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After 16 years of Shield cricket, one of Australia’s biggest names is calling time on red-ball cricket in the west Mitch Marsh has left the door open for an unlikely Test recall, despite having likely played his last Sheffield Shield game for Western Australia. Marsh told state teammates on Sunday night he intended to retire from Shield cricket at season’s end, finishing a 16-year red-ball career in the west. Western Australia officials confirmed the news on Monday night, but in a statement said the allrounder was “still open to the prospect of playing Test cricket”. A part of the Test…
Left-hander back playing cricket and has sights set on Thunder debut after overcoming cancer, finger surgery Nic Maddinson is poised to make his return to top-flight cricket in the upcoming Big Bash season after signing a new one-year deal with Sydney Thunder. Maddinson, who missed the Thunder’s entire BBL|14 campaign due to a finger injury that required surgery, is also yet to play for NSW this summer after undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer during the winter.But the 33-year-old, who welcomed his second child, Wilder, with wife Bianca two months ago, has been back training since receiving the all clear from…
England’s second eight-wicket hammering to Australia in as many Tests, leaving them trailing 2-0 in the Ashes, has prompted calls for change.Not just a change in England’s approach, with Bazball far from catching fire on its first visit Down Under, but a change in their preparation and, perhaps most crucially, changes to the team. But what changes? The options are limited for England. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain react to England’s defeat in the second Ashes Test against Australia Josh Tongue could come in to freshen up the bowling attack,…
Melbourne Stars convened in Perth on Monday afternoon, as they prepare for just their second finals appearance in the WBBL’s 11-year history Melbourne Stars are putting a disappointing end to the Weber WBBL|11 regular season behind them as they look to pull off what no team has done before, by taking the long road to the final and lifting the trophy. Having squandered the chance to lock in a home final with three straight losses, the Stars were left waiting until the final ball of the final game on Sunday afternoon to discover if they’d be hosting Tuesday’s Knockout at…
England will have only three days of practice before their must-win third Ashes Test against Australia next week in Adelaide.Hopes of a first England away Ashes success since 2010/11 are in serious doubt after heavy defeats in the first two Tests, with the tourists thrashed inside two days in Perth before falling to an eight-wicket loss during the day-night Test in Brisbane. The preparation of Ben Stokes’ side came under heavy scrutiny after they only played a two-day game against the England Lions ahead of the first Test, before leaving out all their starting XI for a pink-ball match against…
It’s a crisp late August evening in Brisbane and a father of three serves another round of foaming cups from his mobile beer truck. He looks out over his slightly greying beard and surveys Perry Park in front of him, where the final of football’s Queensland Cup is taking place. Fans of the Gold Coast Knights and Brisbane City clubs rarely recognise the man pouring their drinks. Although the Gabba is only a few kilometres away, featuring there in the Ashes in a few months time feels a world away for Michael Neser. But the fire of Neser’s “dream” still…
Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palash Muchhal called off their wedding on Sunday, almost a month after pictures of their proposal went viral on the internet. Initially, the couple unexpectedly postponed their November 24 wedding and later announced that they were calling it quits. Ending days of speculation that had been brewing since the postponement, Mandhana, who rarely addresses her personal life publicly, confirmed the development through an Instagram story. “Over the past few weeks, there has been plenty of speculation around my life, and I feel it is important for me to speak out at this time,”…
We’ve been here before…England 2-0 down in an away series and fans fearing Australia legend Glenn McGrath’s unwavering prediction of a 5-0 whitewash. That fate, suffered most recently in 2013/14, was avoided in 2017/18 and 2021/22 by draws in Melbourne and Sydney respectively but in this fast-forward era of Test cricket (the first two Ashes clashes have often accelerated quicker than Lando Norris’ McLaren) draws hardly happen. England may have to win a game to avoid the sweep. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain react to England’s defeat in…
We’ve been here before…England 2-0 down in an away series and fans fearing Australia legend Glenn McGrath’s unwavering prediction of a 5-0 whitewash. That fate, suffered most recently in 2013/14, was avoided in 2017/18 and 2021/22 by draws in Melbourne and Sydney respectively but in this fast-forward era of Test cricket (the first two Ashes clashes have often accelerated quicker than Lando Norris’ McLaren) draws hardly happen. England may have to win a game to avoid the sweep. They need three wins from three for a series victory. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’…
Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will miss the entirety of The Ashes through injury but captain and fellow seamer Pat Cummins is poised to return for the third Test against England in Adelaide from December 17.Hazlewood, 34, sat out Australia’s victories in Perth and Brisbane with a hamstring issue and is now being troubled by an Achilles problem with the paceman working to be fit for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in February and March. Baggy Greens head coach Andrew McDonald said on Tuesday: “[I feel] really flat for [Hazlewood], a couple of setbacks that we…