The commercial pitch has become tougher for teams amid less competition for streaming rights and an advertising crackdown
Arun Singh Dhumal says monsoon rains make it hard to expand beyond the tight March-to-May slot, but argues there are still opportunities for growth
Tuning in to watch the country’s once-vaunted national team lose has become a mandatory, if masochistic, ritual
Two increasingly different countries are contesting the Ashes
Injection of funds from international investors will help pay off debts and revamp infrastructure
All England Club considers staging grass court matches featuring famous cricketers to boost tennis championships’ appeal
Subscriptions soar as JioStar consolidates rights for world’s richest league in sport-mad nation
Suspension of lucrative league could strike blow to media arm of Ambani’s Reliance
England and Wales Cricket Board raise £400mn in sell-off for teams competing in controversial ‘Hundred’ format
Plus, the return of Six Nations and padel’s big hitters swing into Madrid
Billionaire family already owns clubs in South Africa, the US and the United Arab Emirates
Plus, Q&A with ECB chair Richard Thompson
The franchise has inspired a flurry of fast-paced competitions designed to draw in untapped audiences, but the field is getting crowded
Plus, new twist in football spending rules
Sport’s governing body hopes to raise up to £500mn from selling 49% in each of the participating sides
400 years after first known organised match — and the first recorded death — fresh evidence is unearthed about the sport’s origins
The left-handed batsman was a shining light in an often dark period for the English game
Governing body says funding will boost short format of game as rival competitions proliferate
How’s that?
‘H1-B’ squad has defied the odds to surprise the sport’s fans and Americans alike with their success in T20 tournament
Ticket prices for T20 match-up soar as tournament organisers hope to hook more fans in the US
A dramatic account of the 1961 Ashes is a compelling story of leadership, empire and class
One fan’s quest to explain the unspoken consensus that elevates some cricket players above the rest
One of the sport’s greatest all-rounders who was denied a long Test career because of his country’s apartheid system
Visitors win by 6 wickets in game that brought heartbreak to home nation and favourites
