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It’s do-or-die in Hobart as the Hurricanes host the Stars in the BBL|15 Knockout Match facts Who: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars What: The Knockout, KFC BBL|15 Where: Ninja Stadium, Hobart When: Wednesday, January 21. Bat flip at 6.45pm AEDT, first ball at 7.30pm 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 Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live…
Hobart Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis will miss his side’s sudden-death Knockout final against Melbourne Stars after injuring himself in their final match of the regular season. Ellis was able to complete his four overs in their narrow loss to Brisbane Heat last Wednesday and was not out at the end as the Hurricanes saw their hopes of a top two finish slip away in the final over.But the club confirmed this afternoon Ellis had been ruled out of tomorrow’s home final against the Stars with an unspecified niggle. The right-armer has a big month ahead of him as a key…
Clarke’s inclusion for the India series comes on the back of some impressive showings with the ball in the ODI contests and New Zealand coach Rob Walter said his call-up for the T20I matches was well deserved. “We’ve got a fair bit of player movement at the moment with some guys returning from injury for this series, others joining us immediately from franchise cricket and the rest coming off the India ODI series and Super Smash,” Walter said. “We want to ensure we’ve got enough pace-bowling options for the first three games of this series and it’s a great opportunity…
Now a three-format international, WA’s 22-year-old rising star Cooper Connolly has been named the 2026 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year Such has been the rise of Cooper Connolly, today named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, that it’s not even the first time he’s been recognised with one of Australian cricket’s top awards. Since his breakthrough innings in the BBL|12 Final to lift his Perth Scorchers to the title as a 19-year-old, the stylish left-handed allrounder from Scarborough has become one of the country’s most identifiable cricketers. Within a year of debuting for Western Australia, Connolly had graduated…
The Big Bash may have local derbies and smashes but neither of those compare to the high-stakes rivalry built by Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers across the league’s 15 seasons. Such has been the dominance of the two clubs who share eight titles between them (Scorchers five, Sixers three), that when they meet there’s usually more on the line than just cross-city bragging rights. That’s again the case tonight at Optus Stadium where a spot in the KFC BBL|15 Final is up for grabs after the Scorchers (first) and Sixers (second) again finished the regular season ahead of the pack.Perth…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru first to book a playoff spot despite Ash Gardner’s defiant 54 for Gujarat A battling half-century by Ash Gardner has failed to prevent Royal Challengers Bengaluru cruising into the Women’s Premier League play-offs with their fifth victory in five matches. Gardner’s Gujarat Giants side, playing their first home match this season, briefly threatened an upset as they removed Aussie big hitters Grace Harris and Georgia Voll for one run apiece in the second over. But RCB rallied to post 6-178 and with Beth Mooney dismissed early Gujarat never seriously threatened to chase it down, losing by 61…
The Hundred’s London Spirit have announced the signing of eight internationals for the 2026 campaign, while also revealing their ‘new brand identity’. Three of the signings – Charlie Dean, Grace Harris and Jamie Overton – represented the franchise in 2025, while Australia’s leading wicket-taker in T20 International cricket Adam Zampa also joins. Zampa has taken 30 wickets at an average of 13.13 in The Hundred – no player has taken more wickets at a lower average. Dean has played for the franchise every year since The Hundred’s inception in 2021, was part of the title-winning team in 2024 and captained…
It’s one-v-two as the Scorchers host the Sixers at Optus Stadium for a spot in the BBL|15 Final Match facts Who: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers What: The Qualifier, KFC BBL|15 Where: Optus Stadium, Perth When: Tuesday, January 20. Bat flip at 3.45pm local (6.45pm AEDT), first ball at 4.30pm local (7.30pm 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 Highlights, news and…
Currently on a hot streak with the ball, the allrounder is seen as a key weapon for the ladder-leading Scorchers as they look to claim their third BBL title in the space of five years Connolly shakes down Thunder with double strike Cooper Connolly is being backed to return to top form in the finals ahead of the Perth Scorchers’ blockbuster Qualifier showdown with the Sydney Sixers in Perth. Connolly has become a surprise opening-over weapon with the ball this BBL season, snaring 13 wickets across the campaign at an average of 15.38. In Saturday night’s six-wicket win over the…
Australia are confident star batter Tim David will be fit for the start of next month’s T20 World Cup despite a minor setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury, with fast bowler Josh Hazlewood also on track to be available for their tournament opener. Pat Cummins however won’t travel to Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup with selection chair George Bailey revealing Australia’s Test and ODI captain wouldn’t join the squad until after their second group-stage match against Zimbabwe on February 13.Cummins is managing a back stress issue that limited him to just one Test during Australia’s 4-1…