A total of 120 players have put their hats in the auction ahead of the 2025 edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) to fill the 19 slots vacated by the five teams in the latest round of releases/retentions last month. The line-up includes 91 Indians – including nine capped players – and 29 from overseas, who will be in the fray to fill a maximum of five vacancies. The…
Siraj bowled Head with a full delivery the ball after he’d been whipped over the leg side for six, and gestured towards the dressing room, with Head then spinning around and reacting, which he admitted he was disappointed in himself for doing. “I actually jokingly said ‘well bowled’, then he pointed me in the sheds and I had my reaction as well,” Head said. “I don’t want to give it…
India 180 and 128 for 5 (Pant 28*, Cummins 2-33, Boland 2-39) trail Australia 337 (Head 140, Labuschagne 64, Bumrah 4-61, Siraj 4-98) by 29 runs A whirlwind century from hometown hero Travis Head blew India’s attack away and thrilled the Adelaide crowd on day two of the pink-ball Test. Head’s 140 off 141 balls swelled Australia’s first-innings lead to 157, leaving India facing a challenging final two hours under…
Tasmania 96 for 4 (Radhakrishnan 43, Scott 2-19) trail South Australia 398 for 6 dec (Sangha 151, Hunt 136, Meredith 4-95) by 302 runs South Australia have overcome a frustratingly long rain delay to strike four late daggers on day two of their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. SA opener Henry Hunt was all class on Friday when he made an unbeaten 136 to guide the Redbacks…
New South Wales 137 for 1 (Konstas 80*) trail Western Australia 211 (Inglis 41, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-48) by 74 runs Sam Konstas has helped New South Wales survive a tricky 20-over session, taking the Blues to 137 for 1 at stumps on a wet day two of the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia. After rain washed out the opening five hours of day two at the SCG, NSW…
Lunch Sri Lanka 318 for 8 (Nissanka 89, Kamindu 48, Mathews 44, Chandimal 44, Paterson 4-66, Jansen 2-100) trail South Africa 358 by 40 runs Dane Paterson took three wickets in an over and Marco Jansen pocketed one apiece with the old and the new ball as South Africa took five wickets for 37 runs on the third morning at St George’s Park. Sri Lanka are 40 runs behind at…
Queensland 172 & 195 for 8 (Peirson 82, Steketee 48*, O’Neill 3-21, Elliott 3-48) lead Victoria 123 (Harris 41, Bartlett 5-32) by 244 runs Jimmy Peirson has batted Queensland towards hope of their first Sheffield Shield victory of the summer against Victoria, after a helter-skelter day two at the MCG. On a day where 15 wickets fell in the first two sessions, Queensland went to stumps at 195 for 8…
Atkinson became the 14th Englishman to take a Test hat-trick – Stuart Broad has two – and the first since Moeen Ali against South Africa in 2017. He is also the 50th man or woman to achieve the feat. Nathan Smith was bowled off the bat while trying to leave, Matt Henry was caught at gully fending a bouncer before Tim Southee was trapped plumb in front, which finished New…
Australia will play three Tests on their tour of West Indies next year after the two boards agreed to add an extra match to the original schedule. It will be the first time the two sides have faced each other for three Tests or more since 2015 and the first time in the Caribbean since 2012 when Australia won 2-0. The series will be the first in the next cycle…
Innings break New Zealand 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46) trail England 280 (Brook 123, Pope 66, Smith 4-86, O’Rourke 3-49) by 155 runs Gus Atkinson became the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick at Basin Reserve as England ruthlessly dispatched New Zealand for a 155-run lead on the second morning in Wellington. Atkinson and Brydon Carse shared the five wickets to fall inside 45 minutes of play, both finishing…