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We’re ranking the best Aussie matches this century in a five-part series on the Unplayable Podcast A quarter century of amazing cricket deserves to be recognised! So we’ve scoured through over 1,500 internationals played out by Australia’s men’s and women’s teams to bring you the complete top 25. We’ve rated each match based on six categories; context or occasion, star power, performances, drama or tension, watchability and how it’s remembered today. To prevent spoilers, we won’t list what each match is in the episode index, but we will leave time stamps for each new entrant. Don’t forget to head to…
Every member of Australia’s likely first Test squad will feature in the next round of Sheffield Shield Every member of Australia’s first Ashes Test squad could be featuring in the upcoming Sheffield Shield round after Travis Head was released from Australia’s T20I squad. Head will miss the final two matches of the BKT Tyres T20 series against India, instead joining the likes of Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in turning out for his state in the fourth round of Shield games beginning next Monday.It is believed selectors left the decision on whether to play in the Shield or…
David unleashes 129m monster, gets Aussies going with rapid 74 At the Manuka Oval practice wickets earlier this week, a group of teenagers walking by Tim David’s net session on an adjoining footpath stopped to watch him. Perhaps lured by the crack off his bat, the schoolkids then started cheering his every blow. At Bellerive Oval on Sunday, India’s T20 side, unlike those kids, had seen David bat before. He played three seasons with their T20 captain, Suryakumar Yadav at Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Still, his mix of conventional and modern stroke-play, and particularly his off-side hitting,…
NSW won by 25 runs Steve Waugh’s Blues bossed the majority of this SCG face-off thanks to excellent performances from a couple of their more unheralded men: opener Greg Mail notched 128 and 152no to allow his skipper to declare twice; and in between, Matthew Nicholson scythed through South Australia with 5-36 to bowl them out for 129 in just 36.3 overs. It all amounted to a massive NSW lead, and with the home side rattling along at a fraction under four runs per over across their two innings, their second declaration – with the score at 4-299 – came…
India have won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time after a thrilling 52-run victory over South Africa in a rain-delayed final in Navi Mumbai. Shafali Verma top-scored for India with 87 off 78 balls and put on a 104-run opening stand with Smriti Mandhana, while Deepti Sharma added 58 late in the innings, as they posted 298-7 after losing the toss and being made to bat at the DY Patil Stadium. South Africa slipped to 148-5 in reply after part-time bowler Verma claimed two wickets and Sharma (5-39) removed Sinalo Jafta (16), only for captain Laura Wolvaardt…
Deepti Sharma’s five-wicket haul and a blazing 87 from replacement player Shafali Verma guided India to their first women’s World Cup title India won their maiden Women’s World Cup title with a 52-run victory over South Africa at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Put into bat, the hosts rode half-centuries from Shafali Verma (87) and Deepti Sharma (58) to post 298-7 even though 350 looked well within their reach at one stage. Laura Wolvaardt led South Africa’s reply with a captain’s knock of 101 but they were all out for 246 in 45.3 overs. Sharma claimed…
Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from T20 internationals as he seeks to prioritise Test cricket. Williamson’s decision was confirmed ahead of New Zealand’s five-match T20I series with West Indies, which begins in Auckland on Tuesday, and also comes just a few months before the T20 World Cup, which begins in February. While the 35-year-old has not ended his 50-over career, he is also going to sit out the three one-day internationals against the West Indies that follow the T20 series to prepare for three Tests against the same opposition in December.Williamson retires from the international…
Star turns from Hobart’s local Big Bash stars Tim David and Nathan Ellis were not enough to stop India roaring back into the BKT Tyres T20I series thanks to a blistering late cameo from Washington Sundar. David smashed five sixes, including one that carried 129 metres, in a 38-ball 74 that rescued Australia from a slow start before Marcus Stoinis (64 off 39) helped them post a competitive 6-186. David unleashes 129m monster, gets Aussies going with rapid 74 Ellis, in the absence of spearhead Josh Hazlewood, then troubled the visitors with his pace, taking 3-36 from his four overs…
Josh Hazlewood replaced by Sean Abbott, while Glenn Maxwell is given an extra game to recover from a wrist injury Glenn Maxwell has been put on ice for at least another few days after Australia took a cautious approach with their allrounder for the third BKT Tyres T20I against India in Hobart. India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl at Bellerive Oval on Sunday with Sean Abbott recalled for Josh Hazlewood, who has been released for Sheffield Shield duties ahead of the Ashes commencing later this month. Australia XI: Mitch Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis…
Test cricket’s most famous tactical revolution of late has been Brendon McCullum’s ‘Bazball’ – a style that has drawn both ire and delight depending on how you view the game. In any tactical revolution in sport, player roles get redefined. The job description of an opener is not the same as it was 20 years ago, nor that of a middle-order player. With data thanks to Opta, take a look at which players stand out as Test cricket’s ‘analytics darlings’ over the past five years and how these stats impact the way in which we look at certain types of…