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Australia’s top young male players were on show in Perth over the past week with an eye on a place in the U19 World Cup squad South Australia have taken out the Under-19 Male National Championships title for 2025 after defeating Victoria Metro in the final on Monday. The iconic WACA Ground hosted the top age-group players in the decider of the tournament that was played at venues across Perth from December 1 to 8. The annual tournament gave the emerging cricketing talent in the country a platform to not just represent their state but also make their case to…
Nathan Lyon has been backed by Andrew McDonald to play a major role in the final three Ashes Tests despite Australia’s coach acknowledging home pitches and the pink ball are diminishing the value of spin bowling. England’s dismembering under lights at the Gabba, along with Lyon’s replacement Michael Neser more than holding his own in the day-time, vindicated the bold move to leave out the star off-spinner for only the second time in 14 years and 75 home Tests.Lyon admitted he had been “filthy” at the call to dump from the XI for a second consecutive day-night Test. McDonald insisted…
England speedster to return home this week following recurrence of a left knee injury during the first Test in Perth England’s faltering Ashes campaign has suffered another huge blow with fast bowler Mark Wood ruled out for the rest of the series with a knee injury. Wood missed England’s second Test defeat at the Gabba following a recurrence of a left knee injury during the series opener in Perth.The 35-year-old speedster had surgery on his left knee in March. England team management confirmed this evening he wouldn’t recover in time to be available for the final three Tests. “After extensive…
England’s hopes of launching an Ashes fightback have been hit by the news that fast bowler Mark Wood will miss the rest of the series due to a left knee injury.Wood, 35, has suffered a recurrence of the problem he sustained during the eight-wicket defeat to Australia in the first Test at Perth last month. The Durham quick subsequently sat out the eight-wicket loss at The Gabba in the second Test and will now play no part in the final three games either, the first of which starts at Adelaide Oval on December 17. Please use Chrome browser for a…
No room for complacency as the Sixers eye their first appearance in the WBBL final since 2022 Lauren Cheatle has called on the Sydney Sixers’ bowling attack to “own” North Sydney Oval, as they prepare for Thursday’s WBBL|11 Challenger final. The Sixers have returned to the finals for the first time since WBBL|08, qualifying in second spot via a one-run, final-ball win over Adelaide Strikers.Had they been defeated, they would have finished the season in fifth and missed out altogether and given the closeness of the top-end of the league, Cheatle said there was no room for complacency as they…
The opening combination Australia accidentally struck gold with, pairing Travis Head with Jake Weatherald, may be over already with Usman Khawaja pushing for a recall in the third NRMA Insurance Test in Adelaide. Coach Andrew McDonald expects Khawaja to be “fit and available” for his side’s tilt at claiming the Ashes urn next week after a back injury sidelined the 38-year-old from the second Test and most of the first too.The left-hander’s bid to return from back spasms in Brisbane was aborted two days out from the day-night contest. He was still in discomfort while he batted in the nets…
Australian T20 skipper set to team up with Black Caps blaster Finn Allen for Perth in BBL|15 Mitch Marsh has been tipped for a huge Big Bash return with the Australian star set to form one half of a destructive opening pairing for Perth Scorchers alongside Finn Allen in KFC BBL|15. Marsh, who has played just one game for the Scorchers in the past three seasons due to injury and international commitments, announced late last night he would retire from Sheffield Shield cricket at the end of the summer. The 34-year-old left the door ajar to playing Test cricket again…
Australia’s captain will play his first Test in nearly five months, but fellow quick will not feature in the Ashes at all Pat Cummins appears certain to captain Australia in the third NRMA Insurance Ashes Test, but fellow pace star Josh Hazlewood will miss the rest of the series after suffering an injury setback. Coach Andrew McDonald confirmed today that Hazlewood, who sustained a hamstring strain while bowling in the Sheffield Shield last month and then suffered a setback when he hurt his Achilles last week, would not feature against England this summer. Hazlewood is now aiming to be cherry…
The cricket.com.au team have selected their best XI from Weber WBBL|11 Meg Lanning (Melbourne Stars) Matches: 10 | Runs: 430 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 3 | Ave: 53.75 | SR: 140.06 | HS: 135 Happy, happy days for Lanning fans in WBBL|11 as the former Aussie skipper took down attacks all across the nation. Lanning has nailed how to approach her game post-international cricket, and she’s having loads of fun evolving her game – and we’re all the better for it. Vintage Meg: Lanning flawless in second WBBL century Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Hurricanes) ✈ Matches: 10 | Runs: 416 |…
The Hurricanes will go into the WBBL|11 final having played just half a game across the 12 preceding days, but their coach is confident it can be an advantage Hobart coach Jude Coleman says maintaining momentum will be the Hurricanes’ biggest challenge ahead of the Saturday’s Weber WBBL|11, as she manages an unusually long break between matches. The Hurricanes finished top of the table and advanced directly to their first WBBL final, which they will host at Ninja Stadium.On one hand, it will give one of the league’s older lists ample time to freshen up for the decider, but on…