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Alyssa Healy got through a rigorous training session at DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday as she looks to prove her fitness for the blockbuster clash with India Alyssa Healy is firming for a return for Australia’s ODI World Cup semi-final showdown with India, after the Australian captain trained alongside her teammates in Mumbai on Tuesday. Healy missed Australia’s final two round-robin matches with a minor calf strain, but in positive signs for the wicketkeeper-batter, she got through a fitness test, completed a wicketkeeping session and then had a lengthy hit in the nets at DY Patil Stadium two days out…
When England face South Africa in Wednesday’s Cricket World Cup semi-final in Guwahati, batting collapses may be at the back – or front – of both sides’ minds. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to…
All-rounder Martin Andersson has signed a new three-year deal with Derbyshire, extending his stay with the Club until the end of the 2028 season. Andersson enjoyed an impressive first full campaign, scoring three centuries and a further three half-centuries in the Rothesay County Championship. Since joining from Middlesex, Andersson has been a regular feature in Derbyshire’s side across all formats throughout the 2025 season, and his new contract reaffirms his long-term commitment to the Club. Head of Cricket, Mickey Arthur, said: “Martin’s contribution in 2025 was impressive, he claimed some crucial wickets and produced a number of great innings, particularly…
Marcus Trescothick has defended England’s limited red-ball preparation ahead of The Ashes while Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey has brushed off Stuart Broad’s assessment that the hosts have their “worst team since 2010”.England will play a solitary three-day warm-up game against the England Lions from November 13 ahead of the Ashes opener at Optus Stadium in Perth from November 21. That is in stark contrast to the last time the tourists triumphed in Australia in 2010/11 when they took on state sides Western Australia and South Australia as well as Australia A during a heavy build-up ahead of the drawn first…
After Beau Webster had a mixed day in the field for Tasmania, fellow Test hopeful Jake Weatherald was dismissed for a duck Victoria v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Jake Weatherald’s Test hopes have suffered a blow, with the Tasmanian dismissed for a duck late on day one of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria. Teammate Beau Webster made a successful return from his rolled ankle, but the allrounder conceded he would likely be left out of the Test line-up if seen solely as a middle-order batsman. After the home side lost the toss and were dismissed…
England are optimistic left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone will be available for their Women’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Wednesday.The world’s top-ranked ODI bowler landed awkwardly on her left shoulder as she tried to stop a boundary from just the second ball of England’s win over New Zealand in their final group game on Sunday. After leaving the field for treatment, Ecclestone returned and came on to bowl but, despite taking a wicket, she sent down just four deliveries in Visakhapatnam before withdrawing herself from the attack.Following an assessment, it has been determined she has a slight injury to her…
Three years after debuting for Australia at DY Patil Stadium as a teenager, Phoebe Litchfield is set to return there for a crunch World Cup semi-final Phoebe Litchfield is the first to admit that she is no stranger to impostor syndrome. But after going from teenage prodigy to an established Australian opener in the space of a few years, any feeling of not belonging is quickly fading.Litchfield will on Thursday experience a rare full-circle moment at age 22, when Australia take to DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai against India. It’s the same ground where Litchfield made her Australian debut three…
Match details Who: England v South Africa What: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, semi-final 1 When: October 29, 2025, 8:30pm AEDT first ball Where: ACA Stadium, Guwahati How to watch: Amazon’s Prime Video Live scores: Match Centre Officials: Eloise Sheridan & Jacquline Williams (on field), Vrinda Rathi (third umpire), Claire Polosak (fourth umpire), GS Lakshmi (match referee) News and reactions post-play: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app What’s at stake A spot in the World Cup final, to be played at DY Patil Stadium on Sunday, November 2. The winner will meet either Australia or India, who…
The prospect of the 34-year-old adding to his 46 Tests this summer remains in play Mitch Marsh could next month play red-ball cricket for the first time since his Test axing as selectors keep the door ajar for the T20 skipper’s return to the Baggy Green. In typically good humour in Canberra on Tuesday, Marsh once again deflected questions about his Ashes prospects ahead of the BKT Tyres T20I series opener against India at Manuka Oval tomorrow night. The 34-year-old has not played first-class cricket since last summer’s Boxing Day Test against India. He was dropped for Beau Webster for…
England have reached the Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final where they will face South Africa.England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and head coach Charlotte Edwards have suggested they are yet to play their best cricket in the tournament, despite reaching the last four and thrashing South Africa in their group-stage opener, bowling them out for 69 and claiming a 10-wicket victory. However, since then, Laura Wolvaardt’s side have staged a great comeback, finishing third in the table, and the team possesses plenty of players who can pose a threat. South Africa’s road to the World Cup semi-final England beat South Africa by…