One of Australian sport’s most recognisable voices is headed to Kayo Sports’ cricket coverage with Gerard Whateley set to join the Fox Cricket commentary team for the Summer of the Century.
The Spin | England’s troubles with spinners is leaving a generation behind
Dom Bess is one of many in a long line of England spinners to struggle for a sustained run in Test cricket. Why is there no lasting solution?
It is the eighth over of South Africa’s first innings in Gqeberha in January 2020 when Joe Root tosses the ball to 22-year-old Dom Bess. Three overs later, the decision pays off.
With the final ball before drinks, Bess takes a return catch to dismiss Pieter Malan. In the final over before the close, he has Zubayr Hamza caught at short leg. The next morning, Bess removes Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen to become the first English spinner to take the first five wickets of an innings since Derek Underwood in 1975.
Continue reading...Ex-cricketer Will Pucovski takes legal action against former school over concussion
Batter claims 2014 head knock was mismanaged by Brighton Grammar
Pucovski retired from cricket aged 27 after long history of concussions
A private school football coach allegedly directed students to “go in hard” against each other during a training drill a Test cricketer claims left him with the first of a series of career-ending concussions.
Former Test cricketer Will Pucovski has launched legal action against his school Brighton Grammar over its handling of a concussion he suffered during an Australian rules football training session in 2014.
Continue reading...BBL’s big overhaul: All-Aussie squads, draft scrapped in radical $1.7m shake-up to keep stars
Big Bash League clubs will reportedly no longer be required to sign overseas players as part of a major overhaul designed to give teams greater flexibility and ensure Australia’s top talent is properly rewarded.
‘Never been the same’: Tragic Aussie prodigy launches landmark legal claim against old school
Former Australian Test cricketer Will Pucovski has launched landmark legal action against the Melbourne private school he attended over the alleged mishandling of his first brain injury in a series of concussions that led to his premature retirement.
‘Hacked off’: England skipper filthy with latest nightclub incident as great calls for crackdown
Joe Root expressed his frustration that a winning return as England Test captain has been overshadowed by another off-field incident that saw Brydon Carse dropped for the second Test against Pakistan.
Root reads from same old script in latest episode of England’s off-field soap opera | Simon Burnton
Captain followed trend of discussing nightclub incidents rather than cricket before the second Test against Pakistan
England won the first game of their last Test series, against New Zealand at Lord’s, but between that match and the second Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were involved in a headline-grabbing incident at a London nightclub. “I’m angry, frustrated at having to sit here and talk through this,” Rob Key said a couple of days later.
“I feel disappointed that I’m here talking about this because there’s so much we’ve tried to do, so much we’ve tried to learn from, and I believe that as a team, the way they’ve carried themselves in the lead‑up to last week’s game, the way they played that Test match – to then be now talking about this, is just incredibly frustrating.”
Continue reading...England captain Joe Root ‘hacked off’ and ‘disappointed’ at Carse incident
Root says cricketers need to avoid ‘stupid mistakes’
Carse dropped from squad following handcuffs incident
Joe Root has spoken of his desire to remodel England’s dressing room into a group that inspires “supporters to look at us and not just revere what we do on the field but off it as well” after the conduct of the nation’s cricketers was once again called into question following the emergence of videos showing Brydon Carse being escorted from a Derby nightclub in handcuffs late on Saturday night.
The England captain said he was “really hacked off” to be forced once again to address player behaviour, after a string of similar stories over the past eight months. But he repeatedly and pointedly referred to Carse’s misdemeanour, which led to the 31-year-old being briefly arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly before being de-arrested and released without charge, as an “isolated incident”.
Continue reading...Australia’s ideal team for South Africa tour still no clearer than before Bangladesh visit | Geoff Lemon
The quick-fire series in the Northern Territory did little to answer batting line-up questions and the top of the order remains an almighty jumble
Cricket Australia didn’t host a Bangladesh Test for 23 years for a simple reason: it would have cost money to stage and earned less money back. That wouldn’t have been a concern for whichever generation of players would have taken the field, but for the suits, the equation was lose-lose. Now that the mandate of the World Test Championship has forced administrators to end that long wait, the result for Australia’s current batting outfit was also been lose-lose, even if the series scoreline ended up lose-win.
Defeat in the Darwin Test will remain a punchline at Australia’s expense, especially if the upcoming cavalcade of cricket against South Africa, New Zealand, India and England goes poorly. The follow-up win in Mackay, no matter the ruthlessness of concluding it in five sessions, won’t provide corresponding solace, given the manner in which it was built.
Continue reading...Shield ‘tweaks’ announced in attempt to solve nation’s batting crisis and curb alarming trend
Cricket Australia has encouraged curators shave more grass off, and reduce the moisture in, their pitches this summer as some tweaks have been announced to the Sheffield Shield to try find a better balance between bat and ball.
They thought Marnus was back. An icon just found the flaw that’s put his Test career on the brink
Australia’s selectors are back where they started a little more than a year ago.
‘Thin ice’: Pom cops Test snub over nightclub drama as great issues blunt warning
England have removed Brydon Carse from the squad for their second Test against Pakistan, after the fast bowler was detained and handcuffed by police following an incident at a Derby nightclub.
Brydon Carse dropped by England as investigation begins into handcuffs incident
Bowler spoken to by police outside bar in Derby
Carse replaced in squad for second Test by Sonny Baker
Brydon Carse has been stood down from England’s squad for the second Test against Pakistan this week while the footage of him in police handcuffs outside a bar in Derby city centre is investigated by the sport’s disciplinary body.
Carse was filmed by a member of the public while he was detained briefly on suspicion of “being drunk and disorderly” outside Molly Malone’s Irish Tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning. The 31-year-old fast bowler had been celebrating victory against Derbyshire in the County Championship with his Durham teammates.
Continue reading...County cricket: the Championship is back and it’s tight at the top
Nottinghamshire are in pole position but Somerset and Warwickshire are breathing down the champions’ necks
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Continue reading...Why England’s summer of cricket chaos could yet have a silver lining | Ali Martin
For all the upheaval and neurosis, it may yet be that the darkest hour came just before dawn for this England team
To say England’s summer of Test cricket has not gone entirely to plan would be a bit of an understatement. At times it has been like watching Gromit frantically laying track in front of a runaway locomotive.
Even now the England and Wales Cricket Board find themselves throwing down the sleepers, reacting to footage of centrally-contracted Brydon Carse in police handcuffs outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night following a match for Durham. Whatever the precise details – Carse was released without charge – it continues a madcap season.
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