Australia’s injury crisis has deepened after scans confirmed that fast bowler Mahli Beardman had sustained a lumbar bone stress fracture, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.
Reigning champs avoid World Cup disaster as skipper rescues India after huge scare
A sparkling unbeaten 84 from India captain Suryakumar Yadav and three wickets from late call-up Mohammed Siraj in Mumbai helped India avoid a shock defeat to the United States as they opened their defence of the T20 World Cup.
Pakistan avoid disastrous World Cup shock after 19th-over great escape against the Netherlands
Faheem Ashraf smashed an unbeaten 29 off 11 balls as Pakistan scrambled past the Netherlands by three wickets to avoid a massive shock in the curtain-raiser of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Saturday.
Harry Brook says fallout from nightclub row has been ‘horrendous’
England T20 captain eager to move on from furore
‘It’s not been a very nice time of my life,’ he says
Harry Brook wants to draw a line under a “pretty horrendous” past few weeks when revelations about his conduct in Wellington cast doubt on his leadership as he prepares to lead England at the T20 World Cup.
More than three months on from Brook being punched by a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand, hours before captaining England, the saga took on fresh legs when the Yorkshireman claimed to have been on his own, only for the Daily Telegraph to uncover he was accompanied by Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue.
Continue reading...Kurtis Patterson sends reminder with career-best Sheffield Shield statement after ‘low period’
Kurtis Patterson has celebrated his 100th Sheffield Shield appearance in style after bringing up a career-best first-class score of 173 not out for NSW against South Australia.
‘Brace for eight weeks’: Shock injury reveal as nasty Ashes hit leaves Marnus playing through pain
Not even a broken bone will keep Marnus Labuschagne off the cricket field.
150 runs in boundaries! Sachin among India greats STUNNED by 14yo’s ‘absurd’ WC final knock
Some of India’s greatest cricketers have been left gobsmacked by the latest feat of prodigious 14-year-old batting talent Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who produced the most audaciously unthinkable innings in a final to power India to a sixth Under 19 World Cup.
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Continue reading...Umpires step in over Marnus blow-up as star fumes after fiery send-off — Shield wrap
Marnus Labuschagne returned fire toward Sam Elliott on Friday after he was given a send-off amid the 17-wicket Sheffield Shield carnage at the MCG on day one.
Aussie World Cup camp dealt huge blow in shock 15-year nightmare
Star seamer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup, with the Australians now missing two frontline pace bowlers in a brutal blow.
‘Wide-ranging implications’: Rival nation’s plea for Pakistan to abandon World Cup boycott
Sri Lanka’s cricket board has asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott their first-round encounter with arch rival India in the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the island.
Undercooked Aussies dealt another blow as lone World Cup warm-up abandoned
Australia’s suboptimal T20 World Cup preparation has once again been curtailed after Thursday’s official warm-up match against the Netherlands abandoned without a ball bowled due to weather.
‘That was unreal’: Aussie young gun fires in record chase as finals curse continues
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won their second Women’s Premier League title after defeating the Delhi Capitals by six wickets in Thursday’s high-scoring final at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium.
‘Broke the No.1 rule’: Lid lifts on how Stokes suffered gruesome blow… and class act he did next
England Test captain Ben Stokes has suffered a severe facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball, with details about the freak incident emerging on Friday night.
‘You should see the cricket ball’ jokes Ben Stokes after being struck in the face
Test captain has bruised eye and grazes to cheek and lip
34-year-old is back in England after dismal Ashes tour
Ben Stokes has sustained a significant facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball.
The England Test captain posted a picture on Instagram showing his right eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose. He captioned the picture: “You should see the state of the cricket ball.”
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