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Continue reading...Tasmania rolled in eight-year low as finals hopes dashed after Shield carnage
Tasmania has been rolled for its fourth-lowest home total in Sheffield Shield history as the fast bowlers continue to wreak havoc on a green Bellerive Oval deck on Friday morning.
Brendon McCullum would ‘love to carry on’ as coach… but England ‘can’t just move on’ from Ashes disaster
Brendon McCullum has declared he would “love to carry on” as England coach despite a challenging winter headlined by the Ashes disaster and Harry Brook’s nightclub altercation.
‘Scary’ kid to immortality: Healy bows out with a ‘fearless’ legacy Aussies will never forget
The whisper spreading around the ‘Gong about the blonde pocket rocket behind the stumps with reflexes like a cat had become a roar by the time it reached Ellyse Perry’s ears.
Young gun’s brilliant hundred can’t rescue England as ‘big mistake’ proves costly in 499-run epic
India clung on to beat England by seven runs in a thrilling T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai on Friday morning AEDT, despite Jacob Bethell’s superb 105 that put Harry Brook’s side within a whisker of pulling off a record chase.
England fall just short against India in epic T20 World Cup semi-final – as it happened
Jacob Bethell’s excellence was still not enough to carry England over the line as India set up a final showdown with New Zealand
England’s first task is to stop Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson getting off to a flyer. As Finn Allen showed yesterday, an opener can win a semi-final all by himself.
Will Jacks belts out God Save The King like a peroxide version of a Chelsea pensioner. As soon as it finishes, Harry Brook pops a piece of chewing gum into his mouth. The young chaperones look on with mild curiosity from under their yellow bucket hats.
Continue reading...Marnus awarded top gong after big statement; BBL gun continues blistering form — Shield Wrap
Marnus Labuschagne was named one-day domestic player of the year, while Sam Harper continued his blistering form on the opening day of the penultimate round of the Sheffield Shield season.
Maxwell makes retirement call as Aussie star admits bad luck plagued World Cup disaster
Veteran all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has no immediate plans to retire from international cricket, but stopped short of committing through to the next edition of the T20 World Cup in 2028.
Big Bash star stuns with 33-ball ton as cricket’s perennial underdogs achieve ‘staggering’ feat
New Zealand’s Finn Allen blasted the fastest century in T20 World Cup history in Kolkata on Thursday morning AEDT as his side hammered South Africa by nine wickets to reach the final.
‘What just happened?’: Inside rise of Aussie spin freak… and wild crossroads behind THAT ball
Alana King was a kid when she first heard Shane Warne waxing lyrical about the sweetness of the snap.
‘Mastermind’: McCullum’s WC success after Ashes disaster… but still ‘no certainty’ to avoid the axe
Brendon McCullum’s future as England coach has received a boost following the national team’s qualification for the T20 World Cup semi-finals, with the white-ball success softening the blow after the Ashes disaster.
Finn Allen’s record ton blasts New Zealand past South Africa into T20 World Cup final
Black Caps opener Allen blasts 100 not out from 33 balls
South Africa won every match they could afford to lose in this tournament and then lost the first one that they had to win.
They were completely marmalised by New Zealand, who won the first semi-final by nine wickets. Finn Allen ripped through South Africa’s feared fast bowling attack, and hit an unbeaten hundred off just 33 balls. It was the fastest century in the history of the competition, and, as Allen said himself, the innings of his life. Only two batters have ever hit a faster ton in international T20 cricket.
Continue reading...New Zealand demolish South Africa to reach T20 World Cup cricket final – as it happened
Finn Allen’s riotous 33-ball century propelled New Zealand to a stunning victory in Kolkata
Two in two balls! Ryan Rickelton slashes his first ball – a bit of a long hop in truth – straight to backward point and walks off shaking his head.
The offspinner Cole McConchie takes the new ball for only the second time in the competition – and the plan pays off in spade. De Kock skipped down to hit a majestic four but pulled the next ball high in the air and was easily taken at mid-on by Lockie Ferguson. That’s the fourth time in this World Cup that De Kock has been out to an offspinner.
Continue reading...‘Bad for fans’: Poms set to get their way as future Ashes shake-up emerges from talks
Day/night Tests are set to be scrapped from future Ashes series after talks between Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board.
‘Insane’: MacGill roasted in explosive reply as co-host fumes over ‘unhinged’ attack
Podcaster Andrew ‘Menners’ Menczel has responded to being called a “f***ing idiot” by co-host and former Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill on his Cricket Unfiltered podcast earlier in the week.