Yorkshire have signed New Zealand fast bowler Will O’Rourke for the Vitality Blast. He will be available for the first eight group games, with an option to extend his deal depending on international commitments. O’Rourke, 23, has played all formats for his country with impressive returns since first being capped in 2023. In all T20 cricket, he has taken 35 wickets at an average of 24.94 and an economy 7.82….
Two teams who have traversed contrasting paths in the 2024-25 Super Smash will meet on Sunday, for a title that has been eluding them for years. Central Districts, unarguably the form team of the tournament, with six wins in their eight completed games, will be chasing their first T20 trophy since 2018-19. Though Canterbury have only snuck into the final this season they’re more familiar with this territory. They made…
England Women’s head coach Jon Lewis has declared himself the right man to lead the team beyond their unprecedented 16-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia. Scrutiny of Lewis’s position is sure to intensify after his side lost the Test by an innings and 122 runs inside three days at the MCG. ECB management will no doubt hold a thorough review of the tour but, speaking immediately after the Test defeat which…
Big Picture: Unbeaten sides, solid bowling units Two unbeaten sides. Two stories of significant progress over two years will culminate with the final of the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. It might only be edition number two, but India have asserted themselves as the team to beat in this competition. They have outclassed every team in their path to the finals, and have looked stronger…
Australia 440 (Sutherland 163, Mooney 106, Ecclestone 5-143) beat England 170 (Sciver-Brunt 51, King 4-45) & 148 (Beaumont 47, King 5-53, Gardner 4-39) by an innings and 122 runs These will forever be known as Alana King‘s Ashes. Australia’s legspinner delivered another spellbinding performance at the MCG to ensure England were whitewashed 16 points to nil for the first time in the multi-format era after an innings and 122 rout…
Australia A 373 for 9 dec (Patterson 137, Philippe 120*, Goodwin 70) beat England Lions 116 (Sutherland 3-7, Doggett 3-17) and 247 (McKinney 110, Buckingham 4-41), Hardie 3-25 by an innings and 10 runs South Australian quick Jordan Buckingham starred with four wickets to help Australia A secure a thumping innings and 10-run win against the England Lions. Australia’s decision to go with a bowler-heavy line-up paid off, running through…
Sri Lanka 165 (Chandimal 72, de Silva 22, Kuhnemann 5-63, Lyon 3-57) trail Australia 654 for 6 dec by 489 runs Australia’s mood brightened considerably under clear skies in Galle as they resumed their complete dominance of the first Test with spinners Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon running through a hapless Sri Lanka early on day four. Sri Lanka lost 5 for 9 to be bowled out for 165 in…