Victoria 331 (Short 104, Harris 53, Kellaway 51, Hatcher 4-95) 3 for 0 (Dean 3*) New South Wales 203 (Green 52, Perry 4-24) & 130 (Green 39*, Perry 4-30) by 10 wickets Matthew Short‘s second consecutive Sheffield Shield century and eight wickets from Mitchell Perry has helped Victoria trounce New South Wales by 10 wickets inside three days in Trent Copeland‘s likely farewell from first-class cricket in Albury. Short added…
Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians It’s a battle between two powerhouses – on paper, at least – to start the inaugural WPL off. The big game is set to be played at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, which saw packed stands – over 47,000 people – during the India vs Australia bilateral T20Is in December last year. The WPL opener is an evening game, from 7.30pm Indian time, with the…
Garth had gone unsold at the auction last month. At the time of the auction, she was with the Australia squad that won the T20 World Cup in South Africa. Garth only played two warm-up matches before the main World Cup, including one against her former side Ireland. She recently shifted to Australia after completing the necessary formalities and has even signed a three-year deal with Melbourne Stars in the…
Islamabad United 220 for 6 (Azam 97, Asif 42, Smith 2-41) beat Quetta Gladiators 157 all out (Hafeez 48, Sarfaraz 41, Farooqi 3-28) by 63 runs It was a contest between an elite PSL team, and, frankly, a PSL has-been. Quetta Gladiators have been the poorest side of this league since they lifted their only trophy in 2019, sliding to a 23rd loss in 35 games against a red-hot Islamabad…
A set plan to tackle the spinners with sweeps and reverse sweeps in addition to overlooking the “smoke” around his batting form allowed Jason Roy to make 132 off 124 balls in a series-winning effort in the second ODI against Bangladesh. Roy’s ton was big enough to end the hosts’ proud home record of seven unbeaten ODI series wins in seven years. Bangladesh were bundled out for 194 in pursuit…
Historic tweets from Michael Vaughan took centre stage on the third day of the ECB’s racism hearings, as the former England captain denied having made the statement that forms the core of the ECB’s charge of bringing the game into disrepute. As he has done publicly before, Vaughan emphatically denied ever having said, “There’s too many of you lot, we need to have a word about that” to Azeem Rafiq,…
Having always wanted a women’s tournament on the lines of the IPL, Australia batter Beth Mooney was delighted at being picked up by Gujarat Giants at the WPL auction. But a call from former India captain Mithali Raj, Giants’ mentor, asking her to be the captain was not something Mooney expected. “When I got bid on in the auction, I was just happy to be a part of it and…
The Test ended midway through the first session of the third day with Australia winning by nine wickets in a game dominated by the spinners. “The pitch, which was very dry, did not provide a balance between bat and ball, favouring spinners from the start,” ICC match referee Chris Broad said.”The fifth ball of the match broke through the pitch surface and continued to occasionally break the surface providing little…
Rest of India 484 and 85 for 1 (Jaiswal 58*, Abhimanyu 26*) lead Madhya Pradesh 294 (Dubey 109, Jain 66, Narang 4-65, Saini 3-56) by 275 runs Services offspinner Pulkit Narang picked up a four-wicket haul to help dismiss Madhya Pradesh for 294 and hand Rest of India a first-innings lead of 190 on the third day of the Irani Cup in Gwalior. Mumbai batter Yashasvi Jaiswal followed up his…
Tasmania 179 & 1 for 27 (Jewell 21*, Paris 1-15) trail Western Australia 336 (Marsh 108*, Whiteman 64, Freeman 4-81) by 130 runs Captain Mitchell Marsh smashed a belligerent century in his first Sheffield Shield match in almost two years to power Western Australia into a commanding position over Tasmania at the WACA. Marsh, playing as a specialist batter, returned to his best with an unbeaten 108 from 111 balls…