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Cricket news from around the game: match reports and tournament coverage, squad announcements and selection calls, players finding form and teams rebuilding.

Articles are grouped into categories so you can follow one thread rather than the whole feed. International, Test cricket, T20, the IPL, teams, players and tournaments each have their own page, and every article carries its category so related coverage is one click away.

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News does not sit apart from the rest of the site. An article about a player links to that player’s profile with their career record; a tournament report links to the tournament page with its teams and results. The story and the data behind it are meant to be read together.

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The focus is on the international game and the major franchise leagues, with domestic cricket where it matters to those. Coverage follows what is happening rather than a fixed publishing schedule, so quiet weeks are quieter than busy ones.

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IPL

Home advantage and the two-pitch problem

Building a squad for one surface works until the tournament asks you to play on nine others.

JUL 3, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

IPL

The uncapped player rule and domestic scouting

The most valuable signings in the league are the ones nobody has heard of yet.

JUL 2, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

IPL

Net run rate and the matches nobody thinks matter

The game you lose by fifty runs in week two can end your season in week nine.

JUL 2, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

IPL

The second spinner and the middle-overs squeeze

Overs seven to fifteen decide more matches than the powerplay, and almost nobody talks about them.

JUL 1, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Teams

How a national side rebuilds after a cycle ends

Three retirements in a year force decisions that a team has usually been avoiding for two.

JUL 1, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Teams

Captaincy is a selection decision, not a reward

The best player in a side is not automatically the person who should be setting its fields.

JUL 1, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Teams

The fielding unit as a competitive advantage

Twenty runs saved in the field is worth exactly as much as twenty runs scored, and costs a great deal less.

JUN 30, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Teams

Squad rotation and the fast bowler’s workload

A calendar with three formats and no gaps forces a choice that nobody wants to make in public.

JUN 30, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Teams

Building a bench that is actually ready

A reserve who has not played competitive cricket for six weeks is not cover. He is a hope.

JUN 29, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

What changes when a batter moves up the order

Two positions higher means a harder ball, a fuller field and about ninety seconds less to think.

JUN 29, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

The wicketkeeper who bats, and the batter who keeps

Selecting a keeper for runs works right up until the moment it does not.

JUN 28, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

Coming back from a long injury layoff

The body heals on a timetable. Everything else takes longer.

JUN 28, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

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Cricket news from around the game: match reports and tournament coverage, squad announcements and selection calls, players finding form and teams rebuilding.