Pakistan 187 for 7 (Shakeel 74*, Noman 6*) trail England 267 (Smith 89, Duckett 52, Sajid 6-128) by 80 runs Rehan Ahmed’s three wickets gave England the upper hand at lunch on day two of the third Test in Rawalpindi, with Pakistan 187 for 7 in their first innings, still trailing by 80. The legspinner, in his first appearance of the series, and first international cap since the India Test…
Queensland 223 for 1 (Peirson 100*, Renshaw 72*) beat South Australia 218 (McSweeney 137, Guthrie 4-15, Straker 3-54) by nine wickets Queensland stormed to their first One-Day Cup win of the season by nine wickets despite a masterclass century by South Australia captain Nathan McSweeney. Left-arm paceman Liam Guthrie set up the victory at Allan Border Field as the visitors were bowled out for 218 with McSweeney, who is a…
New South Wales 336 for 8 (Gilkes 74, Maddinson 63, Smith 56, Siddle 5-49) beat Victoria 196 (Short 80, Green 3-27, Anderson 3-37) by 140 runs Steven Smith found some form while Pat Cummins made a successful return after a long layoff as New South Wales hammered Victoria in a their One-Day Cup clash at the Junction Oval after Josh Hazlewood was a late omission when he woke up ill….
59.1 to R Ravindra, Cleans him up with an absolute ripper! Fires this quicker from wide of the crease, gets the ball to land on off and snake past Rachin’s outside edge. He was well forward and would have thought had covered the line. But that was a beauty of a delivery that hit Rachin’s off pole. No wonder Washington is cock-a-hoop. 197/4 61.6 to TA Blundell, The last one…
Tasmania 55 for 3 beat Western Australia 53 (Webster 6-17, Stanlake 3-12) by seven wickets Western Australia lost an incredible 8 for 1 – with their one run coming from a wide – in a batting collapse for the ages that has left their One-Day Cup defence in tatters. They were bowled out for 53 in 20.1 overs at the WACA Ground on Friday against a rampant Tasmania attack led…
Cricket Victoria and the St Kilda Cricket Club have renamed one of the heritage listed grandstands at the Junction Oval in Melbourne after the late Shane Warne in honour of his contribution to Victoria and his club team St Kilda. The process of renaming the stand, which has stood since 1925, had begun well before Warne’s passing in March, 2022. The stand was formerly named after Australian rules footballer Kevin…
David Warner‘s lifetime leadership ban has been overturned by Cricket Australia following a review by CA’s Conduct Commission. It means he is now eligible to captain Sydney Thunder in the upcoming BBL having not been allowed to captain any team in Australia after the ban was imposed following the sandpaper incident in Cape Town in 2018. CA released the findings from the Conduct Commission review on Friday with the three-person…
The rapid progression of Phoebe Litchfield‘s career will continue after she was named Sydney Thunder captain for the upcoming WBBL season. At 21, Litchfield will be youngest full-time captain in WBBL history. She has been appointed ahead of England captain Heather Knight who led the side last season but enters the WBBL on the back of the injury she sustained at the T20 World Cup and will also miss the…
Secondary-school teachers will be trained to become cricket coaches, under plans unveiled by the ECB to reinvigorate the sport’s participation levels in state-sector education. The initiative was announced at Lord’s on Wednesday as part of an update to the ECB’s Inspiring Generations strategy, following on from last year’s Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report. Although more than 93% of British children are educated in the state sector, the…
No access to water for spectators at the MCA Stadium on a hot and humid day in Pune led to chaos and complaints of sickness among the fans who came to watch the first day of the second Test between India and New Zealand. During the lunch break, hundreds of spectators queued up near the North Stand for water, which was unavailable at the time. Police intervention was needed to…