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Batter denies the team ‘weren’t fussed’ in Australia
28-year-old believes his ‘best batting years are to come’
Ollie Pope has challenged the perception England “weren’t fussed” during their troubled Ashes tour but accepts why it formed.
Ben Stokes’ tourists crashed to a 4-1 series defeat by Australia that is being reviewed by the England and Wales Cricket Board, with tour planning, preparation, individual performances and behaviour all under scrutiny.
Continue reading...Outgoing Blues coach Greg Shipperd has taken a cheeky parting jab at the Cricket NSW Board ahead of his exit from the organisation, parading the Dean Jones Trophy outside the room where a leading candidate to replace him was interviewing for the job.
Liam Livingstone has slammed the England hierarchy following his exile from international cricket, saying “no one cares about you” when you are dropped.
‘No one cares about you,’ says Lancashire all-rounder
The 32-year-old alleges England group is too cliquey
Liam Livingstone has given a scathing account of his handling by the current England regime, claiming “no one cares about you”. The Lancashire all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three formats but has not featured in more than a year and seems resigned to things staying that way.
In an interview with Cricinfo, the 32-year-old was highly critical of interactions with the director of cricket, Rob Key, and described his time at the Champions Trophy last year as “the worst experience I’ve had playing cricket” and said he did not miss being part of the recent T20 World Cup.
Continue reading...Father and son duo Darren and Sam Cheek have left cricket fans in awe after combining for a record 590-run partnership on Saturday.
The identity of Travis Head’s Test opening partner remains up in the air after the candidates once again failed to seize their chances during the final round of the Sheffield Shield.
Cameron Green has sent a statement to Australia’s Test selectors with a century for Western Australia in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at Sydney’s Cricket Central.
The unusual run out of Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha during Friday’s second ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka has ignited a spirit of cricket debate, with Tigers captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz accused of poor sportsmanship.
Kurtis Patterson is playing the best cricket of his life at the moment, with his title-winning purple patch coinciding with Marnus Labuschagne’s worrying red-ball slump.
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Continue reading...Greg Shipperd has finished his tenure as New South Wales coach with a trophy in his hands, winning a One-Day Cup title less than six weeks after being stood down from the role.
Matthew Short was the only Australian purchased at Thursday’s auction for the Men’s Hundred as uncapped spinner James Coles pocketed an eye-watering sum following a bidding war.
Leg-spinner signed by Indian-owned team for £190,000
James Coles is most expensive player sold on the day
Abrar Ahmed has become the first Pakistani player to be signed by one of the four Indian-owned Hundred teams, after he was bought by Sunrisers Leeds for £190,000 in the inaugural men’s player auction.
The signing was a badly needed relief for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which was recently forced to deny publicly reports that the four sides would operate a “shadow ban” on picking players from Pakistan. The Sunrisers are owned by the Sun media group, which runs the Indian Premier League franchise in Hyderabad and South Africa’s Sunrisers Eastern Cape. They had to fight hard for him after being drawn into a bidding war with the Trent Rockets.
Continue reading...Australia’s gun wicketkeeper batter Beth Mooney was the most sought after commodity at the inaugural auction for English cricket’s women’s Hundred on Wednesday, receiving a £210,000 ($394,054) payday.
New South Wales has the weather gods to thank after Kurtis Patterson’s half-century led them to the One-Day Cup crown in Hobart.