Klinger has juggled a number of coaching and administrative jobs since finishing his playing career in 2019. He currently coaches WPL team Gujarat Giants, is general manager of Washington Freedom in MLC, and assistant coach at Sydney Thunder in the WBBL. He was previously head of men’s T20 for Cricket New South Wales and coached Melbourne Renegades in the BBL between 2019 and 2021. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity…
Pat Cummins has backed Marnus Labuschagne to bounce back from his opening-Test horrors, indicating that Australia are unlikely to make any changes for Adelaide despite an overwhelming 295-run defeat against India in Perth. Labuschagne has come under intense scrutiny following the defeat given his recent form in Test cricket. He has averaged just 13.66 across his last 10 Test innings, which does include a nine-month gap where he played county…
South African allrounder Marco Jansen was the big earner on the second day of the IPL auction in Jeddah, with Punjab Kings buying him at a price of INR 7 crore. Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals went up against each other for Indian allrounders, with RCB snapping up Krunal Pandya for INR 5.75 crore and RR getting Nitish Rana for INR 4.2 crore. A large number of players were…
New South Wales 235 for 4 (Patterson 99, Webster 3-56) trail Tasmania 364 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Webster 61, Radhakrishnan 55) by 129 runs Beau Webster sent a timely reminder of his all-round capabilities, posting a half-century and taking three top-order wickets in Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales. The hosts went to stumps on day two at 235 for 4 at the SCG, with Kurtis Patterson out…
Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s 161 in the second innings of the first Test against Australia in Perth was “probably his best Test innings”, captain Jasprit Bumrah said after India’s 295-run win. Bumrah was also all praise for Virat Kohli for his unbeaten 100, saying he had never looked “out of form” despite having endured a run of low scores heading into the series. “Out of all these innings, he [Jaiswal] had a…
India 150 (Hazlewood 4-29) and 487 for 6 dec (Jaiswal 161, Kohli 100*, Rahul 77) beat Australia 104 (Bumrah 5-30) and 238 (Head 89, Bumrah 3-42, Siraj 3-51) by 295 runs Completing a remarkable turnaround, India wrapped up a famous Test victory at Optus Stadium with a 295-run victory over Australia in a one-sided result set to cause aftershocks in the latest tussle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The result was…
Melbourne Stars are searching for their fifth WBBL coach in seven years after parting ways with Jonathan Batty following yet another season where they failed to make the finals. Stars released a statement on Monday revealing that Batty and the club had parted ways by “mutual agreement” after a dismal season. They started the tournament with two wins in their first three games but then lost six in a row,…
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Ouattara Mohamed, 0.6 ov), 2-4 (Kone Aziz, 1.2 ov), 3-5 (Mimi Alex, 3.3 ov), 4-5 (Kouakou Wilfried, 4.1 ov), 5-6 (Dosso Issiaka, 4.4 ov), 6-6 (Kone Nagnama, 4.6 ov), 7-6 (Maiga Ibrahim, 5.4 ov), 8-7 (Ouattara Djakaridja, 6.4 ov), 9-7 (Dje Claude, 7.1 ov), 10-7 (Pamba Dimitri, 7.3 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
As the New Zealand Test squad reconvened at the Hagley Oval, three weeks on from a remarkable 3-0 win in India, they welcomed a familiar face back in their ranks. Kane Williamson, now shorn of the groin injury that kept him out of that historic tour, was donning BlackCaps training gear once more on Monday, as the hosts train in the afternoon in a sun-kissed Christchurch. A three-hour-long 60 for…
Bangladesh 269 for 9 (Jaker 53, Mominul 50, Joseph 3-69) trail West Indies 450 for 9 dec (Greaves 115*, Louis 97, Athanaze 90, Mahmud 3-87) by 181 runs West Indies maintained their control of the Antigua Test despite Bangladesh ending the day on 269 for 9 at stumps on the third day. The home side hold a lead of 181 runs after Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales and allrounder Justin Greaves…