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Continue reading...Umpires step in over Marnus blow-up as star fumes after fiery send-off — Shield wrap
Marnus Labuschagne returned fire toward Sam Elliott on Friday after he was given a send-off amid the 17-wicket Sheffield Shield carnage at the MCG on day one.
Aussie World Cup camp dealt huge blow in shock 15-year nightmare
Star seamer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup, with the Australians now missing two frontline pace bowlers in a brutal blow.
‘Wide-ranging implications’: Rival nation’s plea for Pakistan to abandon World Cup boycott
Sri Lanka’s cricket board has asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott their first-round encounter with arch rival India in the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the island.
Undercooked Aussies dealt another blow as lone World Cup warm-up abandoned
Australia’s suboptimal T20 World Cup preparation has once again been curtailed after Thursday’s official warm-up match against the Netherlands abandoned without a ball bowled due to weather.
‘That was unreal’: Aussie young gun fires in record chase as finals curse continues
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won their second Women’s Premier League title after defeating the Delhi Capitals by six wickets in Thursday’s high-scoring final at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium.
‘Broke the No.1 rule’: Lid lifts on how Stokes suffered gruesome blow… and class act he did next
England Test captain Ben Stokes has suffered a severe facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball, with details about the freak incident emerging on Friday night.
‘You should see the cricket ball’ jokes Ben Stokes after being struck in the face
Test captain has bruised eye and grazes to cheek and lip
34-year-old is back in England after dismal Ashes tour
Ben Stokes has sustained a significant facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball.
The England Test captain posted a picture on Instagram showing his right eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose. He captioned the picture: “You should see the state of the cricket ball.”
Continue reading...‘It was a good wicket…’: MCG chaos as 17-wicket haul stuns in ugly Ashes reminder — Wrap
Another game, another spicy MCG wicket.
‘Didn’t think was possible’: Wild wicket sparks rule change as bizarre ‘punch’ detail goes viral
An almost unthinkable dismissal has forced cricket lawmakers to make a change to the rules.
England great slams ‘totally unacceptable’ act as McCullum hits back over ‘pile-on’
England coach Brendon McCullum has hit back at accusations of a drinking culture within the national side, labelling the criticism of his team a “pile-on”.
Surprise promotion made young gun a shock Ashes smokey … before the ‘worst-case scenario’ struck
It’s the best essay he’s ever written.
‘Where he belongs’: Victoria’s desperate bid to retain rising quick revealed after shock rumblings
Victoria is “working through” discussions with star seamer Fergus O’Neill after a report he is entertaining a bombshell move to NSW.
‘Can barely walk’: Ollie Peake’s heroic hundred goes in vain as England end Aussie U19 World Cup defence
A second-straight hundred from Ollie Peake was not enough to save Australia’s Under 19 World Cup defence on Tuesday, as his side fell to England by 27 runs in their semi-final.
England beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs in third T20 to seal 3-0 series win – as it happened
England completed a series whitewash as Jacob Bethell took four wickets for 11 runs after Sam Curran smashed 58
3rd over: England 14-2 (Buttler 10, Banton 0) Chameera’s reward for grabbing an early wicket was to be taken off, but it worked. On came Matheesha Pathirana, Sri Lanka’s slingshot, bearing yorkers. He nearly bowled Buttler and could have broken his toe, before switching to a good length and a wide line to dismiss Bethell. Buttler, deciding that attack is the best form of defence, gets aa streaky four from a Harrow drive. SL well on top.
Another one! Pathirana dishes up temptation, well oustide off, and Bethell takes the bait.
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