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‘Sometimes you feel very sad’: what the Iranian football asylum seekers can expect from life in Australia
‘It will be challenging to learn English, or to know about the new culture, but everything takes time,’ says Afghanistan-born cricket player Tooba Sarwari Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast If anyone knows the emotional turmoil the Iranian football players have experienced in the past 48 hours, as they leave their homeland behind for a new life in Australian, it’s Tooba Sarwari. The Afghanistan-born cricket pla
The Spin | How a small town near São Paulo made Brazil a standard bearer for cricket’s global growth
A chance romance helped Poços de Caldas become a hotbed for the sport that, from East Timor to Nigeria, is spreading its wings like never before In the south-east of Brazil, about 250km due north of São Paulo, lies the town of Poços de Caldas, home to about 150,000 people and remarkable for a few reasons: its thermal baths, its magmatic rock structure – the town is home to Brazil’s first uranium ore concentration plant – and its love of cricket. “You walk down the street and you have people wit
Holding out for a Hero? How cricket’s Hundred auction works and who is available
With Indian Premier League investment on board, the Hundred has followed the IPL’s lead with a player auction for the 2026 season in London this week A rather drab event space hidden away next to Boots near Piccadilly Circus feels a long way from the 18,000-capacity Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, where the Indian Premier League auction was held in December, but the Hundred will take a significant step in the direction of its new big brother when the first major player auction in English sport takes
Alyssa Healy’s final match underlines recurring truth of women’s Test cricket | Geoff Lemon
The retiring captain got one last win but her score highlighted how scarce opportunities make those quirks of bad luck cut rather than sting Sometimes, those behind-the-scenes cameras show more than they know. In a silent Australian dressing room in 2019, the players were staring at the indeterminate middle-distance like commuters on a train. Eventually, the one raised voice belonged to Alyssa Healy. This was the last day of the Ashes Test at Taunton, where Australia had to decide whether to off
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‘A wonderful journey’: Suryakumar Yadav revels in India’s T20 World Cup win
Team claim third successive men’s ICC trophy ‘We want to continue and never stop,’ says captain India’s captain, Suryakumar Yadav, has set his sights on an extended period of white-ball dominance after the team secured a third successive ICC men’s trophy with a one-sided victory against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final. The country went more than a decade without winning a major trophy, but since 2024 they have banked two T20 World Cups and a Champions Trophy. “I’m very excited by the wa
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Reaction from Ahmedabad as India go back-to-back as T20 World Cup champions.
India retain T20 World Cup with 96-run final win over New Zealand – as it happened
Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah starred as an irresistible India crushed New Zealand to retain the T20 World Cup 3rd over: India 27-0 (Samson 14, Abhishek 12) Matt Henry is replaced by Jacob Duffy after only one over. The gamble doesn’t pay off, with Duffy’s first over costing 15. Abhishek larruped two fours over the top before hitting another big shot just short of Phillips at deep square leg. Samson finished the over with an imperious drive over mid-off for four. Continue reading...
India retain T20 World Cup as Samson and Bumrah inspire rout of New Zealand
Final: India, 255-5, beat NZ, 159, by 96 runs Samson’s 89 leads way before Bumrah takes four for 15 It might not have been the thriller neutrals wanted, but it was everything India desired. They became the first men’s team to defend the T20 World Cup and the first side to win it at home, after drowning New Zealand in a deluge of runs in front of 100,000 giddy and almost universally blue‑clad supporters. New Zealand looked forlorn while conceding 255 and wretched when attempting to chase it, an
Ruthless Australia defeat India in Alyssa Healy’s last Test
Australia win by 10 wickets at the Waca Annabel Sutherland named player of the match and series Read Megan Maurice’s over-by-over report 34th over: India 117-6 (Rawal 50, Rana 19) Lots of chat from the Australians being picked up on the stump mic as King continues to turn the screws in her spell. Rawal manages to find a single and brings up her 50 – she’s has been fantastic for India so far. Once Rana gets on strike, she has a clear plan and gets down low and sweeps the ball to the boundary f
Why is there talk about a Pakistan spinner's action?
Who is Usman Tariq and what is the story behind the Pakistan spinner's much-debated bowling action?
Why are batters retiring out early in T20 cricket?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains why there is a rising trend in T20 batters retiring out early in matches
What is Curran's ultra-slow 'moon ball' leaving batters in a spin?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains what is a 'moon ball' and how England's Sam Curran mastered the delivery in the first ODI against Sri Lanka.
Who owns the teams competing in The Hundred?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team take a look at who owns each team in The Hundred.
What is the 'designated batters' rule introduced by Big Bash League?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains the new 'designated batter and fielder' rule introduced by the Big Bash League for the 2026-27 season.
When is the next Ashes series?
Our Ask Me Anything team explore when the next Ashes series will be and what venues have been selected.
What are the ICC pitch ratings and how does the system work?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains pitch ratings after the Melbourne Ashes pitch was rated 'unsatisfactory' by ICC.