Brisbane Heat Sydney Sixers 140 (Kerr 41, Hamilton 3-21, Jonassen 3-26) Brisbane Heat downed Sydney Sixers by five wickets but failed to steal WBBL final hosting rights from Melbourne Renegades. Heat, chasing the Sixers’ 140 all out, reached their target from 17 overs for victory at Allan Border Field. But they to chase down their target in 13.3 overs to eclipse Renegades on net run rate and secure hosting rights…
South Australia 139 for 4 (Hunt 71*, Nielsen 48*, Richardson 3-26) trail Western Australia 373 (Goodwin 139, Turner 79, Doggett 5-97, Johnson 3-108) by runs Three South Australia top-order batters made golden ducks as Western Australia took a stranglehold on their Sheffield Shield game amid a dramatic return to four-day cricket by Jhye Richardson. After WA, anchored by Jayden Goodwin‘s 137, posted 373 all out, SA spectacularly collapsed on day…
Queensland 94 for 5 trail Victoria 186 (Short 54, Swepson 4-31, Steketee 3-45) by 92 runs Harris made only 2 as Victoria were bowled out for 186 on Sunday, with Queensland tottering on 94 for 5 at stumps. Related Injury hits Maxwell’s Shield hopes, leaves race for BBL Ward leads NSW talent in piling on runs against Blues Swepson claimed 4 for 31 while paceman Mark Steketee and Liam Guthrie…
Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history after he was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 27 crore (USD 3.2 million) on the first day of the mega auction in Jeddah. He surpassed the mark set by Punjab Kings, who bid INR 26.75 crore (USD 3.18 million) to buy Shreyas Iyer, a few minutes earlier. Both LSG and PBKS were in need of new captains…
Tasmania 251 for 4 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Radhakrishnan 55) vs New South Wales Adopted Tasmanian Tim Ward has his side into a promising position on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, as three Blues juniors impressed against their old state. In his second game back in Tasmania’s team after being dropped last summer, Ward hit 91 at the SCG on Sunday, before falling…
Australia 104 and 12 for 3 need 522 more runs to beat India 150 and 487 for 6 dec (Jaiswal 161, Kohli 100*, Rahul 77) In the same city where Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli scored legendary centuries, India’s latest batting prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal produced a masterclass of his own with a majestic 161 to decimate a listless Australia in the first Test at Optus Stadium. Kohli then rammed home…
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl against Zimbabwe Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl first under overcast skies at the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. Following on from an ODI series win in Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan oversees an ODI side without some of its senior players in Zimbabwe. Rizwan said he felt the first hour would be tricky for batters, with Pakistan playing two specialist fast…
The incident occurred on Sunday morning in Queenstown where England have been preparing for the first Test, which begins on Thursday at the Hagley Oval. Cox was taken to a local hospital for a scan that revealed the extent of the damage. The 24-year-old was all set to make his Test debut with regular keeper Jamie Smith missing the tour for the birth of his first child. A replacement will…
New Zealand opener Georgia Plimmer has been ruled out of cricket for remainder of the year after sustaining a bone stress reaction in her groin. The injury means she will be unavailable for the home ODI series against Australia in December. A New Zealand Cricket release said Plimmer experienced pain in her left hip joint during the recent ODI series in India last month. A subsequent MRI and assessment by…
The incident occurred in the nets on Sunday morning in Queenstown, where England have been preparing for the first Test, which begins on Thursday at the Hagley Oval. Cox, primed to make his Test debut with regular keeper Jamie Smith on paternity leave for the tour, was taken to a local hospital for scans to determine the extent of the damage. Cox has once before damaged digits on his right…