Lunch Australia 598 for 4 dec and 182 for 2 dec (Labuschagne 104*, Warner 48, Roach 1-30) lead West Indies 283 by 497 runs Marnus Labuschagne added an unbeaten century to his first-innings 204 to help set up Australia’s declaration at lunch on the fourth day against an injury-hit West Indies in the Perth Test. Australia declared 497 runs in front after Labuschagne rode some luck to become just the…
Senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh starting Sunday due to a hand injury, a BCCI source said on Saturday. It has been learnt that Shami had suffered the injury during a training session after he returned from Australia, where the Indian team made a semi-final exit from the T20 World Cup. Shami could also miss the upcoming two-Test series, beginning in…
Batter Brooke Halliday has been ruled out of the remainder of the limited-overs series against Bangladesh due to a hand injury. Opener Rebecca Burns has been called into the squad for the remaining two T20Is. Georgia Plimmer, who was originally selected for the T20Is only, will remain with the squad as batting cover for the three ODIs that follow. Halliday was struck on the hand during Northern Districts’ Hallyburton Johnstone…
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has returned to work to commentate on the Australia-West Indies Test match in Perth just 24 hours after suffering “sharp pains” in his chest that required him to go to hospital. Ponting spoke openly and honestly on Saturday morning on Channel Seven about the health scare he suffered on Friday. He was thankful for the quick thinking of close friend and former team-mate Justin Langer…
Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher are hopeful that the SA20, South Africa’s new franchise T20 league, will help the national team finally win a World Cup. “I actually thought we had a strong team in this World Cup in Australia, I thought we had a good chance,” Smith, the SA20 commissioner, said at an event in Mumbai. “But obviously disappointed with the way we finished. I think what we want…
Kate Cross says England Women are ready to embrace a more aggressive approach under the guidance of new head coach Jon Lewis. Upon linking up with his charges at their training base in Loughborough last week, Lewis revealed he wanted them to play less safe and “walk towards the danger” just as he had seen the England Men’s sides do across formats in his previous role as their elite pace…
After scoring 506 for four on the opening day of the first Test in Rawalpindi, Ben Stokes had one last word for his charges ahead of day two. “We’ve broken some records yesterday, let’s try and break some more today.” Harry Brook took those words to heart. In a remarkable morning session that saw England add 151 more runs to finish their first innings on 657, Brook smashed 54 from…
Bangladesh A 112 (Mosaddek 63, Saurabh 4-23, Saini 3-21) and 341 for 9 (Zakir 173, Shanto 77, Saurabh 5-63) drew with India A 465 for five dec (Jaiswal 145, Easwaran 142, Taijul 3-170) Zakir Hasan played the most significant innings of his career as his 173 single-handedly took Bangladesh A to draw their unofficial Test against India A in Cox’s Bazar. For 10 hours split over two days, the left-handed…
Saurashtra 249 for 5 (Jackson 133*, Desai 50, Jani 30*, Ostwal 2-20, Choudhary 2-38) beat Maharashtra 248 for 9 (Gaikwad 108, Kazi 37, Shaikh 31*, Jani 3-43) by five wickets It was a memorable day for Sheldon Jackson, who struck a fine 133 not out to lead Saurashtra past Maharashtra’s 248 to their second Vijay Hazare Trophy title in the final in Ahmedabad. Chirag Jani was the other star for…
Having not batted in the nets for two days, West Indies reserve Shamarh Brooks unexpectedly found himself on a green-tinged Optus Stadium surface pitted against a fired-up Australia attack looking to gain a stranglehold of the first Test. Brooks was a concussion substitute for No. 3 Nkrumah Bonner, who copped a hit on the back of his helmet after unsuccessfully trying to evade a bouncer from allrounder Cameron Green early…