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Annabel Sutherland’s return to WNCL was marked by success, but it failed to change Victoria’s dwindling fortunes South Australia v Victoria | WNCL Annabel Sutherland’s scintillating century has failed to end Victoria’s woes in the WNCL as her side succumbed to a six-wicket loss to South Australia in a star-studded fixture in Adelaide. It was a collective effort from the home side’s batting order to chase down a competitive 285 with relative ease as five of their top six crossed the 40-run mark, never allowing Victorian bowlers to wrestle back the control in the second innings. Emma de Broughe top…

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TV and Digital Coverage In India, JioStar will bring the tournament to fans via Star Sports on linear television, as well as through the JioHotstar digital platform. Every fixture will be available in five languages English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada on JioStar’s TV and Digital coverage, with additional regional feeds (Bengali, Bhojpuri and Haryanvi) available on JioHotstar. Coverage in Marathi and Indian Sign Language will be available for all team India matches, the semi-finals and the final on JioHotstar. Following the success of previous ICC events, a vertical live feed will once again be made available in English and…

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Early wickets of superstars Healy and Perry were not enough for Queensland to defend their below par total New South Wales v Queensland | WNCL New South Wales have overcome their toughest test of the season to date but emerged with a thrilling one-wicket win over Queensland at Cricket Central. The Breakers are the only unbeaten team in the WNCL – with a perfect record from their eight matches – and were made to scrap in a low-scoring match against last year’s runners up. It was yet another heart-breaking result for the Fire, who also lost by a sole wicket…

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We look at the sides in Group C – England, Scotland, West Indies, Nepal and debutants Italy – for the T20 World Cup, which is live on Sky Sports from February 7 to March 8.EnglandBest result: Winners (2010, 2022)2024 result: Lost to India in semi-finalsHow did they qualify for 2026? Through performance at last T20 World CupHead coach: Brendon McCullum Squad: Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood. Players to watch: Take your pick. From the…

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Huge demand from around the globe for the celebration event at the MCG in 2027 with public ballot entries to close this week A celebration of Test cricket 150 years in the making Demand for tickets to the 150th Annivesary Test next March has exceeded expectations ahead of the ballot for public tickets to the landmark event closing this week. The match between Australia and England – to be played under lights with the pink ball at the MCG from March 11, 2027 – is set to be an historic celebration of the game, with the biggest and most famous…

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Victoria coach eager to retain star Sheffield Shield paceman after his move to the Sydney Sixers was confirmed The Sydney Sixers have swooped on free agent Fergus O’Neill on the final day of the KFC BBL Player Movement Window, but Victoria remain hopeful the skillful paceman does not make it a full-time state switch.  The Sixers have signed O’Neill on a two-year deal to pry him away from the Melbourne Renegades. He arrives behind two of the competition’s all-time leading wicket-takers in Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis, but adds another pace option to complement allrounders Jack Edwards and Hayden Kerr,…

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When, and where, is it? The 10th edition of the men’s T20 World Cup begins this Saturday, February 7 when Pakistan take on Netherlands in Colombo, followed by West Indies facing Scotland in Kolkata and later co-hosts India kicking off their campaign against the United States in Mumbai. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the tournament with Pakistan to play all their matches, including any finals, exclusively in the island nation under an agreement with ICC. That did include their Group A clash with India scheduled for February 15 until the Pakistan government announced last Sunday their team would boycott…

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Glenn Maxwell will make his return to Australian colours in tonight’s warm-up clash with the Netherlands in the side’s final tune up before Wednesday’s T20 World Cup opener against Ireland in Colombo. Adam Zampa, Tim David and Nathan Ellis, while understood to be fit, won’t participate in Australia’s only official World Cup warm-up fixture as they turn their focus to preparing for their first Group B match on February 11 at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Mitch Marsh’s side are set to take a traditional XI into their practice encounter with the Dutch at the same venue (of which there is…

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Michael Atherton wants Harry Brook to take personal responsibility for his off‑field troubles after showing a lack of contrition with his ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin‑inspired celebration, which the former England captain labelled “slightly inappropriate”.News emerged at the end of the 4-1 Ashes defeat – during which England faced accusations of a “drinking culture” – that Brook had been involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer on the preceding tour of New Zealand. Brook began the tour of Sri Lanka by apologising and insisting that he had been out alone, but later had to release a statement admitting that was…

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Michael Atherton wants Harry Brook to take personal responsibility for his off‑field troubles after showing a lack of contrition with his ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin‑inspired celebration, which the former England captain labelled “slightly inappropriate”.News emerged at the end of the 4-1 Ashes defeat – during which England faced accusations of a “drinking culture” – that Brook had been involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer on the preceding tour of New Zealand. Brook began the tour of Sri Lanka by apologising and insisting that he had been out alone, but later had to release a statement admitting that was…

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