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Ollie Pope feels that pressure on his place in the England XI has made him more prepared than ever for the Ashes as he aims to improve on a poor average of 15.70 against Australia.Pope’s spot at No 3 has come under threat from Jacob Bethell but the former’s knocks of 100 and 90 in the sole warm-up ahead of Friday’s first Test in Perth have pretty much guaranteed he will play. The Surrey batter averaged 11.16 across six innings when England were hammered 4-0 in the previous away Ashes in 2021/22, mustering just 67 runs in total and a…
Mitchell Johnson says the “alarm bells are ringing loud and clear” for Australia with their ageing bowling attack hit by injures and that the “whole Ashes script is starting to be rewritten” as England target a first series win in the country since 2010/11.Captain Pat Cummins (32) and fellow seamer Josh Hazlewood (34) will miss the first Test at Perth’s Optus Stadium from Friday with back and hamstring issues respectively. The pair’s likely replacements in the XI are Scott Boland (36) and the uncapped Brendan Doggett (31) with Michael Neser (35) added to the squad following Hazlewood’s setback.Mitchell Starc (35)…
Eden Gardens played host to dramatic scenes on the third day of the first Test as the home side was bowled out for 93, giving South Africa a 1-0 lead in the two-match series Off-spinner Simon Harmer has led South Africa’s lion-hearted bowling effort as the Proteas registered a thrilling 30-run victory against India inside three days of the low-scoring opening Test. Harmer claimed 4-21 as India, chasing 124 for victory, folded for 93 in a remarkable batting meltdown in front of the nearly 40,000-strong crowd at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Earlier, captain Temba Bavuma dragged South Africa…
Off-spinner Simon Harmer bowled South Africa to a first Test win in India in 15 years after home skipper Shubman Gill was hospitalised with neck spams and unable to bat as his side crumbled chasing 124 for victory on day three in Kolkata.Harmer followed his first-innings 4-30 with 4-21 during a dramatic conclusion to a low-scoring series opener, with India 93 all out and losing by 30 runs after a brief boundary-laden cameo from Axar Patel (26 off 17 balls) had threatened a heist from 77-7. Axar pumped Harmer’s fellow spinner Keshav Maharaj for two sixes and a four across…
A seventh ODI century from Daryl Mitchell on a tricky surface has helped New Zealand to victory over the West Indies in Christchurch Daryl Mitchell’s 119 from 118 balls elevated a dawdling match as New Zealand beat the West Indies by seven runs in the first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the three-game series. Mitchell’s seventh ODI century lifted New Zealand to 7-269 as they batted first after losing the toss on Sunday. Sherfane Rutherford (55) led the West Indies’ reply with his seventh half-century and an unbroken 53-run partnership between Justin Greaves (38) and Romario Shepherd…
Former Star Tess Flintoff hit the winning runs against her old side as the Melbourne Renegades proved too good for their cross-town rivals Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades | WBBL Tess Flintoff’s clutch, late hitting cut the tension as the Renegades toppled the Stars in the WBBL’s Melbourne derby. Chasing 142 for victory at CitiPower Centre, the allrounder (17 off nine) held her nerve with a six, four and four off Annabel Sutherland’s penultimate over to clinch the win with four wickets and seven balls to spare. The Stars had given themselves every chance with some tight bowling after Courtney…
Sixteen-year-old Caoimhe Bray is taking it all in her stride, after reminding everyone why she’s considered one of the country’s most exciting young dual-sport talents Caoimhe Bray typically keeps her cricket mementos in a box in the garage – but the ball she used to collect her first Big Bash hat-trick might just get some special treatment. Bray, already regarded as one of the most exciting young players in Australian cricket, sent a reminder of just why she is so highly rated on Saturday night when she became the seventh player to take a WBBL hat-trick – even if she…
One of Australia’s most successful fast bowlers knows Brendan Doggett well, and says he is primed to capitalise if given the opportunity to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood in Perth Doggett celebrates Ashes squad call up with another big haul Seven years after Brendan Doggett was first picked in an Australian squad, the ultimate late-bloomer is poised to become the country’s 472nd Test cricketer. After the untimely hamstring injury to in-form quick Josh Hazlewood, Doggett is set to make his debut when the Ashes get underway at Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday. The 31-year-old will slot into Australia’s fast-bowling…
With the Ashes fast approaching, England’s gone from blazing away with Bazball to something a little more subtle, according to the Aussie paceman Saturday Seeds: Ashes stars light up Shield round Mitchell Starc has identified one key change in England’s Bazball approach during their most recent Test series against India. “They’ve just tried to just pivot a little bit and actually try to win games,” Starc told AAP in September. “We’ve probably seen a change in their approach to be a bit more successful, not just blaze away. “I think it’s just moved a little from when they first came…
Sophie Devine produced a delivery from the top drawer to put the Scorchers on top, before rain arrived to fast-track their WBBL win over Adelaide. Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers | WBBL11 Sophie Devine’s intervention has taken Adelaide apart before the heavens opened to hand Perth a dominant WBBL win in Melbourne. The veteran New Zealand allrounder and Scorchers skipper took 3-12 on Sunday, including a peach to dismiss danger batter Tahlia McGrath first ball. Her delivery shaped into McGrath’s pads, before straightening off the pitch and clipping the top of middle stump.Devine (5no) was at the crease when rain…