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The last time the Sydney Sixers played the Melbourne Stars, Meg Lanning destroyed them. It was a much different story on Wednesday Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers | WBBL|11 Less than a fortnight after the Sydney Sixers were mauled by the Melbourne Stars, they have won the return bout to continue their late-season WBBL surge. Ash Gardner starred with her highest score in the league for more than two years, as well as taking three wickets, in the 16-run win on Wednesday at Drummoyne Oval. The Sixers improved to equal-second in the standings with the Stars, and have a game…
Cricket Australia have hailed the impact of their injury substitute rule as “overwhelmingly positive” with the trial set to continue for the rest of the Sheffield Shield season, including the final. The groundbreaking new rule to allow teams to replace an injured or ill player up until stumps on day two of the match was initially introduced for the first five rounds of the season. Following three successful substitutions that CA believes could provide a blueprint for its introduction in Test cricket, the governing body has extended the trial for the entire season. There will only be minor tweaks to…
For a format that’s been around for a decade now, there’s still plenty of mystery surrounding day-night Test cricket. “The pink ball under lights, I think it does do a little bit more,” Scott Boland said on Tuesday. “I don’t think anyone really knows why, but it seems to come a bit more alive at nighttime. And if you can get a new ball with a longer last session, you can really make some inroads.” Teams make no secret of the fact they want to be batting in the natural daylight and bowling when the sun’s gone down. But…
Australia captain Pat Cummins is still in contention to play in Thursday’s second Ashes Test, even though he has yet to be named in the squad.Cummins missed his side’s win in Perth with a long-running back complaint and was subsequently omitted for this week’s day-nighter in Brisbane. But he has continued training with his team-mates at the Gabba and Australia have been careful not to formally rule him out of an 11th-hour appearance on the team-sheet. Steve Smith appeared at the pre-match captain’s press conference but gave no guarantees that he would be leading the side out. Please use Chrome…
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden made a bold declaration ahead of The Ashes, saying he would walk around the Melbourne Cricket Ground nude if England’s Joe Root did not register a century in this winter’s Test series.So, how nervous is Hayden feeling after Root’s scores of nought and eight in the first Test at Perth, which the tourists went on to lose inside two days after an epic capitulation. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the…
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden made a bold declaration ahead of The Ashes, saying he would walk around the Melbourne Cricket Ground nude if England’s Joe Root did not register a century in this winter’s Test series.So, how nervous is Hayden feeling after Root’s scores of nought and eight in the first Test at Perth, which the tourists went on to lose inside two days after an epic capitulation. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the…
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals with his blistering left-footed strike in the 17th minute of a wild 5-4 victory at Fulham on Tuesday. City winger Jeremy Doku crossed to the big Norwegian who finished with a first-time shot, achieving the feat in 111 games, 13 fewer than the previous fastest centurion Alan Shearer. While Shearer still holds the all-time record with 260 goals, the 25-year-old Haaland looks destined to chase it down. “If you told me when he arrived that he’d score 100 goals in 111 games, I’d say, Are you…
Josh Inglis is expected to come into Australia’s batting line-up for the second Ashes Test on Thursday as speculation grows that captain Pat Cummins might make a shock comeback in Brisbane. Travis Head, who made a match-winning century as a makeshift opener in Perth, is set to remain at the top of the order in place of the injured Usman Khawaja, with England-born Inglis slotting into the middle order. Stand-in captain Steve Smith would not confirm the team when he spoke on the eve of the Test or address swirling Cummins comeback rumours, which were widely circulating in the Australian…
The cricketing world has paid tribute to England and Hampshire great Robin Smith following his sudden death England great Robin Smith, the batter who shone for his country in a period when it was beaten regularly, has died suddenly at his home in Perth, aged 62. Smith, known as “the Judge” because his curly hair resembled a wig, played 62 tests from 1988-96, scoring 4,236 runs at an average of 43.67 with nine centuries. His signature shot was the square cut. Smith also played in 71 one-day internationals and was part of England’s squad that reached the 1992 World Cup…
Reece Topley has been added to the Sydney Thunder squad for the first half of BBL|14 Sydney Thunder have added experience to their pace attack for KFC BBL|15 with the signing of Reece Topley as an international replacement player. The England quick will be part of the Thunder squad in place of Lockie Ferguson during the first half of the tournament while the New Zealander carries out his commitments in the ILT20. Ferguson will lead the Desert Vipers in the United Arab Emirates-based league, with his team to play their final regular-season match on December 27, with the final scheduled…