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The stand-in skipper gave an update on Gill’s fitness, while also praising his attitude of giving his all to be fit for the crucial Guwahati Test. “He (Shubman Gill) is doing fine, he is getting better. He was very keen on playing this Test match even though his body didn’t allow it. “From a captain’s point-of-view, (when) you see that the person who is leading your team has that resilience even if his body is not supporting, but the thought that you want to push it for the team and you want to play for the team is the kind…
Australia v England | First Ashes Test | Day One Australia are hopeful Usman Khawaja will be able to bat again in the Ashes series opener after the veteran’s back spasms prompted a chaotic start to their first encounter with England’s pace brigade. Injured captain Pat Cummins suggested his side’s top order will regret how they played against a relentless visiting pace attack that has them eyeing off a first Test victory on Australian soil in 15 years.Khawaja’s back concerns are now another potential injury headache for the Aussie camp. They are already missing Cummins with a back injury, along…
Sydney Thunder’s huge total of 6-200 has secured their second consecutive win in the WBBL and put the winless Brisbane Heat’s finals hopes in grave danger. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder | WBBL11 Sydney Thunder opener Tahlia Wilson has secured her second consecutive player-of-the-match award to inspire a 41-run over the winless Brisbane Heat. Wilson’s 79 off just 51 deliveries was the foundation for the Thunder’s 6-200 after being asked to bat by the hosts at Allan Border Field on Friday. The Heat were never in the hunt, despite a swashbuckling innings by Nadine de Klerk (43 off 27 deliveries),…
‘Are you not entertained?’That was the famous line uttered by Russell Crowe in Gladiator with his Maximus Decimus Meridius character questioning why after such a dramatic display the watching crowd gave a rather muted reaction. There was surely nothing muted about the reactions of England and Australia fans during a febrile day one of the latest Ashes battle. The watching masses in Perth, and on TV sets around the world, were entertained, alright. The pre-match hype lived up to and more. This was Test cricket in fast-forward, even by England’s standards. Image: England captain Ben Stokes bagged a five-wicket haul…
Australia v England | First Ashes Test | Day One Australia have come off second best in their first brush with England’s high-octane pace battery, which turned the tables on their hosts on one of the more extraordinary opening days of an Ashes series. While Mitchell Starc put the Aussie bowling attack on his back in the absence of his regular pace allies, Ben Stokes took a rapid-fire late five-wicket haul to cap an astonishing day-one bowling display from the visitors in Perth.Stokes took the final five wickets of the day in just 30 balls after both sides’ batters failed…
Ben Stokes’ five-wicket haul led a stirring fightback from England’s all-pace bowling attack after the tourists were skittled for just 172 by a Mitchell Starc-inspired Australia on a breathless, 19-wicket opening day of The Ashes series in Perth.Four years after England were rolled for 147 after choosing to bat in Brisbane on day one of the 2021/22 series, they folded again after making the same call at Optus Stadium, with their innings lasting just 32.5 overs and only Harry Brook (52 off 61 balls) passing fifty as left-arm quick Starc picked up Test-best figures of 7-58. However, captain Stokes (5-23),…
Rishabh Pant will lead India against South Africa in Shubman Gill’s absence as they seek to level the Test series 1-1 at Barsapara Stadium India captain Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the second and final Test against South Africa with a neck injury. Gill retired hurt in the first innings of the opening Test in Kolkata and did not bat in the second as South Africa won inside three days. The top-order batter travelled to Guwahati after being discharged from hospital, but was not deemed fit for what will be the first-ever Test match at Barsapara Stadium. “Unfortunately,…
Meg Lanning has a different vibe about her this Big Bash season. Her teammates have noticed it, and if her rivals hadn’t, they certainly will have after her blazing century against the Sydney Sixers on Thursday night. Off field, the former Aussie skipper is relaxed and lapping up the less intense schedule that comes with life post-international cricket. Vintage Meg: Lanning flawless in second WBBL century On field, she’s locked in, levelling up and determined to dominate. On Thursday, Lanning revealed how she is continuing to evolve her game, having finally nailed the approach she needs to unlock her free-flowing…
England ready for ‘tough and gruelling’ Ashes series: Stokes England will launch an all-out pace assault in the Ashes opener after pulling the trigger on a five-pronged seam attack at Perth Stadium and leaving out the spinner they have long groomed for this series, Shoaib Bashir. Ben Stokes will lead arguably the fastest bowling attack his side has ever brought to these shores as the England captain won the toss and chose to bat on Friday morning. His counterpart Steve Smith said he would have done the same if the coin had landed in his favour. Australia XI: Usman Khawaja,…
Despite an injury cloud hovering over his Ashes preparation, Mark Wood has been named in England’s XI for the first Test in Perth, which is music to the ears of a former Australia speedster Every ball of super Starc’s searing first spell Mark Wood accepts he “definitely” won’t be able to make it through all five Ashes Tests, but England’s pace ace hopes to emulate the feats of Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson by producing devastating spells in Australia. Wood was named for the Ashes opener at Perth Stadium despite only playing one low-key warm-up match since undergoing knee surgery…