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England captain Ben Stokes says Jofra Archer is “absolutely desperate” to be involved in the upcoming home series against India and to revive a Test career that has been stalled for more than four years.

Pakistani cricketers and fast bowlers were in high demand during Thursday’s Big Bash League overseas player draft, with seven players from the south Asian nation set to appear in the T20 tournament this summer.

Australia will face India in a blockbuster at Lord’s next June in a clash likely to be pivotal to its bid to reclaim the Women’s T20 World Cup it conceded in a rare form dip last October.

The Brisbane Heat have snapped up Shaheen Shah Afridi as the No. 1 pick in the Big Bash League overseas player draft, with six compatriots joining the Pakistan superstar in the 15th edition of the T20 tournament.

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has been ruled out of the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League in a massive blow to reigning champions the Melbourne Renegades.

There’s expected to be an influx of Pakistani cricket stars in the upcoming Big Bash League, with 74 players from the south Asian nation nominating for this year’s overseas player draft.

With only T20 on his mind in the wake of his ODI retirement, Glenn Maxwell proved himself the money man in an MLC rampage, swatting a staggering 13 sixes in California to blast a sizzling 49-ball century with his parents in the stands.

Nearly 600 cricketers are up for grabs in this year’s Big Bash overseas player drafts as the eight clubs look to strengthen their squads ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

Former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian has called for the “struggling” Marnus Labuschagne to be dropped from the Test side ahead of the upcoming Frank Worrell Trophy.

For the first time ever in professional cricket history, a T20 match has been decided by not one, not two but THREE Super Overs.

A reconfigured baseball stadium in California provided the launch pad for one-time boom batter Jake Fraser McGurk to refind his mojo.

Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan declared Australia “look beatable” after its “batting frailties” were exposed in the five-wicket defeat to South Africa in the World Test Championship final.

The Sydney Thunder have offered spinner Tom Andrews his maiden Big Bash League contract, putting pen to paper six months after reviving the Darwin-born all-rounder’s professional career in “extraordinary” circumstances.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald has flagged Travis Head as a wildcard option to open in the West Indies while acknowledging he is not in charge of a “perfect team”.

• New WTC cycle could create opportunity for Australia to refresh ageing team

• Cummins says ‘everyone gets thrown back into the conversation’ after loss at Lord’s

Australia’s captain Pat Cummins has acknowledged that a “reset” is coming for his team after another top-order capitulation opened the door for a South African upset for the ages.

Not having lost an ICC final since 2010, Australia were upstaged by Temba Bavuma’s fighting Proteas at Lord’s in a five-wicket defeat, crushing their hopes of defending the World Test Championship title they won in 2023.

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