Month: September 2021

News Changes to the Marsh Cup, Sheffield Shield, and WNCL fixtures due to state lockdowns and border closures Cricket Australia has confirmed changes to the domestic schedule with this weekend’s opening round to the 50-over Marsh Cup competition delayed as Covid-19 lockdowns in New South Wales and Victoria and border closures between states continue to cause scheduling headaches. The Marsh Cup was set to begin on Saturday with Victoria hosting…

News CA chief executive Nick Hockley hopeful to give assurances to England players in the coming weeks about families being allowed to tour The Ashes could become the first sporting event in Australia where fans will require a vaccine passport to attend as Cricket Australia hopes for full crowds for all five Test matches. CA is also hoping to give assurances to the ECB and the England players in the…

News The board will be led by discussions with the government ahead of the November meeting The fate of the Afghanistan Test in Hobart later this year will rest with Australia’s federal government following the Taliban takeover of the country. The match, Afghanistan’s first Test against Australia, is due to take place from November 27 having been postponed from last season due to the pandemic but earlier this week Tasmania…

Report South Africa’s disciplined bowling performance helped bowl West Indies out for 153 South Africa 157 for 2 (Lee 91*, Joseph 1-26) beat West Indies 153 all out (Knight 39, van Niekerk 2-23, Khaka 2-17) by eight wickets Opening batter Lizelle Lee continued her fine run of form with an unbeaten 91 to help South Africa cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket win with more than 10 overs to spare against…

Report Glenn Phillips top-scored with 44 in a strong batting display before Warriors faded in the chase Barbados Royals 185 for 8 (Phillips 44, Charles 40, Shepherd 3-31) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 140 (Smith 43, Young 3-24) by 45 runs It was all hands on deck for Barbados Royals, who produced a team effort in the truest sense of the word to upend Guyana Amazon Warriors by 45 runs for…

News The balance of South Africa’s side came into focus with results suggesting they were a batter short South Africa’s narrow defeat by 14 runs in the first ODI, rather than their loss by 78 runs in the third game, is to blame for their failure to win the one-day series in Sri Lanka, according to coach Mark Boucher. His team, who have not won an ODI series since beating…

Report Pollard and Seifert smashed 49 in the final two overs to give Knight Riders a fighting total Trinbago Knight Riders 167 for 4 (Simmons 42, Pollard 39*, Wasim 1-13) beat Jamaica Tawallahs 92 (Powell 22, Ali Khan 4-6, Narine 2-11) by 75 runs A masterclass of a bowling performance saw Trinbago Knight Riders rout Jamaica Tawallahs for 92, inflicting a 75-run defeat in the process. American fast bowler Ali…