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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Run-hungry Marnus Labuschagne slammed his fourth century in five innings Thursday to make an emphatic case to be in Australia’s side for the opening Ashes Test against England. The Queensland captain was dropped ahead of Australia’s mid-year Test tour of the West Indies after an extended lean spell. But he has come roaring back to stake his claim to be part of the team that pads up in Perth on November 21. Batting at three, he crunched 159 off 197 balls against South Australia, while Test opener Usman Khawaja hit a composed 46. Labuschagne’s ton backed…
England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is in talks to extend his contract with Lancashire.Anderson, 43, agreed a year-long deal at Old Trafford for the 2025 season after retiring from international cricket. He took 17 wickets in the County Championship this year and returned to T20 cricket after a 10-year absence, also featuring in the Blast and The Hundred via wildcard.A new deal could see Anderson play beyond his 44th birthday. He made his Lancashire debut in 2001, seven years before his team-mate Rocky Flintoff was born. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player James Anderson’s…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan, rooted to the bottom of the points table and still searching for their first win in the eight-nation tournament, were left cursing their luck after putting England through the wringer with a brilliant bowling display that restricted the four-time champions to 133-9 in a game reduced to 31 overs. Chasing a revised target of 113, Pakistan’s openers looked in fine touch, coasting to 34-0 in 6.4 overs, before the heavens opened once more and the game was abandoned at 9:58 pm local time. Pakistan’s bowlers had their tails up from the outset, with captain Fatima…
The Ashes will be the centrepiece for many this cricketing winter but there is also a big white-ball tournament on the horizon: the latest T20 World Cup.After serving as Ben Stokes’ vice-captain in the Tests against Australia across November and January, Harry Brook will then skipper England in a global competition for the first time, having been appointed Jos Buttler’s white-ball successor earlier this year. But what might his T20 squad look like for that event? England XI for first T20 against New Zealand on Saturday Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (captain), Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Jordan…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Afghanistan selectors Wednesday rested Rashid Khan for the one-off Test in Zimbabwe later this month but the ace spinner will lead the side in the three-match Twenty20 international series. The 27-year-old had back surgery in 2023 and selectors want to keep him fit for next year’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. “Rashid will be rested for the Test as a precaution for the upcoming international events, mainly the World Cup,” said the Afghanistan Cricket Board. The Test match will be played October 20-24 while the three T20Is are on October 29, 31 and…
Marnus Labuschagne continued his push for a recall to the Australia Test team for The Ashes with a fourth hundred in five innings in domestic cricket.Labuschagne hit 159 from 197 balls for Queensland against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition, following another red-ball century (160 off 206) versus Tasmania earlier this month and two more for his state in 50-over matches. The 31-year-old was axed from Australia’s side ahead of the 3-0 sweep in West Indies across June and July, with his previous Test knocks for his country 17 and 22 in the defeat to South Africa at June’s…
Marnus Labuschagne has hit his second straight Sheffield Shield century to all but ensure he will be in Australia’s team to start the Ashes Marnus Labuschagne appears certain to return to Australia’s team for the Ashes with his fourth century in five innings making a compelling case to selectors. Fresh off posting 160 in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield, Labuschagne struck 159 for Queensland at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. His innings helped the Bulls to 6-319 when bad light forced an early stumps on day two, well ahead of South Australia’s first-innings score of 228. Marnus strengthens Test…
Jake Weatherald has sent an authoritative reminder to Australian Test selectors with a blazing innings Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Jake Weatherald may have missed his century but he landed a fresh blow in his battle for a Test debut. The Tasmania opener raced to 94 off just 99 balls on day two of the Tigers’ Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia in Hobart before he was caught in the deep. He had made 18 in the hosts’ first-innings total of 171, as no other player passed 41 on the tricky Bellerive Oval track until…
England coach Tim Southee disagrees with former fast bowler Stuart Broad’s suggestion this is the worst Australia team since 2010/11. Former paceman Broad spiced up the Ashes war of words by hitting back at former Australian opener David Warner after he launched an early sledge at the tourists on Monday. Broad declared the Baggy Greens as the “worst” team he’s seen in over a decade and that there were “question marks” hanging over the hosts given the circumstances surrounding captain Pat Cummins’ fitness.But Southee is in little doubt about what he expects from the five-match series, starting in Perth next…
England coach Tim Southee disagrees with former fast bowler Stuart Broad’s suggestion this is the worst Australia team since 2010/11. Former paceman Broad spiced up the Ashes war of words by hitting back at ex-Australia opener David Warner after he launched an early sledge at the tourists. Broad declared the Baggy Greens as the “worst” team he’s seen in over a decade and that there were “question marks” hanging over the hosts given the circumstances surrounding captain Pat Cummins’ fitness.But former New Zealand seamer Southee is in little doubt about what he expects from the five-match Ashes series, starting in…