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The Sixers will get a second shot at the Final in Friday’s Challenger, where they will face the Stars or the Hurricanes Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers | BBL|15 Twenty-year-old tearaway Mahli Beardman has sparked a remarkable Perth Scorchers fightback as season’s top-ranked side sealed their spot in the KFC BBL|15 Final. Not even a solo act from Australian star Steve Smith could stop Beardman (3-20) bringing more than 30,000 Scorchers fans to life as his three wickets also secured hosting rights for next Sunday’s decider at Optus Stadium. Set 148 to win the Qualifier after a superb bowling effort…
Amanda-Jade Wellington starred with a five-wicket haul in South Australia’s win over table-toppers Queensland Queensland Fire v South Australia | WNCL A star-studded South Australia have ended Queensland’s unbeaten run in the WNCL with a vital four-wicket, bonus-point victory. It was a century partnership from Emma de Broughe (71) and Jemma Barsby (42no) that proved to be the difference for the visitors, whose XI included national team regulars Tahlia McGrath, Darcie Brown and Megan Schutt. South Australia entered the match in sixth spot on the WNCL table, way below ladder leaders Queensland, who had six wins from six starts. But…
Two of Australia’s all-time greats combined as the defending champions continued their strong domestic 50-over campaign in Canberra ACT Meteors v New South Wales Breakers | WNCL Alyssa Healy has hammered an unbeaten 81 to guide New South Wales to an eight-wicket win over ACT Meteors, while Ellyse Perry also shone in her much-anticipated return to NSW colours. The Australian captain warmed up for her impending international swansong in style, hitting six boundaries in her 79-ball innings at EPC Solar Park as the Breakers chased down the ACT’s 9-221 with 13.3 overs to spare. Opening the batting alongside Tahlia Wilson…
It’s do-or-die in Hobart as the Hurricanes host the Stars in the BBL|15 Knockout Match facts Who: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars What: The Knockout, KFC BBL|15 Where: Ninja Stadium, Hobart When: Wednesday, January 21. Bat flip at 6.45pm AEDT, first ball at 7.30pm AEDT How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live…
Hobart Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis will miss his side’s sudden-death Knockout final against Melbourne Stars after injuring himself in their final match of the regular season. Ellis was able to complete his four overs in their narrow loss to Brisbane Heat last Wednesday and was not out at the end as the Hurricanes saw their hopes of a top two finish slip away in the final over.But the club confirmed this afternoon Ellis had been ruled out of tomorrow’s home final against the Stars with an unspecified niggle. The right-armer has a big month ahead of him as a key…
Clarke’s inclusion for the India series comes on the back of some impressive showings with the ball in the ODI contests and New Zealand coach Rob Walter said his call-up for the T20I matches was well deserved. “We’ve got a fair bit of player movement at the moment with some guys returning from injury for this series, others joining us immediately from franchise cricket and the rest coming off the India ODI series and Super Smash,” Walter said. “We want to ensure we’ve got enough pace-bowling options for the first three games of this series and it’s a great opportunity…
Now a three-format international, WA’s 22-year-old rising star Cooper Connolly has been named the 2026 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year Such has been the rise of Cooper Connolly, today named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, that it’s not even the first time he’s been recognised with one of Australian cricket’s top awards. Since his breakthrough innings in the BBL|12 Final to lift his Perth Scorchers to the title as a 19-year-old, the stylish left-handed allrounder from Scarborough has become one of the country’s most identifiable cricketers. Within a year of debuting for Western Australia, Connolly had graduated…
The Big Bash may have local derbies and smashes but neither of those compare to the high-stakes rivalry built by Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers across the league’s 15 seasons. Such has been the dominance of the two clubs who share eight titles between them (Scorchers five, Sixers three), that when they meet there’s usually more on the line than just cross-city bragging rights. That’s again the case tonight at Optus Stadium where a spot in the KFC BBL|15 Final is up for grabs after the Scorchers (first) and Sixers (second) again finished the regular season ahead of the pack.Perth…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru first to book a playoff spot despite Ash Gardner’s defiant 54 for Gujarat A battling half-century by Ash Gardner has failed to prevent Royal Challengers Bengaluru cruising into the Women’s Premier League play-offs with their fifth victory in five matches. Gardner’s Gujarat Giants side, playing their first home match this season, briefly threatened an upset as they removed Aussie big hitters Grace Harris and Georgia Voll for one run apiece in the second over. But RCB rallied to post 6-178 and with Beth Mooney dismissed early Gujarat never seriously threatened to chase it down, losing by 61…
The Hundred’s London Spirit have announced the signing of eight internationals for the 2026 campaign, while also revealing their ‘new brand identity’. Three of the signings – Charlie Dean, Grace Harris and Jamie Overton – represented the franchise in 2025, while Australia’s leading wicket-taker in T20 International cricket Adam Zampa also joins. Zampa has taken 30 wickets at an average of 13.13 in The Hundred – no player has taken more wickets at a lower average. Dean has played for the franchise every year since The Hundred’s inception in 2021, was part of the title-winning team in 2024 and captained…