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Pakistan captain Salman Agha has defended Usman Tariq’s contentious bowling action and described the off-spinner as the side’s “X factor” ahead of the T20 World Cup.Tariq has created headlines since making his international debut in November, with the 28-year-old twice reported for a suspect action in the Pakistan Super League. His distinctive action sees him pause near the crease before firing the ball with a wide-arm sling-shot type delivery. After being dismissed by Tariq during a warm-up fixture ahead of the World Cup last week, Australia batter Cameron Green made a chucking gesture as he walked off the field. Image:…

Jhye Richardson has sent down one of the deliveries of the domestic season to give WA a glimmer of hope in their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania in Perth Western Australia v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Pace ace Jhye Richardson has given a reminder of his immense talents with a scintillating bowling display in Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at the WACA Ground. In reply to Tasmania’s first-innings total of 239, WA were skittled for 155 midway through day two on Friday. Tasmania went to stumps at 9-206 in their second innings – an overall…

Elyse Villani became the most-capped player in WNCL history but her Tasmanian side suffered a second defeat to ACT this week Tasmanian Tigers v ACT Meteors | WNCL A gritty fightback in their batting innings has seen the ACT Meteors register a 10-run win over the Tasmanian Tigers at the Bellerive Oval in another closely fought WNCL tie. It was a mammoth 142-run stand between Annie Wikman and Zoe Cooke that not just pulled the visitors out of a concerning position but took them to a considerable total of 295. The home side was alive in the contest until the…

India’s 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi set a new record for the highest score made in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup final as he struck a stunning 175 from 80 balls against England. After India won the toss and elected to bat first in Harare, the opener motored to his century off just 55 balls before continuing an astonishing onslaught against the shellshocked England bowling attack. Suryavanshi, who turns 15 in March, struck 30 boundaries with an even split between fours and sixes, posting a remarkable strike rate of 218.75. He was eventually out gloving England quick Manny Lumsden down…

Test No.3’s extraordinary appetite for the game laid bare having kept playing with major injury for past month How Labuschagne broke his thumb in final Ashes Test Marnus Labuschagne has been playing with a broken right thumb for the past month, with the Test No.3 revealing he suffered the injury in the final Ashes Test against England. As several of his international teammates take extended time off following the taxing five-Test home series, Labuschagne’s extraordinary appetite for the game has been underscored by his insistence at playing through pain in domestic cricket in the months after the men’s international season…

Test batter admits Vic quick’s first-day gesture ‘got him going’ to reignite Victoria-Queensland rivalry Umpires intervene as Vics, Marnus exchange words The mysterious hand gesture brought to public attention by Steve Smith during the Ashes was the spark for a Sheffield Shield spat that fired up Queensland captain Marnus Labuschagne at the MCG on Friday. Labuschagne was left to rue letting a big score go begging after he was out hooking for 41 in the Bulls’ second innings, admitting he took some extra motivation into Friday’s knock after earning a send-off from Sam Elliott when he was out for 10…

Kurtis Patterson raised his bat for a half-century as NSW took the lead in their Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia at the SCG New South Wales v South Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Kurtis Patterson has extra reason to celebrate his 100th Sheffield Shield appearance after raising his bat for a half-century for NSW against South Australia. The tall left-hander passed 50 for the 42nd time in his first-class career with a four past third man in the final hour on day two at the SCG on Friday. Patterson (59no off 110 balls) appears to have put…

Peter Handscomb’s lone-hand dragged Victoria back in the match, before a big Queensland wicket left honours even entering day three Victoria v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed late on day two in Queensland’s fiery Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria to set up a classic finish to this top-of-the-table contest at the MCG. After 17 wickets fell on day one, nine wickets fell on day two as the Bulls finished the day at 6-173 in their second innings, leading by 178. After receiving a send-off from Victorian quick Sam Elliott yesterday following his first innings…

Matthew Renshaw may have made his Australian T20 debut just days ago, but the nation’s newest World Cup squad member was among one of the first to get a taste of the game’s shortest international format. Nestled among the 30,000 fans that witnessed the first ever men’s T20 international at Eden Park back in February 2005 was the Renshaw family, watching on as Ricky Ponting’s unbeaten 98 powered Australia over New Zealand in a retro-themed start to what has conceivably become cricket’s biggest evolution yet. New Zealand and Australia play in the first-ever men’s T20I at Eden Park, Auckland in…

Australia to go into a World Cup without a big three quick for the first time since 2011 Australia have been dealt another significant blow to their T20 World Cup hopes, with veteran paceman Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the tournament. Having not played a match since injuring his hamstring in the Sheffield Shield on November 12, Hazlewood was initially named in the World Cup squad despite him remaining in Sydney when the group assembled in Sri Lanka this week. But just five days out from the Aussies’ opening match against Ireland in Colombo, national selector Tony Dodemaide said the…