England has recalled wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for the opening game of their Champions Trophy campaign against Australia in Lahore, which gets underway on Saturday at 8pm AEDT.
Steve Smith on Aussie collision course as superstar linked to Hundred deal
Steve Smith is reportedly a chance of playing this year’s Hundred competition in the United Kingdom as the Australian superstar closes in on a deal with the Welsh Fire.
India skipper Rohit Sharma’s blunt admission over brutal blunder as teammate robbed of Champions Trophy hat-trick
In-form Shubman Gill made an unbeaten 101 to anchor India’s chase in a six-wicket win over Bangladesh as the two teams began their Champions Trophy campaign on Thursday in Dubai.
Shubman Gill thwarts Bangladesh as India win Champions Trophy opener
- Bangladesh 228, India 231-4; India win by six wickets
- Gill hits unbeaten century, Shami shines with ball
Shubman Gill struck an unbeaten century after Mohammed Shami took five wickets as India cruised to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai.
Having slipped to 35 for five after choosing to bat, Bangladesh fought back to make 228 with Towhid Hridoy making 100 and Jaker Ali contributing 68, the pair sharing a sixth-wicket stand of 154.
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Rising Australian cricket star Jake Fraser-McGurk has lost one of his most vocal backers in Ricky Ponting.
‘A bit of trauma’: Cameron Bancroft reveals potential return date after sickening Big Bash collision
Western Australian opener Cameron Bancroft is eyeing a potential Sheffield Shield return next month as he continues recovering from a shoulder injury he sustained during the Big Bash League.
Scott Boland destroys New South Wales in career-best demolition to further press case for WTC final
Scott Boland has further pressed his claims for selection in the World Test Championship final by snaring a six-wicket haul during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield clash against New South Wales in Sydney.
Ashes rival’s nightmare gets worse in ugly deja vu as Aussies decide historic one-ball thriller
Australian Meg Lanning and Annabel Sutherland led the Delhi Capitals towards a tense seven-wicket victory over the UP Warriorz at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium on Wednesday.
‘It’s pretty cut-throat’: Why depleted Aussies can’t afford repeat of World Cup wobbles at CT
Vice-captain Travis Head has confessed Australia can’t afford any early wobbles in the Champions Trophy courtesy of the tournament’s “cut-throat” format and high-quality opposition.
‘Absolute freak’: Black Caps star’s absurd catch as twin tons ruin Pakistan’s big moment
New Zealand rode on brilliant hundreds from Tom Latham and Will Young to beat Pakistan by 60 runs in the Champions Trophy opener on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), spoiling the country’s historic return to hosting global events after three decades.
Matt Kuhnemann awaits fate on bowling action after undergoing ICC testing
- ICC experts run rule of Australia spinner in Brisbane
- 28-year-old reported during Sri Lanka Test series
Matt Kuhnemann is expected to learn his fate by the end of next week, after being put through intensive tests on his bowling action in Brisbane over the weekend. Just a week after being reported during Australia’s 2-0 Test series win in Sri Lanka, Kuhnemann has now completed tests on his suspect action.
The 28-year-old was put through his paces during a session that lasted more than one hour in Brisbane, asked to bowl at a similar speed and with similar revolutions to what he did in Galle.
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Armed security is everywhere you look in Pakistan where Australia will try to win the Champions Trophy
India will start the Champions Trophy as tournament favourites with the distinct advantage of not having to play games in the same country as everyone else, including Australia, who will have to take on Afghanistan in Pakistan amid lingering tensions about their place in the tournament.
Powerhouse desperate to end ugly 12-year drought; bowling nightmare looms — Champions Trophy Burning Questions
It feels like an eternity since Sarfaraz Ahmed lifted the Champions Trophy alongside his Pakistan teammates, but after an eight-years hiatus, the ICC tournament has finally made its long-awaited return.
The tournament that refuses to die: Champions Trophy back for more
Favourites India come into tournament on sour note after refusal to play in Pakistan gives superpower tactical edge
As the ICC Champions Trophy resurfaces in Pakistan this week, nearly eight years since the last one, folks will be forgiven for a few double takes, for feeling a bit like Ian Wright reuniting with his old teacher in that lovely viral clip, jaw dropped to the floor and gasping: “You’re alive! Someone said you were dead!”
Although did anyone seriously think the Champions Trophy was toast? They say cockroaches and microbes would survive a nuclear apocalypse but there is every chance international cricket’s 50‑over tournoi would also spring up in the wasteland, glowing with radiation but still ready to stick its presumably mutated winners in those Miami Vice-style white blazers and deliver that sweet, sweet broadcast money.
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