Month: December 2023

Brisbane Heat 214 for 3 (Munro 99*, Labuschagne 30, Coulter-Nile 1-35) beat Melbourne Stars 111 (Cartwright 33, Swepson 3-23, Bartlett 2-8) by 103 runs Opener Colin Munro smashed an unbeaten 99 before Brisbane Heat overcame a brief flurry from an injured Glenn Maxwell to thump Melbourne Stars in the BBL season opener at the Gabba. After a gutting defeat in last season’s BBL final, Heat produced an almost flawless performance…

Pakistan are using their four-day match in Canberra to assess the balance of the side they may take into next week’s first Test with at least one fast bowling spot up for grabs, although the key decisions will still be based on what conditions are served up at Optus Stadium in Perth. The visitors have utilised the contest against the Prime Minister’s XI to give their less experienced bowlers a…

Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has accused his former team-mate Gautam Gambhir of calling him a “fixer” during a Legends League match in Surat. Gambhir is the captain of India Capitals while Sreesanth is playing for Gujarat Giants in the T20 tournament. After the match, which Capitals won by 12 runs, Sreesanth posted on Instagram a video that was shot on the sidelines of the post-match presentation ceremony. “Without…

New Zealand 55 for 5 (Mitchell 12*, Phillips 5*, Mehidy 3-17, Taijul 2-29) trail Bangladesh 172 (Mushfiqur 35, Shahadat 31, Philips 3-31, Santner 3-65) by 117 runs Rain prevented any play from happening on the second day of the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Mirpur. The day was abandoned at 1:55pm local time. The rain had begun early on Thursday morning and continued through the day. The…

Prime Minister’s XI 149 for 2 (Bancroft 53, Harris 49, Shahzad 1-23) trail Pakistan 391 for 9 dec (Masood 201*, Sarfaraz 41*, Buckingham 5-80) by 242 runs Cameron Bancroft added a half-century to his impressive tally of runs this season but both he and Marcus Harris missed the opportunity for a substantial score in their bid for an Australia Test recall on the second day of the tour game against…

New Zealand have called up three uncapped players – allrounder Josh Clarkson, fast bowler Will O’Rourke and legspinner Adi Ashok – in their 13-man squad for the ODI series at home against Bangladesh. Tom Latham will lead the side as regular ODI captain Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, and Devon Conway have been rested ahead of the home season. Michael Bracewell (achilles), Matt Henry (hamstring),…

Matthew Short, last season’s player of the tournament in the BBL, has been named Adelaide Strikers’ new captain. Short takes over permanently from Travis Head having stood in for him last season. He scored 458 runs and claimed 11 wickets in the 2022-23 edition of the tournament and has since made his T20I and ODIs debut for Australia. He will be in the running for a spot in next year’s…

Toss England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs West Indies Jos Buttler won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second ODI in Antigua, as England seek the victory that would keep the series alive going into Saturday’s decider in Barbados. Buttler named an unchanged XI in the wake of England’s four-wicket loss on Sunday, meaning Sam Curran gets an immediate opportunity to make amends…

England 197 for 6 (Sciver-Brunt 77, Wyatt 75, Renuka 3-27) beat India 159 for 6 (Shafali 52, Ecclestone 3-15) by 38 runs Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt pulled England from the peril of 2 for 2 to give their side a 1-0 lead in the T20I series against India. Both scored rapid half-centuries in a 138-run stand from just 87 balls after Renuka Singh had reduced the visitors to 2…

New York Strikers 76 for 5 (Asif 23*, Cook 2-15, Siddique 2-21) beat Chennai Braves 75 for 9 (Roy 18, Amir 4-7, Narine 1-14) by five wickets Four wickets in the second over left Chennai Braves in a hole from which they could hardly find their way back up, as New York Strikers strolled to a five-wicket win. After running Kobe Herft out to start the over, Strikers’ Mohammad Amir…