Toss: India chose to bowl vs Australia Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bowl in the second T20I against Australia at DY Patil Stadium, in Mumbai. The hosts made no changes to the side that lost the opening game by nine wickets on Friday. There was a significant amount of dew in the second half of that game and and Harmanpreet suggested that as a major reason behind…
Steven Smith and South Africa. Rightly or wrongly, that nation will forever be associated with Australia’s best batter since Sir Donald Bradman. But it’s not just Cape Town and Sandpapergate that link Smith and South Africa together. It is no secret that South Africa have caused Australia’s batting savant more trouble than any other of his regular Test opponents. Bangladesh aside, who Smith has only faced twice, he averages 49…
Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series against India due to a hamstring injury with legspinner Amanda-Jade Wellington called up as a replacement. Jonassen injured her right hamstring while fielding during Australia’s nine-wicket win over India in the first T20I in Mumbai on Friday night. Australia’s physio Kate Beerworth confirmed on Sunday that Jonassen’s injury would rule her out of the…
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite lamented that his team “didn’t show any fight” in Adelaide but believed that overall they had produced a successful year in Test cricket. They crashed to a 419-run defeat within the opening session of the fourth day, their heaviest runs defeat in Test cricket, having shown heart to take the first Test deep into the penultimate session. In both matches West Indies’ bowling attack was…
South Africans 304 for 8 (Van der Dussen 95, De Bruyn 88, Edwards 3-45) and 347 lead Cricket Australia XI 226 (Kellaway 105, Doran 78, Ngidi 3-26, Coetzee 3-36) by 425 runs Rassie van der Dussen made a successful return from injury to top score with 95 in the second innings of South Africa’s tour clash with a Cricket Australia XI. His superb knock at Allan Border Field was followed…
Warner dropped a dramatic statement on the eve of the second Test against West Indies in Adelaide when he announced he would be withdrawing from the process implemented by Cricket Australia after they had rewritten their code of conduct to allow Warner to appeal the ban. Related Chappell: Good on Warner for telling Cricket Australia where to get off Hockley defends CA’s handling of Warner’s appeal process Explainer – Why…
Australia 199 for 6 dec (Khawaja 45, Joseph 3-33) and 511 for 7 dec beat West Indies 77 (Boland 3-16, Neser 3-22) and 214 (Chanderpaul 47, Phillip 43, Lyon 3-57) by 419 runs Nathan Lyon claimed his 450th Test wicket as Australia completed a 419-run thrashing over a dispirited West Indies early on day four of the second Test in Adelaide. Lyon became the third Australian bowler after Shane Warne…
England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) and 275 (Brook 108, Abrar 4-120) lead Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) by 354 runs Harry Brook marched through to the second century of his fast-developing Test career, as England’s batters put their foot down on the fourth morning in Multan to add 73 runs to their overnight 202 for 5, to set Pakistan an imposing 355 for victory…
New Zealand Women 181 for 2 (Bates 93*, Green 59*, Alam 2-32) beat Bangladesh Women 180 for 8 (Sultana 73, Jess Kerr 4-23) by eight wickets A four-wicket haul from Jess Kerr set the tone as New Zealand began their ODI series against Bangladesh with a comfortable eight-wicket win at the Basin Reserve. Having restricted Bangladesh to 180 for 8 in their 50 overs, New Zealand chased down their target…
Cricket Australia will have its fourth chair in less than 18 months after Lachlan Henderson announced he would step down early next year having taken a new role in the corporate world. Mike Baird, the former New South Wales premier, will take up the position next February having been unanimously endorsed. Henderson, who will remain on the board, became chair in February when he was appointed the permanent replacement for…