Category: Cricket

History was made on Saturday night in Pakistan.

• Former Australia batter given a ‘50/50 chance of surviving’

• Spent eight days in induced coma

Damien Martyn has said he is back after overcoming a meningitis scare, which he said took his life out of his hands.

In a heartfelt post on his social media accounts, the former Australia batter said he was given a 50% chance to live after battling the disease, which causes an infection and swelling of fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord. The 54-year-old was put into an induced coma on 27 December and was fighting for his life in a Gold Coast intensive care unit until he woke eight days later.

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Damien Martyn has opened up on his “miraculous” recovery from meningitis, revealing he was given a “50/50 chance of survival” and was not able to walk or talk when he first woke from an induced coma.

Alyssa Healy’s retirement has left a gaping hole in Australia’s T20 side, and the solution could be a former South African wicketkeeper dominating on the domestic circuit.

Australian great Mike Hussey can understand why England does not want the challenge of facing the pink ball in future Ashes series.

It was “the perfect T20 hundred”.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday sacked a senior official after their leading men’s cricketers went on strike, escalating a crisis that has already seen the nation refuse to tour India for next month’s T20 World Cup.

After breaking a 14-year World Cup drought in 2024, Australia’s Under 19 side returns to the international arena this Friday in pursuit of an elusive second straight trophy.

The BBL is set to introduce a designated batter and fielder into the competition next season, hoping to “continue its evolution” and “supercharge the action”.

England are set to reject any plans to play a day/night Test with a pink ball on their next Ashes tour of Australia.

Ashes hero Mitchell Starc is set to make his first Big Bash League appearance in 11 years this week, with the Australian speedster preparing to don the magenta in Friday’s cross-town derby against the Sydney Thunder at the SCG.

Bangladesh’s cricket board has repeated its refusal to travel to India for next month’s T20 World Cup during talks with the International Cricket Council, with the players also threatening a boycott in response to “hurtful” comments from the board’s director.

Daryl Mitchell struck an unbeaten 131 to lead New Zealand to a series-levelling seven-wicket win over India in the second ODI on Wednesday.

The Brisbane Heat have achieved ‘Mission Impossible’ to keep their BBL|15 finals hopes alive on Wednesday night, defeating the Hobart Hurricanes by three runs in a final-over thriller.