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Matt Renshaw and Jack Wildermuth both slammed centuries to guide Brisbane Heat to record BBL win Ripper Renshaw century puts Heat in prime position Matt Renshaw is back on the happy train, revealing frustration had started creeping in during the early part of the Ashes series before he was able to again close the door to any negative thoughts. Renshaw produced one of the most memorable knocks in KFC BBL history on Friday night when he struck 102 off 51 balls to guide the Brisbane Heat to a famous eight-wicket win over Perth Scorchers at the Gabba. In reply to…
Matt Renshaw and Jack Wildermuth’s tons led the Brisbane Heat to a record chase of Scorchers’ 257 with one ball to spare Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers | BBL|15 On a night when records tumbled, Matt Renshaw and Jack Wildermuth cracked remarkable centuries as the Brisbane Heat pulled off BBL’s greatest ever run chase in an eight-wicket win over the Perth Scorchers with one ball to spare. The Scorchers posted a franchise-record 6-257 in Friday night’s clash in front of 24,277 stunned fans at the Gabba, with Finn Allen (79 off 38 balls) and Cooper Connolly (77 off 37) doing…
The day started with England batting, fending off their final two wickets, with Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer at the crease still trailing by 158 runs. However, Archer’s knock of 51 off 105 showed more resilience alongside his skipper as the pair put up 106 runs for the ninth wicket, their highest in this Ashes series, offering England a glimmer of hope. Ben Stokes, pushing himself to the absolute limit in the searing Adelaide heat finally saw his resistance broken off a jaffa from Mitchell Starc, the 12th time the left-arm pacer has had the England skipper’s scalp in Ashes…
England selected Will Jacks over Shoaib Bashir as their lead spinner for the third Ashes Test because they were “backed into a corner” by the team’s batting struggles, according to the tourists’ spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel.England surprised many by leaving out Bashir at the Adelaide Oval, a ground where having a quality spin option is seen as essential, with the decision coming under the spotlight on Friday as Australia moved closer to taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series by dominating day three. Jacks, who impressed with the bat after being brought in for the second Test…
The Sydney rivalry is heating up ahead of Saturday’s derby with Sixers’ Ben Dwarshuis responding to David Warner’s prodding remarks Ben Dwarshuis was asleep when Punjab Kings splashed A$725,000 on at this week’s Indian Premier League auction but there’ll be no resting as the winless Sixers seek to “set the ship right” in Saturday’s Sydney Smash. The Sixers will go into the first Sydney derby of BBL|15 on the back of two losses from two games and Thunder captain David Warner didn’t shy away from rubbing it in with some pointed media comments on Thursday as they try and make…
England’s camp admit they need something magical as their hopes of an Ashes comeback fade Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Three England captain Ben Stokes was fit to bowl. He did not. England rate Shoab Bashir their No.1 tweaker. He was not selected for the traditionally spin-friendly Adelaide Oval. Why? Because of results that happened weeks ago. Instead, England picked Will Jacks, a batting allrounder, as their spinner for an Adelaide Test they had to win to save the Ashes. Jacks subsequently became the first English bowler to concede more than 100 runs in each innings…
England Test captain Ben Stokes is “fit to bowl” despite not featuring with the ball as Australia built a sizeable lead on day three of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.Travis Head struck a magnificent, unbeaten 142 as Australia closed on 271-4, leading by 356 to leave England – already 2-0 down in the series – on the brink of Ashes defeat with two Tests to play. Stokes top-scored with 83 in England’s first-innings 286, an innings that lasted more than five hours across days two and three, with the England captain seemingly shown to be struggling with cramp in…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Three Usman Khawaja’s answers to Australia’s Steve Smith SOS and Alex Carey’s sustained brilliance this Ashes series have left selectors with myriad considerations for the rest of the summer – and beyond. As Travis Head announced emphatically that he is here to stay as a Test opener, the performances of Khawaja and Carey, both in new roles in the batting order, have given George Bailey’s panel some enviable conundrums going into the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney. Khawaja had been cut from the XI earlier this week and his…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Three If Travis Head’s spectacular stand-in effort as opener in Perth didn’t end Australia’s long search for a dynamic new opener in the wake of David Warner’s retirement, then surely today’s Adelaide epic did. Inside four entertaining hours on day three of the third Ashes Test, Head both demoralised a briefly reinvigorated England and added a new string to his attacking bow during his magnificent 142no: that of third-innings enforcer. It is a role that Warner – and Matthew Hayden before him – turned into an art form. England had owned…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Three Sealed with a kiss, Travis Head’s love for Adelaide Oval and its rowdy punters has left England on the brink of a yet another Ashes capitulation Down Under. Ben Stokes, having pushed himself to physical and mental exhaustion, spent time off the field and was unable to bowl on day three as the series he has so desperately fought to keep within his team’s grasp slipped away. Head’s hometown fans milled back out over the River Torrens and into Adelaide’s city bars heaving with festive cheer talking only of their…