Category: Cricket

Hurricanes and Thunder keepers Matthew Wade and Sam Billings have shared an on-field verbal war of words as the former Australian representative steered his franchise to a maiden BBL title.

Mitch Owen has been the find of BBL|14 — and he saved his best until last, delivering a season and potentially career-defining century for the Hurricanes as the Hobart-based club secured a maiden franchise title on Monday evening.

Third time’s the charm.

Usman Khawaja has again suggested that the final Test of next summer’s Ashes series at the SCG would be an ideal end date to his international career, but the 38-year-old is aware that a tap on the shoulder may come sooner.

Spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets as the West Indies won a Test match in Pakistan for the first time in nearly 35 years on Monday.

Either way there is going to be a fairytale winner of this year’s BBL.

Spinner Matt Kuhnemann has declared himself pain-free ahead of Australia’s Test series in Sri Lanka as the tourists got their first look at the Galle pitch.

A bizarre run-out incident has lit up the ILT20 in Abu Dhabi with another English batter casually walking out of his crease before the ball was dead.

Jason Sangha has almost experienced it all at the Sydney Thunder.

The Hobart Hurricanes’ season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start.

Tilak Varma anchored India’s chase with an unbeaten 72 to lead the hosts to a thrilling two-wicket victory over England in the second T20 international on Saturday.

England women’s coach Jon Lewis has claimed that “cultural differences” are responsible for Australia’s superior athleticism after his team’s fitness levels were thrust into the spotlight during an unsuccessful Ashes campaign.

The teenage prodigy who scooped his way into national consciousness on Boxing Day has a lot to prove on Australia’s upcoming tour and beyond

If you’re Sam Konstas, you’re used to things moving quickly. It took 718 first-class runs to get into the Australian team. It took 113 Test runs to potentially change the way it is set up. For almost two years since Travis Head won a shootout in India, the plan has been clear: on the next ragging Asian pitch, the usual No 5 would skip up the order, opening the batting to target rare overs of seam or to smack spinners using a harder ball. Usman Khawaja would partner him with graft, the veteran regular opener bridging the gap after David Warner’s retirement.

A few weeks before Australia’s imminent series in Sri Lanka, though, that plan was turned upside down. Konstas is also an opener. Konstas is also in the squad. On the momentum of the moment, Konstas is going to play. So either Khawaja moves down the order for the first time in years, Konstas plays out of position in his third Test, or Australia abandon the Head plan that has sat there for so long waiting to be implemented. However it goes will mean a major last-minute change on the basis of a Test career that reads 60, 8, 23, 22.