The Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to appoint separate captains for red-ball and white-ball formats. The move comes amid a squad transition and injury concerns. Cricbuzz reported that the board expects the change to help manage workloads and maintain form across formats.

Bangladesh currently operates with a single captain across all formats. The shift aligns with similar structures used by several other Test nations. The board has not yet named the candidates for either role.

The decision is expected ahead of the next international window. It remains unclear whether the new captains will be drawn from the existing leadership group.

Trent Rockets chased down London Spirit's total at Trent Bridge with two balls to spare, moving into the top four of the men's standings. Craig Overton struck the winning six — a moment made sharper by the fact he was batting against his twin brother Jamie, who was bowling for Spirit.

It wasn't just the final blow that mattered. Overton contributed with both bat and ball across the match, and that blend of performance proved crucial in a chase that never had much margin for error. Four-wicket victories in The Hundred are won on details, and he delivered them.

London Spirit have now lost their first two games of the tournament.

Rachin Ravindra came within two runs of a century, smashing 98 off 44 balls with seven sixes to lift Welsh Fire past MI London. The knock set a total the hosts couldn't chase — Lockie Ferguson's four wickets shut the door on the way down, and Welsh Fire won by 15.

It's a second straight win for Fire, and Ravindra's brutal hitting in the middle overs is why he's been picked for the IPL squad. Boundaries dominated the match, and when a batter can turn a boundary into a six the way Ravindra did here, the maths shifts fast. His strike rate in this format isn't theoretical anymore — it's match-winning.

Switzerland will host its first-ever official Women's T20I tournament from 27 to 31 July 2026 at Embrach Cricket Ground. Four teams will compete in the quadrangular series — a milestone for Swiss cricket and a signal that the ICC is serious about spreading women's cricket beyond traditional strongholds.

Embrach, the venue, will host matches across five days in late July, giving touring sides time to settle before other international windows open. Organisers expect the tournament to lift the profile of women's cricket in Switzerland and across the region, though the real test will come in whether it builds a sustainable domestic pipeline or remains a one-off.

Roston Chase hurt his right index finger in the Caribbean Premier League and hasn't had much net time since. The finger isn't 100 percent, but the all-rounder still expects to take the field when West Indies host Pakistan for the first Test in Barbados on 4 July.

Teammates have told him they trust him to lead even when he's not fully fit. West Indies have picked a 15-man squad that includes two uncapped players, and medical staff will check Chase 48 hours before the start.

He's taken 23 wickets at 29.4 in his last six Tests and remains the side's most experienced spinner.

Essex chairman Jason Gallian has resigned after four years, the county confirmed on Friday. He took the post in 2021 and was still there when they returned to Division One last season. The board has already started looking for a replacement.

Officials thanked him for steadying the finances while the club poured money into the new County Ground stand. No reason was given. Essex sit fourth in the Championship after five matches.

Vice-chairman Delvene Selby steps in as acting chair until someone permanent is found, with the club aiming to have a successor in place before the T20 Blast starts in June.

Ben Stokes will split the 2026 season between Durham and franchise leagues, rotating his commitments to manage the physical toll of playing across formats. It's a balancing act top players now have to master — county cricket no longer locks them in for five months.

Durham's agreed to work around the plan as part of their broader squad strategy. The specifics — which tournaments, which windows — are still being hammered out, but the framework is set: Stokes plays county cricket in blocks, not as a continuous commitment.

The arrangement reflects a shift in how elite players structure their calendars. Franchise leagues have enough money and reach now that they're not squeezed around the county season anymore — they're equal parts of the puzzle.

Yorkshire have signed England seamer Em Arlott from Warwickshire on a three-year contract that starts in 2027. The 10-cap bowler joins England teammates Lauren Winfield-Hill and Jess Jonassen at Headingley. Warwickshire confirmed the move on Friday.

Arlott took 18 wickets at 22.4 in last season's Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Yorkshire finished bottom of the County Championship and have chased experienced seam options to rebuild their attack, signing off-spinner Chloe Brewer earlier this month as well.

Warwickshire director of cricket Paul Farbrace said her departure leaves a gap in their stocks. Arlott said she's excited to join a side that reached the Charlotte Edwards Cup final last year.

Nicholas Pooran and Sam Curran finished the job unbeaten — a 93-run stand off 40 balls that chased down Sunrisers Leeds' 143 and handed MI London a seven-wicket win in The Hundred 2026 opener at The Oval. The pair came in with the innings already tilting their way and accelerated cleanly to the target, MI London reaching it with wickets still in the shed.

The rebranded sides are leaning hard on their expanded wage bills. MI London and Sunrisers Leeds are among the teams that've shifted ownership structures and player salaries upward for this edition, a shift that's meant to sharpen squad assembly from game one. The women's match earlier in the day went the other way — Sunrisers Leeds won that by seven wickets on the same pitch.

MI London starts the tournament with momentum. The rest of the men's schedule rolls out over the next week, and early results like this can shape how teams approach the middle rounds.

Ryana MacDonald-Gay's bowling set up Manchester Super Giants' comfortable win over London Spirit in The Hundred. The Super Giants restricted their opponents and chased down the target with room to spare — a statement result in the revamped 2026 edition of the competition.

This season marks a significant shift for the league. New ownership structures have poured money into several franchises, including Manchester, with higher player salaries and increased investment now the norm. Grace Ballinger has already flagged rising expectations around what these upgraded rosters should deliver.

The Super Giants' opening win gives them early momentum, though whether their added resources will translate to sustained success remains the real test.

Khaled Mahmud's back. The former Bangladesh captain and BCB director has been appointed consultant for age-group cricket development, the board confirmed—part of a push to rebuild grassroots pathways.

Mahmud's returning to an official role after his earlier stint as a director. His brief is to improve talent identification and nurture across junior age groups, drawing on both his playing career and board experience. The BCB sees the consultancy as foundational work, the kind that doesn't produce headlines but should produce players.

The timing matters. Bangladesh cricket's looking for ways to build stronger senior sides down the line, not patch holes now. More detail on what programs Mahmud will oversee should come in the coming weeks.