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A 40-run final wicket stand between Eleanor Larosa and Darcie Brown helped South Australia to a win as Queensland’s bowling gambles failed to deliver Queensland Fire v South Australia | WNCL Darcie Brown’s best haul in 50-over cricket and an incredible last-wicket stand has led South Australia to an unlikely one-wicket victory over Queensland in a result that seriously dents the Fire’s hopes of hosting the WNCL final. SA needed Brown and 20-year-old star-in-the-making Eleanor Larosa to score 40 runs for the final wicket, which they did to seal the win with 42 balls to spare. The partnership came after…
The second spot in the BBL|15 Final is on the line as the Sixers host title holders Hobart Hurricanes at the SCG Match facts Who: Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes What: The Challenger, KFC BBL|15 Where: SCG, Sydney When: Friday, January 23. 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 Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here Live scores: Match Centre…
Sixers opener recalled immediately by his country ahead of T20 series against Australia Pakistan star Babar Azam will miss Friday’s do-or-die KFC BBL|15 Challenger final for the Sydney Sixers after being recalled by his country immediately ahead of their series against Australia next week. It means Babar will be absent for the rest of the Sixers’ finals campaign should they beat Hobart at the SCG to set up a rematch with the Scorchers in Sunday’s BBL Final in Perth.Pakistan are yet to announce their squad for next month’s T20 World Cup but face the Aussies in three 20-over internationals in…
Tahlia Wilson continued her red-hot 50-over form, sending a reminder to national selectors with her second century of the 2025-26 WNCL season ACT Meteors v New South Wales Breakers | WNCL Tahlia Wilson has peeled off a fine century to continue New South Wales’ unbeaten run this Women’s National Cricket League season, steering the Breakers to an eight-wicket win over the ACT Meteors. Wilson outshone a pair of Australian legends as Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry were dismissed cheaply, doing her hopes of an international call-up no harm with an unbeaten 115 from as many balls. The ACT’s hopes of…
Steve Smith has been at his best since returning to the BBL, but the Hobart Hurricanes are hopeful that will end this Friday The Knockout: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars | BBL|15 Ben McDermott believes in-form Sydney Sixers batter Steve Smith is “due to fail” as Hobart sweat on the availability of two gun bowlers for the BBL’s grand final qualifier. While the Sixers expect Mitch Starc to shake off a shoulder issue, the visiting Hurricanes will wait until game day on Friday to make a call on pacemen Nathan Ellis and Chris Jordan. Star import Jordan rolled his ankle…
Aaron Hardie has enjoyed arguably the finest season of his BBL career so far Hard-hitting Hardie hits career-best with the bat It’s on the shoulders of players like Aaron Hardie that the Perth Scorchers have built their BBL|15 campaign upon. The allrounder’s consistent contributions with both bat and ball saw him rewarded with a spot in the middle order of the Official BBL|15 Team of the Tournament, fitting snugly between Matthew Renshaw and Marcus Stoinis at No.5. He has taken a career-high 11 wickets at a strike rate of 16.3, coupled with 334 runs at a strike rate of 147.13…
The votes are in so find out who the eight head coaches have picked in their best XI for BBL|15 David Warner has been named captain of the official KFC BBL Team of the Tournament for the second year running as five new faces earned debuts in the tournament’s best XI. Despite Warner’s Thunder finishing the last this season and Stars skipper Marcus Stoinis also being picked in the side, five of the eight head coaches nominated the veteran opener as their preferred leader of the BBL|15 Team of the Tournament. The 39-year-old cracked two centuries this season to take…
The two teams are locked in a five-match T20 series ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup Opener Abhishek Sharma has smashed an incendiary 84 to drive India to a 48-run victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 international in Nagpur. Put in to bat on Wednesday, India, who will begin their T20 World Cup title defence next month, racked up 7-238 with Abhishek hammering eight sixes in his 35-ball blitz. In response, the in-form Glenn Phillips struck a rapid 78 but New Zealand finished on 7-190 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Earlier, Abhishek, currently the top-ranked T20…
Bad weather meant the Stars had to chase Hobart’s total in a rain-reduced 10-overs-a-side match at Ninja Stadium The Knockout: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars | BBL|15 Melbourne Stars coach Peter Moores has defended his side’s use of Glenn Maxwell in a rain-hit Big Bash League elimination final loss to the Hobart Hurricanes. He also thinks a tweak to the power surge should be spoken about, after the Stars lost their ability to use the fielding restriction tactic when their target was adjusted. The Stars went down by three runs to the Hobart Hurricanes on Wednesday night at Ninja Stadium,…
Afghanistan sealed the three-match series with its second victory in as many games Mystery spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman has grabbed a hat-trick as Afghanistan warmed up for next month’s T20 World Cup with a series-clinching 39-run win over the West Indies. West Indies, who lost the first game by 38 runs, got bowled out for 150 in 18.5 overs on Wednesday, with Mujeeb claiming 4-21 while becoming only the third Afghan bowler after Rashid Khan and Karim Janat to accomplish a hat-trick in T20Is. Earlier, Darwish Rasooli had followed his half-century in the first game with 68 off 39 balls…