Category: Cricket

The Aussies are back in it.

Veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin has become the first West Indies cricketer in history to be dismissed obstructing the field, achieving the unwanted feat during Sunday’s second ODI against Sri Lanka in St George’s.

Australia will play Test cricket in South Africa for the first time since the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal later this year, with dates and venue for the highly-anticipated tour confirmed on Monday.

The West Indies blew away T20 World Cup surprise packages Zimbabwe by a colossal 107 runs in Mumbai on Monday as Shai Hope’s team opened their Super Eights campaign with a dominant victory.

England captain Harry Brook has commented on reports that four franchises will boycott Pakistan players at the upcoming Hundred Auction, while Ashes icon Michael Vaughan warned it could “make a mockery” of the competition.

Perth Scorchers representatives Maddy Darke and Mikayla Hinkley have put together the second-highest partnership in the history of women’s cricket, forming an unbeaten 484-run stand during a Western Australian Premier Cricket match on Sunday.

England routed Sri Lanka for 95 to give captain Harry Brook a perfect birthday present as they opened the T20 World Cup Super Eights phase with a resounding 51-run win in Kandy on Sunday.

South Africa ended India’s 12-match winning streak at the T20 World Cup with a crushing 76-run win in Ahmedabad on Sunday in the opening Group 1 Super Eights match.

A century for Kurtis Patterson powered New South Wales into the One-Day Cup final, repelling a brilliant Queensland performance which included a Marnus Labuschagne ton and Mitch Swepson 7-fa.

Australia has gone down to India in the T20 stanza of the multi-format series after a blistering batting display set up the touring side for a stirring 17-run win in Ellyse Perry’s 350th on Saturday night.

Captain Mitchell Marsh crashed a belligerent 64 off 33 balls as Australia finished their dismal T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket romp past Oman in Kandy on Saturday morning AEDT.

Australia’s woeful T20 World Cup campaign lasted less than a fortnight, with the 2021 champions eliminated during the group stage of the tournament for the first time since 2009.

• Oman 104; Australia 108-1. Australia won by nine wickets

• Victory completed with more than 10 overs to spare

Australia demolished Oman by nine wickets to win the final Twenty20 World Cup group encounter in Pallekele on Friday in emphatic style, . Both teams were already eliminated from the tournament.

Chasing a modest target of 105, Mitchell Marsh was in no mood to hang around and ruthlessly dispatched Oman’s bowlers, bringing up his half-century off 26 balls inside the first powerplay.