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Steve Smith’s “different approach” to captaincy is bringing out the best in him and his Australia teammates, star quick Mitchell Starc says Still a “competitive beast”, Steve Smith’s captaincy is far more relaxed these days, according to long-time Australia teammate Mitchell Starc. Smith will lead Australia for the third time this year when the Ashes gets underway in Perth on Friday, due to Pat Cummins still recovering from a back injury. The 36-year-old also filled in as skipper the last time England toured Australia in 2021-22, after Cummins was forced to isolate for the Adelaide Test during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Bowling coach Andy Bichel and a few of the Queensland players were milling around the heavy roller ahead of the first ball of this year’s Sheffield Shield final, when the Karen Rolton Oval big screen sparked into life. “The Bulls Masters had put together a package of our past players talking about Queensland’s Shield wins over the years,” Bichel tells cricket.com.au. “And we were lucky – somehow we’d managed to get it up on the big screen. “We’re all standing in the middle of the field, watching this little recording that had been sent to us. It was really nice.”Moments later,…
Tournament schedule: 15 January, USA v India, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 15 January, Zimbabwe v Scotland, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare 15 January, Tanzania v West Indies, HP Oval, Windhoek 16 January, Pakistan v England, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare 16 January, Australia v Ireland, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek 16 January, Afghanistan v South Africa, HP Oval, Windhoek 17 January, India v Bangladesh, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 17 January, Japan v Sri Lanka, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek 18 January, New Zealand v USA, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 18 January, England v Zimbabwe, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare 18 January, West Indies v Afghanistan,…
Half-centuries from Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia Wilson have helped the Thunder to their first win of the WBBL season Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers | WBBL11 Sydney Thunder have breathed life back into their WBBL season, recording their first win of the summer with a convincing nine-wicket victory over Perth. Set 151 to win at Sydney’s Drummoyne Oval, Tahlia Wilson’s unbeaten 55 from 44 balls helped the Thunder cruise to victory with 10 balls to spare. Phoebe Litchfield then finished the game with a big six to bring up her 35-ball half-century, while Georgia Voll hit 43 from 31 at…
England captain Ben Stokes is fully embracing the magnitude of The Ashes series and expects to play in all five Tests against Australia over the next two months.Head coach Brendon McCullum insisted this winter’s contest represented “the biggest series of all our lives” while speaking in September and the England skipper agrees, saying “we’d be lying to ourselves” to suggest otherwise. Speaking to Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton ahead of Friday’s opener in Perth, Stokes said his side have a “great chance” to win a series in Australia for the first time since 2011, with the team losing 13 and drawing…
Mitchell Starc has vowed to push himself to his physical limits in the Ashes series opener despite a pace-bowling injury outbreak that has left him as the only ‘Big Three’ quick left standing. Australia will this week name an XI without either Pat Cummins (back stress) and Josh Hazlewood (hamstring strain) in it for just the third time on home soil this decade. It leaves Starc to lead a seam attack likely featuring Scott Boland, debutant Brendan Doggett, as well as allrounder Cameron Green, for the Perth contest.Continuing a restrained build-up to the series from both teams, the softly-spoken left-armer…
England have named fast bowler Mark Wood in a 12-man squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia from Friday, raising the prospect of an all-seam frontline attack in Perth.Wood has been given the all-clear after suffering a tight hamstring on day one of England’s sole warm-up against the Lions last week and bowled at impressive speeds in nets on Tuesday. The 35-year-old is joined in an enlarged group by fellow quicks Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse, Gus Atkinson and captain Ben Stokes, with Shoaib Bashir a spin option. England squad for first Ashes Test Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben…
The Bazball renaissance has been led by a pair of Antipodeans, but England believe their lack of familiarity with Australia will benefit a team regarded as having the best chance to win back the Ashes urn on these shores for the first time in 15 years. The visitors today named a 12-man squad for Perth’s series opener with Mark Wood firming to play having bowled some lively spells at practice after experiencing hamstring soreness during England’s tour match last week. Spinner Shoaib Bashir has been included over allrounder Will Jacks, but he is no certainty to play with Brydon Carse…
New Zealand allrounder ruled out of Stars clash as the Sixers look to end their North Sydney Oval drought Sydney Sixers have been dealt a blow ahead of Thursday’s Weber WBBL|11 clash with the Melbourne Stars, with New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr ruled out of the match with a quad injury. Kerr was a late scratching from Saturday’s Sydney Smash after sustaining the injury while warming up, and will remain on the sidelines for at least Thursday’s match.Her absence is a setback for the Sixers, who will be out to end an unwanted streak and reclaim their home ground advantage…
Maitlan Brown is a chance to step into Australia’s national team once Megan Schutt retires – but if history has taught her anything, it’s to not think about it Sydney Sixers quick Maitlan Brown has revealed how focusing on earning an Australian debut left her “deteriorated”, vowing not to let history repeat after a big start to this summer. Brown is one of several quicks on the precipice of Australia’s squad ahead of a transitional period, with pace leader Megan Schutt flagging a likely 2026 retirement date.An Australian squad member back in 2020 and 2021, Brown, now 28, believes she…