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As the delirious Perth Stadium crowd screamed Travis Head’s name, it was Mitch Starc who collected his fifth Test player-of-the-match award. As fans at home devoured replay after replay of Head’s instant classic, Starc wedged the chunky, blue felt NMRA Insurance medal box into his pocket. As broadcasters and pundits began ranking Head’s knock among the greatest ever, Starc slipped into the Aussie changerooms with a broad smile on his face. It was Head who delivered the crushing blows for Australia but it was Starc who made it possible. After collecting a career-best 7-58 on day one, Starc admitted fault…
In the afterglow of Australia’s ODI World Cup final turn-up over India, the two-year anniversary of which arrived two days before this week’s Ashes series opener, Marnus Labuschagne attributed his part in it to divine intervention. Having reunited with Travis Head to engineer another defeat that has left their opponents flummoxed, Labuschagne was once again struggling to comprehend the sequence of events that manifested him as the enabler of the Australia’s maverick maestro.England’s obliteration of the hosts’ top-order less than 24 hours earlier suddenly gave way to a battering roused by Head and unlocked by Labuschagne, with the duo’s 117-run…
The Melbourne Renegades dismissed the Sydney Thunder for just 64 runs – the third lowest score in WBBL history – as they won eight wickets. Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades | WBBL|11 A quality four-pronged spin attack has propelled the Melbourne Renegades to a thumping eight-wicket win over Sydney Thunder at Drummoyne Oval. Chasing a miserly 65 for victory, the defending WBBL champions hit the winning runs on the first ball of the 12th over, but the win was set up earlier when their quartet of tweakers demolished a meek Thunder batting lineup. Charis Bekker (2-14), Georgia Wareham (3-12), skipper…
The former England captain did not mince words when reviewing his old side’s capitulation on the second day of the Ashes against Australia, questioning whether the result will have a lasting impact. Michael Vaughan reckons England’s embarrassing capitulation in Perth is going to “damage them”, stating a team can’t be competitive without brains. England lost the opening Ashes battle by eight wickets on the back of two calamitous batting collapses and Travis Head striking the equal sixth-fastest century in Test cricket. The tourists lost 5-12 late in the first innings to be bowled out for 172 on day one. They…
England captain implores team to feel the hurt and let emotions sink in before embracing the challenge of rallying at the Gabba ‘Shellshocked’ Stokes takes stock after Perth pummelling England captain Ben Stokes is urging his team to embrace the hurt of their crushing two-day Ashes loss in Perth, saying they can’t afford to carry any baggage into the second Test in Brisbane. Australia soared to an eight-wicket victory at Perth Stadium on Saturday on the back of a bowling masterclass from Mitchell Starc and a famous century from Travis Head. Head was promoted to open in Australia’s second innings…
Head, Smith revel in remarkable West Test victory Usman Khawaja labelled his injury that opened the door for Travis Head’s epic Ashes ton as the “best back spasm he ever had”, but Australia admitted their opener was not in a good way by the end of the first Test. While Pat Cummins is growing in confidence he will be back to bolster the hosts’ pace stocks, the Aussies depart Perth for their home ports with their two oldest players in Khawaja and Nathan Lyon nursing injuries. Both were sidelined for long stages of the NRMA Insurance series opener’s second day,…
You head into an intimidating environment with hopes of success and then it goes so epically, spectacularly badly.No, we are not referring to Monty Panesar’s appearance on Celebrity Mastermind back in 2019, which made a surprise entry into an eventful Ashes build-up as the former England spinner became embroiled in a spat with current Australia batter Steve Smith Instead, we are talking about England’s fortunes in the first Test. As you surely know by now, that match didn’t end well for them. It didn’t start well for them either (172 all out inside 33 overs on day one) but at…
England’s men will aim to win The Ashes away from home for the first time in 15 years when they take on Australia this winter.Since a team led by Sir Andrew Strauss secured a 3-1 triumph in 2010/11, England’s Test record down under has been woeful. Played 15, lost 13, drawn two. So, will Ben Stokes’ blokes buck that trend and regain the urn?You never quite know what you will get with this England side but it sure will be fun finding out from November 21! Ashes series in Australia 2025-26 🏏All times UK and Ireland First Test (Optus Stadium,…
A ‘shellshocked’ Ben Stokes insists England can still challenge for a famous Ashes series victory in Australia, despite being thrashed inside two days during the first Test in Perth. England were 65-1 and 105 runs ahead early in the afternoon session on day two, only to leave the Optus Stadium barely four and a half hours later having suffered the fastest Ashes defeat in over a century. The tourists lost five wickets for just 21 runs in a chaotic eight-over spell before being swept aside for 164, having been bundled out for 172 in the first innings the previous day,…
Australia v England | First Ashes Test | Day Two Travis Head’s masterstroke promotion to open the batting in the Ashes opener was the result of years of lobbying by the middle-order dynamo to Australia’s Test leaders. Fill-in captain Steve Smith was still too stunned by Head’s extraordinary 67-ball hundred, the quickest ever in the fourth innings of a Test, to consider whether the left-hander might be a suitable fit to remain in the opening role. But Head revealed after his breathtaking 123 off 83 balls that he has been subtly putting forward his case to take on the new…