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Sydney Thunder’s Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll have delivered a big blow to the Melbourne Stars’ WBBL campaign, shaking up the finals race with a key win. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder | WBBL|11 The Melbourne Stars have suffered a costly WBBL loss just before finals as Sydney Thunder captain Phoebe Litchfield dominated a rain-affected encounter. Unable to reach the finals, the Thunder destroyed the title-contending Stars by nine wickets in their last game of the tournament at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Saturday. Due to persistent rain, the match was shortened to 10 overs a side as the…
He may have scored his first century on Australian shores, but there are bigger fish to fry for England’s champion ‘We didn’t get it right’ admits Root as England eye rebound Selfless Joe Root is so hell-bent on winning the Ashes that he was quick to put his first Test century in Australia back in its box when asked for his reflections. This tour could well be the final time the 34-year-old gets the chance to win the Ashes for the first time in his career Down Under. His breakthrough unbeaten 138 at the Gabba was a means to an…
The 2026 World Cup will kick off on June 11 with joint-hosts Mexico playing South Africa at the Azteca Stadium — venue of the 1970 and 1986 finals — followed by South Korea against a playoff winner after the draw was made on Friday. South Africa are appearing for the first time since 2010, when they drew with Mexico in the opening match but failed to reach the knockout stage. Fellow hosts the United States and Canada will join the party the next day, against Paraguay and a playoff winner — possibly Italy — respectively in Los Angeles and Toronto.…
US President Donald Trump said he was not attending the draw for the 2026 World Cup to receive a prize, but he got one anyway. Trump, who has campaigned aggressively this year for a Nobel Peace Prize, was given FIFA’s inaugural peace prize for his efforts to promote dialogue and de-escalation in some of the world’s hotspots. Amid TV cameras and flashbulbs from the international press, Trump dominated the scene at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Friday, placing himself squarely at the center of one of the biggest events in the sporting world. The United States, along with Canada and Mexico,…
Karachi Blues outclassed defending champions Sialkot by a massive 218 runs in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, sealing their 22nd title at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday evening. Karachi lifted the trophy along with a prize purse of Rs7.5 million, while Sialkot received Rs4m as runners-up. Abdullah Fazal, named Player of the Final, earned a Rs100,000 award, while Ali Usman (best bowler) and Saad Baig — who swept the honours for best batter, best wicket-keeper and Player of the Tournament — received Rs250,000 each. Sialkot, chasing an improbable 533 for victory, resumed the final day on 12 without loss…
A sparkling century by Shai Hope ably supported by Justin Greaves had the West Indies 212-4 at stumps on Friday and clinging to the remote chance they can save the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. Hope was 116 not out and Greaves 55 with the pair putting on 140 for the fifth wicket after the West Indies were in dire straits at 72-4. New Zealand need six more wickets with the new ball six overs away while the West Indies, set a mammoth 531-run target, need a further 319 runs. The tourists’ cause was helped by injuries to…
Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the tri-nation final against Sri Lanka on Nov 29, the International Cricket Council said in a media release on Friday. The left-handed opener was deemed to have violated Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which pertains to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”. One demerit point has also been added to Fakhar’s disciplinary record — his first offence…
Joe Root insists the wheels have not come off England’s Ashes campaign after dropped catches handed Australia five extra lives and a first-innings lead at the Gabba.Root’s unbeaten 138 – his long-awaited maiden hundred Down Under – carried the tourists to a competitive 334 all out, but a disappointing day two performance in the field saw Australia take the initiative in this floodlit second Test. The hosts will resume their innings 44 runs in front after closing on 378-6, although they were helped along the way by some scattershot bowling and a handful of missed catching opportunities. Spreaker This content is provided…
Australia v England | Second Ashes Test | Day Two Not long after Jake Weatherald made the move from Darwin down south to the big smoke to attend Adelaide’s Prince Alfred College, the Year 11 student stroked what his school yearbook described as a “brilliant” 124 on Trinity College’s main oval. In the same match, an older Trinity boy also peeled off a hundred. His name was Travis Head. The two centurions took divergent routes on cricket’s pathway. Within two years of that 2010 match, Head made his first-class debut for South Australia as an 18-year-old. He was captain at…
Michael Atherton described England’s bowling in the opening session of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane as “awful”, with Australia feasting on short, wayward deliveries to get their first innings off to a flier.England, having added nine runs to their overnight score of 324-9, swiftly set about taking some early wickets but instead saw Australia race to 130-1 in 21 overs by the ‘dinner’ interval – a scoring rate made all the more remarkable given the innings started with three maidens. “[England] awful in the morning,” Atherton said on Sky Sports Cricket’s ‘Ashes Daily’ Podcast. “They just bowled badly, it’s…