women’s T20 to seal multi-format series win as Danni Wyatt goes from zero to hero after smashing unbeaten 89 from 56 balls England chased down India’s target of 154 in style to win multi-format series Danni Wyatt propelled England to victory with an unbeaten 89 from 56 … Read more

England suffer catastrophic batting collapse in chase of mediocre total of 149 against India

England suffer catastrophic batting collapse in chase of mediocre total of 149 against India as multi-format series goes to the wire Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight had England on 106-2 in the 14th over But both women were dismissed in successive balls as the hosts collapsed Knight was dismissed after Deepti Sharma inadvertently blocked her … Read more

India secure the first win of their tour of England as Mithali Raj guides the team to victory

India secure the first win of their tour of England as Mithali Raj guides the team to victory with an unbeaten knock of 75 to become the leading run-scorer in the history of women’s internationals England set the tourists a target of 220 to win at New Road in the third ODI Shafali Verma was … Read more

England Women brush aside India with commanding eight-wicket victory in the first ODI

England Women brush aside India with commanding eight-wicket victory in the first ODI… as Tammy Beaumont’s 87 helps lead her side to a two-point lead in multi-format series England beat India by eight wickets in the first ODI of the multi-format series Tammy Beaumont made 87 as England cruised to their small target of 202 … Read more

India v New Zealand: Heavy rain in Southampton delays start to World Test Championship final

Heavy rain in Southampton delays start to inaugural World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand – with MORE rain forecast over the next five days and just ONE reserve day in place The inaugural World Test Championship final was due to start at 10:30am  However, rain has frustrated both India and New Zealand … Read more

Cricket World Cup ‘set to revert to 14-team format not seen since 2003 tournament from 2027’

Cricket World Cup ‘set to revert to 14-team format not seen since 2003 tournament from 2027… with a Super Six stage returning and six more matches included’ than round-robin system used two years ago A 10-team format was used in 2019 World Cup won by Eoin Morgan’s England  It is also scheduled to be used … Read more

Jofra Archer will not be rushed back from his elbow injury to play in the Indian Premier League

Jofra Archer will not be rushed back from his elbow injury to play in the Indian Premier League, according to Rajasthan Royals boss Kumar Sangakkara… despite the franchise paying £800,000 for his services Jofra Archer missed much of England’s all-formats tour to India across March  Fast bowler Archer also had a recent operation to remove … Read more

England allrounder Ben Stokes insists he wants umpire’s call REMOVED in judging line and impact

England star Ben Stokes wants umpire’s call REMOVED in judging line and impact… as India star KL Rahul warns ICC against making cricket ‘too perfect’ after changes to height of stumps in reviews Virat Kohli claimed last month the umpire’s call in reviews are causing confusion  Sportsmail columnist Nasser Hussain however defended its role in … Read more

Matt Parkinson believes he would have ‘struggled’ facing Virat Kohli had he been selected last month

Matt Parkinson believes he would have ‘struggled’ facing Virat Kohli had England spinner been selected for white-ball series last month… just weeks after his now-deleted tweets of ‘cocky’ India captain went viral which he admits were ‘wrong’ Matt Parkinson was a teenager when he bad-mouthed Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni  The spinner was spared retaliation … Read more

India v England: Ben Stokes’ display has created ‘good headache’ for selectors, admits Jos Buttler

Ben Stokes’ belligerent display against India has created a ‘good headache’ for England’s selectors, admits Jos Buttler… with all-rounder battling with Dawid Malan for No 3 spot ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup Ben Stokes hit a destructive 99 in 52 balls as England chased down 337 in Pune Friday’s win against India has … Read more