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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…
Ashes rivals England and Australia were united in their growing bemusement at the reliability of the Snickometer technology on day two of the third Test in Adelaide.The DRS technology, designed to assist umpires on edges based on audio output from the stump microphone, came under fire on the opening day when Australia’s Alex Carey was wrongly reprieved. He nicked the ball on 72 but was spared after an operator error produced an unreliable soundwave that showed a pronounced gap between the noise and the ball passing the bat. Australia scored another 76 runs before Carey was finally dismissed for a…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Two England’s hopes of an Ashes comeback melted in Adelaide’s vicious summer sun as one of the mightiest Australian bowling efforts of recent times was overshadowed by a simmering furore over umpiring review technology. Returning aces Pat Cummins (3-54) and Nathan Lyon (2-51) led a lion-hearted and unrelenting day-two assault in the Adelaide Oval furnace, seeing the visitors limp to 8-213 in reply to their 371 in temperatures that soared above 40 degrees Celsius.Only Ben Stokes (45no from 151 balls) managed sustained resistance as the England captain continued his parallel series…
England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes are all but over after another woeful batting display enabled Australia to take complete control of the third Test.England appeared to be in a strong position after claiming the two wickets required to bowl Australia out for 371 on the second morning on a flat pitch at the Adelaide Oval, but the tourists once again came up short with the bat as they were reduced to 213-8 at the close after yet more Snicko controversy. Australia, who only need a draw to retain the Ashes after winning the first two Tests of the five-match…
Spinner Matt Kuhnemann also returns for Brisbane’s first home game of the season Jhye Richardson is set to make his first appearance for a Western Australia team since undergoing shoulder surgery after being named in Perth Scorchers’ squad to face Brisbane Heat tonight. Richardson missed the Scorchers’ season-opening five-wicket KFC BBL|15 win over Sydney Sixers on Sunday as he trained with the Test squad in the lead up to the third Ashes Test in Adelaide. Perth coach Adam Voges said he was looking forward to having Richardson “back in Scorchers colours” after the nationally contracted fast bowler was released by…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details as the Heat host the Scorchers at the Gabba Match facts Who: Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers What: Match 6, KFC BBL|15 Where: The Gabba, Brisbane When: Friday, December 19. Bat flip at 5.30pm local (6.30pm AEDT), first ball at 6.15pm local (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 on sale here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the…
Wicketkeeper tips Pakistan champion to come home with a rush as he finds his feet in BBL|15 Sydney Sixers veteran Josh Philippe has defended superstar international signing Babar Azam after a poor start to his highly-anticipated first BBL campaign. Former Pakistan Test captain Azam arrived this summer as one of the biggest signings in the T20 league’s 15-year history. No man has scored more T20I half-centuries than Azam, who has also made more runs in the Pakistan Super League than any other player. But the 31-year-old has failed to crack double digits in either of his first two knocks for…
Lyon struck twice in his first over of the Adelaide Test to go past a legend Tributes flow as Lyon overtakes McGrath’s Test wickets haul Champion off-spinner Nathan Lyon has moved into outright sixth place on the all-time Test wicket-taker’s list after overtaking pace legend Glenn McGrath’s 563 scalps. Lyon’s dismissals of firstly Ollie Pope and then Ben Duckett leaves only the immortal Shane Warne (708) ahead of him in terms of Australians. Pope tried to flick Lyon through the leg-side but hit the ball towards Josh Inglis, who took a good low catch at midwicket. Lyon goes past McGrath…
The Australian Men’s Test team wasn’t the only Aussie outfit in search of a new opener heading into the summer, but after a quick pivot the Hobart Hurricanes have found their man Keeping the core of a title-winning team together is no mean feat in franchise cricket, but the Hobart Hurricanes had achieved what many consider to be a rarity in today’s era. There was one glaring gap, however. Former opener Caleb Jewell’s departure to the Melbourne Renegades ahead of BBL|15 left the ‘Canes with a considerable list conundrum to solve in order to give themselves the best shot at…
Pakistan batters show their mettle Pakistan’s group-stage campaign featured several strong individual batting performances, though there was room for improvement. Sameer Minhas and Ahmed Hussain starred in their tournament opener against Malaysia, producing knocks of 177 not out and 132 respectively to lift Pakistan to 345. The bowlers took the charge thereafter, bowling out their opposition for merely 48 as Pakistan sealed a thumping 297-run win. The following encounter against arch-rivals India, however, saw the batting unravel under pressure. After restricting India to a modest 240, barring Huzaifa Ahsan (70), the batters struggled to get going. Pakistan incurred a 90-run…