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Adelaide’s Darcie Brown was almost the hero in a see-sawing night at the WACA, but the Perth Scorchers pulled through with just two balls remaining in one of the season’s most gripping conclusions Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers | WBBL11 Perth Scorchers have escaped with victory over a fast-finishing Adelaide Strikers by the barest of margins, taking home a one-run victory at the WACA in a nail-biting Saturday night. Adelaide needed 13 runs off the final over with one wicket in hand, and came agonisingly close to pulling off a miracle in the wild west courtesy of Darcie Brown’s captivating…
Young quick Sam Geyer and legspinner Mitch Swepson have starred for Queensland against Victoria, before Matt Renshaw survived a tough night at the Gabba Queensland v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Queensland quick Sam Geyer has withstood an early barrage from Sam Harper to take four wickets for the Bulls on debut in the Sheffield Shield against Victoria. Geyer was the star of the show for Queensland on Saturday, as Victoria hit 9-318 declared before the Bulls were 0-15 at stumps on day one of the pink-ball fixture. Crucially Matt Renshaw survived a tough final half hour under…
Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain reflects on England’s two-day defeat to Australia in Perth and Travis Head’s dizzying 123 from 83 balls in the final innings, and assesses how the tourists regroup ahead of the second game in Brisbane from December 4…I’ve seen a lot of Ashes cricket and I’ve seen a lot of Test cricket, but you have to go a long way to beat what I’ve seen these last two days. The hype and build-up for this series have been incredible and these two days have delivered that. The wheels came off for England with bat and ball and…
Australia v England | First Ashes Test | Day Two An Ashes Test with a plot less believable than a bad Netflix movie was decided by the blade of a rampaging Travis Head, whose match-winning century for the ages ripped the heart out of England and gave Australia an improbable 1-0 series lead at Perth Stadium. England went from Bazball-brilliant to boiled lollies in under 24 hours as Head’s barnstorming 69-ball ton, the second fastest in Ashes history behind Adam Gilchrist’s 57-ball effort over the Swan River at the WACA Ground almost two decades ago, fired the hosts to an…
Travis Head’s riotous 69-ball hundred smashed Australia to an eight wicket-wicket victory on a frantic second day of the first Ashes Test after England’s batting crumbled once again at Perth’s Optus Stadium.Head (123 off 83 balls) led Australia to their target of 205 in 28.2 overs after being pushed up to open the batting as England’s pace bowlers lacked the potency and accuracy they found on day one and the movement their opponents had generated earlier on Saturday. The tourists were shot out for 164 in their second innings following a startling collapse of 6-39 from 65-1, including a major…
1. Murali Vijay (India) Fourth Test, 2014-15, Sydney It took Starc 15 Tests to begin his now famous run of first-over wickets, removing Murali Vijay caught behind after three deliveries with Australia having piled on 7-572 declared. Vijay gone, and given a Starc send-off 2 & 3. Kraigg Brathwaite and Rajendra Chandrika (West Indies) Second Test, 2015, Kingston A double strike for Starc in the second innings of the second Test. He cleaned up Kraigg Brathwaite bowled three balls in and after Darren Bravo got off strike next ball, Starc got the wicket of Rajendra Chandrika as well. It marked…
Kurtis Patterson finished unbeaten on 79 when the start-stop first day at Sydney’s Cricket Central ended early New South Wales v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Kurtis Patterson has led the way for NSW on a dominant first day of batting in their rainy Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Cricket Central. A day after the Australian batting order’s lean start to the Ashes, Patterson sent a reminder why he was considered an out-of-the-box option for a Test recall at the beginning of the summer. The 32-year-old left-hander will resume unbeaten on 79 next to Lachie Shaw (42)…
NSW allrounder Will Salzmann has undergone surgery after tearing his hamstring while fielding in the Sheffield Shield Melbourne Renegades have confirmed KFC BBL|15 recruit Will Salzmann will miss the entire season after hurting his hamstring in the Sheffield Shield. Salzmann, the Blues’ leading Shield batter so far this summer, was subbed out of their round four loss to Victoria early on day one when he tore his left hamstring while sliding to try and stop a boundary in the fourth over. The 22-year-old rising star had surgery last Friday and looks set to be sidelined for an extended period.”Devastated about…
The English newspapers and media outlets were in raptures after captain Ben Stokes spearheaded his team into a commanding position at stumps on the first day of the Ashes Ben Stokes’ virtuoso performance with the ball has the English media daring to dream after just one day of the 2025-26 Ashes series. The UK newspapers and media outlets wasted no time in singing the praises of Stokes and his team after they reduced Australia to 9-123 in reply to England’s 172 on a chaotic opening day in Perth. “England’s fastest ever attack has scrambled minds and even rattled Steve Smith”,…
Three Big Bash clubs will call in reinforcements with South Africa’s players to depart before the end of the regular season Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp are among three Proteas stars who will have to depart Weber WBBL|11 before the end of the season, after South Africa confirmed their squads for their upcoming white-ball series against Ireland. The opening T20I at Newlands will be held on December 5. Cricket South Africa have previously had some flexibility around permitting players to miss international games for the Big Bash, but with the 2026 T20 World Cup looming all Proteas will be required…