Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Cameron Bancroft, 9.4 ov), 2-49 (Sam Fanning, 15.2 ov), 3-74 (Hilton Cartwright, 24.4 ov), 4-93 (Jayden Goodwin, 31.6 ov), 5-109 (Ashton Turner, 36.2 ov), 6-115 (Ashton Agar, 40.3 ov), 7-126 (Joel Paris, 45.5 ov), 8-146 (Joel Curtis, 53.4 ov), 9-156 (Brody Couch, 57.5 ov), 10-167 (Cameron Gannon, 59.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies England have won the toss and chosen to field in the fifth and final T20I of their West Indies tour in St Lucia. The hosts will be looking to back up their consolation victory less than 24 hours ago at the same venue while England, who already sealed the series by winning the first three games, want to make it 4-1. The…
The PCB has said there will be no change of Test match coach for one more series, with Jason Gillespie taking charge of the upcoming two Tests against South Africa. The board has not confirmed him for any engagements beyond that tour, though he does have a contract with the PCB that runs till 2026. Over the past few days, multiple local reports indicated that Gillespie’s time with Pakistan cricket…
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Rohit Sharma will not be available to lead India in first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which starts on November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Rohit, who stayed back home for the birth of his second child, will join the India squad ahead of the second Test, which is a day-night match starting on December 6 in Adelaide. While Rohit had communicated to the…
Jason Gillespie is set to be removed as Pakistan head coach and replaced, across formats, by Aaqib Javed as the high rate of turnover at the PCB continues apace. Gillespie is Pakistan’s Test coach and currently the interim coach of the white-ball side, but is expected to be relieved of all duties, with Aaqib – recently appointed convenor of the men’s cricket selection committee – taking over. ESPNcricinfo understands the…
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In a tonic for India amid doubts over Shubman Gill‘s fitness, KL Rahul shrugged off injury concerns as he returned to batting during the team’s training session on Sunday at the WACA in Perth. Rahul left the field early in India’s intra-squad match simulation on Friday after being struck on the elbow by a rising delivery from Prasidh Krishna. The blow left him grimacing and he trudged off the ground…
Western Australia 167 and 278 for 7 (Curtis 83*, Cartwright 78, Elliott 3-38, O’Neill 3-54) lead Victoria 373 by 72 runs Victoria were in sight of victory over Western Australia and the outright lead in the Sheffield Shield standings, despite resolute innings by Hilton Cartwright and Joel Curtis. Seamers Fergus O’Neill and Sam Elliott made regular inroads at Junction Oval on Sunday to have the visitors 278 for 7 at…