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Former England captain Heather Knight has announced her retirement from international cricket after a ‌16-year career. The ‌35-year-old will make her final appearance during the current Test match ‌against India at Lord's, the venue where she famously led the team to World Cup glory in 2017. She joins fellow England stalwart Tammy Beamont in exiting the international game this week. Knight, who debuted in 2010, bows out as England women's all-time record appearance-maker ‌with 320 ‌caps.

Jos Buttler and Harry Brook led the way with swashbuckling batting displays as England went top of the men's T20 world rankings after beating India by 56 runs to take the five-match series 4-0. Buttler hammered 131 in 64 balls and captain Brook made 95 not out in 45 deliveries to propel England to 3-257, their third-highest T20 total and highest against India.

Nathan Lyon is confident he will return to Test cricket when the Australians take on Bangladesh in next month's series opener in Darwin. Lyon sustained a hamstring injury in the third Ashes Test last December and has played no cricket since, with the 38-year-old carefully working his way back to full fitness as he targets a heavy workload across a stretch of 20-21 Tests in the next 13 months.

Special agent Weatherald excels in Top End mission Andrew McDonald has warned Australia's batters to be on guard when they face a Bangladesh attack led by Test cricket's fastest bowler in two Top End Tests next month. A depleted Aussie side were humbled by the quietly rising Tigers on a three-game ODI tour in June. It was their fourth straight bilateral series win in 50-over cricket, having also toppled New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies since October.

Skip to main content Off-spinner Nathan Lyon says the Australians are excited to kickstart a frenetic period of Test cricket with a long-awaited return to Darwin for next month's series opener against Bangladesh

For cut-through in the middle of footy season, it perhaps won't get any better for Australian cricket than today at the MCG. With Australian rules football goal posts entrenched in the ground behind them, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked side-by-side with Aussie cricket greats Steve Waugh and Pune-born Lisa Sthalekar across the hallowed turf on a cold July morning.

Cricket Australia has confirmed Melbourne Renegades will play Perth Scorchers in Chennai this December in what the league anticipates will be the most watched game in Big Bash history. The match will be the first Big Bash League fixture outside Australia and will launch the KFC BBL|16 season on Saturday, December 12, following play on day four of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand in Perth.

Melbourne Renegades men's team will call the MCG home this summer, ending a 15-year association with Marvel Stadium. The Renegades have played home games at Docklands since the Big Bash League's inception in 2011-12 but have struck a new agreement with the Melbourne Cricket Club to relocate their marquee fixtures from KFC BBL|16 onward. The club confirmed on Friday that the MCG would become their primary men's home ground going forward.

Cricket Australia is considering rule changes it hopes can rein in the dominance of nibbling Sheffield Shield seamers and provide better batting conditions that encourage captains to bowl more spin. Peter Roach, CA's operations and scheduling guru, wants more runs scored and spinners getting a greater share of overs in 2026-27 in a bid to address suggestions that lively pitches and early-finishing matches are compromising Australia’s production line of Test cricketers.

Australian Chris Lynn has smashed his second T20 Blast ton of the season as Northamptonshire beat Glamorgan by 53 runs to seal their place in the knockout stage. Lynn, who belted an unbeaten 115 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston last month, maintained his superb T20 form this season, clubbing seven sixes and 10 fours in a career-best 117 off 56 balls at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Wednesday night.