Month: February 2016

Darren Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis ahead of the final ODI against India last month Andrew Matthews / © PA Photos Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann will join the squad in New Zealand after being cleared to travel following his diagnosis with deep-vein thrombosis. On Saturday afternoon, Lehmann will arrive in Wellington, where the Australians will be playing the second ODI that day, and he will remain in the city…

Western Australia 4 for 194 (Voges 58*, Moody 0*) trail New South Wales 402 (Patterson 75, Maddinson 69, Hughes 65, Cowan 57, Moody 3-91) by 210 runsScorecard Adam Voges enjoyed a productive home Test summer, including against New Zealand © AFP Australia’s one-day team might have struggled in their first game in Auckland, but Test batsman Adam Voges has started his acclimatisation well, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the Sheffield…

Darren Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis ahead of the final ODI against India last month Andrew Matthews / © PA Photos Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann is expected to join the squad in New Zealand before the end of the ongoing one-day series. Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis in Sydney before the fifth ODI against India last month, and it was initially not expected that he would be cleared…

Angela Reakes was also handed a suspended two-year ban in December after placing bets on the 2015 World Cup © Getty Images A second Australian women’s cricketer has been caught out betting on the game this summer, with Western Australia’s Piepa Cleary suspended for six months by Cricket Australia for placing bets on the day-night Test in Adelaide last November. Cleary, 19, placed six bets totalling $15.50 on various elements…

England maintained their new-found liking for record breaking as they beat South Africa in the first one-day international on the back of their highest-ever total on foreign soil. Jos Buttler’s fourth ODI century, after being promoted to four, was the catalyst for a total of 399 for nine that proved 39 runs too many for the Proteas on the Duckworth-Lewis Method after rain forced an early end in Bloemfontein. Quinton de Kock…

Quinton de Kock was unbeaten on 138 when the rain came down © Getty Images While farmers across the Free State welcomed the rain that fell on Wednesday night, South Africa’s cricketers would not have minded if it stayed dry for a few more hours. The hosts believed they were on track to take the opening honours, despite losing by 39 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculation. “It was advantage England…

[embedded content] Jos Buttler’s latest dose of heavy hitting was still enough to shock his team-mates as England made a record-breaking start to the one-day international series against South Africa. Buttler plundered his fourth ODI century from 73 balls as England racked up 399 for nine – their highest total on foreign soil – en-route to a 39-run Duckworth-Lewis Method win. It was another stunning show from Buttler who could…