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The Big Bash returns to Canberra on Monday as the Thunder host the Heat fresh off their record-breaking win Match facts Who: Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat What: Match 9, KFC BBL|15 Where: Manuka Oval, Canberra When: Monday, December 22. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm 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…
Sanju Samson trusted over Shubman Gill When India announced their squad for the Asia Cup in August, the biggest talking point was the return of Shubman Gill, not only as an opener but also as the team’s newly appointed vice-captain. However, across the 15 matches he played after his comeback, Gill struggled to make a meaningful impact and looked far removed from the batter who had enjoyed a prolific run in recent IPL seasons. In those 15 games, the 26-year-old scored 291 runs at an average of 24.25 and a strike rate of 137.26, without registering a single half-century. Eyebrows…
Josh Philippe’s huge batting partnership with marquee international signing Babar Azam inspired the Sixers to victory in the Sydney Smash Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers | BBL|15 Marquee man Babar Azam has hit form as Josh Philippe came agonisingly close to a first BBL century in the Sydney Sixers’ 47-run defeat of rivals the Sydney Thunder. The perennial heavyweights had been staring down the possibility of a 0-3 start to the summer before Philippe (96) and Azam’s 140-run stand kickstarted their season on Saturday night. Set 199 runs for victory, the Thunder were left to rue a collapse of 3-17…
Michael Atherton believes “England have blinked” in terms of their Bazball approach to batting as they stare at an Ashes series defeat with two Tests to play.England were beaten inside two days in the series opener in Perth and suffered another eight-wicket drubbing in the second day-night Test in Brisbane before being slightly more competitive in the third Test in Adelaide. Ben Stokes notched his slowest Test fifty on day three, off 159 balls, while Zak Crawley’s 102-ball half century on day four was the second-slowest of his England career. Image: Zak Crawley struck his slowest Test fifty on day…
Michael Atherton believes “England have blinked” in terms of their Bazball approach to batting as they stare at an Ashes series defeat with two Tests to play.England were beaten inside two days in the series opener in Perth and suffered another eight-wicket drubbing in the second day-night Test in Brisbane before being slightly more competitive in the third Test in Adelaide. Ben Stokes notched his slowest Test fifty on day three, off 159 balls, while Zak Crawley’s 102-ball half century on day four was the second-slowest of his England career. Image: Zak Crawley struck his slowest Test fifty on day…
After going 18 innings in T20 internationals without a 50, Shubman Gill will miss the home T20 World Cup Test and one-day captain Shubman Gill has been omitted from India’s 15-member squad for next year’s home Twenty20 World Cup, while keeper-batter Ishan Kishan returns. Gill has gone 18 innings in T20 Internationals without a 50 and missed Friday’s match against South Africa with a foot injury. Sanju Samson has impressed in the limited opportunities and made a breezy 37 as Abhishek Sharma’s opening partner replacing Gill in Ahmedabad. Kishan was recalled after he led Jharkhand’s successful campaign in the Syed…
Marnus Labuschagne’s credentials as one of the world’s premier fielders received another boost following a day of magic at the Adelaide Oval. The latest entrant to Labuschagne’s list of classic catches was his one-handed pluck at slip that ended another torrid Test for England’s Ollie Pope. Fielding at second slip in his white floppy hat, Labuschagne was closer to the batter than he normally would be as balls hadn’t been carrying through to the cordon as well as they were on day one. SCREAMER! Labuschagne’s legendary slips catch Pope fended at a Pat Cummins delivery and Labuschagne threw out his…
Zak Crawley says no one in the group would ever criticise the nature of his England team-mate Harry Brook’s dismissal after the batter was out reverse sweeping in the third Ashes Test.England slipped to the brink of a series defeat on Saturday as they finished the fourth day in Adelaide on 207-6 in their second innings, still needing 228 more runs to pull off a record chase of 435 to win. What appears to be an inevitable defeat on Sunday will mean England have lost the first three Tests of the five-match series, securing Australia the most comfortable of victories…
Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Four Zak Crawley has a habit of getting underneath his opponents’ skin. At Lord’s earlier this year, India captain Shubman Gill angrily told him to “grow some f*****g balls” when he successfully turned two overs of play before stumps into one. Pat Cummins, perhaps wary of Crawley’s reputation, or maybe just because his side were well on top in this Test, kept his cool when the opener pulled off a similar trick before lunch on Saturday at Adelaide Oval. The Australia captain offered words but retained his toothpaste-commercial grade smile as…
It’s no small thing to have almost 900 Test wickets returning to your team for a potentially series-deciding contest. And the genius of Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon came through precisely when Australia needed it most across day four of this third Ashes Test in Adelaide. Australia v England | Third Ashes Test | Day Four As the last vestiges of Bazball were swallowed up by the late afternoon shadows that stretched across the Adelaide Oval, it was Lyon, a one-time apprentice groundsman at this famed venue, who drew the plaudits of the crowd after his final-session heroics left Australia…