Month: November 2022

Western Australia 115 and 7 for 196 (Hardie 70*, Cartwright 69, Neser 5-36) beat Queensland211 and 97 (Burns 31, Morris 4-26, Paris 3-15) by three wickets Emerging allrounder Aaron Hardie thwarted fringe Test seamers Michael Neser and Mark Steketee on a green WACA pitch, as Western Australia recorded a remarkable three-wicket comeback victory against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. After WA slumped to 4 for 24 chasing a difficult 194,…

India batter Suryakumar Yadav is the new world No. 1 in T20I cricket. He has eclipsed Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan to be the No. 1 ranked T20I batter in the latest ICC rankings update. Suryakumar has been in scintillating form in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, and has scored two half-centuries in his first three outings. He scored 68 off just 40 balls against South Africa in conditions where other…

Kohli broke the record during India’s fourth group 2 game against Bangladesh in Adelaide, and he passed the milestone with an average of more than 80 and a strike rate of more than 130 in T20 World Cups. The run that took him past Jayawardene came off the 13th ball he faced on Wednesday, in the seventh over of India’s innings, when he flicked Taskin Ahmed to midwicket for a…

Adelaide Strikers 5 for 186 (Flintoff 51*, Dottin 2-34) beat Melbourne Stars 8 for 164 (Mack 47, Moloney 4-24) by 24 runs Teenager Tess Flintoff has smashed the WBBL record for the fastest half-century in the competition’s history to power Melbourne Stars to a 22-run win over Adelaide Strikers. The allrounder blasted an unbeaten 51 from only 16 balls at North Sydney Oval on Wednesday. Flintoff broke the previous mark…

Boucher has been in charge of the team since December 2019 and led South Africa to 11 Test wins, including a memorable 2-1 home series victory against India in January this year, and took them close to qualifying for the 2021 T20 World Cup semi-final after five successive wins in a row. His contract was due to run until the 2023 ODI World Cup, which was originally set to take…

New South Wales 5 for 389 dec & 3 for 35 (Agar 2-12) lead South Australia 311 (Carey 64, Agar 57, Dwarshuis 3-44, Lyon 3-69) lead by 113 runs South Australia have pried the door open for a potential Sheffield Shield comeback against NSW, claiming three late wickets before stumps on day three to keep all results alive. Struggling to avoid the follow-on at one stage when they slumped to…

David Miller has never played a Test match. He probably never will. His last first-class game was in 2018. But for a few moments three days ago against India in Perth, it might have felt like one. He walked in with South Africa 24 for 3 against a ball doing all sorts on a Perth Stadium pitch that had everyone, apart from probably the batters involved, marvelling at the pace…

Pakistan have admitted they took a risk bringing Fakhar Zaman to the T20 World Cup after the batter was left on the verge of being ruled out of the tournament after aggravating the knee injury which had originally left him in out. Fakhar was a late addition to Pakistan’s 15-player squad when he replaced legspinner Usman Qadir from the original group. He missed the defeats against India and Zimbabwe before…

Despite carrying a hamstring injury, captain Aaron Finch remains a chance to play in Australia’s must-win T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan on Friday night. Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Tim David all suffered hamstring injuries in Australia’s win against Ireland in Brisbane on Monday night. Finch suffered what he described as a “little hammy twinge” while batting. He fielded and captained for the first seven overs of Ireland’s chase but…

Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Netherlands After a rainy build-up, the sun was out at the Adelaide Oval and Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine was happy to bat first after winning the toss in their Group 2 clash against Netherlands. Zimbabwe, who are still in with a chance to make the semi-finals, brought in Luke Jongwe as their only change in the XI. He replaced fellow allrounder Brad Evans, who…