After a comfortable 15-run win against London Spirit at Sophia Gardens, Michael Klinger’s side finished fifth in the women’s overall standings. They looked a much improved outfit compared to last season but three defeats in their first four games – alongside the loss of captain Sophie Devine, The Hundred’s joint most expensive signing – extinguished
Then McCullum was sacked as Test coach. His last act in charge of both the Test and white-ball teams was to relax the drinking guidelines so England’s T20 side could celebrate their series win against India. Now the curfew is gone, under the instruction of Root and McCullum’s replacement as Test coach – his great
The horse racing meeting at Ffos Las in South Wales will begin about two hours earlier on Wednesday because of the solar eclipse. The UK and parts of Europe are set to experience the most significant solar eclipse in nearly three decades, which is set to begin shortly after 18:00 BST. At other sporting events,
Former England captain Michael Atherton has unveiled a plaque honouring the journalist remembered as “the finest of all cricket writers”, John Woodcock. Woodcock, who was chief cricket correspondent at The Times between 1954 and 1987 and was once described as “the poet laureate of cricket”, died in 2021. An event remembering Woodcock took place on
Scotland and the Netherlands are the two highest ranked associate members. Their decision to issue such a pointed statement reflects frustrations outside of full members with aspects of ICC decision making. BBC Sport understands proposals were tabled at the 2025 ICC annual conference to create a single-class of membership, rather than having associate and full