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Cooper Connolly is a rising star in world cricket, and it looks like his bowling is set to go to another level this BBL season New Zealand star Finn Allen has praised the cricket smarts of Cooper Connolly after watching the rising star produce yet another dazzling display – this time with the ball. Connolly shared the player of the tournament award alongside Glenn Maxwell last BBL season after plundering 351 runs at an average of 50.14 and a strike-rate of 131.5. The 22-year-old opened this season with scores of 59 and 77 before falling for just six in Friday’s…
Sam Harper has detailed the changes to his batting and overall mentality that prompted one of the most remarkable centuries in BBL history for Melbourne Stars Melbourne Stars record-breaker Sam Harper realised it was time for him to pull his finger out and not just lean on big-name teammates, before his remarkable Boxing Day BBL century. Harper produced one of the most dominant displays in BBL history on Friday night, accounting for more than 75 per cent of the Stars’ runs as they beat the Sixers. Chasing 145 for victory at the SCG, Harper’s maiden Big Bash hundred came in…
Nathan Ellis says it was shattering to see Tim David ping his hamstring in a setback that has put the star batter’s T20 World Cup hopes in doubt Star batter Tim David is facing a race against time to prove his fitness for the T20 World Cup after suffering a hamstring injury that left his Hobart Hurricanes captain feeling shattered. David injured his hamstring while taking a single during Hobart’s four-wicket win over the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium on Friday night. The 29-year-old immediately cut a frustrated figure, and he retired hurt on 42 off 28 balls on the…
Hobart’s title defence has suffered a huge blow after Tim David injured his hamstring in his team’s four-wicket win over the Scorchers Tim David has produced a match-saving knock before injuring his hamstring in Hobart’s four-wicket BBL victory over the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium. The Scorchers wasted a solid start on the way to making 8-150 in Friday night’s match, with Finn Allen (43 off 23 balls), Nick Hobson (29 off 23) and Laurie Evans (27 off 18) the main contributors. In reply, the Hurricanes slumped to 3-39 following an early onslaught from Cooper Connolly (3-23) before David (42…
Australia v England | Fourth Ashes Test | Day One Among the many legacies of Shane Warne, the most enduring as it pertained to his art form was his favourite quote regarding Test pitches: ‘If it seams, it will spin’. After 20 wickets fell on the first day of (men’s) Ashes cricket at Warne’s old home ground since the 708-wicket great’s death nearly four years ago, it showed a new mantra has been spun; if it seams, who needs spin? That view, essentially put forth by both teams after neither picked a frontline spinner on a grassy MCG wicket, was…
No 3 has been a problem position for England in The Ashes with Ollie Pope struggling for form and his replacement Jacob Bethell was dismissed for just one on a 20-wicket opening day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.So, should Bethell have been deployed at first drop? The 22-year-old did impress in that spot last winter in New Zealand, hitting three half-centuries in his maiden Test series, but has been so short of red-ball cricket of late. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need…
Sam Harper has blazed a 50-ball century to lead Melbourne Stars to their third straight win to start the BBL season Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars | BBL|15 Sam Harper’s maiden Big Bash century has blasted Melbourne Stars to their best start to a season in 12 years, with a seven-wicket win over Sydney Sixers. On a night when Peter Siddle narrowly missed out on his first BBL hat-trick at age 41, Harper smashed an unbeaten 110 from 60 balls to help the Stars chase down 145 with 15 deliveries to spare. In what was easily the best game of…
More than 94,000 people poured into the MCG on Boxing Day, breaking a cricket attendance record that had stood for more than a decade Australia v England | Fourth Ashes Test | Day One Michael Neser described his first Boxing Day Test experience as a “dream come true” as Australia and England broke the all-time attendance record for a day of cricket at the MCG. An official crowd of 94,199 fans poured into the iconic venue on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 93,013 for the ODI World Cup final in 2015. It also beat the previous record for a…
A closer look at some of the key numbers from a chaotic day at the MCG Australia v England | Fourth Ashes Test | Day One 94,199 Fans inside the ground. The largest ever crowd for a game of cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, surpassing the 93,013 that attended the 2015 ODI World Cup final. 1,467 Days between Test deliveries for Jhye Richardson. The speedster took the winning wicket of James Anderson to seal victory in his most recent Test in December 2021, which also completed a five-wicket haul. He had to wait almost 1,500 days to bowl again…
Australia v England | Fourth Ashes Test | Day One “I actually said to the boys in the room, ‘We’re playing on some tricky wickets at the moment, and this was an innings where we all missed out together. Normally we have one or two batters that step up and change the momentum, or get through a period and help us get a total on the board. It just happened to be a day where we all missed out’.” So said Steve Smith. Only, he wasn’t speaking after a chaotic Boxing Day at the MCG during which his team was…