Tasmania 150 (Webster 59, Steketee 4-42) & 88 for 2 (Ward 27, Swepson 1-12) trail Queensland 379 & 202 for 6 dec (Renshaw 57, Hope 55, Hope 3-25) by 343 runs Matt Renshaw continued his good start to the summer with another half-century as Tasmania requires a titanic effort to avoid defeat in their Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland, after going to stumps on day three at 88 for 2…
New South Wales 102 (O’Neill 4-23) and 124 for 8 (Sangha 53*, Sutherland 3-21, Murphy 2-13) need another 255 runs to beat Victoria 196 (Tremain 4-32) and 284 (Handscomb 90, O’Neill 70*, Tremain 4-50) Peter Handscomb defied a challenging MCG surface before captain Will Sutherland produced a hostile spell of pace bowling as Victoria closed in on a big Sheffield Shield victory over New South Wales. Victoria’s formidable attack was…
No wonder there were no doubts he was going to slot right back as the opener. Travis Head came back from the broken hand that kept him out for the first five matches of this World Cup with a roaring century off just 59 balls, the third-quickest World Cup hundred for Australia. Along the way he brought up the second-quickest half-century for an Australia batter in World Cups, taking just…
Sydney Sixers 164 for 6 (Perry 50, Tryon 41, Matthews 3-17) beat Melbourne Renegades 158 for 9 (Beaumont 43, Wareham 30, Cheatle 2-23, Brown 2-26) by 6 runs Ellyse Perry made a half-century before seamer Maitlan Brown inspired a stirring fightback, as Sydney Sixers revived their WBBL season with a tense win over Melbourne Renegades at the Junction Oval. Defending 164, the winless Sixers were staring down the barrel of…
Matthew Wade will captain Australia in the five-match T20I series against India after the 2023 ODI World Cup. The multiformat fast bowlers and allrounders have been left out ahead of the Test summer, but David Warner, Steven Smith and Travis Head are included. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will return home after the World Cup along with Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh, who captained Australia’s previous T20I series…
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is now building towards the final on November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: South Africa rise to the top by the barest of margins in thriller South Africa 271 for 9 (Markram 91, Shaheen 3-45) beat Pakistan 270 (Shakeel 52,…
Keshav Maharaj was just having dinner around the time when Pakistan’s concussion substitute Usama Mir pinned Rassie van der Dussen lbw for 21. South Africa were 121 for 3 at that point, needing a further 150 runs off almost 30 overs. Given South Africa’s gun middle-order – Aiden Markram at No.4, Heinrich Klaasen No.5 and David Miller at No.6 – Maharaj might have felt like he could just put his…
Mickey Arthur, Pakistan’s coach, said that his team’s failure to put together the “perfect game” was to blame for their struggles at this year’s World Cup, as he urged the PCB to steer clear of “witch-hunts” in the wake of their agonising one-wicket loss against South Africa. A last-wicket stand between Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi condemned Pakistan to their fourth defeat in a row, their worst run in World…
Matthew Mott accepts that his position as England’s white-ball coach will come under pressure with his side on the brink of an early World Cup exit, but said he is “fully determined” that he and captain Jos Buttler can turn things around in the future. Mott was appointed on a four-year contract in May 2022 and Rob Key, England’s managing director of men’s cricket, made clear to him that he…
South Africa 271 for 9 (Markram 91, Afridi 3-45) beat Pakistan 270 (Shakeel 52, Babar 50, Shamsi 4-60, Jansen 3-43) by one wicket As Keshav Maharaj exploded into celebration, having swung Mohammad Nawaz to the fine-leg boundary for the winning runs with the No. 11 for company, waves of relief washed over his team-mates watching from the dressing room. South Africa had thrown off the yoke of the choke by…