Benny Howell

Cricket stars Peter Siddle and Samit Patel will miss this summer's T20 Blast. Both players are banned by ECB rules. They participated in an unsanctioned tournament in Goa earlier this year. This means Siddle cannot play for Nottinghamshire. Patel's absence ends his T20 Blast streak. Ravi Bopara also won't play this season.

Out-of-favour Gautam Gambhir roared back to form with a fine century for Essex against Gloucestershire in a Division II County Championship match on Friday.

The Hundred's inaugural auction saw young English talent James Coles become the most expensive buy at £390,000, while Jordan Cox also fetched a significant bid. International stars like David Miller and Aiden Markram were also snapped up as franchises finalized their squads for the 2026 season.

Ambati Rayudu, who had earlier this year declared his retirement from the Indian Premier League, left the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots of the Caribbean Premier League for personal reasons, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo.

The Punjab Kings have decided to release their former captain and opener Mayank Agarwal and West Indian allrounder Odean Smith ahead of the IPL-2023 auction, even as they have retained Tamil Nadu big-hitter Shahrukh Khan, TOI has learnt. The deadline for the franchises to retain their players closes at 5pm today.

Birmingham Phoenix secured their first win in The Hundred 2025, defeating Oval Invincibles in a thrilling match. Rashid Khan's spectacular helicopter six was a highlight, but his bowling proved costly, conceding a record 59 runs. Liam Livingstone's explosive hitting turned the tide, leading Phoenix to a four-wicket victory despite a late wobble.

Despite facing defeat in their last IPL 2022 game against Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings' players could be seen having a great time at their camp, in a very quirky manner.

Punjab Kings bought the highest numbers of players at the 2022 Indian Premier League mega auctions, a total of 23 players, after retaining just two players in Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh. Their biggest buy of the auction was English allrounder Liam Livingstone, for whom they spent Rs 11.5 crore on Day 2.

A rejuvenated Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on an inconsistent Punjab Kings in the afternoon game of Sunday's double-header at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Bangla Tigers put up a brilliant all-round performance to cruise to an easy nine-wicket win over The Chennai Braves in the Abu Dhabi T10 here.

Ahead of the anticipated explosive season of cricket's rapid T10 format, the Abu Dhabi T10 2023 edition unveiled its captains during a press conference at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies powerhouse, who steered the Deccan Gladiators to a title victory in the previous edition, has been retained as captain by the defending champions for the upcoming seventh edition scheduled between November 28th and December 9th.

Hazratullah Zazai struck an unbeaten 59 off just 26 balls to help Bangla Tigers register a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Deccan Gladiators in an Abu Dhabi T10 match here.

Chris Gayle, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga, Morne Morkel and Rashid Khan are some of the big names of world cricket that will feature in the second edition of the T10 League to be played in Sharjah from November 23 to December 2.

A formidable all-round side over the years, MI have looked a pale shadow of themselves in the ongoing edition, and will need several things to fall in place if they are to arrest the slide and restore their campaign.

Their play-off hopes dashed, both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will be keen to end their IPL season on a winning note when the two teams clash in a dead rubber here on Sunday.

Gujarat Titans' lethal pace attack is all set to ask some probing questions to the dynamic Punjab Kings top-order when the two teams lock horns in an IPL match on Friday.

Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to continue with their risk-taking approach despite mixed returns when they on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on Friday.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have so far looked like anything but Indian Premier League's (IPL) defending champions; and to effect a turnaround, new skipper Ravindra Jadeja will seek improvements on multiple fronts against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mumbai on Sunday. After going down to Kolkata Knight Riders in the tournament opener, CSK lost to new entrants Lucknow Super Giants.

Quitting captaincy may unburden Virat Kohli the batter but the focus will still remain on the maestro in Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL-15 opener against Punjab Kings in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a playoff spot on Friday.