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Sophie Devine’s record cricket contract can’t disguise a stubborn pay gap in NZ women’s sport

When former White Ferns captain Sophie Devine secured the equal-highest deal in the United Kingdom’s pro-cricket league last week, it was greeted as another sign of how quickly investment in the women’s game is growing.

The Conversation

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar condemns Indian-owned Hundred team for signing Pakistan spinner

Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed was signed by Indian-owned Hundred team Sunrisers Leeds at last week’s auction

The Independent UK

NSW and WA draw in tense farewell for Shield coaches

NSW and Western Australia have played out an enthralling draw in the final match of the Sheffield Shield's regular season at Cricket Central.

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Axed England cricket star slams Brendon McCullum and Rob Key

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The Independent UK

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

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

‘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.

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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

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…

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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

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

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

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.

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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.

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

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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.

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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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

‘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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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