Liam Livingstone hits out at Brendon McCullum and Rob Key over treatment by England: ‘No-one cares about you’ Livingstone has not featured at international level for more than a year The Independent UK · Mar 16
Liam Livingstone scathing of current England regime over his dropping The Lancashire all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three formats. The Independent UK · Mar 16
‘Money Paid to Pakistan Players Helps Those Killing Indians’: Sunil Gavaskar on Abrar Ahmed Deal The signing of Pakistani mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed by Sunrisers Leeds, a franchise owned by the Sun TV Network and led by Kavya Maran, has ignited a major controversy among Indian cricket fans and experts. Whats Hot · Mar 16
Pictured: ‘Hateful’ drunk who asked barrister ‘are you Jewish?’ before punching him in face Tony Steer was convicted of racially aggravated assault after targeting Nathaniel Bor at Finchley Cricket Club Evening Standard · Mar 16
Pakistan Cricket Under Fire After ODI Series Loss to Bangladesh Pakistan’s cricketing woes deepened on Sunday following a 2-1 ODI series defeat to Bangladesh, prompting sharp criticism from former wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal. He openly questioned the state of the national team, delivering a scathing remark: “If you don’t beat teams in matches, will you now steal ICC trophies and bring… Whats Hot · Mar 16
Father and son amateur cricketers combine for mammoth partnership of 590 ‘He just went bang,’ said Darren Cheek of his son Sam, who scored 402 off 137 balls after being dropped on a duck in a suburban Adelaide league match The Guardian - AU · Mar 16
Opposition vs CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Om Birla Imagine watching a cricket match where the umpire starts favouring one team. Appeals from one side are ignored. Decisions against the other team come instantly. At some point, the players start questioning the umpire. Newslaundry · Mar 15
Ashes gagging orders and a storm over a teacup: it must be the new cricket season The revamped Hundred will bring us the awkward spectacle of men in chinos struggling to keep the lid on a Pandora’s box of political volatility The Guardian - UK · Mar 14
BCCI Distances Itself from Abrar Ahmed Signing in The Hundred The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has clarified that it has no authority to intervene in the controversy surrounding the signing of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed by the Sunrisers franchise for the upcoming season of The Hundred. Whats Hot · Mar 13
ECB set for U-turn on interviews of England’s Ashes players before county season The England and Wales Cricket Board appears ready to reverse plans to block the Test contingent from speaking. The Independent UK · Mar 12
Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed defies talk of ‘shadow ban’ with Sunrisers deal in Hundred The leg-spinner was signed by Sunrisers Leeds for £190,000, after fears the four Indian-owned sides would operate a ‘shadow ban’ on picking Pakistani players The Guardian - UK · Mar 12
Teenager with hearing disability killed after reaction during T20 cricket world cup final misunderstood as cheer Scuffle broke out after boy reacted loudly to fall of India wicket The Independent UK · Mar 12
Suryakumar Yadav: Axar Patel Was “Very Angry” After T20 World Cup 2026 Omission India captain Suryakumar Yadav has revealed that vice-captain Axar Patel was “very angry” after being left out of the playing XI during India’s victorious run at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. Whats Hot · Mar 12
AAP · Mar 12 Baggy green burns for 'responsible' Blues batsman In-form Kurtis Patterson has taken on more responsibility with the bat this season for NSW and says he keen to add to his two Test matches.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11 A historic day at Hundred auction but barely any women were there to see it There were £210,00 deals for Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney in what was meant to herald a new era, but it was still mostly men making decisions
The Guardian - AU · Mar 11 ‘Sometimes you feel very sad’: what the Iranian football asylum seekers can expect from life in Australia ‘It will be challenging to learn English, or to know about the new culture, but everything takes time,’ says Afghanistan-born cricket player Tooba Sarwari
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11 How a small town near São Paulo made Brazil a standard bearer for cricket’s global growth A chance romance helped Poços de Caldas become a hotbed for the sport that, from East Timor to Nigeria, is spreading its wings like never before
Newslaundry · Mar 11 ‘Don’t call me Dhruv Rathee’: A 14-year-old has a newsroom at UP home, critics nearby, and now an FIR In a neighbourhood in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 14-year-old Ashwamit Gautam lives a life very different from most teenagers his age. While many of his peers discuss exam syllabi or cricket scores, Ashwamit spends hours analysing India’s economy, politics and the future of opposition alliances – often from a small room…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11 Country diary: The art of noticing rewards with a mini glittering web Knightwood Inclosure, New Forest: I realise my knowledge of my favourite haunt is the size of the spidery-speck hanging in the heather
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10 Holding out for a Hero? How cricket’s Hundred auction works and who is available With Indian Premier League investment on board, the Hundred has followed the IPL’s lead with a player auction for the 2026 season in London this week
The Guardian - AU · Mar 10 Alyssa Healy’s final match underlines recurring truth of women’s Test cricket The retiring captain got one last win but her score highlighted how scarce opportunities make those quirks of bad luck cut rather than sting
Whats Hot · Mar 10 ‘Ispe Mein Kya Bolun?’: Ishan Kishan Irritated by Question After T20 World Cup 2026 Win India’s triumphant victory in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 sparked celebrations across the country, but it also triggered a debate after the team reportedly took the trophy to a Hindu temple in Ahmedabad.
The Independent UK · Mar 10 ‘It nearly killed me’: King Charles jokes about trying cricket in Royal Navy The King joked that his Royal Navy days of playing cricket across the Caribbean islands “nearly killed me”, as he was presented with a signed cricket bat by Sir Viv Richards.
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Bargain Hunt star says landmark Hundred auction will be ‘historic moment for UK sport’ Bargain Hunt’s Richard Madley is set to oversee this week’s bidding