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New Zealand legend Bates to retire after 2026 T20 World Cup

New Zealand will bid farewell to one of its cricketing greats ⁠when all-rounder Suzie Bates calls time on her international career at the end of the White Ferns' T20 World ‌Cup campaign in England.

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Jude Bellingham buys minority stake in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix

England international Jude Bellingham has ⁠acquired a minority stake in The Hundred ‌franchise Birmingham Phoenix, co-owners Warwickshire County ‌Cricket Club said ‌on Wednesday.

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Sarfaraz Khan named as Pakistan head coach after Gillespie exit

Pakistan appointed former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed ⁠as head coach of their test team for the ‌two-match series in Bangladesh next month, ‌the country's cricket board ‌said on Saturday.

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BBL privatisation in doubt after NSW says no, QLD delays decision

Cricket Australia (CA) set Wednesday as a ‌deadline for the nation's six member states to indicate their support to sell 49% stakes in most ‌BBL teams and 100% of one team each in Victoria and New ‌South Wales.

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Ben Stokes admits he's 'quite lucky' to be alive after being hit in face by cricket ball

England Test captain Ben Stokes has said he feels "quite lucky" to be alive after being hit in the face by a cricket ball.

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Cricket NSW vows to support Warner through drink driving charges

Cricket New South Wales said on Wednesday it would support David Warner after he was charged with drink-driving, adding that the former Australian opener aware of the "seriousness" of the incident.

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Japan's first purpose built cricket venue to host T20 World Cup qualifying

Japan's new cricket venue, built for this year's Asian Games, will host men's T20 internationals for the first time next month, said the International Cricket Council.

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Cricket South Africa to investigate keen traveller Swanepoel over final fiasco

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has refused to grant all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel ⁠a no-objection certificate (NOC) to play in the County Championship after he left the field during ‌a domestic 50-over final to catch a flight to England.

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Cricket Australia announce 2026/27 contracts with no room for Konstas or Maxwell

Young opening batsman Sam Konstas and veteran all-rounder Glenn Maxwell were axed Wednesday as Cricket Australia announced a list of 21 nationally contracted players for the 2026-27 season.

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Kolkata Knight Riders dismayed by Cameron Green's bowling restrictions

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane aimed a dig at Cricket Australia after $2.7 million all-rounder Cameron Green was unable to bowl as they opened their IPL season with defeat.

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New Zealand to pursue 'NZ20' franchise comp for both men and women

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has named the proposed NZ20 ⁠franchise league as its preferred option to replace the nation's 21-year-old Super Smash ‌but wants women's competition included in the proposal.

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Cricket Australia to stay out of pitch curation despite diabolical early finishes

Australia's cricket board will resist calls to exert greater control over the nation's ⁠test wickets despite a pair of two-day matches during the Ashes that cost the local game millions of dollars.

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McCullum to stay on as England coach after surviving review of Ashes thrashing

England coach Brendon McCullum will keep his job despite the team's Ashes debacle, with cricket chief Richard Gould insisting he can "adapt and evolve."

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Pakistan Super League moves behind closed doors and scraps opening ceremony amid fuel crisis

The initial matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will ⁠be played behind closed doors in Lahore and Karachi, the country's cricket board (PCB) chairman ‌Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday, citing a fuel shortage ‌caused by the conflict in the Middle ‌East.

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Exiled star Livingstone claims nobody cares when you are dropped by England cricket

Liam Livingstone has slammed the England hierarchy following his exile from international cricket, saying "no one cares about you" when you are dropped.

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Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed signed by Indian-owned Sunrisers Leeds in Hundred auction

Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed was bought by Sunrisers Leeds for 190,000 ⁠pounds ($254,201.00) in the men's auction for The Hundred on Thursday, despite media reports that ‌Indian-owned teams might avoid signing cricketers from Pakistan.

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Shivam Dube secretly takes seven-hour train ride after World Cup heroics

Indian cricket fans were stumped to discover that star all-rounder Shivam Dube could have been travelling incognito on a train with them, fresh from delivering a record third T20 World Cup crown.

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ICC 'rejects suggestions' that bias was behind South African and West Indian travel woes

Cricket's governing body 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, with both now finally starting to fly out.

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Cricket Australia hopeful King Charles will attend 150th anniversary Test

King Charles and global cricket royalty have been invited to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Test match in Melbourne, officials said Thursday, with ticket sales through the roof a year before a ball is bowled.

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Beth Mooney earns $390k payday in inaugural Hundred auction

New Zealand's Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney of Australia topped the bidding in the inaugural auction for English cricket's women's Hundred on Wednesday, each securing deals worth £210,000 (AU$393,000).

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Champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru to get IPL 2026 underway against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Indian Premier League champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru ⁠will start the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on March ‌28th after the Indian cricket board on Wednesday announced ‌the schedule for the first phase ‌of the campaign.

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Stranded South Africa team to finally fly home from India on Wednesday

South Africa's cricket team, ⁠stranded in India because of international airspace closure, will begin to fly ‌home on Wednesday, with the entire contingent departing in ‌the next 36 hours, the ‌International Cricket Council said.

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Gary Kirsten to lead Sri Lanka to 2027 ODI World Cup

Sri Lanka have appointed South African Gary ⁠Kirsten as their new head coach on a two-year contract as ‌they begin preparations for the 2027 One-Day ‌International World Cup, the country's ‌cricket board said on Monday.

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New Zealand cricketer sets new First-Class record with five wickets in five balls

An unheralded New Zealand domestic bowler on Sunday became the first player in the 254-year history of first class cricket to take five wickets in five successive deliveries.