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England's Moeen Ali, center, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler after the dismissal of South Africa's Reeza Hendricks, left, during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between England and South Africa at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

England’s World Cup-winning allrounder Moeen Ali retires from international cricket

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

England's Olly Stone celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka during day two of the second Rothesay Men's Test cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's, London, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Seamers drive home England’s dominance of Sri Lanka in second test after Atkinson’s century

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Lords Cricket ground as England play India in the First Test in London, July, 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Lord’s will host a women’s cricket test match for the first time in 2026

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India's cricket team stands for the national anthem during a ceremony at Wankhede Stadium, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Mumbai, India, celebrating their ICC Men's Twenty20 Cricket World Cup win. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India cricketers feted in victory parade in Mumbai after winning Twenty20 World Cup

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Children learn to bat during a cricket workshop at Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The workshop was held by the Mexican cricket federation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Seth Waugh is leaving after 6 years leading the PGA of America

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Afghan cricket fans celebrate their team's victory during the men's T20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, in the city of Khost province eastern of Afghanistan, Tuesday, June. 25, 2024. Afghanistan edged Bangladesh to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time and followed India into the last four following a combination of results that eliminated 2021 champion Australia on Monday. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

Afghans celebrate their men’s national cricket team reaching first Twenty20 World Cup semifinals

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Parmanand Sarju, founder of the Long Island Youth Cricket Academy, instructs players during practice at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. " A temporary stadium for next month's T20 Cricket World Cup -- the first major international cricket competition the U.S. is hosting -- is being built atop another ball field in the park where Sarju's academy began more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

A cricket World Cup is coming to New York City’s suburbs

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

England's James Anderson bowls on the first day of the fifth and final test match between England and India in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Anderson's England career might be coming to an end this summer after talks between the world's most prolific fast bowler in test cricket and coach Brendon McCullum. McCullum made a visit to Britain from his native New Zealand and spoke to the 41-year-old Anderson over a round of golf, the Guardian newspaper and other parts of British media reported Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

Anderson might be heading toward end of England cricket career after holding talks with McCullum

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England's James Anderson bowls on the first day of the fifth and final test match between England and India in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Anderson's England career might be coming to an end this summer after talks between the world's most prolific fast bowler in test cricket and coach Brendon McCullum. McCullum made a visit to Britain from his native New Zealand and spoke to the 41-year-old Anderson over a round of golf, the Guardian newspaper and other parts of British media reported Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

James Anderson to end his record-breaking England test cricket career at Lord’s in July

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Suncorp Stadium general manager Alan Graham, left, and Queensland state Premier Steven Miles stand in front of the stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2024. Brisbane Olympics organizers have scrapped plans to demolish and rebuild an iconic cricket ground as the centerpiece of the 2032 Games while also rejecting a review panel's recommendation for a new stadium in city parklands. (AAP Image/Darren England)

Brisbane Olympics organizers scrap plans for their 2032 centerpiece and reject new stadium idea

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India's Virat Kohli celebrates the dismissal of Netherlands' captain Scott Edwards during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between India and Netherlands in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Cricket World Cup talking points ahead of India-New Zealand and Australia-South Africa semifinals

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference after the second day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Cricket’s Olympic return draws an enthusiastic response from around the world

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AFC wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) of the Miami Dolphins carries the ball against NFC cornerback Tariq Woolen (27) of the Seattle Seahawks and outside linebacker Za'Darius Smith (55) of the Minnesota Vikings during the flag football event at the NFL Pro Bowl, Feb. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas. Flag football took a key step toward becoming an Olympic sport in 2028, a victory for the NFL and organizers in Los Angeles who will bring a distinctly American sport to the Summer Games as they return to the United States for the first time in 32 years. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)

Flag football set to be included at Los Angeles Olympics in 2028

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

India's Mohammed Siraj loses his balance after delivering a ball as Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage and Kusal Mendis run between wickets during the Asia Cup final cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sep. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Dallas, Florida and New York to host matches in men’s T20 World Cup next year

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Pakistan's men cricket team head coach Grant Bradburn talks to reporters in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn wants to see his team play an aggressive brand of cricket

By RIZWAN ALI - Associated Press

Fans in the stands watch the Texas Super Kings and Los Angeles Knight Riders compete in a Major League Cricket match in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Major League Cricket’s inaugural tournament, six teams strong with rosters peppered with players from South Asia, is in full swing. Organizers hope the tourney and its new, sped-up version of cricket helps establish a U.S. foothold for a sport with a vast international following but little interest so far among American fans. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A new cricket league is underway in the busy U.S. sports market. Organizers believe it can stick

By Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

Australia's Ellyse Perry, right, celebrates after bowling England's Sophia Dunkley, background right, during the first one day international cricket match of the Women's Ashes Series between England and Australia, at The Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol, England, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (David Davies/PA via AP)

Men and women to receive equal prize money at cricket’s biggest events

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Kolkata Knight Riders' Andre Russell plays a shot during Indian Premier League cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, April 29, 2023. George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” That might explain why cricket has flourished to such an extent in Britain and some of its former colonies but never to the same degree in the United States. (AP Photo Bikas Das, File)

With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States

By Steve McMorran - Associated Press

Afghan girls who practice wushu, a Chinese martial art, pose for a photo in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The ruling Taliban have banned women from sports as well as barring them from most schooling and many realms of work. A number of women posed for an AP photographer for portraits with the equipment of the sports they loved. Though they do not necessarily wear the burqa in regular life, they chose to hide their identities with their burqas because they fear Taliban reprisals and because some of them continue to practice their sports in secret. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Citing Taliban, Australia nixes Afghanistan cricket series

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Laborers cheer at a fan festival at the Asian Town cricket stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Far from the luxury hotels and sprawling new stadiums emblematic of Doha during the World Cup, scores of soccer-mad South Asian workers poured into a converted cricket stadium in the city's desert outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

On outskirts of Doha, laborers watch World Cup they built

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press