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Australia captain Pat Cummins has bowled with a pink ball in Sydney as he tries to prove his fitness for the second Ashes Test Josh Hazlewood has joined Australia captain Pat Cummins bowling in the nets as the pace stars attempt to return from injury for the Ashes. Cummins trained at Cricket NSW headquarters in Sydney during the Blues’ Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania on Tuesday, steaming in as he did during two net sessions in Perth last week. Cummins bowls with a pink ball during his net session // Getty The 32-year-old is in the frame to return for…
Broad, who sits fifth overall on the list for most wickets in Test history with 604 scalps, wants England’s pacers to attempt to frustrate Head and try and get him to do something different to what he is accustomed to. “What they could have done when Travis Head was really going, then you have to use your awareness to say, ‘Let’s get him off strike, let’s let him to face one ball an over and it’s a clip off his hip and he gets one and you don’t let him face four, five balls an over and he hits a…
Australia dismissed England twice in the space of 68 overs in Perth, but coach Andrew McDonald says they can’t trust the same plans to work all summer Australia v England | First Ashes Test | Day Two Andrew McDonald insists Australia can’t yet lay claim to having the wood over England’s batters, despite the tourists’ disastrous start to the Ashes in Perth. England’s batting has been heavily lambasted following the two-day loss in Perth, with the 405 balls they faced for two completed innings their fewest since 1904. Ben Stokes’ side have largely doubled down on their aggressive approach, indicating…
Essex Cricket have announced that Men’s seam bowler Charlie Bennett has signed a new rookie deal, strengthening the Club’s emerging talent group. Bennett, 19, has signed a new one-year rookie extension with Essex Cricket that will keep him at the Club until the end of October 2026. On signing his new deal, Bennett said: “I am really happy to have been given the one-year extension on my rookie contract. “Making my debut in all three formats during the 2025 season was something I didn’t expect going into the year, and I am incredibly proud of that achievement. “I want to…
Essex Cricket has confirmed that men’s batter Robin Das has signed a new contract extension, securing his future with the Club. Das, 23, has agreed terms to a new one-year contract which will keep him at Essex until the end of the 2026 season. The right-handed batter has featured across all three formats for the Club since making his debut in 2020 at just 18-years-old after impressing in the Academy and Second XI. Das has made nine first-class appearances for Essex, scoring 327 runs with a high score of 132 against Ireland on his first-class debut. On signing his new…
Michael Atherton believes Harry Brook having a good series is key for England’s hopes of an away Ashes victory, but is a change in approach required after a dramatic two-day defeat in Perth? England suffered their quickest defeat in an Ashes Test for 104 years during a disappointing series opener, where the tourists suffered batting collapses in both innings before Australia chased down 205 to claim a convincing eight-wicket victory. Brook top-scored for England with 52 in the first innings, before his dismissal was the first of five wickets in a four-over spell, then was out for a three-ball duck…
Michael Atherton believes Harry Brook having a good series is key for England’s hopes of an away Ashes victory, but is a change in approach required after a dramatic two-day defeat in Perth? England suffered their quickest defeat in an Ashes Test for 104 years during a disappointing series opener, where the tourists suffered batting collapses in both innings before Australia chased down 205 to claim a convincing eight-wicket victory. Brook top-scored for England with 52 in the first innings, before his dismissal was the first of five wickets in a four-over spell, then was out for a three-ball duck…
Queensland paceman Gurinder Sandhu and Xavier Bartlett ripped through Sheffield Shield competition leaders Victoria in a dramatic seven-wicket win Queensland v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 Queensland pacemen Xavier Bartlett and Gurinder Sandhu starred with bat and ball to secure a seven-wicket win over previously undefeated Victoria. Bartlett struck a bold and brisk 72 off 91 deliveries, his highest first-class score, before bowling with venom and control to claim 4-35 on day three of the day-night pink-ball clash at the Gabba. Player of the match Sandhu, who had made 33 in a 69-run eighth wicket stand with Bartlett,…
South Australia has the upper hand over Western Australia ahead of the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash after taking a 145-run first innings lead Sandhu tears through Victoria at the Gabba South Australia captain Nathan McSweeney has top-scored to put his side in position to push for victory on the final day of the Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia. McSweeney (68) and Henry Hunt (58) combined for an 88-run stand for the second wicket on Monday as the hosts chase a second consecutive Shield win. South Australia had resumed at 1-100 after bowling WA out for 188…
England will snub the coming two-day practice match in Canberra, confirming not a single player who featured in the Perth Ashes loss will take part in the pink-ball clash. Australia are 1-0 up in the five-Test series and have all the momentum after crushing England by eight wickets inside two days at Perth Stadium.England’s batting implosions under the Bazball tactics were so worrying that some of the game’s greats urged the side to take part in the November 29-30 Canberra match, rather than sending in a second XI ‘England Lions’ side. But England are sticking by their guns, revealing on…