Ricky Ponting believes Test cricket could lose out to Twenty20. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters
The inexorable rise of Twenty20 cricket could lead to players choosing “franchise over country”, and the ultimate demise of the Test format. That is the view of Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, recently returned from the Test series defeat in India - a [...]

Clinton Toopi could be out for up to a year. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images
Leeds’ hopes of retaining their Super League title have been hit by the loss of Ryan Hall and Clinton Toopi for the rest of the season. Winger Hall broke a bone in his foot during Saturday’s Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by St [...]