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For the first time, the Stars and Renegades will have a trophy to play for beginning their BBL|15 Melbourne derbies in January Now that there’s a large and colourful trophy on the line, the BBL’s Melbourne derby could be set for a return to the halcyon days. In the 15th season of the competition, the Stars and Renegades will play for the Melbourne Mace, unveiled in weird and wacky scenes at the Fitzroy Town Hall on Friday. Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece carried the 1.4m trophy, weighing more than 10kgs, down to Renegades captain Will Sutherland and Stars skipper Marcus…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details for a near sell-out Sydney Smash at Engie Stadium Match facts Who: Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers What: Match 7, KFC BBL|15 Where: Engie Stadium, Sydney When: Saturday, December 20. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT How to watch: 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 selling fast with fewer than 1,000 remaining. Get the here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and…
Another devastating Travis Head hundred helped Australia into a dominant position in the third Test at Adelaide, leading by 356 with six second-innings wickets still remaining as they look to retain the Ashes with two games to spare.Another chastening defeat followed in the day-night Test in Brisbane, and England were already up against it in Adelaide going into the third day’s play after their latest batting collapse saw them limp to 213-8 by stumps on the second evening in reply to Australia’s first-innings 371. Ben Stokes (83) led from the front, as has so often been the case during his…
A 323-run opening partnership more than vindicated Tom Latham’s decision for New Zealand to bat first in the third Test Tom Latham took a close look at the pitch at Bay Oval and made the inspired decision to bat first. What a choice it turned out to be, with New Zealand 1-334 at stumps against West Indies at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Thursday. Opener Devon Conway was 178 not out and nightwatchman Jacob Duffy was on nine. Latham and Conway put on 323 for the first wicket in a partnership that ended just three overs from stumps when…
The Melbourne Stars’ bid for a maiden BBL title has begun brightly, demolishing reigning champions Hobart by eight wickets at the MCG. Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes | BBL|15 A vintage performance from 41-year-old Peter Siddle and a barnstorming 62 no-out from Marcus Stoinis has helped power the Melbourne Stars to a confidence-boosting eight-wicket upset of reigning BBL champions Hobart. Siddle’s 3-30 helped restrict the Hurricanes to an underwhelming 9-158 after Stars captain Marcus Stoinis elected to bowl first at the MCG, before he himself starred with the bat to guide his side over the line. The Stars then coasted…
Ollie Pope’s “chaotic” 10-ball stay at the crease set the tone for another England batting failure on day two of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide, says Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain.Pope (3) was one of three England wickets to fall in the space of two-and-a-half overs prior to the lunch interval as, on a great batting track, the tourists slipped from 37-0 to 42-3. Harry Brook made 45 and Ben Stokes is not out overnight on the same score – England 213-8, still trailing by 158 runs – as his side’s Ashes hopes are left “hanging by a thread”, according…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Two Pat Cummins zips one past Zak Crawley and there’s hardly a murmur. No, the heat has not yet sizzled the Adelaide Oval crowd; until Cummins reaches his arms out wide and carries on his follow-through all the way to Alex Carey, it is not clear that Australia’s skipper has, in fact, just dismissed Crawley. The wider angle, the extra bounce, the sliver of nip away, a shave of the right-hander’s outside edge. Pat Cummins, who has not bowled a ball in a game for 158 days, is back with the…
David Warner will require a pain-killing injection to play this weekend but was coy on where he would bat for the Sydney Thunder’s home clash with the Sixers David Warner will need an injection to play this weekend’s Sydney Smash but is “confident” a back issue will not keep him sidelined for a second straight match. The Sydney Thunder skipper suffered the sort of injury that would make many a mid-30s father wince: the simple act of chasing his kids around on the beach and his back “just went on me”. “Most, or every Saturday morning, we go down to…
With a simple flick of his fingers, Nathan Lyon moved magically from filthy to feted during today’s morning session in Adelaide, spinning his way into history in the process. Lyon’s classic off break to dismiss Ben Duckett wasn’t merely a fitting way to move past Glenn McGrath into second place on Australia’s Test wicket-takers list. It also underlined a wider truth about this very good Australian side.Through three sessions on day one, the hosts never quite managed to bat their opponents out of the game, their innings punctuated by questionable shot selection and a frenzied, almost chaotic approach. With the…
With a simple flick of his fingers, Nathan Lyon moved magically from filthy to feted during today’s morning session in Adelaide, spinning his way into history in the process. Lyon’s classic off break to dismiss Ben Duckett wasn’t merely a fitting way to move past Glenn McGrath into second place on Australia’s Test wicket-takers list. It also underlined a wider truth about this very good Australian side.Through three sessions on day one, the hosts never quite managed to bat their opponents out of the game, their innings punctuated by questionable shot selection and a frenzied, almost chaotic approach. With the…