
Harry Brook nearly loses captaincy after nightclub bouncer incident
England's Harry Brook was reportedly close to losing his white-ball captaincy after an altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Wellington ahead of the Ashes 2025-26 series.
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England's Harry Brook was reportedly close to losing his white-ball captaincy after an altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Wellington ahead of the Ashes 2025-26 series.

Shai Hope blasted the highest individual score in SA20 history with 118 off 69 balls before Lungi Ngidi claimed the league's first-ever hat-trick to power Pretoria Capitals to a 15-run win.

Former India batting coach Vikram Rathour has been appointed as Sri Lanka's batting coach for the T20 World Cup 2026 on a consultancy basis, beginning January 18 until March 10.

The fifth Ashes Test at Sydney Cricket Ground attracted a record 211,032 spectators, breaking the 79-year-old attendance record of 195,253 set during the 1946-47 Ashes series.

Travis Head has become the first batter in Ashes history to score over 500 runs in a series while maintaining a strike rate above 75, plundering 528 runs at 87.12 in Ashes 2025-26.

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh gave BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar a perfect 10/10 rating for T20 World Cup 2026 squad selections, despite the controversial decision to exclude Shubman Gill.

Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed ICC expressed willingness to work closely with them on security concerns for T20 World Cup 2026 after BCB requested relocating matches from India to Sri Lanka.

Jacob Bethell scored a chanceless maiden Test century as England built a 119-run lead over Australia, leaving the fifth Ashes Test at Sydney Cricket Ground finely poised.

England captain Ben Stokes left the field on day four of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney with a right adductor complaint, joining a growing list of injured fast bowlers on the tour.

Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has defended Gautam Gambhir following India's poor Test performances, urging patience while suggesting split coaching could be considered in the future if needed.

Josh Hazlewood has regained full fitness and joined Sydney Sixers for the remainder of BBL 2025-26 as a supplementary player ahead of T20 World Cup 2026 in India after injury layoff.

Sri Lanka recalled Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva to the T20I squad for a three-match series against Pakistan ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026, which they co-host with India.