Adelaide Strikers Women 156 for 4 (Wolvaardt 47, Patterson 45*, Knott 1-27) beat Brisbane Heat Women 154 for 8 (A Kerr 43, L Harris 33, Schutt 3-26) by six wickets Bridget Patterson‘s late hitting under pressure powered Adelaide Strikers to a tense six-wicket victory over a sloppy Brisbane Heat and into a second straight WBBL final. The Challenger was a see-saw of a contest with Strikers riding their luck in…
Sri Lanka Cricket has invited Alex Marshall, the head of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit, to investigate allegations of match-fixing made in Sri Lanka’s parliament. The allegation relates to the first Test of Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka in July, when Pakistan chased down a target of 342 in the fourth innings, to go 1-0 up in the series. The claim was made by Member of Parliament Nalin Bandara, who said…
West Indies 234 for 7 (Chanderpaul 119, Murphy 3-27, Paris 3-31) trail Prime Minister’s XI 322 (Renshaw 81, Harris 73, Joseph 4-65, Chase 2-72) by 88 runs Son of a gun Tagenarine Chanderpaul has boosted his chances of a Test debut against Australia by producing a hard-fought century against the Prime Minister’s XI. Chanderpaul, the son of West Indies great Shivnarine Chanderpaul, scored 119 off 293 balls on Thursday to…
Tasmania 4 for 102 (Wade 33, Elliot 2-20) trail Victoria 121 (O’Neill 31, Bird 4-13) by 19 runs Wickets tumbled as Jackson Bird and Peter Siddle helped put Tasmania in a strong position at stumps on day one of the Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria. The two quicks fired as the Tigers skittled their hosts for 121 after winning the toss and bowling first on a green deck at the…
Big picture It’s that time in the cycle of endless cricket when the 50-over format springs back to life. The T20 World Cup is over, and with the next ODI World Cup less than 12 months away, the three-match series between New Zealand and India commencing on Friday in Auckland will be the start of their build-up towards the global event. New Zealand did lose the rain-hit T20I series 1-0…
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has admitted that the team will miss Martin Guptill, who has chosen not to take up a central contract and has subsequently been released by NZC. The 36-year old opener has joined a growing group of New Zealand players looking to explore career opportunities outside the country. The proliferation of franchise cricket is such that there is a T20 league for virtually every month of…
Western Australia 233 and 127 (Green 5-41) lead New South Wales 93 & 134 (Rocchiccioli 4-68, Moody 3-28) by 133 runs Eight wickets to offspinner Corey Rocchiccioli helped Western Australia extend their sizeable lead at the top of the Sheffield Shield table after a 133-run win over cellar dwellers New South Wales. Not even a player of the match performance from NSW spinner Chris Green on first-class debut could prevent…
Sydney Thunder have signed Afghanistan left-arm quick Fazalhaq Farooqi as a replacement overseas player for the upcoming BBL. Farooqi joins Thunder as a replacement for Englishman David Willey who withdrew from the tournament after being drafted by Thunder as a platinum player in the inaugural BBL overseas player draft in August. Farooqi bowled superbly in the T20 World Cup, picking up 1 for 24 against England and 2 for 29…
Right near the top of Jon Lewis‘ to-do list as new England Women’s Head Coach is to check in with Nat Sciver as she makes her comeback from a mental health break. Sciver has opted not to resume her vice-captaincy role for the upcoming tour of West Indies as she concentrates first on being a player before returning to any leadership role, which she is keen to do in the…
Derbyshire have sacrificed one of their T20 Blast home games to be part of the tournament’s ‘Blast Off’ curtain-raiser at Edgbaston on May 20. The tournament will launch in 2023 with Birmingham Bears against Yorkshire and Derbyshire against Lancashire, in a double-header that will be televised live on Sky Sports. They will be the only fixtures scheduled on the Blast’s opening day. As a result, Derbyshire will only play six…