Cricket

LONDON (AP) — Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Friday it had updated its previous restrictions following a U.K.

LONDON (AP) — Uncapped Essex pair Sam Cook and Jordan Cox were included in the England squad for the one-off cricket test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, starting May 22.

JAIPUR, India (AP) — Cricket’s 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out for a two-ball duck as the Mumbai Indians won their first Indian Premier League game in Jaipur since 2012 and ended the Rajasthan Royals' hopes of qualifying for

LONDON (AP) — Lord's will host the final of the Women's T20 World Cup in 2026. Other venues for the expanded 12-team competition include Old Trafford, Headingley, Edgbaston, Hampshire Bowl, the Oval, and Bristol County Ground.

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Chennai Super Kings became the first team to fall out of contention for the Indian Premier League playoffs as Yuzvendra Chahal performed a hat trick in Punjab Kings’ four-wicket win on Wednesday.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (AP) — Mehidy Hasan hit a century and claimed five wickets in a stellar all-around display as Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs in the second and final cricket test on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will host Bangladesh for five T20 matches next month with Faisalabad set to stage its first international match after a 17-year hiatus, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Sunil Narine’s all-round performance kept defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders alive in the Indian Premier League with a 14-run victory over Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) — Nat Sciver-Brunt has been appointed captain of the England women’s cricket team.

A 14-year-old wunderkind has the cricket world in raptures after scoring an electrifying 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League.