Some well-known names including Scott Boland, Ollie Davies, Matt Renshaw and teenage sensation Sam Konstas will line up for the Australian Prime Minister’s XI side this weekend.
Australian cricketer Grace Harris’ ‘f*** it’ World Cup moment as Big Bash final looms
Grace Harris, representing Australia at last month’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, walked down the pitch towards national teammate Beth Mooney and bellowed with delight.
All out for 42?! Sri Lanka cops all-time Test low after South Africa star’s stunning 7-13 haul
Marco Jansen bowled South Africa into a dominant position as Sri Lanka crashed to 42 all out, their lowest total in Test cricket, on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead.
Late England fightback sees Kiwi champ narrowly miss century in dramatic opening to first Test
England captured the vital wicket of Kane Williamson for 93 in a dramatic five-wicket final session to leave New Zealand 319-8 after day one of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday.
New Zealand close on 319-8 v England: first men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened
Kane Williamson made 93 and Shoaib Bashir took four wickets as the Crowe-Thorpe trophy got off to an entertaining start
Right, anthems sung, players out. Chris Woakes has the ball. Cricket imminent.
“Why is Bashir playing instead of Leach?” harrumphs Paul McIntyre. Well, because he’s England’s first-choice spinner in all conditions, as Ben Stokes put it in Pakistan last month.
Continue reading...Beau Webster into Australia Test squad as concerns linger over Mitch Marsh
- Allrounder makes up 14-man group for second match against India
- Marsh pulled up sore after series-opening defeat in Perth
Australia have called Beau Webster into their squad for the Adelaide Test, as cover for allrounder Mitch Marsh.
Webster was officially added to Australia’s squad on Thursday with a 14-man group to now assemble in Adelaide on Monday.
Continue reading...Aussie star’s shock snub; winner in stacked captain race: WBBL team of the decade revealed
Australian legends, two overseas stars and a stack of record-breakers have been named in the official WBBL team of the decade, with Sixers superstar Ellyse Perry chosen to captain the 12-player squad, while Ash Gardner was a surprise omission.
Ricky Ponting saddened by ‘shameful’ downfall of ‘next Tendulkar’ — Indian View
A player once dubbed ‘the next Sachin Tendulkar’ is under fire in the Indian media for his shocking decline, which just saw him snubbed in the IPL mega auction.
‘Going on for a while’: Great explains why Marnus must be axed now — Test Daily
Former Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson has joined the chorus of pundits calling for Marnus Labuschagne to be dropped from the Test side ahead of next week’s match against India in Adelaide.
The World Test Championship race is red-hot… except England’s already out, and they don’t care
England is yet to qualify for the final of World Test Championship (WTC) but if you take captain Ben Stokes’ word for it, they don’t seem to care too much.
Star Sri Lanka bowler puts on a show before rain saves South Africa… for now
Lahiru Kumara struck twice as Sri Lanka’s bowlers had the better of a rain-hit opening day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday.
‘You’ve got three Tests’: Marnus’ malaise is hurting Australia. Worse, nobody deserves his spot
Marnus Labuschagne is out of runs but that did not make Australia’s struggling star any less fascinating to watch during the Perth Test as he strived to rediscover himself with a view to becoming a force in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Australia’s mission improbable: crack the genius of Jasprit Bumrah in 10 days | Barney Ronay
India’s supreme fast bowler destroyed the top order in Perth and the hosts have little time to avoid a second Test repeat
Test cricket is supposed to be cruel. This is a key aspect of its beauty. This thing hurts. It will seek out your weakest points and then very carefully and skilfully gouge its nails into the wound. But is it meant to be this cruel?
There was something tender, painful and even a little disturbing about what Jasprit Bumrah did to Marnus Labuschagne during the first Border-Gavaskar Test in Perth. In the space of 23 Bumrah deliveries Labuschagne was dropped, hit in the ribs, beaten five times, left completely scoreless, and basically de-cricketed, reduced to a series of strange, formless movements, stabbing at the ball like an under-gardener swatting midges in the dark.
Continue reading...Captains deliver as late Thunder storm ends Hurricanes’ season in thrilling WBBL final
Phoebe Litchfield is still new to the role but she produced a brilliant captain’s knock to help the Thunder eliminate the Hurricanes from the WBBL finals as the hosts reeled in their target with six balls to spare.
‘Feel like I won lotto’: Aussie umpire who suffered viral injury reveals incredible truth
The umpire that made global headlines after he was struck by a cricket ball has made a surprise admission about his ordeal.