Month: June 2017

Steve O’Keefe was Australia’s equal top wicket taker on this year’s tour of India but has now been axed for the series in Bangladesh © AFP Mitchell Starc will miss Australia’s Test tour of Bangladesh in August due to injury, while left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe has been axed despite bowling Australia to victory with a 12-wicket haul against India in Pune earlier this year. Ashton Agar has been included as…

Wade Seccombe pictured in 2001 ahead of Australia’s Ashes tour © ALLSPORT Former Queensland wicketkeeper Wade Seccombe has been appointed as the state’s new coach after his predecessor Phil Jaques last month announced he was returning to New South Wales. Seccombe played 115 first-class matches until his retirement in 2005 and was Queensland’s all-time leader for wicketkeeping dismissals across all formats until overtaken last summer by Chris Hartley. He also…

The WACA will host one final Ashes Test before major matches are moved to Perth’s new Burswood stadium © Getty Images Tickets for the Perth Ashes Test will belatedly go on sale at the end of July after unsuccessful efforts to have the match staged at the city’s new multi-purpose stadium rather than the unpopular WACA Ground. As recently as May, CA’s chief executive James Sutherland had expressed hope that…

The WACA will host one final Ashes Test before major matches are moved to Perth’s new Burswood stadium © Getty Images Tickets for the Perth Ashes Test will belatedly go on sale at the end of July after unsuccessful efforts to have the match staged at the city’s new multi-purpose stadium rather than the unpopular WACA Ground. As recently as May, CA’s chief executive James Sutherland had expressed hope that…

Shakib Al Hasan fell to Ravindra Jadeja in a crucial sequence © Getty Images Bangladesh were “nowhere near their best,” said Shakib Al Hasan, as they succumbed to a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of India in the Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston. They were progressing well at 154 for 2 with Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal well set with more than 20 overs left. But the introduction of Kedar…

Shakib Al Hasan fell to Ravindra Jadeja in a crucial sequence © Getty Images Bangladesh were “nowhere near their best,” said Shakib Al Hasan, as they succumbed to a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of India in the Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston. They were progressing well at 154 for 2 with Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal well set with more than 20 overs left. But the introduction of Kedar…

Scotland 317 for 6 (Coetzer 109, Leask 59*, Wallace 58) beat Zimbabwe 272 (Waller 92, Williams 70, de Lange 5-60) by 26 runs via DLS methodScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kyle Coetzer struck 13 fours and two sixes in his 109 © Peter Della Penna A goose egg, bagel, doughnut, or a duck in cricket. Whatever you want to call it, Scotland had a big fat zero next to their name…

Virat Kohli emphasised the need to be careful about Rohit Sharma’s fitness © Getty Images The decision to rest Rohit Sharma from India’s upcoming limited-overs tour of the West Indies was a “smart” one, according to the captain Virat Kohli, who stressed the need to monitor the opener’s fitness after a “massive hip surgery”. India are going to the Caribbean for five ODIs and a T20 international immediately after the…

Liam Livingstone is one of five uncapped players in England’s T20 squad © Getty Images Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, has challenged the next generation of England players to stake a claim for a spot in the 2019 World Cup squad although he expects most of those who took part in the Champions Trophy to be around for that tournament. Bayliss has often spoken about the four-year plan to build…