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April 11, 2025

England’s record-wicket taker Jimmy Anderson awarded a knighthood

42-year-old retired from England duty last July
Anderson knighted in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours

Jimmy Anderson is to be awarded a knighthood for “services to cricket” a year on from the final Test of his record-breaking England career.

Anderson was widely tipped to have his previous OBE upgraded after retiring from international cricket last summer and on Friday was the only sportsperson to feature in the resignation honours list of former prime minister – and cricket fan – Rishi Sunak.

April 11, 2025

Sports quiz of the week: Women’s FA Cup, Masters and Michael van Gerwen

Have you been following the football, horse racing, golf, cycling, cricket, rugby union, darts and hockey?

April 10, 2025

‘Never seen anything like this’: Investigation launched into potential match-fixing incident

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is investigating a potential match-fixing incident during Wednesday’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match between Gulshan and Shinepukur at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

April 10, 2025

Starc’s disastrous 30-run over as Aussie young gun flops again — IPL Wrap

KL Rahul smashed an unbeaten 93 as Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets to maintain their winning streak in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.

April 10, 2025

Queensland rising star Charli Knott caps off breakout summer with Australia A captaincy

Fresh off her maiden national call-up, Queensland rising star Charli Knott will cap off a breakout summer by leading Australia A in this week’s four-day match against England A.

April 10, 2025

Veteran fast bowler Jackson Bird returns to Tasmania after two-year stint at NSW

Veteran fast bowler Jackson Bird will return to Tasmania next summer for his 13th season with the Tigers following his two-year stint at New South Wales.

April 9, 2025

Massive Big Bash change to attract world’s best cricketers as draft order revealed

The Big Bash Drafts have been brought forward more than two months in an attempt to help the Australian T20 competition attract the world’s best overseas talent.

April 9, 2025

Titans climb to top of the table after IPL thrashing in fourth consecutive win

Opener Sai Sudharsan struck his third half-century of this season to guide Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with a 58-run thrashing of Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.

April 9, 2025

‘He won’t give that’: Controversial umpiring call ends skipper’s heroic rearguard

Captain Brett D’Oliveira was controversially given out LBW while fighting for an unlikely draw during Worcestershire’s County Championship match against Somerset in Taunton.

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025

Unstoppable Marsh fires yet again as newcomer clobbers rapid century – IPL Wrap

West Indies veteran Nicholas Pooran smashed an unbeaten 87 and Indian newcomer Priyansh Arya hit his first IPL century to lead Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings to victories on Tuesday.

April 8, 2025

County cricket: spring is in the air as the Championship returns in style

Hampshire and Nottinghamshire stole a march on champions Surrey in a fine first round of matches

By the 99.94 Cricket Blog

Walking through the warm, not even watery, sunshine of St John’s Wood with only the still leafless trees to betray the date, I suspected there would be runs in the first round of the County Championship – and so it proved.

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025

‘There were no cricketers at it’: Sad Clarke reveal lifts lid on Aussie dressing room split

You’d think the Australian captain who helped orchestrate an Ashes whitewash, lifted the World Cup, became the only Aussie to score Test centuries on his home and away debuts and won the Allan Border Medal four times would be universally loved, but sadly for Michael Clarke that isn’t the case.

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025

‘Things didn’t leave me’: Pucovski’s sad reveal as Aussie prodigy retires from cricket at 27

Will Pucovski has announced he is retiring from all cricket, effective immediately.

April 7, 2025

Kohli v Bumrah: Superstar quick’s return from injury spoiled in epic IPL showdown

Royal Challengers Bengaluru survived a batting blitz from Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya to win a thriller by 12 runs on Monday in the IPL and spoil Jasprit Bumrah’s return from an injury.

April 7, 2025

Harry Brook named England men’s white-ball captain for T20s and ODIs

Yorkshire batter takes over from Jos Buttler
Key says chance has come ‘slightly earlier than expected’

Harry Brook has been named as England’s new white-ball captain, with Rob Key, the director of men’s cricket, praising the Yorkshireman’s “excellent cricketing brain” but also admitting the opportunity has come “slightly earlier than expected”.

Brook, 26, will take charge of both the T20 and ODI teams despite Key admitting last month he was considering offering the latter to Ben Stokes. Instead, Stokes will remain focused on leading the Test side and next winter’s Ashes moonshot, as well as his own return to fitness after hamstring surgery at the start of the year.