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Brendon McCullum is eager to stay on as England’s head coach but admits his future is “up to other people” after losing the Ashes in just 11 days.The New Zealander branded this winter’s tour of Australia as “the biggest series of all our lives” but saw his hopes of delivering the urn evaporate after humbling defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. McCullum’s predecessor, Chris Silverwood, did not survive a 4-0 thrashing four years ago and questions are already being asked about who should carry the can for the latest defeat Down Under. Monterosa This content is provided by Monterosa, which…
A four-wicket spell from their frontline spinner was the perfect complement for a 127-run opening stand as the Thunder cruised to victory Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat | BBL|15 Sam Konstas fired before Shadab Khan spun the Sydney Thunder to victory as Brisbane Heat’s threat to make more Big Bash League history was cooled in Canberra. The Pakistan leg-spinner took 4-24, including the prized scalp of Matthew Renshaw, in a 34-run win after the hosts had posted 4-193 on Monday. Brisbane were fresh off their jaw-dropping successful chase of 258 against Perth – easily the BBL’s biggest – in which…
In turn the left-armer has led Australia’s attack in this Ashes through large periods without the rest of the big four, already the likely man of the series with 22 wickets at 17.04. “I’ve certainly made decisions with my body in mind, with Tests always being a priority,” Starc said. “That’s never changed for me. “I’ll thoroughly enjoy sitting back in February and March (during the T20 World Cup). “I’ve always tried to play as much cricket as I can. Certainly in summer I’ve always tried to play the five Tests or what it may be.” 2025-26 NRMA Insurance Men’s…
Jacob Duffy took 5-42 as New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 138 on a deteriorating fifth-day pitch to win the third Test by 323 runs and take the three-match series 2-0.Duffy surpassed Richard Hadlee’s New Zealand record of wickets in a calendar year and finished the series with 23 at an average of 15.4 including three five-wicket hauls. He bowled more than 154 overs as the workhorse of the New Zealand attack in the three Tests. “I saw that list at lunchtime and there were some cool names on there, so to be up there on any sort…
Nasser Hussain says England’s showing against Australia in the Ashes has ultimately proved “no different” to past drubbings away from home.England’s latest defeat on Australian soil was confirmed by an 82-run victory for the hosts in Adelaide on Sunday, meaning the holders wrapped up the series after just three of the five Tests. After England lost 4-0 four years ago, this has been the first away series of the Bazball era following the appointments in 2022 of Brendon McCullum as head coach and Ben Stokes as captain. And while Hussain commends the fact coach and captain have initiated a period…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details as the Strikers host the Stars in their first home game of BBL|15 Match facts Who: Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars What: Match 10, KFC BBL|15 Where: Adelaide Oval When: Tuesday, December 23. Bat flip at 6pm local (6.30pm AEDT), first ball at 6.45pm local (7.15pm AEDT) How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here Live scores: Match Centre…
Victory sweet but ‘doubt I’ll be playing in Melbourne’ Nathan Lyon’s potentially series-ending hamstring injury has posed a question that hasn’t needed to be asked in 15 home summers: who is Australia’s next Test spinner? A veteran of 141 Tests, Lyon played 100 consecutive matches between 2013 and 2023, occasionally paired with other slow bowlers in Sydney (Steve O’Keefe – 2016 and 2017, Ashton Agar – 2023) and on the subcontinent but always the first-choice tweaker at home. The day five injury was a cruel blow for Lyon and his second Ashes injury in 18 months after a torn calf…
After Australia won the T20 World Cup in Dubai four years ago, white-ball song-master Adam Zampa reminded the first-time champions of those who had written them off. It is not in the nature of Alex Carey, who led the Test side’s thunderous delivery of ‘Under the Southern Cross’ on the Adelaide Oval outfield on Sunday, to be as combative. The Aussies have indeed avoided saying anything that could generate an inflammatory headline at every turn over the past few months. But as they savoured their Ashes-clinching victory first with their families in Adelaide’s cool evening air and then long among…
Sydney Sixers paceman provides update on hamstring injury that ruled him out of the start of the Ashes Sean Abbott has put a “frustrating” six weeks behind him as he pushes for a Big Bash return on Boxing Day. Abbott hasn’t played since injuring his hamstring during a Sheffield Shield match in early November, ruling him out of the start of the Ashes series after the uncapped paceman was named in Australia’s squad for the first Test. The 33-year-old had taken five wickets for NSW against Victoria before suffering a moderate grade strain to his left hamstring on the same…
New Zealand sealed a 2-0 victory on the final day of the series in Mount Maunganui Jacob Duffy has taken 5-42 as New Zealand bowled out West Indies for 138 on a deteriorating fifth-day pitch to win the third Test by 323 runs and take the series 2-0. Duffy surpassed Richard Hadlee’s New Zealand record of 80 wickets in a calendar year and finished the series with 23 scalps at an average of 15.4, including three five-wicket hauls. “I saw that list at lunchtime and there were some cool names on there, so to be up there on any sort…