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Lizelle Lee’s powerful innings set the tone as Hobart Hurricanes took full control in the rain-affected game over the Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat | WBBL11 Lizelle Lee has kept Hobart rolling and Brisbane winless thanks to a power knock in their rain-impacted 16-run WBBL win in Sydney. The opener hit an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls, striking six fours and three sixes either side of a rain delay on Saturday. The Hurricanes were flying before their innings was reduced to 12 overs and they purred to 1-114, with the Heat’s target increased to 125 according to the…
Captain Sophie Molineux has been named in the Melbourne Renegades’ squad for the first time this season Melbourne Renegades’ Weber WBBL|11 campaign has received a timely reinforcement with captain Sophie Molinuex returning to the squad after overcoming a quad strain. Molineux will lead the defending champions in her first game of the season in Sunday’s Melbourne derby at the CitiPower Centre. Melbourne Renegades squad v Stars: Sophie Molineux (c), Charis Bekker, Alice Capsey, Sarah Coyte, Emma de Broughe, Deandra Dottin, Nicole Faltum (wk), Tess Flintoff, Milly Illingworth, Davina Perrin, Naomi Stalenberg, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb The Renegades had decided to take…
Follow-up scans confirm hamstring injury for Australian quick less than a week out from first Ashes Test with Queenslander Michael Neser added to the squad Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the opening Ashes Test in Perth after a second set of scans confirmed a hamstring injury. Michael Neser has been brought into the first Test squad as cover for both Hazlewood and Sean Abbott, who also suffered a hamstring injury during NSW’s Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria at the MCG. Hazlewood initially had scans on Wednesday that cleared him of any muscle strain and he was given an…
Mark Wood had complained of hamstring stiffness on the first day of England’s warm-up match against England Lions England pace ace Mark Wood remains an outside chance to feature in the first Ashes Test against Australia after scans cleared him of a hamstring injury. Wood experienced tightness in his left hamstring after bowling his eighth over on the opening day of England’s three-day warm-up match at Lilac Hill on Thursday. The 35-year-old was playing his first match since undergoing knee surgery in March and the hamstring niggle has raised big doubts about his durability. But scans have cleared him of…
India picked four spinners but it was pace star Jasprit Bumrah who did the most damage on day one in Kolkata Jasprit Bumrah has produced a five-wicket haul to help India rout South Africa for 159 and put the hosts in the box seat on day one of the opening Test at Eden Gardens on Friday. India picked a four-pronged spin attack for the series opener against the world champions but it was pace ace Bumrah’s 5-27 that wrecked South Africa, who were 0-57 at one stage.India were 1-37 at stumps with KL Rahul (13) and Washington Sundar (six) in…
Birmingham Phoenix have announced that Ali Maiden will continue as Women’s Head Coach for the next two seasons. The 43-year-old was appointed Head Coach for the 2025 season alongside his existing duties as Bears Women’s Head Coach and will lead the Phoenix into the exciting next chapter of The Hundred. Maiden, who won the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup as England’s Assistant Coach and was part of the coaching staff that guided London Spirit to victory in The Hundred in 2024, navigated the Phoenix through a transitional year and with a new ownership structure is poised to launch a challenge…
The Adelaide Strikers have handed defending champions Melbourne Renegades their first defeat of the season Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades | WBBL|11 The Adelaide Strikers cruised to a victory against defending champions Melbourne Renegades in the second game of Fridays double-header at the Karen Rolton Oval.Imports Sophie Ecclestone (2-24) and Laura Wolvaardt (71 not out off 48) played a starring role in the home side’s seven-wicket win.Set a target of 142 for the win, the Strikers opening pair of Wolvaardt and Tammy Beaumont (34 off 26) got them to a solid start. Classic Wolvaardt motors through the chase with 71no…
England star Joe Root is yet to score a Test century in Australia, and he was out for just one despite the team’s strong platform in their warm-up match England have gone all-out Bazball in their Ashes warm-up match in Perth, but they could be in for a rude shock when they front up to a far spicier pitch in the first Test. The tourists have already copped widespread criticism for their decision to play only one warm-up match before the Ashes, and the heat is only set to intensify given the slow and low nature of the Lilac Hill…
Corey Rocchiccioli has followed up his four-wicket burst with a game-winning batting cameo in WA’s nail-biting one-wicket victory over Queensland Western Australia v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 WA captain Sam Whiteman made the most of Queensland’s butter fingers before Corey Rocchiccioli guided the tail home in a thrilling one-wicket Sheffield Shield victory over Queensland. Set 272 for victory from 90 overs on Friday at the WACA Ground, WA went from a comfortable 2-155 to a shaky 9-249 as Queensland’s attack put the squeeze on. But Rocchiccioli (24no off 37 balls) and No.11 Cameron Gannon (10no off 13…
Meg Lanning came agonisingly close to a century in her 100th WBBL game, but an unbeaten 90 was enough as the Scorchers succumbed in the shortened game Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars | WBBL11 Meg Lanning hit an unbeaten 90 before the rain hit but a reduced target couldn’t help Perth as Melbourne Stars won by 16 runs in Adelaide. Meg Lanning hit top gear in her 100th WBBL game as Melbourne Stars won a rain-hit clash with Perth in Adelaide by 16 runs. The former Australian captain, dropped on 18, went berserk after a slow start to finish unbeaten…