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Test quick insists he is yet to hit his straps after fiery Sheffield Shield finish Boland brilliance inspires Vics to thrilling Shield victory Scott Boland got his competitive juices flowing in his penultimate Ashes tune-up, but the Test paceman laughed off suggestions he will be fodder for England this summer. Boland got reverse-ramped by Sam Konstas in a spicy Sheffield Shield contest on Friday but it was one of the opener’s New South Wales teammates that lit a flame under the Victorian at the Junction Oval. Ollie Davies, who threatened to rip the game away from the hosts in his…
Alyssa Healy’s second straight ton saw her join an exclusive club but the Aussie skipper has her sights set on bigger prizes Alyssa Healy’s red-hot World Cup form will have a trickle-down effect on her teammates, says Alana King, boosting the Australian squad heading into the business end of the tournament. Healy ticked off a cavalcade of milestones and records during her unbeaten 113 against Bangladesh, becoming the first woman to score back-to-back ODI World Cup centuries on two occasions.The 35-year-old also moved ahead of Australian legends Meg Lanning and Karen Rolton to outright hold the record for most ODI…
Test gloveman shapes as SA’s big wicket after Queensland took control on day three South Australia v Queensland | Sheffield Shield Only a massive Alex Carey knock can save South Australia on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. The Test wicketkeeper is the last realistic hope for SA, who lead by 68 runs with five wickets in hand at Adelaide Oval. The run out of Jake Lehmann in the last session was disastrous and the hosts went to stumps at 5-238. Carey is 37 and Liam Scott has made 20. Lehmann hesitated when he went for…
WHERE’S THE TROPHY? India beat Pakistan to win the Asia Cup but are yet to get the trophy © AFP So, what is the status of the Asia Cup Trophy, controversially withheld from the victorious Indian team on September 28 in Dubai? Several versions have surfaced, one rather inaccurately suggesting that Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi took the trophy to Pakistan after insisting that the Indian team would have to accept it from him personally. The reality, however, may be slightly different, although the narrative about his insistence that the trophy be received from him is authentic. Cricbuzz…
Collapses of 5-9 and 3-3 on day three have set up a close finish in Hobart Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash in Tasmania will go down to the wire on the final day after the Tigers took late wickets to roar back into favouritism. The visitors reached stumps at Bellerive Oval on Friday 8-215, needing 44 more for victory. After conceding a one-run first innings deficit, Tasmania lost their last five wickets for just nine runs to set the visitors 259 to win. Red-hot Kelly collects another Shield bag Cameron Bancroft (five) and…
NSW left to rue late collapse against fired-up Test quick Victoria v NSW | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 Scott Boland has ripped through the NSW lower order in the lead-up to the Ashes, powering Victoria to a three-day Sheffield Shield win. Boland took the last five wickets of the game on Friday at Junction Oval. Chasing 255, NSW were 0-90 and then 5-184 before Boland fired them out for 216 and Victoria won by 38 runs. Boland brilliance inspires Vics to thrilling Shield victory There was controversy on the final day – Matthew Gilkes was out to a sharp…
SALES CONUNDRUM RCB are the defending champions of the IPL, having won their first title in 2025. © Getty It is not one but two IPL franchises that are in look out for investors. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru news is already in the public domain and the buzz in the IPL landscape is that one more franchise is also looking to sell a stake, probably a minority equity. With the cost of maintaining an IPL team growing exponentially, the franchise management has been hoping for some investment, for quite some time. More current though is RCB’s search for buyers and…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Skipper Alyssa Healy hit an unbeaten 113, her second century in a row, as holders Australia booked their spot in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup with a crushing 10-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday. Healy and fellow opener Phoebe Litchfield, unbeaten on 84, hardly put a foot wrong as Australia romped home to their victory target of 199 with 25.1 overs to spare in Visakhapatnam. With a fourth win in five matches – the other was washed out – seven-time champions Australia become the first team to secure a final-four berth in the 50-over…
NSW coach issues reminder around Konstas’ (and others’) ‘baby’ cricketing experience, as Boland delivers match-winning spell Sam Konstas revived memories of his Boxing Day brilliance but the incumbent Test opener missed out on a match-winning hand as Scott Boland singlehandedly turned a tight Sheffield Shield contest at the Junction Oval. After a first-innings duck fuelled the view Marnus Labuschagne will take his spot for next month’s first Test against England, Konstas hit back with a daring fourth-innings half-century against the Boland-led Victoria attack on Friday. Ramping Konstas’ 53 revives Boxing Day memories Boland had pinned him lbw for a four-ball…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL In-form Marnus Labuschagne was Friday added to Australia’s ODI squad to face India after all-rounder Cameron Green was ruled out of the series with a side strain. Labuschagne was initially omitted for the three matches starting in Perth on Sunday. But he has slammed four domestic centuries in five innings, including two in the 50-over game, to thrust himself back into contention for the Ashes series against England and earn a white-ball reprieve. Green’s injury was diagnosed as “low grade” but Australia are not taking any chances with him ahead of the Ashes, which start in…