🚨 Cricket is now officially part of: Olympics ✅ Asian Games ✅ African Games ✅ South Asian Games ✅ Commonwealth Games – ✅ likely to be Pan American Games – ✅ Cricket keeps getting bigger and bigger becoming bigger than ever! 📸 Getty Images

🚨 For the first time, cricket has officially been included in the Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2027! 📸 Getty Images

📺💰 BCCI vs ECB broadcast revenue from the domestic market!! ECB Home Internationals ... : $870M (4yrs) → $217.5M/yr The Hundred : $260M (4yrs) → $65M/yr BCCI Home Internationals .... : $720M (6yrs) → $120M/yr ECB rights are fully bundled BCCI sells IPL & WPL separately

50 Years of CWC On this day in 1975, the first-ever Cricket World Cup match was played between England and India at Lord’s, in a 60-over format. A total of 8 teams participated in the inaugural tournament-and the rest is history. 📸 Getty Images

🚨 ECB is reportedly exploring the idea of reviving a global T20 club tournament similar to the old Champions League T20 (CLT20) where top franchise teams from all around the world can compete. 📸 Getty Images

🚨🇦🇺 ESPN has secured the broadcast rights for Australia's white-ball and Test tour of the West Indies, outbidding Channel Seven. This tour includes 3 Tests (2 day Tests and 1 day night Test) and 5 T20Is matches. Matches will now be on Foxtel, Disney+ and Kayo.

🚨🇦🇺 CA has sold over 311,600 tickets on the first day of Ashes pre-sale, nearly triple the previous single-day sales record of 111,741 tickets Over 50k tickets have been bought from the UK.The next ticket release for registered fans is on June 6 & any remaining public tickets will go on sale June 13

🚨🇳🇿 New Zealand men's centrally contracted players, year 2025–2026: M Abbas,A Ashok,T Blundell,M Bracewell,M Chapman,J Duffy,Z Foulkes, M Hay, M Henry,Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, H Nicholls,W O'Rourke,G Phillips, R Ravindra, M Santner, B Sears, N Smith,W Young.

ODI format is sooo cooked! @ICC

🚨 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will be played from September 30 to November 2 across 5 venues 4 in India and 1 in Sri Lanka. Venues: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, ACA Stadium, Holkar Stadium, ACA-VDCA Stadium, R. Premadasa Stadium(🇱🇰) Opening: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Final:

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ECB is considering scheduling seven home Test matches in 2027, the most since 2022, to prepare for the Ashes series. A two-match warm-up series against either West Indies or Sri Lanka, instead of the usual one-off Test before the Ashes. 📸 Getty Images

🚨🇿🇼 Zimbabwe wants to host England at Victoria Falls—where a new stadium is under construction for the 2027 World Cup, which Zimbabwe is co-hosting with SA & Namibia. Talks are underway for a potential white-ball or one-off Test in the 2027–31 FTP, possibly during England’s South Africa tour.

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ECB has signed a 4 year deal with Channel 5 to broadcast 4 live international T20 matches every year on FTA TV — 2 England Men’s and 2 England Women’s games. Channel 5 will also stream highlights from county cricket’s Vitality Blast competition across the season.

Cricket is the one and only sport on the planet with world champions or finalists from every residential continent. Europe: England Asia: India, Pakistan,Sri Lanka South America: Guyana North America: West Indies Oceania: Australia Africa: South Africa (T20 WC) finalist

🚨🇿🇦 South Africa’s official shirt for the World Test Championship Final against Australia with the Castle Lager logo on the sleeve the official team sponsor of the Proteas Men for the duration of the WTC.

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England’s full-strength squad for the one-off Test vs Zimbabwe: Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Smith, Atkinson, Cook, Tongue, Bashir.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England’s 2025 Test schedule (as per ICC FTP 2023–27): vs 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (Home) – 1 Test (May 2025) vs 🇮🇳 India (Home) – 5 Tests (June – August 2025) vs 🇦🇺 Australia (Away) – 5 Tests (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026)

🇮🇳 Indias 2025 Test schedule (as per ICC FTP 2023–27): vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (Away) – 5 Tests (June – August 2025) VS 🌴 West Indies (Home) - 2 Tests (October 2025) Vs 🇮🇳 South Africa ( Home) – 2 Tests ( Nov - Dec 2025)

🚨 🇿🇦 South Africa 2025 Test schedule (as per ICC FTP 2023–27): VS 🇦🇺 Australia (Away) 1 Test (June 2025) WTC final vs 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (Away) – 2 Tests (Jun - Jul 2025) VS 🇵🇰 Pakistan (Away) – 2 Tests (Oct - Nov 2025) Vs 🇮🇳 India ( Away) – 2 Tests ( Nov - Dec 2025)

🚨 🇦🇺 Australia's remaining 2025 Test schedule (as per ICC FTP 2023–27): VS 🇿🇦 South Africa (Away) 1 Test (June 2025) WTC final vs 🌴 West Indies (Away) – 3 Tests (Jun - Jul 2025) vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (Home) – 5 Tests (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026)

🚨 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe’s remaining Test matches in 2025 ( as per FTP 2023-27): vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (Away) – 1 Test (May 2025) vs 🇿🇦 south Africa (Home) – 2 Tests (Jun - Jul 2025) vs New Zealand (Home) – 2 Tests (Jul - Aug 2025) vs 🇦🇫 Afghanistan (Home) – 2 Tests (Oct - Nov 2025)

🚨 33 year-old Barbadian cricketer Roston Chase is most likely to be appointed as the new West Indies Test captain.

🚨 Sanjog Gupta is most likely to become the new CEO of the ICC. If he gets the role, then two Indians will be in the biggest posts in world cricket. Chairman: Indian CEO: Indian OFC final calls will be made collectively, but having two Indians in these roles will only -

🚨 ICC has confirmed that the winner of the ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 will receive $3.6 million — a 125% increase compared to the 2023 final. The runner-up will get $2.1 million, a 162% increase from last time.

🚨🇿🇦 It’s official! Here’s South Africa’s squad for the World Test Championship WTC Final against Australia Temba Bavuma (C), de Zorzi, Markram, Mulder, Jansen, Rabada, Maharaj, Ngidi, Bosch, Verreynne, Bedingham, Stubbs, Rickelton, Muthusamy and Paterson.

🚨🇵🇰 Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed Mike Hesson as the new white-ball head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team. He’s set to take charge of the white-ball team in two weeks when Pakistan hosts Bangladesh.

🚨🇦🇺 It’s official! Here’s Australia’s squad for the World Test Championship WTC Final against South Africa 🇿🇦

🚨🇿🇦 Cricket South Africa has confirmed Shukri Conrad as Proteas head coach across all formats until the 2027 ODI World Cup at home. Shukri has been coaching the Test side since January 2023, & now he’ll also take charge of the white-ball team from July’s T20 tri-series vs Zimbabwe & NZ in Zimbabwe.

43 days to go until England vs India 1st Test match! 🏏🍿

🚨 Cricket West Indies Statement on the Situation in India and Pakistan

34 days to go until South Africa vs Australia World Test Championship WTC final! 🏏🍿 🎥 ©️ Supersport (YouTube Channel) Music: "Running in the Dark" (Instrumental) by SMANTX

🚨 India is preparing to bid to host the 2027 WTC Final, with a formal proposal set to be submitted to the ICC this summer. However, the ICC is concerned about attendance if India doesn’t qualify. If the bid is successful, it would be the first time the WTC Final is held outside England.

🚨 WTC Final at Lord's: Days 1–4 Sold Out! All the tickets for Days 1 to 4 of the Australia vs South Africa World Test Championship Final at Lord's Cricket Ground are completely sold out. Lord's Cricket Ground is estimated to earn around £4 million from ticket sales alone.

Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

🚨 South Africa is set to play a 4-day warm-up match vs Zimbabwe at Arundel, Sussex (June 3–6), right before the WTC Final vs Australia at Lord's on June 11. Later, Zimbabwe will host South Africa for a 2-Test series at home starting June 28.

With the successful co-hosting of the T20 World Cup alongside the USA, West Indies has cleared all debts and now holds a total cash reserve of $17.5 million and a $34.6 million surplus. Prime West Indies is back ☝🏾

🚨 Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies has reported a record $88 million in revenue for 2024 - thanks to co-hosting the T20 World Cup with the USA and earned a profit of $23 million, which is up by 60% compared to 2023.

The one-off Test between England and Zimbabwe, which is just 18 days away, is going to be historic-for the first time, a host board (ECB) will pay a touring fee to the visiting board (Zimbabwe Cricket) Usually, visiting teams cover their own expenses and don't receive any fee.

🚨 China is planning to host its first-ever friendly cricket match with Bangladesh to boost bilateral ties and support the growth of sport in the country.

Per forest conservation & annexation plans submitted to Frederick’s Planning Commission, Washington Freedom have proposed a 25,000-capacity cricket stadium in Frederick, Maryland (site: I-70 Golf Range). The project is still in early stages and not yet formally published.

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Dumb#ss BCCI should focus on fan satisfaction and prioritize long term vision over short term profits. Fans aren’t just people who buy tickets— they’re family. Treat them that way @BCCI

England, the host of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, has already revealed venues a year to spare. Meanwhile, the tournament India is hosting the pinnacle event of women’s cricket, just six months away still hasn’t revealed anything: no official logo, fixture, theme song, ticketing information NTG

🚨 Breaking: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be played from June 12 to July 5 in England across 7 venues. Venues: Lord’s, Old Trafford, Headingley, Edgbaston, The Oval, Hampshire Bowl & Bristol County Ground. Final at Lord’s.

🚨 BREAKING: Lord’s Cricket Ground will host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 final. Confirmed.

Japan is one of the most populated countries on the planet and one of the rare nations on the world map that can sustain Test cricket and contribute to the game with both finance and viewership.

Great to see Japan qualifying for the U19 World Cup and cricket being included in the Asian Games. Hopefully, this helps grow the sport in Japan and builds public interest.

Cricket is now officially part of: Olympics ✅ Asian Games ✅ African Games ✅ South Asian Games ✅ Commonwealth Games – ✅ likely to be Pan American Games – ❓ TBD, likely to be

🚨 Cricket has officially been included in the Asian Games 2026, to be held in Japan.

🚨 Surrey Cricket Club CEO, Steven Elworthy, on the importance of red-ball cricket: "From a performance point of view, if we don't have long form red-ball cricket, I think you will see a decline in the skill levels of players."