Cricket

Captain Ben Stokes said England’s victory over New Zealand in the second Test at Trent Bridge was the highlight of his career, surpassing even his Ashes heroics at Headingley ...

By Richard Boxall The weekend was an eventful one for cricketers at all levels in Cyprus. On Friday the annual junior schools cricket tournament was played at Heritage School, Limassol. ...

By Richard Boxall It seems that 150 is a good 20-over score at the Happy Valley ground. In the latest round of matches there in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup, the ...

The weekend’s cricket in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup featured a 16-ball half century by a number 9 batsman, a century reached with three consecutive sixes, and a generally tough ...

By Richard Boxall It was the day of a cricketing lifetime for all-rounder Buddika Ranasinghe of Sri Lankans CC at Happy Valley on Sunday. The match against Cyprus Super Kings, ...

By Richard Boxall Shakhawat Rasel of Nicosia Tigers was the outstanding performer in the 2022 CCA BAOFinancial T20 Cup. His unbeaten 113 helped his team chase down the stiff target of 205 set ...

The standout game in the 2022 CCA BAOFinancial T20 Cup on Sunday was the clash between reigning champions Punjab Lions and the team most likely to challenge them in group C ...

The 2022 CCA BAOFinancial T20 Cup got under way on Sunday with two high-scoring matches at Ypsonas, and two where the teams found run-scoring rather more difficult at Happy Valley. It ...

The Easter weekend was a period of hard work in the relatively hot sun for the aspiring national team cricketers of Cyprus. A four-day training camp at the Happy Valley ...

Joe Root has announced he is stepping down as England’s Test captain. Root’s decision comes after the 1-0 Test series defeat to West Indies last month, and the 4...

Punjab Lions continued to dominate the Cyprus cricket scene by winning the season-opening CCA 2022 #BAOFINANCIAL T10 Cup at the Ypsonas cricket ground. The competition has seen plenty of big hitting, ...

Shane Warne was remembered as a cricketing genius and maverick entertainer at a state memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday where tens of thousands of people gathered to ...

By Richard Boxall The cricket year in Cyprus has started with a T10 league, which sees teams playing multiple matches of 10 overs per side. This enables all teams to play ...

Former England captain Michael Atherton said current skipper Joe Root should step down following Sunday’s 10-wicket defeat by the West Indies in the deciding third test. England have won ...

By Richard Boxall Punjab Lions cricket club from Nicosia produced an excellent performance in the European Cricket League in Spain, reaching the final of their group, where they were beaten ...

Australian cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest leg-spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, has died aged 52, his family said on Friday. Warne, who ...

England assistant coach Paul Collingwood has been named interim head coach for next month’s three-test tour of the West Indies, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Monday. ...

Australia retained the Ashes with a thumping innings and 14-run win in the third test in Melbourne on Tuesday, with debutant paceman Scott Boland laying waste to England’s hapless ...

Jos Buttler led England’s underdog attempts to take the second Ashes Test all the way to the wire before treading on his stumps to give Australia a 2-0 lead ...

England cannot make excuses for their troubling run of batting collapses at the Ashes and must find a way to put scores on the board, according to Dawid Malan. The ...

England’s Eileen Ash, the world’s oldest test player described as a ‘pioneer’ of the sport, has died aged 110, the country’s cricket board (ECB) has said. Right-arm seamer ...

Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq has laid bare the full extent of his harrowing experience of racism in cricket during an explosive and emotional appearance in front of MPs. Rafiq has ...

It took Australia seven attempts but under Aaron Finch they finally laid their hands on a maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with an eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand. ...

Australia reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second semi-final on Thursday. Set 177 for victory, David Warner made 49 before Australia rode unbeaten cameos ...