Thirty wickets. Just 125 overs. A wicket every 25 balls and a Test match finished inside two days.
People were ‘starting to question his value’. Lyon’s ‘huge’ cameo came at the perfect time
After a confidence building flourish at the end of Australia’s win over Bangladesh in Mackay, Nathan Lyon declared he was feeling better than ever with a view towards South Africa.
England star handcuffed, detained by cops as Stokes watches on in fresh nightclub fiasco
England fast bowler Brydon Carse was taken away in handcuffs by police outside a nightclub as a new late night, drinking incident embarrasses English cricket.
‘We’ll see’: ‘Big Three’ reveal clues over next move as Aussies turn attention to forgotten project
With Australia having wrapped up a series levelling rout of Bangladesh inside two days in Mackay, all eyes are looking towards Pat Cummins’ team’s next assignment.
Brydon Carse handcuffed by police outside nightclub prompting ECB investigation
England fast bowler released without charge
Incident happened in Derby as Durham celebrated win
Brydon Carse was handcuffed by police in Derby on Saturday as he became the latest England cricketer to become involved in a late-night incident.
A brief video on social media shows the fast bowler being apprehended by several police officers outside a nightclub as he celebrated Durham’s County Championship win over Derbyshire.
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Updates from around the grounds on the final day
Australia thrash Bangladesh | Get The Spin | Mail Tanya
Bohannon, averaging 19.52 this season, pushes forward defensively but it’s a zinger from Luke Procter who, along with James Anderson, is only remaining player from Lancashire’s 2011 Championship winning side still on the pitch.
Fact of the day from Paul Edwards: Procter, who was a qualified electrician, considering a plumbing career, and training as a hairdresser when at OT, has just signed a new two-year contract with Northants which will take him to 40.
Continue reading...Mitchell Starc rips through Bangladesh – again – as Australia dominate ‘fast-forward’ second Test
Starc stars with 10 wickets in Mackay
Mitchell Starc has rocked the Bangladesh batting order for the second time in as many days in Mackay to secure Australia victory by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test.
For the third time in the last seven matches, a Test in Australia has finished inside two days after Starc and captain Pat Cummins (3-10) ripped through Bangladesh, who batted poorly.
Continue reading...Star’s breakout series, batters flop as Aussie greats send reminder of their class — Player Ratings
Australia mauled Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in Mackay to level the two-Test series after their shock loss in Darwin with the Australian bowlers bouncing back in emphatic fashion.
‘Do it now’: Australia’s bowlers made up for Darwin. It makes a batting fix even more urgent — Second Test Talking Points
Australia responded brilliantly to the debacle in Darwin by mauling Bangladesh in Mackay, with the innings and 51 run victory within two days squaring what proved to be an intriguing series following the upset in the first Test.
Starc takes TEN as ‘exceptional’ Aussies complete Mackay rout in record low for tourists
Mitchell Starc’s ten-wicket haul inspired Australia to a series-levelling, innings and 51-run victory against Bangladesh inside two days at Mackay’s Great Barrier Reef Arena.
Stokes blasts ‘shambolic’ Ashes call… as absurd county return fuels comeback talk
Ben Stokes has labelled the decision not to hold a men’s Ashes Test at Headingley next year “shambolic”, after England captaincy successor Joe Root also expressed disappointment that Leeds was left off the schedule.
Legend’s brutal Marnus verdict; Smith move that could be the ‘solution’: Talking Points
Australia has the upper-hand after a remarkable opening day of the second Test of the series against Bangladesh, but the hosts have left the door ajar for the Tigers after failing to make the most of the better batting conditions.
Carnage in Mackay! Aussies collapse AGAIN as tourists fightback after Starc heroics
Australia’s fast bowlers bounced back from last week’s Darwin debacle with a dominant display, but the batters once again flopped as 18 wickets fell on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mackay.
Mitchell Starc sparks Bangladesh collapse before Australia’s batting woes continue
Second Test, day one: Bangladesh 64; Australia 165-8 in Mackay
Fast bowler takes five wickets before lunch and finishes with 6 for 12
Australia’s top-order batting woes continued after Mitchell Starc’s six-wicket blitz as Bangladesh fought back on an extraordinary opening day of the second Test in Mackay.
Bangladesh’s own left-arm speedster Shoriful Islam, who had recovered from a side strain that kept him out of the first Test, cut a swathe through Australia’s batting to claim 6 for 35 off 11 lethal overs in his best-ever return in an innings.
Continue reading...‘You can’t say that’: Umps step in as Aussie star Smith warned over latest DRS act
Steve Smith has been warned by umpires after being involved in another verbal exchange with the Bangladesh players.