Paul Nixon

Leicestershire County Cricket Club on Thursday announced that Australia batsman Marcus Harris has signed for the County Championship and Royal London Cup campaigns with the side.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed two foreign coaches for two of its domestic teams for the upcoming premier first class tournament and the national 50-over competition.

Out-of-favour India fast bowler Varun Aaron is the latest among the bandwagon of India players to sign up for an English county side as he will turn up for Leicestershire during the upcoming season.

Former English wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has claimed that he was offered 'millions of pounds' to fix a Twenty20 match in England.

India's stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against England Lions in the warm-up One-day cricket match on Saturday.

Despite a strict advisory by England and Wales Cricket Board to stay away from Indian Cricket League, Vikram Solanki has joined the rebel league, according to media reports.

Bangla Tigers on Monday named former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin as the brand ambassador for the franchise for the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 League.

The already strained relationship between ECB and the players could be further affected with the English board deciding to keep them away from the planning of its ambitious IPL-style Twenty20 League.

Reetinder Sodhi's fiery unbeaten half century went in vain as Ahmedabad Rockets lost their Indian Cricket League encounter against Delhi Giants.

The ICL set the ball rolling for its high-profile Twenty20 venture by unveiling its six teams which has batting greats Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq as its star attraction.

The Leicestershire County Cricket Club on Tuesday announced the signing of former India captain Ajinkya Rahane for the 2023 season. The club revealed on its website that the 34-year-old Mumbaikar is set to arrive in June after playing in the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings, and will be available for eight County Championship matches, as well as the entire Royal London Cup (One Day tournament) in August. The Indian batsman is Leicestershire’s latest overseas signing for 2023 after Wiaan Mulder and Naveen-ul-Haq.

Mumbai, the leicestershire county cricket club, on Tuesday announced the signing of former India captain Ajinkya Rahane for the 2023 season. Rahane, 34, will arrive in June after playing in the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings and will be available for eight county championship matches as well as the entire Royal London Cup one day tournament in August. Rahane is Leicestershire's latest overseas signing for 2023 after Wiaan Mulder and Naveenulhaq. This will be Rahane's second stint in county cricket after he became the first Indian cricketer to play for Hampshire in 2019. Currently out of the Indian team, Rahane has scored 4931 runs at an average of 3852 including 12 hundreds in tests and 2962 runs at 3526 including three centuries in ODIs. He has also scored 12865 runs 4712 in firstclass cricket including 39 centuries and 54 fifties. Speaking about Rahane's signing, Director of Cricket Claude Henderson said, "I'm extremely excited to welcome Ajinkya to Leicestershire. He comes with a lot of experience and a tremendous work ethic, and is a great opportunity for us to tap into that. I had conversations with Assistant Coach Alfonso Thomas

Despite aligning with the rebel ICL, Pakistan opener Taufiq Umar and Indian all-rounder J P Yadav are still hopeful of making comebacks to their respective national sides.

Leicestershire have complained to English cricket authorities after a controversial stumping dismissal in their County Championship defeat against Hampshire.

Come November, retired cricket greats from both India and Pakistan will be seen in action in a World Masters Series in the West Indies.

Stage is set for the ICL Twenty20 tournament to take off from November 30 with a host of former international stars promising to add spice to the rebel series.

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly return to bolster the batting as India look forward to a morale-boosting performance against England Lions in the three-day final warm-up game starting on Friday.

All hopes of a Super Sunday at the Leicester cricket ground evaporated as Lanka A continued batting into the lunch break against the Indian side.

Wicket-keeper Mahender Singh Dhoni excused himself from the ground and hopped across for a learn-it-in-30 minutes session.

A fourth-wicket partnership of 83 runs between Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved-ul Hassan powered ICL Pakistan to a convincing six-wicket win over World XI.

England Lions piled up 296 for 8 wickets in 50 overs in the warm-up One-day cricket match against India on Saturday.

Chasing 297 to win, India were 32 without loss in 6.5 overs when rain stopped play in the warm-up one-day match against England Lions in Northampton on Saturday.