Chris Rushworth is one of at least four players refused entry to Australia © Getty Images At least four English county professionals planning to spend the off-season playing cricket in Australia have been refused entry to the country because of visa issues and deported by the immigration authorities. Ben Twohig, a Worcestershire left-arm spinner who has been a professional for only four months, has been the latest victim of an…
BPL 2016's opening game washed out in Dhaka
No result Comilla Victorians v Rajshahi KingsScorecard File photo: Steady rain during much of the afternoon meant not even a toss was possible in Mirpur © AFP The opening game of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 became the tournament’s first to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. Persistent rain meant not even a toss was possible and the two teams – defending champions Comilla Victorians and Rajshahi Kings –…
Hayat and spin deliver thumping win for Hong Kong
Hong Kong 269 (Hayat 77, Soper 3-39) beat Papua New Guinea 163 (Vala 43, Rath 3-22, Nadeem 3-37) by 106 runsScorecard Ehsan Khan’s wicket of Assad Vala triggered PNG’s collapse © Hong Kong Cricket On a spinning pitch at at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong’s new captain Babar Hayat’s 77 off 95 proved to be the difference in the first of three ODIs against Papua New Guinea. Hayat’s…
O'Keefe's five-for knocks WA out for 216
New South Wales 1 for 24 trail Western Australia 216 (Turner 81, Cartwright 59, O’Keefe 5-65, Somerville 4-61) by 192 runsScorecard Steve O’Keefe picked up his eighth first-class five-wicket haul © AFP Steve O’Keefe has bounced back from a tough few months by claiming five wickets as New South Wales dismissed Western Australia for 216 on the first day of their Sheffield Shield clash at the SCG. It was O’Keefe’s…
Sayers six-for, Weatherald ton floor Tasmania
South Australia 2 for 222 (Weatherald 110*, Smith 62) lead Tasmania 98 (Sayers 6-32) by 124 runsScorecard Chadd Sayers’ second-best figures in first-class cricket meant Tasmania were bowled out for under 100 © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Jake Weatherald celebrated his 22nd birthday by flying to his maiden first-class century at Adelaide Oval, where Chadd Sayers had earlier demolished Tasmania to leave South Australia firmly in command at stumps…
South Africa bounce back on eventful day
South Africa 242 and 2 for 104 (Elgar 46*, Duminy 34*) lead Australia 244 (Warner 97, S Marsh 63, Philander 4-86, Maharaj 3-56) by 102 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:57 Brettig: Mitchell Marsh representative of Australia’s batting woes When Australia and South Africa play, you should expect the unexpected. Not literally, of course, because then it wouldn’t be unexpected anymore. But in recent Tests between these two nations there…
Steyn ruled out of series with shoulder fracture
Dale Steyn had to leave the field in the morning session due to a shoulder problem © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Dale Steyn has been ruled out of South Africa’s Test series in Australia with a fractured right shoulder. He did damage to the shoulder, which he had broken last season, while bowling in the second hour of the second day of the first Test in Perth. He left the field…
Holland, Tremain topple Queensland for 137
Victoria 5 for 153 (Harris 75, Handscomb 60) lead Queensland 137 (Heazlett 51, Holland 4-32, Tremain 3-26) by 16 runsScorecard Chris Tremain picked up three wickets in his first five overs © Cricket Australia/Getty Images It took Victoria less than a day to claim a first-innings lead in their Sheffield Shield game against Queensland at the MCG, where Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb backed up the fine work of their…
Australia dismissed with two-run lead
Lunch Australia 4 for 181 (Voges 10*) trail South Africa 242 by 61 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:14 Moonda: Could this be it for Steyn? South Africa lost their strike weapon Dale Steyn to injury, but still managed to fight back impressively before lunch on day two at the WACA. Australia had started the morning at 0 for 105, with David Warner and Shaun Marsh well set, but…
Bouncer definition could be redefined
Play 03:52 ‘Hughes inquest findings could change cricket’ – Brettig Cricket’s definition of the bouncer is set to be globally redrawn following a key recommendation of the Phillip Hughes inquest, stemming from testimony from the ICC umpires training manager Simon Taufel. James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, acknowledged that Taufel’s query about the definitions of short-pitched and dangerous bowling would necessitate a discussion involving the ICC and the MCC…