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Teammate praises Jofra Archer’s preparation for the Ashes and lauds his resilience after multiple injury setbacks since bursting onto the Test scene against Australia in 2019 Archer continues devastating Ashes entrance with six-for Jofra Archer has found his happy place, with the star England paceman brimming with confidence heading into the Ashes series opener against Australia in Perth, starting Friday. England are still yet to finalise their pace attack for the first Test, but Archer is firming for selection after making it through the team’s three-day warm-up match unscathed. Archer sent down a total of 17.3 overs across the match,…
Liam Livingston has been released by his IPL franchise, while Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Phil Salt have been retained ahead of the 2026 season.Royal Challengers Bengalaru have let Livingston go after a disappointing 2025 season, where he scored just 112 runs in 10 innings. Buttler has been retained by the Gujarat Titans after averaging 59.77 last year, while Salt will remain with RCB who won the title for the first time this year. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the IPL match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru as Virat Kohli’s…
Liam Livingstone has been released by his IPL franchise, while Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Phil Salt have been retained ahead of the 2026 season.Royal Challengers Bengalaru have let Livingstone go after a disappointing 2025 season, where he scored just 112 runs in 10 innings. Buttler has been retained by the Gujarat Titans after averaging 59.77 last year, while Salt will remain with RCB who won the title for the first time this year. Image: Liam Livingstone has been released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the IPL auction on December 16 Archer took 11 wickets at 39.18 last season…
India primed to take out the first Test against South Africa but may need to do so without their skipper who left the field with a neck spasm Ravindra Jadeja’s four-wicket burst has set India on course for a victory inside three days after a frenetic 15-wicket bonanza in the low-scoring opening Test against South Africa. India were in the box seat after bundling out South Africa for 159 at Eden Gardens where inconsistent bounce has been a bane for the shot-makers from both sides. It was evident in India’s reply too as they managed 189 to be left with…
At just 16 years of age, Caoimhe Bray was the star of the Sydney Smash with an amazing hat-trick that left the Thunder rattled Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers | WBBL11 The Sydney Sixers have claimed an important win over their cross-town rivals in the highlights-filled Sydney Smash at Drummoyne, headlined by a brilliant hat-trick from 16-year-old Caoimhe Bray. The Sydney Sixers rising star needed to be told she’d taken a hat-trick as the young pacer added another WBBL highlight in a thumping derby defeat of the Thunder. Bray took a wicket on the last ball of her second over…
England spinner Shoaib Bashir struggled on the final day of the Ashes warm-up against the Lions, perhaps raising the prospect of the tourists picking an all-pace frontline attack for the series opener against Australia in Perth from Friday.Bashir went at almost seven runs an over as he recorded figures of 1-83 from 12 overs bowling for the senior England team, having taken 1-68 from 12 while playing for the Lions on day two at Lilac Hill. With England quick Mark Wood cleared of injury after suffering a tight hamstring while bowling eight overs on day one of the tune-up fixture,…
Beau Webster tuned up for a potential Ashes series debut with a steady hand as table-toppers Tasmania won a fifth-straight one-day cup clash Tasmania v South Australia | One-Day Cup Beau Webster will enter Australia’s Ashes Test squad in form after guiding Tasmania to a four-wicket, One-Day Cup win over South Australia. The allrounder didn’t bowl, letting an on-song Billy Stanlake do the damage as the Redbacks made just 195 in Saturday’s match in Kingston, near Hobart. Webster made his mark with the bat though, batting at No.3 with authority as his 78 off 96 helped the Tigers home with…
Lizelle Lee’s powerful innings set the tone as Hobart Hurricanes took full control in the rain-affected game over the Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat | WBBL11 Lizelle Lee has kept Hobart rolling and Brisbane winless thanks to a power knock in their rain-impacted 16-run WBBL win in Sydney. The opener hit an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls, striking six fours and three sixes either side of a rain delay on Saturday. The Hurricanes were flying before their innings was reduced to 12 overs and they purred to 1-114, with the Heat’s target increased to 125 according to the…
Captain Sophie Molineux has been named in the Melbourne Renegades’ squad for the first time this season Melbourne Renegades’ Weber WBBL|11 campaign has received a timely reinforcement with captain Sophie Molinuex returning to the squad after overcoming a quad strain. Molineux will lead the defending champions in her first game of the season in Sunday’s Melbourne derby at the CitiPower Centre. Melbourne Renegades squad v Stars: Sophie Molineux (c), Charis Bekker, Alice Capsey, Sarah Coyte, Emma de Broughe, Deandra Dottin, Nicole Faltum (wk), Tess Flintoff, Milly Illingworth, Davina Perrin, Naomi Stalenberg, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb The Renegades had decided to take…
Follow-up scans confirm hamstring injury for Australian quick less than a week out from first Ashes Test with Queenslander Michael Neser added to the squad Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the opening Ashes Test in Perth after a second set of scans confirmed a hamstring injury. Michael Neser has been brought into the first Test squad as cover for both Hazlewood and Sean Abbott, who also suffered a hamstring injury during NSW’s Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria at the MCG. Hazlewood initially had scans on Wednesday that cleared him of any muscle strain and he was given an…