India opener Pratika Rawal has been ruled out of the one-off Test against England at Lord's due to a knee injury. Priya Punia has been added to the squad as her replacement. The match is historic as Lord's hosts a women's Test for the first time.
England wins against India in T20 international with a 137-run partnership between Alice Capsey and Heather Knight
England achieved their highest T20I run-chase in eight years, beating India by reaching 181 with nine balls to spare. Alice Capsey (82) and Heather Knight (50*) starred with a 137-run partnership, boosting England's confidence before their World Cup opener.
The shot has been described as the purest expression of batting and a destroyer of innings, matches and careersTaunton, 3 April 2026. Somerset are hosting Nottinghamshire, the defending county champions, in their first fixture of the new season and are 20 for two having been sent into bat. It’s murky and cold. The batters wear cable-knit sweaters and the spectators in the crowd have wisely decided not to eschew their winter coats. Plenty peer out at the action from under tightly drawn hoods.The hulking Notts fast bowler Dillon Pennington steams in towards Somerset’s James Rew. The pitch is lush and only a shade less green than the uncut strips either side, more “Shrek’s forehead” than “Kermit’s belly” in cricket’s internationally recognised Pitch Greenness Scale™ . By August it will be paler, baked and cracked – you guessed it, “Yoda’s shin”. For now, though, the conditions suggest everything is in the fielding side’s favour. Rew taps his bat and blinks towards the bowler. Continue reading...
Olly Stone claimed his best bowling figures for Nottinghamshire with 5-41 to dismantle Leicestershire in the East Midlands derby. Dom Sibley scored his second successive hundred for Surrey, while Ricardo Vasconcelos made his second century of the season for Northamptonshire. Kiran Carlson hit his first Championship double century for Glamorgan against Hampshire, and Ryan Higgins scored his first century for Middlesex in nearly two years.
County Championship cricket updates from across England as Dom Sibley scores a second successive hundred for Surrey, Olly Stone takes five wickets for Leicestershire, Ryan Higgins hits a century for Middlesex, and Ricardo Vasconcelos stars for Northants. Matches ongoing across both divisions with multiple teams in strong positions.
Updates from day two of the latest Championship games Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya or comment BTLA pretty good looking crowd at Taunton, some huddling against a brick wall for warmth. Joe Root at first slip polishes the ball, Will Smeed, slow starting again, still on nought. Jack White on the money.Oh dear, Thomas Rew’s Championship debut ends in a duck, caught at third slip, a fourth wicket for White. He walks so slowly away, you worry his soles have slunk into the soil. Somerset 201-5. Continue reading...
Wickets tumble across the County Championship as Somerset's Lewis Gregory takes five wickets against Yorkshire, dismissing both Joe Root (33) and Jonny Bairstow. Surrey increase security at The Oval following Golders Green knife attacks. Mitchell Santner out with shoulder injury. Kent turn off social media comments amid struggles.
