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A spot in the Weber WBBL|11 Final is on the line as the Sixers host the Scorchers at North Sydney Oval Sydney Sixers have won the bat flip and are bowling first against the Perth Scorchers as they eye a showdown with the Hobart Hurricanes in the Weber WBBL|11 final. With rain threatening to disrupt proceedings at North Sydney Oval, it came as no surprise that Sixers skipper Ashleigh Gardner opted to chase. Sydney Sixers XI: Ellyse Perry, Sophia Dunkley, Alyssa Healy (wk), Ashleigh Gardner (c), Amelia Kerr, Maitlan Brown, Mady Villiers, Erin Burns, Lauren Kua, Courtney Sippel, Lauren Cheatle …
Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine says Adelaide Oval will perfectly suit England’s aggressive approach as they seek to fight back in the lopsided series Tim Paine likes ripping into England’s cricketers as much as any Australian, but says it’s folly to write off the tourists in the Ashes just yet. The former Australia captain believes the third Test venue, Adelaide Oval, is perfectly suited to England’s gung-ho approach which has spectacularly backfired so far. Australia hold a 2-0 series lead entering the Adelaide Test starting next Wednesday and while Paine has found some humour in England’s troubles, he’s wary.…
Peake is the only member of Australia’s squad that won the Under 19 World Cup in South Africa last year, with all-rounder Will Malajczuk, fellow batter Nitesh Samuel and pace bowler William Taylor also likely to play a major role in the Aussies’ title defence. The Australia team will be coached by Tim Nielsen and he believes the side is well balanced to make a bid for back-to-back titles. “We’re delighted to announce a strong and well-balanced squad for the ICC Under-19 World Cup,” Nielsen said. “Our focus has been on selecting a group with complementary skill sets that provide…
The defending champions have announced their squad for the ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 Victoria young gun Oliver Peake will lead Australia’s title defence at next month’s ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup. The left-hander, who is already making his mark in the Sheffield Shield, is also no rookie on the global stage, with this being his second appearance at the age-group tournament. Australia U19 men’s World Cup squad: Oliver Peake (c) (Victoria), Kasey Barton (NSW), Naden Cooray (NSW), Jayden Draper (Queensland), Steven Hogan (Queensland), Thomas Hogan (ACT), Ben Gordon (Queensland), John James (NSW), Charles Lachmund (Queensland), Alex Lee-Young…
The votes are in so find out who the eight head coaches have picked in their best XI for WBBL|11 Melbourne Renegades allrounder Georgia Wareham has been named captain of official Weber WBBL|11 Team of the Tournament, fresh off the back of also being named the season’s best player. Wareham was the league’s leading wicket-taker, claiming 19 at an average of 10.94, while she was the Renegades’ leading run-scorer, hitting 277 runs at an imposing strike rate of 147.34.She also skippered the Renegades for the first time, filling in for Sophie Molineux on four occasions, and earned the captaincy nod…
Sophia Dunkley has brushed off the sceptics in Weber WBBL|11, with this season’s No.1 draft pick making a strong case that she may finally be the answer to the Sydney Sixers’ years-old opening conundrum. Eyebrows were raised at the WBBL Draft in June when the Sixers overlooked the world’s top-ranked T20 bowler Sophie Ecclestone in favour of her England teammate, batter Dunkley. But the addition of the 27-year-old has helped the Sixers improve a facet of their game that has plagued them for seasons – a matter not helped by injury issues in recent years – to see them return to…
Maitlan Brown was standing at the top of her mark at North Sydney Oval in the 19th over of the final game of the WBBL|11 regular season, with her Sixers under immense pressure. Bridget Patterson and Amanda-Jade Wellington had the Strikers flying home with a wet sail and the stakes could not be higher – win and finish second, lose and miss finals all together.Having been hit for two boundaries earlier in the over, Brown knew the Adelaide batters had cottoned onto her plan to bowl slow and wide. Feeling calm and calculated, she feigned running into bowl to Wellington,…
Sydney Sixers’ 16-year-old star Caoimhe Bray will miss several months of cricket, after scans showed a re-emergence of a stress fracture in her back The Sydney Sixers’ teen sensation Caoimhe Bray is facing a stint on the sidelines after the re-emergence of a stress fracture in her back. Bray was on Wednesday ruled out of the Sixers’ WBBL grand-final qualifier against Perth at North Sydney Oval, after scans showed a return of the stress injury.The 16-year-old is expected to miss several months of cricket, likely ending her season with both NSW and the Sixers. It comes after the multi-sports star…
Get everything you need to know as the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers battle it out in the WBBL|11 Challenger Match facts Who: Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers What: Challenger, Weber WBBL|11 Where: North Sydney Oval, Sydney When: Thursday, December 11. 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 Buy tickets: On sale Monday December 8 from 10am local time for club members and 12pm to the public in each market, buy here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the…
Pat Cummins has officially returned to the Australia squad as captain after missing the last two games against England with back trouble as the hosts attempt to clinch a series win in Adelaide next week.Cummins has been labouring with a back problem and missed the eight-wicket wins over England in Perth and Brisbane which have given the hosts a 2-0 lead heading into the Adelaide Oval clash from December 17. Josh Hazlewood, who usually makes up the first-choice bowling attack with Cummins and Mitchell Starc, was absent from the squad after being ruled out of the remainder of the series…