Queensland 4 for 270 (L Harris 101, Hinkley 65*, Leeson 2-58) beat Australian Captial Territory 6 for 106 (Sippel 2-24) by 47 runs (DLS method) Queensland batter Laura Harris has created history by smashing the fastest WNCL century in just 50 balls to help defeat Australian Capital Territory in a rain-reduced clash on the Gold Coast. Harris clubbed 8 sixes and 8 fours to make a stunning 101 from just…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and opted to field in their first Women’s T20 Asia Cup game, against India, at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned to India’s squad after missing the England tour because of a wrist injury, slotted straight into the Indian XI. Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Singh are the only seamers in the…
Western Australia 1 for 77 (Philippe 37*) beat New South Wales 76 (Richardson 4-24, Behrendorff 3-17) by 10 wickets Western Australia’s new ball bowlers Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff excelled as their side strolled to a nine-wicket win after dismissing NSW for 76, their lowest-ever one-day score. WA cruised to a bonus point victory at the WACA on Saturday, reaching their modest target with a whopping 33 overs remaining in…
Roughly around this time last year, Dasun Shanaka was gallantly bigging up his side’s chances at the T20 World Cup – though, in reality, it was a sentiment borne more out of hope than any real confidence. “If our guys perform to their strengths I feel they can go a long way in this tournament,” he had said back then. It didn’t end too well for them. Just a month…
Jamaica Tallawahs 162 for 2 (King 83*, Brooks 47, Holder 1-14) beat Barbados Royals 161 for 7 (Azam 51, Cornwall 36, Allen 3-24, Gordon 3-33) by eight wickets A regal half-century from Brandon King and three-wicket hauls from Fabian Allen and Nicholson Gordon thwarted favourites Barbados Royals and gave Jamaica Tallawahs their third – and first since 2016 – CPL title. Shamarh Brooks, who scored a sublime century in the…
Captain Kurtis PattersonCoach Phil Jaques Squad R=Rookie, CA=Australia contract Sean Abbott, Trent Copeland, Pat Cummins (CA), Oliver Davies, Liam Doddrell (R), Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Ryan Hackney, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Josh Hazlewood (CA), Lachlan Hearne, Moises Henriques, Baxter Holt, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon (CA), Blake Nikitaras (R), Jack Nisbet (R), Kurtis Patterson, Will Salzmann (R), Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Lachlan Shaw…
Ellyse Perry believes there could be long-term benefits of her recent downtime from bowling as she looks to regain her role as a fully-fledged allrounder in the Australia side. Perry bowled for the first time since March, when she was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back, in last weekend’s WNCL clash against South Australia in Adelaide where she claimed 1 for 7 in three overs of a graduated…
Captain Mitchell MarshCoach Adam Voges SquadR=Rookie, CA=Australia contractAshton Agar (CA), Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Cooper Connolly (R), Sam Fanning, Cameron Gannon, Jayden Goodwin (R), Cameron Green (CA), Sam Greer (R), Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis (CA), Bryce Jackson, Matthew Kelly, Hamish McKenzie (R), Mitchell Marsh (CA), Shaun Marsh, David Moody, Lance Morris, Joel Paris, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, D’Arcy Short, Charlie Stobo, Marcus Stoinis (CA), Ashton Turner,…