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June 26, 2026

Ireland rattle through India to claim first ever win over world T20 champions

Ireland 182-9; India 148; Ireland win by 34 runs
Three wickets on debut from Ireland’s Matt Hollard

Ireland defeated India for the first time in men’s international cricket with an unexpected 34-run victory over the world T20 champions at Stormont.

Ireland recovered from 51 for four to post 182 for nine, before an attack inspired by debutants Matt Hollard and Jai Moondra left India all out for 148 with seven balls remaining. This was the tourists’ first defeat since winning a second successive T20 World Cup in March.

June 26, 2026

Rain stopped play? Biggest worry now in British sport is extreme heat | Emma John

Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us sweat on the sofa

Nothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long‑in‑the-diary engagements – so sorry, just can’t face it in this weather – elite sportspeople are blinking the rivulets of sweat out of their eyes while squinting under a hot and heavy helmet, then doing 22-yard sprints with a couple of kilos of padding strapped to their legs.

As one of nature’s non-athletes, I speak not only with admiration but with genuine wonder. My experience of the past week has been working out how not to do things, or, if forced, doing them half‑heartedly because, you know, I haven’t slept. My friends and I message each other the latest innovations in fan strategy (“Apparently putting a frozen bottle of water in front of it helps”) and talk about our journeys on public transport as if we’ve just survived the Somme.

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026

Kiwis’ monster opening partnership smashes record… but late stumble gives England a ‘sniff’

New Zealand’s Tom Latham and Devon Conway broke a record that had stood for nearly a hundred years before England skipper Ben Stokes marked his return to international duty by sparking a late fightback on the first day of the third and deciding Test at Trent Bridge.

June 25, 2026

England v New Zealand: third men’s Test, day one – live

Cricket updates from Trent Bridge, play at 11am BST
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Bad news for New Zealand: Matt Henry has a calf injury, so will be out for two to four weeks, while Glenn Phillips has a side strain, the length of his absence to be determined following a scan.

The pitch is flat, but it’s dry so might crumble later in the game. I can’t see any way you win the toss and don’t bat.

June 25, 2026

Bizarre reason 15yo phenom Vaibhav Sooryavanshi won’t be allowed into Indian changeroom during debut

Teen cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will reportedly be required to use his own changeroom during India’s white-ball tour of Ireland and England.

June 24, 2026

Alarm bells ring over Stokes answer as ‘frustrated’ England star breaks silence on nightclub saga

Returning captain Ben Stokes insisted he had been “man enough” to apologise to his England teammates after missing the last Test for breaching a curfew.

June 24, 2026

Perry’s all-round heroics in World Cup thrashing… but Aussies sweat on wounded star

Ellyse Perry starred as Australia moved closer to the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 113-run rout of lacklustre Pakistan on Tuesday.

June 23, 2026

Inside the civil war threatening to tear England apart as McCullum responds to Stokes rift claim

England coach Brendon McCullum has denied his relationship with Ben Stokes was damaged by the nightclub controversy that forced the captain into exile for the second Test defeat against New Zealand.

June 23, 2026

The County Championship is delivering a magnificent season

Cricket fans were treated to a few thrills this week. It’s just a shame the season is now on pause until late August

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June 22, 2026

Title dream in tatters as sloppy England dealt massive penalty in fresh setback

England’s chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final have taken another heavy blow, with Brendon McCullum’s side sanctioned for a slow over-rate during the second Test against New Zealand.

June 22, 2026

Starc replica’s path to baggy green dream; ‘doubts’ linger for hot-and-cold Aussie – State of Play

Spencer Johnson could have an opportunity to press his case for a Test debut next summer if the tall speedster proves his fitness during the first half of the Sheffield Shield season.

June 21, 2026

11-BALL FIFTY! Teen phenom does it again in absurd knock… but Aussie’s record still safe

Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stunned with the fastest half-century in List A history, smashing the milestone in just 11 balls on Sunday.

June 21, 2026

Aussie quick’s record figures stun as Marsh leads blistering chase to seal T20I series sweep

Mitchell Marsh smashed 60 off 28 balls as Australia completed a 3-0 T20 series sweep over Bangladesh on Sunday, to win by seven wickets in Chattogram on Sunday.

June 21, 2026

New Zealand rout England by 253 runs: second men’s Test, day five – as it happened

Matt Henry ripped through England on the final morning to finish with career-best figures of 11 for 109

49th over: England 184-5 (Root 76, Cox 1) Henry sets the agenda with a perfect first delivery on off stump that is defended awkwardly by Root. After Root takes a single later in the over, Jordan Cox gets off the mark from his 15th delivery. Can’t imagine that has happened too often.

Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been withdrawn from the remainder of Durham and Surrey’s ongoing County Championship matches at the request of the England and Wales Cricket Board [ECB].

June 21, 2026

Kiwi’s best-since-Warnie feat ties Test series as England makes big call on Stokes’ future

Matt Henry took four wickets for no runs in just 12 balls as New Zealand thrashed England by 253 runs in the second Test at the Oval on Sunday for a series-levelling win.