Sydney Thunder 129 for 4 (Litchfield 46) beat Hobart Hurricanes 126 for 6 (Villani 49*) by six wickets Phoebe Litchfield steered Sydney Thunder to within one win of the WBBL grand final, helping her side end Hobart Hurricanes’ season with a tense six-wicket victory at Drummoyne Oval. With Thunder chasing 127 for victory in the knockout final, they appeared to be in trouble with 26 runs required from the final…
The third edition of the ILT20 will clash with the SA20, the Big Bash League (BBL), the Super Smash (New Zealand) and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) early next year. The six-team franchise-based competition in the UAE will run from January 11 to February 9 in 2025, a window very similar to that of the SA20. The third edition of the SA20 will run from January 9 to February 8,…
Victoria 186 (Short 54, Swepson 4-31) and 439 (Kellaway 122, Rogers 69, Harris 62, Short 59, Guthrie 4-96) beat Queensland 297 (Peirson 61, Lovell 60, Bartlett 57, Crone 4-68) and 238 (McDermott 68, Elliott 4-43) by 90 runs Queensland have been left to rue a number of bizarre final-day dismissals, after falling to a 90-run defeat to Victoria. Resuming on day four at 58 for 3 chasing 329 for victory…
Phillip Hughes‘ family have described the popular cricketer as “the light of our lives” in a touching tribute before tears were shed at the SCG on the 10th anniversary of his death. The family of Hughes, who died two days after being struck by a ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield game at the SCG, hope his exploits and character will be an inspiration for younger cricketers. “He shined…
India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is back as the No. 1 Test bowler and has also achieved his career-best rating of 883 in the ICC rankings following his match-winning haul of 8 for 72 against Australia in Perth. His team-mate Yashasvi Jaiswal, who smashed 161 in the second innings of the Test, has moved to his career-best No. 2 ranking in the batters’ charts. Bumrah, whose 5 for 30 in…
Tasmania 364 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Webster 61, Radhakrishnan 55) and 268 for 8 dec (Ward 96, Abbott 4-71) beat New South Wales 338 (Patterson 99, Gilkes 62, Bell 4-52) and 239 (Philippe 55, Kuhnemann 3-76) by 55 runs Test dark horse Beau Webster has iced Tasmania’s tense 55-run Sheffield Shield defeat of New South Wales on an emotional day when the SCG commemorated the 10th anniversary of Phillip Hughes’…
Exactly a year after smashing the second-fastest 50-over century by an Indian, Gujarat opener Urvil Patel clattered a 28-ball century in the shortest format, which is the second-fastest overall in T20s and the fastest by an Indian. Urvil’s feat came against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), India’s domestic T20 tournament, in Indore. The record for the fastest T20 hundred belongs to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia, who got…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss under heavy Durban skies and chose to bowl first. It was the expected choice for Dhananjaya de Silva to make – not only is the ball likely to swing early on the day on account of the atmospheric conditions, Sri Lanka have won twice batting second at this venue. Although the pitch tends to take turn…
Ben Stokes has revealed he did not to enter the IPL mega auction to strip back his playing commitments as he attempts to prolong the twilight of his career. Stokes was a notable omission from the list of 52 Englishmen signed up for the mega auction in Jeddah for the 2025 competition. It meant England’s Test captain would not be allowed to play in the IPL until 2026, by which…
It may be a different XI in different conditions, but Tom Latham has challenged his side to bring the same intensity and cunning against England that secured a remarkable 3-0 win in India. A lush green Hagley Oval pitch for Thursday’s first Test will be on the other end of the spectrum to the Wankhede strip that saw all but four of the 40 wickets taken fall to spin. The…