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Get all the latest news, broadcast and schedule information, as well as how to secure tickets for the Women’s Big Bash finals Who’s in? Hobart Hurricanes were the first team to lock in a finals spot, surging to the top of the Weber WBBL|11 standings with their strongest start to the season in a decade. It took until the final three matches of the regular season for the remaining three finalists to be decided. Perth Scorchers looked wobbly early on and had a 2-3 record midway through the regular season. But twin wins over the Renegades, followed by a victory…
The Sydney Sixers have survived an almighty scare as Ellyse Perry’s 111-run knock helped secure a one-run WBBL win over the Adelaide Strikers. Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers | WBBL|11 Ellyse Perry has smashed her way to the best score of her WBBL career as the Sydney Sixers secured a thrilling one-run win to book their first appearance in a finals series in three years. Facing the Adelaide Strikers in a straight shootout for a spot in the finals, Perry looked to have all but wrapped up the Sixers’ play-off berth when her side batted first at North Sydney Oval…
The journey between his second and third Tests has been long and winding, but Michael Neser is relishing every moment ‘Dreamed this chance would come again’: Neser Michael Neser feared his Test cricket career was over when a frustrating hamstring injury struck him down at the worst possible time last summer. A year later, the affable bowling allrounder is “strong again” and on the cusp of helping Australia to a 2-0 Ashes series lead. Neser, 35, went some way to justifying his shock selection ahead of Nathan Lyon in the second Ashes Test with two big wickets — both caught-and-bowled…
England will open their 2026 World Cup bid against Croatia in Dallas on June 17, while the latest meeting of Brazil and Scotland at the tournament will take place in Miami, FIFA confirmed on Saturday. The complex nature of the first-ever 48-team World Cup being played all across North America meant that world football’s governing body needed an extra day to set venues and kick-off times following Friday’s draw. Thomas Tuchel’s England, who are fourth in the current world ranking, will play Croatia at 3:00 pm local time at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, just outside Dallas. They will therefore…
Virat Kohli on Saturday said a free mind helped him push limits after his stellar batting led India to a 2-1 ODI series victory over South Africa on Saturday. The 37-year-old amassed 302 runs including two centuries and one fiftyin three matches to dispel any doubts over his enduring quality as a top-order batter. Kohli capped off the series with an unbeaten 65 off 45 balls in the deciding ODI in Visakhapatnam as India bossed their chase of 271 to win with 61 balls and nine wickets to spare. “Honestly, playing the way I have in the series is the…
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden one-day international century trumped Quinton de Kock’s 23rd as India clinched the series from South Africa by nine wickets on Saturday.The victory, somewhat bizarrely, also saw India win a toss for the first time in two years and 21 ODIs dating back to the 2023 Cricket World Cup semi-finals. Jaiswal’s unbeaten 116, beside Rohit Sharma’s 75 and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 65, powered India to the target of 271 with 10.1 overs to spare. They won the series 2-1 after losing the Test series 2-0. The teams start a five-match Twenty20 series on Tuesday in Cuttack. Twitter This…
England’s batters have held “no discussions” about the repetitive nature of their Ashes dismissals and will stick to their principles, says assistant coach Marcus Trescothick.The tourists slumped to 134-6 in their second innings on day three of a Brisbane Test they look likely to lose after being rolled for 172 and 164 during their two-day defeat in the series opener at Perth. Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley were caught and bowled by Australia’s Michael Neser after unsuccessfully driving on the up in the day-nighter at The Gabba, with dismissals to that shot totting up following similar failings at Optus Stadium…
You can come out from behind the sofa now, England fans.A “gruesome” third day – to use Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton’s word – for Ben Stokes’ tourists at The Gabba ended with them six wickets down in their second innings, trailing by 43. There was another loose drive-induced batting collapse following the meltdown in Perth that cost England the first Test, with Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley the guilty parties in Brisbane. Score summary – Australia vs England, second Ashes Test England 334 all out after 76.2 overs in first innings (elected to bat): Joe Root (138no off 206 balls),…
Australia v England | Second Ashes Test | Day Three Going off body language alone, one watching Mitchell Starc trudge off the sun-kissed Gabba in its golden hour could have been mistaken for thinking he had just made a duck. Starc had just put together his highest Test score in almost a decade, but his eyes did not even glance towards the raucous Gabba Troopers giving him a standing ovation. Into the changerooms went Australia’s superhuman speedster; his bowling boots were back on within the hour. Two days earlier, Starc was asked how it felt to have become the left-arm…
The dust of the city coated everything – the flags, the crisp new doboks, the hopeful faces of fathers shepherding their children. After 18 years, this was Karachi’s welcome: not a red carpet, but a gritty testament. The National Games had come home. The city, in its quintessential fashion, demanded a pilgrimage. For the first Games on its soil after 18 years, it offered an obstacle course of its own making – cranes standing like sentinels over diverted roads that formed labyrinths of progress. But through the grit and the detours, they came. A river of colour, athletes from every…