New South Wales 493 for 9 (Patterson 167*, Konstas 88) trail Western Australia 211 (Inglis 41, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-48) by 252 runs Sam Konstas has missed out on another century but teammate Kurtis Patterson managed to break a long drought to give New South Wales a chance of pulling off victory in their Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the SCG. The Blues went to stumps on day…
Queensland 172 & 223 (Peirson 82, Steketee 53, O’Neill 4-22, Elliott 3-62) beat Victoria 123 & 249 (Handscomb 78, Swepson 4-88, Steketee 3-46) by 23 runs Legspinner Mitchell Swepson has boosted his hopes of being picked for Australia’s Test tour of Sri Lanka after weaving his magic to lead Queensland to a thrilling 23-run Sheffield Shield win over Victoria at the MCG. Chasing 273 for victory, Victoria were bowled out…
Ben Stokes has credited England’s “more dominant cricket” for securing their first series win in New Zealand since 2008, with Black Caps captain Tom Latham ceding his side were unable to cope with the pressure they were put under by the tourists. England needed just three days to secure a 2-0 lead in the three-match series, rounding out a thrashing of 323 runs at the Basin Reserve on Sunday afternoon….
A total of 120 players will feature in the WPL 2025 mini-auction, which will be held on December 15 in Bengaluru. Out of those, 91 are Indians and 29 from overseas, including three from Associate teams. A maximum of 19 slots are to be filled across five teams. Five of those can be taken by overseas players. Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have four vacancies…
Speaking after India’s ten-wicket loss in the second Test in Adelaide, Rohit said: “We’re just monitoring him. While playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he had an issue with his knee, so we want to be very careful. We don’t want to put pressure on him to come here and to the job. We will take the call based on what those guys [BCCI doctors] feel. But the door is very…
Australia 337 (Head 140, Labuschagne 64, Bumrah 4-61, Siraj 4-98) and 19 for 0 beat India 180 (Reddy 42, Starc 6-48, Cummins 2-41) and 175 (Reddy 42, Cummins 5-57, Boland 3-51) by ten wickets Pat Cummins‘ five-wicket haul capped Australia’s dominance in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval as they leveled the series on the third afternoon with a statement win. The end was nigh for India when Mitchell…
The incident occurred when Siraj bowled Head for 140, a ball after getting hit for six, and celebrated animatedly. There was a send-off from the bowler and some words said by Head, which weren’t very clear on the broadcast. “It was a great battle going on (with Head) and he batted really well,” Siraj told Star Sports Hindi before the third day’s play. “When you get hit for a six…
TossAustralia opt to bat vs India Captain Tahlia McGrath won the toss and elected to bat as Australia look to clinch the ODI series against India in game two at Allan Border Field. Sophie Molineux, who captained Melbourne Renegades to their first WBBL title, replaces Georgia Wareham in the only change for an Australia side that convincingly won the first ODI by five wickets. Offspinner Minnu Mani will make her…
England 280 and 427 for 6 dec (Root 106, Bethell 96, Duckett 92, Brook 55) lead New Zealand 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46) by 582 runs England batted on for 6.3 overs before declaring their innings closed on the third morning at Basin Reserve. That was enough time for Joe Root to notch his 36th Test hundred, his dismissal two balls later allowing Ben Stokes to pull the plug and…
Sri Lanka fancy their chances chasing “anything around or below 300,” on a wicket that is “playing really well,” at St George’s Park, according to former captain Angelo Mathews. Though he acknowledged South Africa, at 221 ahead with seven wickets in hand, have the advantage, Mathews brought fighting talk to the third day’s post-play press conference, with Sri Lanka looking for a win to keep themselves in contention for next…