A career-best performance from Tasmanian all-rounder Beau Webster wasn’t enough to prevent Western Australia from snatching a tense one-wicket victory in Tuesday evening’s One-Day Cup match at the WACA.
‘Surgery was a success’: Stokes shares update on ghastly injury after freak incident
England captain Ben Stokes has successfully undergone eye surgery after being struck by a cricket ball in a freak incident earlier this month.
Big Bash duo shatters World Cup record as Kiwis cruise towards massive victory
Finn Allen and Tim Seifert posted a T20 World Cup record partnership of 175 as New Zealand crushed the United Arab Emirates by 10 wickets with almost five overs to spare in Chennai on Tuesday.
Australia’s $497k elephant in the room; how we fill staggering void— World Cup Talking Points
Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign gets underway in Colombo on Wednesday, facing Ireland at R. Premadasa Stadium for the first of four group-stage matches.
‘Get the job done’: Marsh backs weakened Aussie squad as star to miss T20 World Cup opener
Captain Mitchell Marsh backed his Australia players to “get the job done” as they launch their T20 World Cup title charge against Ireland on Wednesday following a torrid build-up.
Pressure mounts on Marnus as in-form veteran cracks ANOTHER hundred to push ODI case
New South Wales veteran Kurtis Patterson has further pressed his case for a long-awaited national recall with a stylish century during the Blues’ One-Day Cup win against reigning champions South Australia in Sydney.
Pakistan backflips on $358m boycott as World Cup standoff ends
Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the country’s cricket team to play India in the T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo, ending a week-long stand-off.
Pakistan agree to play India at T20 Cricket World Cup after scrapping boycott
Match to go ahead in Sri Lanka on Sunday
Government made decision after negotiations
Pakistan are poised to fulfil their T20 World Cup fixture against India on Sunday, having previously been instructed by their government to boycott the game in a move that could have cost the sport millions.
The crisis was triggered by Bangladesh withdrawing from the tournament last month – their place handed to Scotland – when a request to play their matches outside India on security grounds was rejected by the International Cricket Council.
Continue reading...Italy handed brutal reality check on World Cup debut — despite Aussie-born brothers’ resistance
T20 World Cup debutants Italy have had a bruising introduction to cricket’s biggest stage, suffering a crushing 73-run loss to Scotland in Kolkata that has come at a cost.
‘Working my a**e off’: Forgotten Test star hits back over status, puts Aussies on notice
Victoria’s “chameleon” hasn’t given up hope.
NEPAL! Minnow’s heartbreak as Poms survive almighty scare in final-ball thriller — T20 WC Wrap
England clung on to beat Nepal by four runs in a nerve-jangling last-ball thriller in Mumbai on Sunday and avoid one of the biggest upsets in the history of the T20 World Cup.
England hold off Nepal charge in final over to avoid T20 World Cup shock
Sam Curran bowls final over to deny minnows
England were given a major scare at the beginning of their Men’s T20 World Cup campaign, but Sam Curran held his nerve to deliver a four-run win over minnows Nepal at a raucous Wankhede Stadium.
With Nepal needing 10 from the final over to secure a famous victory in the first-ever meeting between the two sides, Curran nailed his lines and lengths to get England out of jail in a breathless contest.
Simon Burnton’s match report will follow
Continue reading...Big Bash star’s blistering knock sparks record chase as Kiwis avoid repeat World Cup disaster
Opener Tim Seifert struck a blistering 65 off 42 balls to lead New Zealand’s highest-ever run in a T20 World Cup as they beat Afghanistan by five wickets on Sunday.
‘Very good player’: New star rises from Premier Cricket to nearly save Victoria — Shield wrap
A heroic fourth-innings effort from debutant Dylan Brasher has tightened Victoria’s selection squeeze at the back-end of the Sheffield Shield season.
‘Not been easy’: England captain spills on ‘horrendous’ fallout from nightclub altercation
England white-ball captain Harry Brook has confessed the fallout from his nightclub altercation has been “horrendous”, hoping to put the ordeal behind him after the T20 World Cup.