Big Picture Australia have played like world champions, England have played like a team that has only just come together and are trying to figure out their next style of one-day cricket. Which is exactly the position of both sides. What will (or at least should) frustrate Harry Brook and Marcus Trescothick – stand-in captain and coach – is that England have had their opportunity in both games: at Trent…
Glamorgan 186 for 7 (Northeast 63*, Thomas 2-23, Ogborne 2-36) beat Somerset 171 for 6 (Umeed 45, Dickson 44, Kellaway 2-37) by 15 runs The last leg of Somerset’s treble bid went the way of the first two as Glamorgan won a truncated Metro Bank One-Day Cup Final on a gloomy reserve day at Trent Bridge that mercifully stayed dry long enough for them to lift the trophy for the…
Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who has served as the ICC anti-corruption unit (ACU) independent chair since 2010, has decided to retire end of October. The development comes on the heel of ACU head Alex Marshall deciding to retire in November. A highly respected senior cop, Flanagan was the Home Office chief inspector of constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and was previously the chief constable of the police service of…
Shakib Al Hasan was seen biting down on a black strap, which was wrapped around his neck, while batting in the Chennai Test. Why? Well it’s all part of his bid to have the correct head position while batting. According to his mentor Mohammad Salahuddin and BCB’s chief physician Dr Debashish Chowdhury, Shakib devised this mechanism himself in order to keep his head from falling over when playing the ball….
Andre Fletcher, the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain, didn’t mince words after his side ended their CPL 2024 campaign with a ninth successive defeat, at the hands of Trinbago Knight Riders in Tarouba. On Sunday alone, they dropped Pooran at least four times after which the TKR batter aced a chase of 194 with an unbeaten 93 off 43 balls. Overall in the tournament, they had dropped at least…
New Zealand tend not to do especially well in Galle. Of their five Test defeats from as many games at the ground, one has been by an innings, another by ten wickets, and one more by 202 runs. Their latest Test at the venue, which ended in a 63-run defeat to Sri Lanka on Monday, when they went into the fifth morning with an outside shot of victory – 68…
Australia have banned the pre-game activity that threatened to derail Ashleigh Gardner‘s T20 World Cup as the allrounder challenged her side’s batters to fill their boots in the third T20I against New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday. Gardner missed the series opener against New Zealand in Mackay last Thursday after colliding with teammate Georgia Wareham attempting to catch a soft ‘Vortex’ ball in a warm-up drill. The reigning Belinda Clark…
Victoria 128 for 6 (Harper 43, Sutherland 36* Webster 3-20) beat Tasmania 126 (Elliott 7-12) by four wickets Victoria quick Sam Elliott claimed the second-best figures in the history of Australian One-Day domestic cricket and hit the winning runs in a critical 56-run unbeaten stand with skipper Will Sutherland to almost singlehandedly guide Victoria to a four-wicket win against Tasmania in Melbourne. On a very green pitch at the Junction…
Sri Lanka 305 and 309 beat New Zealand 340 and 211 by 63 runs Sri Lanka didn’t need long on the final morning in Galle to wrap things up, taking just 15 minutes to grab the final two New Zealand wickets and secure a 63-run win. The result means Sri Lanka go 1-0 up in the two-match series, while also leapfrogging New Zealand in the World Test Championship table up…
Legspinner Mitchell Swepson has been named Queensland official vice-captain and will lead the side in both the both the One-Day Cup and the Sheffield Shield when captain Marnus Labuschagne is absent on international duty. The decision to elevate Swepson to the leadership role continues the significant shake-up in Queensland cricket under new coach Johan Botha and high performance manager Joe Dawes. Labuschagne was appointed as the permanent Queensland captain in…