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Twenty20 superstar Glenn Maxwell has acknowledged the IPL has ‘shaped him as a cricketer and as a person’ Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has opted out of next month’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions in Abu Dhabi, ending a 13-season stint in the lucrative T20 competition. The explosive hitter was bought by Punjab Kings for 42 million rupees ($712,602) for last season but only returned 48 runs and four wickets in seven games, and was released by the side in November. Maxwell, who has played in the IPL since 2012, said the league helped in shaping him up as a cricketer.…
Ahead of the third of its kind at the Gabba this week, Cricket Australia has indicated day-night Tests are here to stay in future Ashes series in Australia Cricket Australia has confirmed day-night Tests will “certainly” remain part of future home Ashes despite questions from England’s Joe Root as to its place in the historic series. Pink-ball Tests featured in the previous two home Ashes with the Gabba to host the second match of the ongoing series under lights from Thursday. CA has already locked Melbourne in to host a day-night Test against England in March 2027 to mark the…
Back-up quick Josh Tongue is waiting in the wings should England decided to opt for a like-for-like replacement for injured speedster Mark Wood, while selectors will also consider which players have previously performed well using the pink-ball under day-night conditions. Traditionally it has been the fast bowlers that have dominated pink-ball Test matches in Australia and England pacer Brydon Carse suggested selectors have some plans in place for the expected conditions the team will face in Brisbane. “We’ve spoken with the guys who have played some pink-ball games, and had a look at some of the pink-ball games that have…
Kemar Roach set the tone by taking the first wicket with the third delivery of the day, with the West Indies putting the clamps on the home side West Indies produced a fine display of disciplined fast bowling to leave New Zealand struggling at 9-231 when bad light brought an early end to play on the opening day of the first Test at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. Recalled paceman Kemar Roach led the way with a wicket from the third delivery of the day and his younger teammates Justin Greaves, Jayden Seales, Ojay Shields and Johann Layne all pitched in to…
If Khawaja can’t prove his fitness for his home Test in Brisbane then the Aussies may opt to use hard-hitting lefty Travis Head at the top of their order after he scored a match-winning century in the role of opener in the second innings against England in Perth. Head fuelled the fire even further earlier this week when he indicted that he would be happy to remain at the top of the batting order should selectors decide this was the best option for the team. “They’ve (Austrlia selectors understood where I’ve sat with it for a period of time now,”…
Many England supporters left Perth last week wondering how their team had just lost the first Test. Just as soon as Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes might have reconciled an answer to that, their minds turned to an equally vexing question: how do you beat Australia in a day-night Test? England arrive in Brisbane having closely studied Australia’s pink-ball success with Stokes’ men now needing to replicate it against a home team that have not only pioneered and championed the format but also dominated it. In 14 Tests played under lights, the Aussies have lost just once. Even that defeat,…
The battle between Jofra Archer and Steve Smith continues at the Gabba, but England’s paceman has 0-96 from the 189 balls he has bowled at the Australian Steve Smith is on the cusp of inflicting a slice of statistical ignominy on England firebrand Jofra Archer in the second Test at the Gabba. Smith has put plenty of good bowlers to shame during his remarkable career for Australia, but Archer is approaching an unwanted record against the 36-year-old batting maestro. According to Opta data, 26 more wicket-less deliveries will see the Englishman become the bowler who has sent down the most…
Despite a huge loss in the series opener, England’s Brydon Carse says the tourists have reason for confidence heading into the second Ashes Test Paceman Brydon Carse says England can take “massive” confidence into the second Ashes Test as they plan for the possibility of Travis Head reprising his damaging role at the top of the batting order. As far as Carse is concerned, Head’s resplendent second-innings century was the difference between the sides in Australia’s eight-wicket victory at Optus Stadium. England’s quicks neutralised the hosts following their hot start to the series opener, with Jofra Archer pushing 150km/h with…
This week’s Stories After Stumps episode explores a remarkable Ashes comeback in 2019 with the man himself, as well as some key figures around him Steven Smith hadn’t played Test cricket in 16 months when he launched into his record-breaking 2019 Ashes campaign – one that teammate Pat Cummins compares to the feats of Bradman in the latest episode of Stories After Stumps. Through exclusive interviews with Smith, Cummins, former Australia head coach Justin Langer and others, as well as via access to cricket.com.au’s vast archive, the documentary-style podcast takes you inside one of the most extraordinary individual series of…
The ball will be different for the second Ashes Test and England will hope the result is, too.After capitulating against the red Kookaburra in Perth in the series opener, Ben Stokes’ side now play Australia in a pink-ball game at The Gabba in Brisbane from Thursday. Ahead of that clash, which starts at 4am UK time, we look at the key questions regarding day-night Tests and why the stats suggest England have their work cut out… What is the point of day-night Test cricket?The idea is, or was, to attract bigger crowds to the longest form of the game, principally…