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Tasmania opener Jake Weatherald scored a second fifty for the match as the Tigers drew with Queensland Queensland v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 Test aspirant Jake Weatherald posted his second fifty for the match as Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield run-fest against Queensland ended in a draw. Trailing the Bulls by 233 runs after the first innings, the Tigers batted their way to safety at Allan Border Field on Tuesday. Tasmania finished on 7-317 in their second innings when the captains shook hands about 45 minutes before the scheduled stumps time.In-form Tigers opener Weatherald, one of many in contention…
In just his second match, Oliver Peake has batted Victoria to a superb four-wicket win over South Australia South Australia v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 Teenager Oliver Peake has guided Victoria to an upset four-wicket win over reigning Sheffield Shield champions South Australia. The highly-regarded Peake could have been out first ball, but instead played an early career-shaping knock to steer Victoria to the tricky chase of 231 at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. After barely surviving a hat-trick ball to begin his stay, the 19-year-old showed composure beyond his years to finish unbeaten on 70 from 147…
NSW have caused a massive boilover to open the Sheffield Shield season, beating Western Australia by 74 runs Western Australia v New South Wales | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 NSW have opened their Sheffield Shield campaign with a memorable 74-run away win over Western Australia. Set 231 to win, WA crumbled for 156 on a tricky pitch at the WACA ground in Perth as unheralded Blues quick Liam Hatcher (4-49) inflicted serious damage on the lower order. Batting with injured No.11 Joel Paris, former Australia allrounder Ashton Agar went down swinging.Paris and Agar put on an innings-high 53-run stand…
Match details Who: Australia v Pakistan What: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, Match 9 When: October 8, 2025, 8:30pm AEDT first ball Where: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo How to watch: Amazon’s Prime Video Live scores: Match Centre Officials: N Janani, Kerrin Klaaste (on field), Lauren Agenbag (TV umpire), Nimali Perera (fourth), Shandre Fritz (referee) News and reactions post-play: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app The squads Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll,…
WEST INDIES CRICKET Bernard Julien posing fo ra few shots © Getty Former West Indies cricketer Bernard Julien, part of the team’s first-ever World Cup triumph in 1975, has passed away in Northern Trinidad at the age of 75. A right-hand batter and a lively seamer, Julien played 24 Tests and 12 ODIs between 1973 and 1977, scoring two centuries and taking 50 Test wickets. He was a key performer in the 1975 World Cup, where his four-wicket hauls against Sri Lanka and New Zealand helped West Indies reach the final, and he contributed an unbeaten 26 in the title…
Tim Paine knows too well how cruel and volatile cricket in India can be. As a 25-year-old in his first Test there in 2010, Paine ground out (what proved a career-high) 92 to help Australia to a first-innings lead. Success seemed certain when India lost their penultimate fourth-innings wicket nearly 100 shy of their target of 216. But the wicketkeeper could only watch on from behind the stumps as bogeyman VVS Laxman put on 92 with the hosts’ final two batters to steal an epic one-wicket comeback victory. Since their 2004 series triumph in India, Australia have won just two…
BACK AT IT Mitchell Starc missed the ODI series against South Africa. © Getty Mitchell Starc returns to the Australian ODI set-up for the three-match series against India starting on October 19 in Perth. Alongside the ace fast-bowler, Matthew Short and Mitchell Owen too return to a 15-man squad following recoveries from a side strain and concussion respectively while Matthew Renshaw too has been called up. Mitchell Marsh will continue to skipper the side with Pat Cummins having opted out of this white-ball assignment in order to work his way to fitness for the start of the Ashes series on…
Mitchell Starc is set for his first appearance of the international summer as uncapped batter Matthew Renshaw won a recall to Australia’s one-day international squad to face India later this month. Australian selectors today announced a 15-man squad to play India in three ODI matches beginning on October 19, along with a squad of 14 for the first two T20s that follow as Mitch Marsh’s side continue their build up to next year’s T20 World Cup.Starc, who retired from T20 internationals last month, sat out August’s Top End series against South Africa after returning from the West Indies Test tour…
BANGLADESH CRICKET Aminul Islam was re-elected as BCB president on Monday © BCB Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to get its first female director. The National Sports Council is expected to replace M Isfak Ahsan, who is one of the representatives of the sports regulatory board with a woman director. Aminul Islam, on Monday, was re-elected as BCB presidentbut shortly after the 25 directors names were published NSC decided to withdraw the name of Isfak. “NSC is expected to nominate a woman representative in the board to replace Isfak as a board director,” a BCB official confirmed to…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2025 Tazmin Brits struck a fine hundred to star in South Africa’s win © Getty A four-wicket haul from Nonkululeko Mlaba followed by a blistering century from opener Tazmin Brits and an unbeaten 83* from Sune Luus helped South Africa open their account in the 2025 Women’s World Cup with a facile win over New Zealand on Monday (October 6) in Indore. Getting hammered in their opening game against England, South Africa managed to bounce back in style to heap pressure on the T20 World champions New Zealand who have now lost two in two. Under…