Ashley Noffke

The Lucknow franchise of the inaugural Women's Premier League will be known as UP Warriorz, the owners Capri Global Holdings Private Limited announced on Friday. UP Warriorz is one of the five teams which will be seen in this year's WPL.

After earning an Indian Premier League deal with Delhi Daredevils, swashbuckling opener David Warner has now landed a contract from Cricket Australia.

Ace India all-rounder Deepti Sharma was on Saturday named the vice-captain of UP Warriorz for the upcoming inaugural edition Women's Premier League. Deepti will be Alyssa Healy's deputy in the tournament that starts from Match 4. The 25-year-old Deepti was bought by the franchise for a whopping Rs 2.6 crore in the recent auction.

All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar became the latest Indian cricketer to sign for Brisbane Heat for the upcoming edition of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).

Pakistan's bowling coach, Ashley Noffke, assures that Shaheen Afridi is regaining his top form before the Asia Cup, after battling a back injury in 2023. Afridi's pace is improving, with more balls reaching 140km/h during the West Indies series. He is working on his technique and swing to challenge the stumps consistently, aiming to hit speeds close to 150km/h.

The Australia A team, led by Simon Katich, is arriving in Bangalore on Friday to play two three-day games against their Indian counterparts, before featuring in a triangular One-day series of A teams.

Bangalore Royal Challengers survived a top-order collapse to beat Deccan Chargers by five wickets in their Indian Premier League match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Bangalore Royal Challengers bounced back to beat Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets to set things right in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League at Wankhede Stadium.

Cricket Australia has shot an e-mail letter to all contracted players to give them a chance to vent out their grievances and put an end to the contract dispute that raged last summer.

The ominous effect of Australia's downslide has started to tell with Cricket Australia on the verge of its biggest contractual shake-up following its team's first home Test series defeat in 16 years.

Brisbane Heat on Friday finalised their squad for the upcoming Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) season, with recruits Georgia Redmayne, Nicola Hancock, and Georgia Voll completing their 15-player list.

Australian pacer Ashley Noffke has warned the national selectors that he might take a plunge into cash-rich Indian Twenty20 leagues for the sake of his family.

With the help of Brendon McCullum's 158*, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 140 runs in the inaugural IPL match.

Vijay Mallya, unhappy with the performance of his non-performing sporting properties, is set to bring about definitive changes in Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Rajasthan Royals beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs in their Indian Premier League at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Spinner Poonam Yadav on Friday became the eighth Indian cricketer to sign for the Women's Big Bash League after Brisbane Heat roped her in for the upcoming season.

Embattled all-rounder Andrew Symonds made a comeback to the Australian team for Friday's Emirates All Star Twenty20 match in Brisbane.

UP Warriorz had bought Healy for Rs 70 lakhs at the WPL Player Auctions in Mumbai on February 13 in Mumbai, and the star Australia batter has now been appointed the skipper of the side.

Shaun Tait is preparing himself for the possibility that Australian selectors will opt for a four-pronged pace attack for the first cricket Test against India starting on December 26.

Australia's pace spearhead Brett Lee and all-rounder Andrew Symonds will go under the knife this week to recover from their injuries in time for the side's return tour to South Africa in February.