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Michael Atherton believes Brendon McCullum’s saying England “overprepared” ahead of their defeat in the second Ashes Test was “a little bit tone deaf” and will have “wound supporters up”.England have suffered heavy defeats in the first two Ashes Tests against Australia and now face a must-win Test in Adelaide from Wednesday December 17. After England went 2-0 down in Brisbane with a second eight-wicket drubbing, McCullum, England’s head coach, reflected that “five intense training days” ahead of the Test may have proved counter-productive. Speaking on the latest edition of the Sky Sports Cricket podcast from Australia alongside Nasser Hussain, former…
Michael Atherton believes Brendon McCullum’s saying England “overprepared” ahead of their defeat in the second Ashes Test was “a little bit tone deaf” and will have “wound supporters up”.England have suffered heavy defeats in the first two Ashes Tests against Australia and now face a must-win Test in Adelaide from Wednesday December 17. After England went 2-0 down in Brisbane with a second eight-wicket drubbing, McCullum, England’s head coach, reflected that “five intense training days” ahead of the Test may have proved counter-productive. Speaking on the latest edition of the Sky Sports Cricket podcast from Australia alongside Nasser Hussain, former…
Michael Atherton believes Brendon McCullum’s saying England “overprepared” ahead of their defeat in the second Ashes Test was “a little bit tone deaf” and will have “wound supporters up”.England have suffered heavy defeats in the first two Ashes Tests against Australia and now face a must-win Test in Adelaide from Wednesday December 17. After England went 2-0 down in Brisbane with a second eight-wicket drubbing, McCullum, England’s head coach, reflected that “five intense training days” ahead of the Test may have proved counter-productive. Speaking on the latest edition of the Sky Sports Cricket podcast from Australia alongside Nasser Hussain, former…
On the occasion of the announcement, ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta said: “Cricket is one of the world’s most loved sports with more than two billion fans and ICC events are its largest platforms for passion, while AB InBev has been at the forefront of creating experiential activations to grow and deepen fandom. “This partnership is a natural alliance between organizations striving to elevate moments, create memories and deliver experiences via innovation in avenues for fan engagement. “We welcome AB InBev to the ICC’s august list of commercial partners and look forward to co-delivering multi-modal event experiences across our tournaments and…
A spot in the Weber WBBL|11 Final is on the line as the Sixers host the Scorchers at North Sydney Oval Sydney Sixers have won the bat flip and are bowling first against the Perth Scorchers as they eye a showdown with the Hobart Hurricanes in the Weber WBBL|11 final. With rain threatening to disrupt proceedings at North Sydney Oval, it came as no surprise that Sixers skipper Ashleigh Gardner opted to chase. Sydney Sixers XI: Ellyse Perry, Sophia Dunkley, Alyssa Healy (wk), Ashleigh Gardner (c), Amelia Kerr, Maitlan Brown, Mady Villiers, Erin Burns, Lauren Kua, Courtney Sippel, Lauren Cheatle …
Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine says Adelaide Oval will perfectly suit England’s aggressive approach as they seek to fight back in the lopsided series Tim Paine likes ripping into England’s cricketers as much as any Australian, but says it’s folly to write off the tourists in the Ashes just yet. The former Australia captain believes the third Test venue, Adelaide Oval, is perfectly suited to England’s gung-ho approach which has spectacularly backfired so far. Australia hold a 2-0 series lead entering the Adelaide Test starting next Wednesday and while Paine has found some humour in England’s troubles, he’s wary.…
Peake is the only member of Australia’s squad that won the Under 19 World Cup in South Africa last year, with all-rounder Will Malajczuk, fellow batter Nitesh Samuel and pace bowler William Taylor also likely to play a major role in the Aussies’ title defence. The Australia team will be coached by Tim Nielsen and he believes the side is well balanced to make a bid for back-to-back titles. “We’re delighted to announce a strong and well-balanced squad for the ICC Under-19 World Cup,” Nielsen said. “Our focus has been on selecting a group with complementary skill sets that provide…
The defending champions have announced their squad for the ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 Victoria young gun Oliver Peake will lead Australia’s title defence at next month’s ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup. The left-hander, who is already making his mark in the Sheffield Shield, is also no rookie on the global stage, with this being his second appearance at the age-group tournament. Australia U19 men’s World Cup squad: Oliver Peake (c) (Victoria), Kasey Barton (NSW), Naden Cooray (NSW), Jayden Draper (Queensland), Steven Hogan (Queensland), Thomas Hogan (ACT), Ben Gordon (Queensland), John James (NSW), Charles Lachmund (Queensland), Alex Lee-Young…
The votes are in so find out who the eight head coaches have picked in their best XI for WBBL|11 Melbourne Renegades allrounder Georgia Wareham has been named captain of official Weber WBBL|11 Team of the Tournament, fresh off the back of also being named the season’s best player. Wareham was the league’s leading wicket-taker, claiming 19 at an average of 10.94, while she was the Renegades’ leading run-scorer, hitting 277 runs at an imposing strike rate of 147.34.She also skippered the Renegades for the first time, filling in for Sophie Molineux on four occasions, and earned the captaincy nod…
Sophia Dunkley has brushed off the sceptics in Weber WBBL|11, with this season’s No.1 draft pick making a strong case that she may finally be the answer to the Sydney Sixers’ years-old opening conundrum. Eyebrows were raised at the WBBL Draft in June when the Sixers overlooked the world’s top-ranked T20 bowler Sophie Ecclestone in favour of her England teammate, batter Dunkley. But the addition of the 27-year-old has helped the Sixers improve a facet of their game that has plagued them for seasons – a matter not helped by injury issues in recent years – to see them return to…