Category: Cricket

World Cup winner James Vince is to stand down as captain of Hampshire after a decade in charge and move to Dubai following attacks on his family home, the English cricket county announced Wednesday.

Marnus Labuschagne has leapt to the defence of his Australian teammate Sam Konstas, whose exploits in the recent Test series against India have been ridiculed by sections of the English media, who described the young opener as a “cricketing version of Raygun”.

A superb half-century by Steve Smith has helped dash the Adelaide Strikers’ Big Bash finals hopes, the Sydney Sixers chasing down their target with just one ball remaining in a thriller at Adelaide Oval.

Big-hitting Sydney Thunder all-rounder Daniel Sams’ BBL campaign is over after succumbing to a “challenging string of events”, including a side strain suffered in the same match he was heavily concussed in a scary fielding incident.

In the long history of Ashes verbal jousting the understated delivery from spin star Alana King in the aftermath of a “chaotic” finish to the second ODI could have been enough for her subtle sledge to pass by unnoticed.

India’s cricket board, the BCCI, is reportedly set to impose tighter touring guidelines around the national men’s team, including a restriction on how much time families can spend with players.

Aussie superstar Steve Smith has opened up on his future, revealing he’s hoping to become a T20 gun for hire once his red-ball days come to an end — which could complete his Olympic dream.

Former Test batter Kurtis Patterson will continue his surge back from the cricketing wilderness after being picked in an Australia A team to play the touring England Lions in a four-day tour match later this month.

The men’s Ashes won’t hit Australian shores for a tick over 10 months, but that hasn’t stopped the English press from having their say on Sam Konstas nearly a year before their country lines up against him.

A bizarre brain fade from England pair Amy Jones and Lauren Bell put a full stop on England’s hopes of evening the Women’s Ashes series on Tuesday afternoon amid a chaotic finish at the Junction Oval.

Australia have remarkably won the second ODI of the Women’s Ashes by 21 runs, despite hitting a 15-year low with the bat as the hosts defended their target of 180.

Three teams are locked in for the BBL14 finals, with a heated race for the last top four spot shaping up with only seven games remaining in the regular season.

The red-ball series against Australia, 10 Test-starved months from now, lurks potently – and with good reason

“Aw look, the Ashes is a long, long way away.” Is it, though? Is it, really? Ben Duckett hit all the right notes on Channel 7’s Big Bash coverage in the past week, speaking after his Green Team had beaten their Red Team local rivals at a beautifully sun-dappled Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Duckett clearly loves being in Australia. It suits him. The clipped cod-antipodean go-well-mate style. Beard, glasses, salt-stained nylon cap, the iconography of the alpha franchise dude. At that moment his scores for the Melbourne Stars this season read: 0, 68, 67, 0, 67, 20, which is also deeply in character. Go hard. Go home. Whichever. It’s a vibe, babes.

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Australia has announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy competition, with big-name stars missing out on selection.

Australian selection chief George Bailey admits captain Pat Cummins has been named for the Champions Trophy in February without any extra information on the ankle he injured during the Test series against India, as batting dynamo Jake Fraser-McGurk paid the price for a horror run in the Big Bash and was axed.