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Just three weeks after the end of a miserable World Cup season, Jos Buttler is back on tour and preparing for another one-day international series. He promises to “use it as a positive experience” as work begins on refreshing and Read more…


Best player Mark Ramprakash Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) was outstanding in the opening game of the tournament and his level hardly dipped. He is a wonderfully talented left-hander, aesthetically pleasing to look at, who hits the ball with elegant power Read more…


As Pat Cummins and his players basked in the afterglow of Australia’s sixth men’s World Cup title – undoubtedly a contender for the biggest trophy – thousands of Indian fans streamed out of this vast cricket coliseum in complete disbelief. Read more…


Subscribe to our free sports newsletter to get the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sports email to get the latest news Triumphant Australian captain Pat Cummins rejoiced in his side’s World Cup Read more…


IIn the world of repeating history or otherwise, this was a half-rhyme – some matching asonances, some sympathetic consonances, the parts that followed the form of the corresponding agreement in 1999. Most of the ingredients were there: a strong South Read more…


Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature James Wallace That is all from us today. Thanks to Tanya for steering the OBO tiller in the earlier shift and I appreciated all your emails, Read more…


Mitchell Marsh celebrated his second major century of the World Cup as Australia prepared for the semi-finals by recording their seventh consecutive win with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in Pune. Australia lost Travis Head early in their chase for Read more…


Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Adam Collins Alright, that’s me done. Thank you for the nice chat about New Zealand music (and cricket). South Africa play Afghanistan tomorrow, with both of Read more…


Rob Key will fly to India at the end of the week to select squads for next month’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean, but more importantly to decide whether Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott are the men to deliver a Read more…


England’s Ben Stokes on Friday simply said his team had “been rubbish” when asked about the reasons why the defending champions struggled so badly at the Cricket World Cup in India. England are bottom of the table and have lost Read more…