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England have returned from their mid-Ashes beach retreat recalibrated rather than reformed as Brendon McCullum vowed to triple down on the Bazball blueprint with the series, and possibly his job, on the line in Adelaide. The tourists swapped sandals for spikes for the first time since their Gabba defeat and ensuing getaway to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, a pit stop McCullum today reiterated had been arranged a year out from the Australian tour he accepts will define his and captain Ben Stokes’ legacy as a leadership duo.The former New Zealand blaster all but guaranteed England would ride or die with the…
Players predict who will star in BBL|15 For several years, Melbourne Renegades have boasted the brightest talent in Victorian cricket, but it’s the experienced they’ve added around that group that has optimism high heading into KFC BBL|15. The Renegades have played finals just once in the past six seasons, but in recruiting Jason Behrendorff, Caleb Jewell and recently Andrew Tye as a replacement player, the club has added a combined six Big Bash titles to their roster. Combine that with the calming influence of Pakistan star Muhammad Rizwan to guide young batters Jake Fraser-McGurk, Harry Dixon and Oliver Peake through…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details as the Renegades and Heat open their BBL|15 campaigns in Geelong Match facts Who: Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat What: Match 2, KFC BBL|15 Where: GMHBA Stadium, Geelong When: Monday, December 15. 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…
England head coach Brendon McCullum has hinted at an unchanged batting line-up for the third Ashes Test in Adelaide while brushing off questions that his job could be on the line if the tour of Australia spirals out of control.McCullum’s men are 2-0 down in the five-match series after slumping to eight-wicket defeats in Perth and Brisbane, although an often batter-friendly Adelaide Oval surface could help the tourists fight back when the next game begins on Wednesday. Ollie Pope fell to two maddening dismissals in the pink-ball game at The Gabba – chopping on to his stumps playing with an…
Match facts Who: Australia v England What: Third NRMA Insurance Test, men’s Ashes When: December 17-21, first ball 10am local time (10.30am AEDT; 11.30pm GMT) Where: Adelaide Oval Live scores: Match Centre How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Kayo Sports and Foxtel How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio. New this summer, the CA Live app has teamed up with NRMA Insurance so you can listen to radio and commentary streams in real-time with no delay to live play using zero-latency technology. Cricket Radio (both standard and real-time) is available anywhere in Australia in the CA…
Cameron Green admits he was “a little embarrassed” after his dismissal in Brisbane but says he won’t shy away from playing in a similarly aggressive manner should the match situation require it. As Australia closed in on England’s first innings score, Green was bowled by Brydon Carse in the night session on day two after backing away and missing a full ball. Carse had only three fielders on the off-side, with only a mid off in front of point, suggesting a barrage of short balls were coming Green’s way. As Green moved towards the leg-side to give him an option…
Brett Lee has labelled Australia’s current bowling attack the country’s greatest ever, declaring Pat Cummins’ men have now surpassed his group from the early 2000s. Australia’s attack will take one step closer to being reunited in Adelaide this week, with Cummins and Nathan Lyon back in the team alongside Mitchell Starc. Josh Hazlewood remains out, but Scott Boland has proven to be, arguably, the best back-up bowler in the game’s history since his 2021 debut. Cummins, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood have now played 389 Tests between them and taken a total of 1586 wickets.Three of the four have passed the…
Australia might lead the Ashes 2-0, but the experiences of series past have their veterans wary ahead of the third Test Not worried about outside noise: Khawaja As he fights to return to the Test side, Usman Khawaja has recalled how the painful lessons of Ben Stokes’ wonder knock in the 2019 Ashes still burn. Australia head to Adelaide up 2-0, just one win away from retaining the Ashes for a fifth-consecutive series. But Khawaja, who is no certainty to return for the third Test after missing the win at the Gabba, knows the job isn’t done. Although they retained…
Wicketkeeper-batter Josh Philippe is viewed by his teammates as the Sixers’ best player of spin, as the side seeks to maximise his abilities with the bat Players predict who will star in BBL|15 Sydney Sixers are weighing up keeping Josh Philippe at first drop this Big Bash season as they attempt to get him into the game more against their opponent’s spinners. Philippe has batted at the top of the order in 83 of his 97 innings for the Sixers and is the most prolific men’s opening batter in the club’s history with 2,187 runs at a strike rate of…
England trio Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Linsey Smith helped Hobart Hurricanes beat Perth Scorchers by eight wickets to clinch their first Women’s Big Bash League title.The Hurricanes stormed to victory in the tournament’s showpiece with 30 balls to spare to secure a maiden title with Wyatt-Hodge hitting 16, Sciver-Brunt adding 35 and Smith finishing with figures of 2-8 at Hobart’s Ninja Stadium. Perth elected to bat first, posting 137-5 and Smith – who was recently handed her first full England central contract – impressed with the ball, while Sciver-Brunt took two catches to dismiss Scorchers’ Maddy Darke (3) and…