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Bizarrre scenes in Adelaide during the innings break in the Strikers-Hurricanes clash saw the match abandoned, a result that keeps alive the Strikers’ finals hopes Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes | WBBL|11 A ball that was inadvertently rolled into the Karen Rolton Oval pitch during the innings break forced the WBBL|11 match between Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes to be abandoned on Friday night. Umpires were left with little choice to abandon the match after the ball created a “hole” in the surface. It’s understood an errant throw during the Strikers’ warm-up to take the field saw the ball get…
Australia v England | Second Ashes Test | Day Two Another frenetic day of Ashes action felt like a case of bizarro world in Brisbane as Australia’s batters Bazballed their way through an extraordinary three sessions, going to stumps at 6-378 with a lead of 44. Spectators at this point might be wondering whether this NRMA Insurance Ashes series will deliver a normal day of cricket. Certainly that wasn’t the case on day two of this second Test at the Gabba, as the home side borrowed from their opponents’ playbook, scoring at 5.18 runs per over in blazing their way…
England were punished for wayward bowling and a catalogue of dropped catches as Australia carved out a first-innings lead on day two of the pink-ball second Ashes Test at The Gabba.Replying to England’s Joe Root-inspired 334 all out, Australia reached 378-6 by stumps for a lead of 44 as Steve Smith (61), Marnus Labuschagne (65) and Jake Weatherald (72) each passed fifty after feasting on short, wide and full deliveries from their opponents’ attack across the first two sessions in Brisbane. England shot into life in a two-wicket 57th over under the lights with the expensive Brydon Carse (3-113) bowling…
The Hobart Hurricanes have officially locked in top spot and will host the Weber WBBL|11 final. The race for the remaining finals berths will go down to the wire this weekend, with five teams batting it out for three spots with three regular season matches remaining. After 37 matches in WBBL|11, the Hurricanes cannot be overtaken at the top of the table, with their position confirmed following Sydney Sixers’ defeat to the Melbourne Renegades on Friday. The Stars are second on 11 points despite two losses in a row, while Sixers are third and are trailing the Stars only on…
Jhye Richardson has taken four wickets as the England Lions were all out for 166 in a tour match, before Australia A finished day one 2-155 Jhye Richardson has announced his triumphant return to bowling, taking four wickets in his second game back from injury as Australia A punished a hapless England Lions. The hosts went to stumps on day one of their four-day match in Brisbane at 2-155, after Richardson had taken 4-35 to help bowl England out for 166. Richardson would almost certainly have figured in Test contention for this summer, had he not been recovering from shoulder…
Ruwantha Kellapotha led the recovery after Tasmania won the toss and batted poorly in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia South Australia v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Tasmanian Sheffield Shield debutant Ruwantha Kellapotha has led a rescue mission for his new team, scoring a half-century on day one against South Australia. Batting at No.8, Kellapotha top-scored with 50 as Tasmania could only manage 195 after winning the toss on Friday at Adelaide Oval. They slumped to 6-86 before Jake Doran made 44 at No.6 and tailender Gabe Bell posted his highest first-class score of 27. Jordan…
Victoria have inflicted a late, major blow on day two of their Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG, leaving Western Australia struggling in their second innings Victoria v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Victoria’s Sheffield Shield dominance is continuing, taking a stranglehold of their clash with Western Australia at the MCG. Holding a 61-run first-innings lead after making 255 in reply to WA’s 194, Victoria delivered another blow just before stumps on day two on Friday. Mitchell Perry trapped former Australia opener Cameron Bancroft on the final ball of the third over to leave WA reeling at…
Canadian Summer McIntosh clocked the second-fastest 400m freestyle swim in history on Thursday, touching in 3min 55.37sec to win at the US Open long course meeting in Austin, Texas. McIntosh, winner of three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics and four world titles in Singapore this year, said she was “pumped up” for her first competition since she began training with new coach Bob Bowman in Austin, and it showed. “This was my first race back for the season, my first under Bob, so I was pretty pumped up for it,” McIntosh told streaming service Peacock. “That’s definitely by…
Young batting sensation Sam Konstas has ended a 14-month drought without a Sheffield Shield hundred, scoring a ton for NSW against Queensland at the SCG New South Wales v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Axed Australia opener Sam Konstas has found form, scoring a confidence-boosting century for NSW in the Sheffield Shield. Enduring a difficult period after his incredible Test debut last Boxing Day, the 20-year-old reached three figures just before tea on day one of the Blues’ match against Queensland at the SCG on Friday. It was his fourth first-class ton, and his first in the Shield…
His football diplomacy has also risked colliding with his domestic priority of a massive crackdown on immigration. Donald Trump still seems unsure whether to call it soccer or football. But the US president’s aim is truer when using the world’s favorite sport to score diplomatic goals. Trump will try to do so again Friday when he meets the leaders of 2026 World Cup co-hosts Canada and Mexico at the tournament’s draw in Washington. As the first World Cup hosted by three countries simultaneously, it should be a golden opportunity to show North American unity, with the three leaders reportedly set…