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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…
Maitlan Brown was standing at the top of her mark at North Sydney Oval in the 19th over of the final game of the WBBL|11 regular season, with her Sixers under immense pressure. Bridget Patterson and Amanda-Jade Wellington had the Strikers flying home with a wet sail and the stakes could not be higher – win and finish second, lose and miss finals all together.Having been hit for two boundaries earlier in the over, Brown knew the Adelaide batters had cottoned onto her plan to bowl slow and wide. Feeling calm and calculated, she feigned running into bowl to Wellington,…
Sydney Sixers’ 16-year-old star Caoimhe Bray will miss several months of cricket, after scans showed a re-emergence of a stress fracture in her back The Sydney Sixers’ teen sensation Caoimhe Bray is facing a stint on the sidelines after the re-emergence of a stress fracture in her back. Bray was on Wednesday ruled out of the Sixers’ WBBL grand-final qualifier against Perth at North Sydney Oval, after scans showed a return of the stress injury.The 16-year-old is expected to miss several months of cricket, likely ending her season with both NSW and the Sixers. It comes after the multi-sports star…
Get everything you need to know as the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers battle it out in the WBBL|11 Challenger Match facts Who: Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers What: Challenger, Weber WBBL|11 Where: North Sydney Oval, Sydney When: Thursday, December 11. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports Listen: ABC, SEN Buy tickets: On sale Monday December 8 from 10am local time for club members and 12pm to the public in each market, buy here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the…
Pat Cummins has officially returned to the Australia squad as captain after missing the last two games against England with back trouble as the hosts attempt to clinch a series win in Adelaide next week.Cummins has been labouring with a back problem and missed the eight-wicket wins over England in Perth and Brisbane which have given the hosts a 2-0 lead heading into the Adelaide Oval clash from December 17. Josh Hazlewood, who usually makes up the first-choice bowling attack with Cummins and Mitchell Starc, was absent from the squad after being ruled out of the remainder of the series…
Pat Cummins has officially returned to the Australia squad as captain after missing the last two games against England with back trouble as the hosts attempt to clinch a series win in Adelaide next week.Cummins has been labouring with a back problem and missed the eight-wicket wins over England in Perth and Brisbane which have given the hosts a 2-0 lead heading into the Adelaide Oval clash from December 17. Josh Hazlewood, who usually makes up the first-choice bowling attack with Cummins and Mitchell Starc, was absent from the squad after being ruled out of the remainder of the series…
Towering left-armer says Pakistan’s stars are ready to make their mark in their debut BBL campaigns Mitchell Starc can take some of the credit as Shaheen Shah Afridi arrives in Australia among a star-studded Pakistan contingent to lead the Brisbane Heat’s depleted attack. The towering left-armer is already a hardened three-format international at just 25, and was taken with the first pick by the Heat in June’s Big Bash League draft. A season-ending injury to Spencer Johnson and Michael Neser’s Test duties mean Johan Botha’s side will be leaning heavily on the man who recently took over as Pakistan’s ODI…
Katie Mack expects to cop a bit of banter when she heads home to Sydney for the Weber WBBL|11 Challenger final, as she backs the Scorchers’ newfound batting depth to stand them in good stead at North Sydney Oval. Perth will meet a Sixers’ side full of Mack’s NSW teammates on Thursday night for a spot in the tournament final, having seen off the Stars in Tuesday’s first elimination game.When the sides met on the opening day of the WBBL|11, the Sixers kept the Scorchers to 109 then romped to a 10-wicket win. “We’re definitely up for some revenge,” Mack…
Fresh from taking 4-35 against the England Lions, Jhye Richardson has been called in to bowl with Australia’s Test attack ahead of the third Ashes Test. Jhye Richardson will have a golden chance to push his claims for a Test recall after being called into Australia’s camp ahead of the third Ashes Test. Richardson is poised to miss at least the first game of the Big Bash with Perth Scorchers, coaching staff instead wanting him to come to Adelaide to train with the Test side. The 29-year-old is still bowling with a Cricket Australia workload management plan and is not…
Cameron Green is set to headline the 20 Australians that will go under the hammer at next week’s Indian Premier League auction. This year’s event, where the 10 franchises will finalise their squads for the 2026 edition of the T20 competition, will take place in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi. The auction list released by the BCCI on Tuesday bears a total of 350 names – 240 Indian players and 110 from overseas – that were shortlisted from the 1390 who had registered their interest. Despite it being a mini auction, there will be plenty of business to be…