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Gloucestershire Cricket is pleased to confirm the appointment of former England international and Cricket World Cup winner Fran Wilson as the Club’s new Women’s Head Coach. Wilson, who retired from professional playing earlier this year, will officially begin her new role on Monday, 1 December. The position marks her first head coaching appointment, following an illustrious playing career spanning both domestic and international cricket. Well known across the South West cricket community, Wilson’s connection with the region dates back to 2006, when she first represented Somerset, before becoming a key figure for Western Storm upon joining the side in 2016.…
Birmingham Phoenix have confirmed the appointment of Shane Bond as the new Men’s Head Coach on a two-year contract. The former New Zealand fast bowler succeeds Dan Vettori, who departed at the end of the 2025 season, and will lead the Phoenix into the next phase of The Hundred competition. Bond, 50, represented New Zealand in 120 international matches and had a short spell with Warwickshire County Cricket Club during the 2002 County Championship. Since retiring, he has developed an extensive coaching résumé, particularly within franchise and international cricket. He started his coaching career by taking up the role of…
The five-match T20I series is currently tied at 1-1. The first T20I was washed out due to rain while India went down in the second before bouncing back with a thrilling five-wicket win in the third. Arshdeep Singh, who missed the first two games, was the pick of the bowlers in India’ win with 3/35, earning the Player of the Match award. Arshdeep, who was named the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer for 2024, has played only three T20Is since the five-match series against England earlier this year, one of which came against Australia in Hobart on Sunday. Morkel was appreciative…
Ben Stokes has been called a “cocky complainer” by Australian media as the England captain arrived in Perth ahead of the first Ashes Test.A picture of Stokes pushing a trolley laden with luggage at the airport was accompanied by the headline ‘Baz Bawl’ on the front page of the West Australian newspaper. “England’s Cocky Captain Complainer, still smarting from ‘crease-gate’ lands in Perth early thinking dopey ‘BazBall’ can take the Ashes,” read the sub-head in reference to an incident in the last series when Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped.The article went on to criticise England’s tactics under Stokes and head…
The West Indies have landed the first blow in their five-match T20 series against New Zealand despite some late big-hitting from captain Mitch Santner The West Indies bowled superbly to beat hosts New Zealand by seven runs to take the first game of their five-match Twenty20 series. Captain Shai Hope top-scored with 53 from 39 balls as the West Indies made 6-164 after losing the toss and batting first on a pitch that was two-paced and unpredictable. New Zealand were going well at 2-70 in the 10th over before losing 7-37 to slump to 9-107 in the 17th over. The…
Jake Weatherald could make his debut in the first Ashes Test, while Australia have also recalled Marnus Labuschagne for the series opener in Perth.Opening batter Weatherald is one of three uncapped players in the squad for the first Test, which starts on November 21, along with seamers Sean Abbott and Brendan Doggett. Tasmania’s Weatherald or Labuschagne will replace the dropped Sam Konstas, while injured skipper Pat Cummins misses out and there is no place in the squad for all-rounder Mitch Marsh or Middlesbrough-born Matt Renshaw.Konstas scored just 50 runs in six innings during the three-Test tour of the West Indies…
Not long after George Bailey told him he was in Australia’s squad for the first Ashes Test, Jake Weatherald arrived early to Hobart’s Bellerive Oval to have a net in the indoor centre on Wednesday morning. Weatherald’s lips were sealed. The teammate who trained with him for about an hour had no idea he was in the presence of the man Tasmania hope will become Australia’s 472nd men’s Test player later this month. The news then broke not long after during the Tigers’ main training session. The left-hander turned 31 on Tuesday but this was the best birthday present…
Cameron Green will take on his biggest workload with the ball since undergoing back surgery more than a year ago, with the allrounder’s bowling capability now the single biggest variable that will dictate the make-up of Australia’s first Ashes Test side. Selection boss George Bailey insisted the 15-player squad revealed today has not yet been whittled down to a playing XI as the bulk of that group prepares to play in next week’s Sheffield Shield round.The answers to lingering questions over Green – will he be able to bowl in Perth? If so, how many overs? And should his bowling…
Test legend Steve Waugh says the current fortunes of Sam Konstas remind him of his own difficult early years in Test cricket. Incumbent opener Konstas was today dumped from Australia’s Test squad ahead of the first NRMA Insurance Ashes Test in Perth, beginning November 21, with selectors preferring the uncapped Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne, who was dropped from the playing XI this winter, as potential partners for Usman Khawaja. It is the second time inside 12 months the 20-year-old has felt the selectors’ axe; after debuting last Boxing Day, he was omitted from a two-Test series in Sri Lanka…
Tasmania opener joins Marnus Labuschagne in 15-player squad while two uncapped fast bowlers also included for Perth Test Bailey details selectors’ thinking behind Ashes squad Jake Weatherald is line to make his international debut in one of Australia’s most anticipated Tests of recent times after being named in a 15-man squad for the NRMA Insurance Ashes series opener. Marnus Labuschagne has also been recalled after his dominant start to the Sheffield Shield season with both the former No.1-ranked Test batter and Weatherald now in the mix to take on the new ball against England along with Usman Khawaja. Australia’s First…