Victoria 310 (Sutherland 100, Harris 85, Grant 4-82) and 0 for 6 lead South Australia 230 (Head 76, Carey 70, Sutherland 4-45, Boland 4-60) by 86 runs Test cult figure Scott Boland looks set to maintain momentum from last season after taking a wicket with his second ball of the first-class season. Boland was a key figure as he led Victoria to a position of dominance at the midway point…
Queensland 4 for 357 (Labuschagne 127, Burns 85, Khawaja 71) lead Tasmania 147 by 210 runs Marnus Labuschagne appears to have lost little of his batting appetite over the winter after the Test run-machine opened his Sheffield Shield season with a century for Queensland against Tasmania on Friday. Labuschagne scored 127 in a controlled innings that lifted Queensland to 4 for 357, a hefty 210 runs clear of the visitors’…
Opening batter Phil Salt hopes his new home ground in Perth can help him apply further pressure for a T20 World Cup berth as England prepare for a warm-up clash with Australia at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Salt has fond memories of playing at the 60,000-seat ground in Burswood, which is hosting international cricket for the first time since late 2019, having smashed 59 off 31 balls for Adelaide Strikers…
West Indies decided to bowl against Australia Steven Smith has returned to Australia’s team for the second match against West Indies at the Gabba while the visitors have brought in Akeal Hosein and Obed McCoy. The team sheet had Aaron Finch marked to open with Cameron Green slipping down the order. Smith replaces Mitchell Marsh who has flown to Perth early ahead of the England series. Australia will play all…
Toss Pakistan Women chose to bat vs India Women Looking to bounce back from the shock defeat to Thailand, Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof chose to bat in their Women’s T20 Asia Cup clash against India in Sylhet. Harmanpreet Kaur returned to lead India after missing the previous game against UAE; she replaced Kiran Navgire, while Radha Yadav came in for Sneh Rana. India continued to bench Shafali Verma, with Sabbhineni…
New Zealand allrounder Daryl Mitchell has been ruled out of the ongoing home tri-series against Bangladesh and Pakistan with a fractured finger and his participation in the T20 World Cup could be in doubt as well. Mitchell suffered the fracture when he got hit on the little finger of his right hand while batting in the nets ahead of New Zealand’s first game of the tri-series against Pakistan in Christchurch…
Late on day two of the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and New South Wales, as the shadows deepened at the WACA Ground, 18-year-old Teague Wyllie flicked a frustrated Nathan Lyon to the boundary. As his team-mates and the sparse smattering of fans collectively rose in the terraces, Wyllie walked slowly towards batting partner Matt Kelly and finally, almost reluctantly, raised his bat. In just his third first-class match,…
New Zealand Women 102 for 5 beat (Green 32, Gajnabi 1-8) West Indies Women 101 for 8 (Matthews 56, Bates 3-10, Jonas 2-8, Carson 2-17) by five wickets Maddy Green‘s unbeaten 32 helped New Zealand to a last-ball win against West Indies in North Sound, ensuring the visitors clinched the series 4-1. New Zealand chased down the low target of 102 with five wickets in hand after Fran Jonas, Eden…
Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl against Pakistan Bangladesh have won the toss and will field first against Pakistan. In the first T20I of the tri-series, Nurul Hasan called correctly on a crisp sunny afternoon in Christchurch and promptly inserted Pakistan in. Both captains acknowledged it looked a good pitch to bat on with Babar Azam saying Pakistan were eyeing 170. Pakistan go in with just three pace bowlers, while Shadab…
Jonny Bairstow and Nat Sciver have been voted winners of the cinch Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards, with Harry Brook and Freya Kemp being named as Young Players of the Year. Bairstow, who earlier this week was named by the Cricket Writers’ Club as the inaugural Bob Willis Trophy winner, collected the trophy at the PCA’s annual awards dinner at Hurlingham Club in…