Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer slammed blistering half-centuries as Rajasthan Royals outclassed Gujarat Titans by three wickets.
Cricket Australia on Monday said they are yet to start discussions on whether Australian cricketers would compete in the remainder of IPL 2021, which will take place in the UAE in September-October.
Australia coach Justin Langer believes his team can re-establish themselves as the best in the world as they prepare for a potential semi-final showdown with Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup this week.
After picking up pretty much every individual honour on offer in a spectacular 2015, Australia captain Steve Smith has a more collective goal in his sights this year -- restoring his country to the top of the Test rankings.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have a chance to cement their status as two of the best to play the 20-over format.
India's ODI skipper Mithali Raj bettered the record for most matches captained in the ICC Women's World Cup, surpassing former Australian counterpart Belinda Clark, on Saturday.
Former Australian captain, Ian Chappell, one of the game's biggest analysts for many years now, believes India has been well served by fast bowlers such as Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
'It is not right for batters to steal two or three metres and then bowlers marginally overstepping and getting a free hit. I know people want to see sixes and fours but also if you are a real cricket lover, you want to see competition between bat and ball and not just one-sided games.'
James Anderson is 'praying' his England career is not over after being left out of Test tour of the West Indies.
With MI's batting finally clicking, LSG bowlers have task cut out
IMAGES from the WPL match played between RCB and Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Monday.
West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle and Australian opener David Warner have scored more than 600 runs in the IPL in three different seasons and are now second on the list.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting will have to guard against the wily leg-spinner Chahal,
Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 position after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries against New Zealand.
The International Cricket Council on Thursday launched the official anthem of the upcoming T20 World Cup along with a campaign film featuring 'avatars' of Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli and West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard.
Women's T20 challenge is unlikely to go ahead this year
With the T20 World Cup underway, let us takes a look at interesting facts and trivia about the tournament from its previous editions.
India medium-pacer Jhulan Goswami became the most successful bowler in ICC Women's Cricket World Cup history when she dismissed Anisa Mohammed of the West Indies, in Hamilton on Saturday, for her 40th wicket at the tournament.
A private funeral service was held for Warne's closest friends and family in Melbourne last week but all were invited to Wednesday's televised memorial where his father Keith mourned the loss of "a loving and caring son" and his former team mates remembered a fierce and mischievous competitor.
A match-winning three-wicket bowling stint by Mitchell Marsh lifted Australia to a convincing victory by 58 runs against West Indies in the final of the triangular One-day international (ODI) series in Barbados on Sunday.
Australia's T20 wicketkeeper Mathew Wade also spoke in favour of Tim David. He said that no doubt he will play for the Australian side and has the potential to be anything.
Tom Moody returns as head coach after fellow-Australian Trevor Bayliss quit following the 2021 season.
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Indo-US combination lost to second seeds Rennae Stubbs and Kveta Peschke in the quarter-finals.
The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official announcement will happen on the day.
Plenty of room for all three formats to flourish, says Sehwag
Former Windies skipper Daren Ganga believes a change of franchise might help Sunil Narine.
As many as 29 antiquities, including on the themes of Lord Shiva and his disciples, Lord Vishnu and the Jain tradition, have been repatriated to India by Australia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inspected them, government sources said.
Nepal court releases rape accused cricketer Lamichhane on bail
India's Deepti Sharma also moved up to no 6 while Poonam Yadav remained at eighth.
As Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, United States President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met at the Kantei palace in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, to give the Quad a boost, Chinese and Russian warplanes on Tuesday conducted joint air patrols over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the West Pacific Ocean.
'All the fans in Australia are going to see a very, very, good player.'
Nine West Indian players were part of IPL 2021.
Ricky Ponting has warned rivals his Australia team are 'on the brink of something special' and are set to dominate a home summer of cricket centred around the Ashes series against England.
'I never got respect as an actress.' 'But when I became a director and worked with actresses like Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, I felt such pride of being an actress.'
Erskine said he had told Warner to keep quiet so that everyone could move on from the scandal.
India's white ball players have that imposing alpha-male like presence out there in the middle even if their best player Kohli is on the wane.
Chappell believed that international cricket faces a real challenge of retaining players in the face of rapid expansion of T20 leagues around the world.
Australia completed a six-wicket victory within two days in the first Test against South Africa on Sunday as the Proteas crumbled on a green Gabba wicket that played straight into the home bowlers' hands.
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