Author: admin
Lancashire Re Sign Sir James Anderson as Red Rose Legend Commits to 2026 Season©Lancashire Cricket Lancashire Cricket is pleased to confirm that Sir James Anderson has agreed a new one year deal, extending his remarkable 25 year career with the Red Rose through the 2026 season. After retiring from international cricket in 2024, Anderson initially signed a one year contract for 2025. He went on to claim 17 wickets in six County Championship matches at an average of 24, reaffirming his enduring quality as Englands all time leading wicket taker. His return to the Vitality Blast last season his first…
A triple-wicket over from Hayley Silver-Holmes put the Hurricanes’ in the box seat to power their way to victory over the Sixers Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes | WBBL|11 Hobart Hurricanes openers Lizelle Lee and Danni Wyatt-Hodge have destroyed the Sydney Sixers bowling attack with a record stand in a dominant six-wicket WBBL win. Earlier, three wickets in over and career-best figures by Hurricanes fast bowler Hayley Silver-Holmes (3-18 off three) rocked her former side in a deserved player of the match display. Silver-Holmes strikes thrice in over of dreams The opening stand of 95 between Lee (55 off 33…
Georgia Prestwidge lived and breathed the Renegades’ remarkable rise in WBBL|10, now she hopes to nurture that winning mentality at her new club As the Melbourne Stars look to turn around their Weber WBBL charts this season, they need not look far for inspiration. The other side of the Victorian dressing room, in fact.The two Melbourne clubs had drastically different fortunes last season, with the Stars finishing bottom of the table with two wins from 10 matches as they missed the top four for a fourth-straight season. During the final, they watched on from the stands of the MCG as…
England’s hopes of unleashing Mark Wood for the first Ashes Test in Perth have taken a major hit after the star veteran suffered an injury scare England captain Ben Stokes has snared six-wickets but paceman Mark Wood is in grave doubt for the first Ashes Test in Perth after suffering a potential hamstring injury in his side’s low-key warm-up fixture. Wood had returned figures of 0-29 from eight overs before going off the field shortly before tea on Thursday at Lilac Hill. The 35-year-old was playing his first match since having knee surgery in March and will now undergo precautionary…
Australian allrounder scored a timely 94 for WA ahead of next week’s Ashes opener, with his bowling also looming as a crucial weapon Western Australia v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 He fell in the nervous 90s, but Cameron Green has still given his Ashes hopes an almighty boost with a determined knock during Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland at the WACA Ground. In reply to Queensland’s 390, WA started day three at a somewhat shaky 5-210 but with Green unbeaten on 49 and holding the key. Green drove spinner Mitch Swepson for four on the…
Mark Wood is to undergo a precautionary scan on Friday after the fast bowler suffered hamstring soreness during the first day of England’s Ashes warm-up match against the Lions.Wood has been out of action for the last nine months following knee surgery and made his return on day one of the in-house pre-Ashes warm-up match at Perth’s Lilac Hill. The 35-year-old quick bowled eight overs before tea – four in each session – but left the field midway through the afternoon after experiencing discomfort in his second spell.The ECB confirmed Wood would undergo the precautionary scan on Friday, adding: The…
England fast bowler Mark Wood has been cleared of a hamstring injury ahead of The Ashes but Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood is out of the first Test in Perth from November 21.Wood experienced stiffness on Thursday after bowling eight overs on the first day of the tourists’ sole warm-up game against England Lions after almost nine months out following knee surgery. However, an England and Wales Cricket Board statement released on Saturday read: “Following precautionary scans on Friday, England fast bowler Mark Wood has been cleared of any concerns regarding his left hamstring. England’s Ashes squad Ben Stokes (captain), Harry…
After their dreams of a three-peat were dashed in a disappointing WBBL|10, the Strikers hope the addition of the world’s best white-ball spinner will turn their fortunes around Adelaide Strikers are targeting evolution with the ball as they look to return to the top end of the table in Weber WBBL|11. Having finished seventh on the table last season, the Strikers pounced on the chance to draft superstar England spinner Sophie Ecclestone with pick No.2 in the WBBL draft after she was overlooked by former club Sydney Sixers.The left-arm spinner adds another world-class option to an already star-studded attack that…
3rd: Netherlands 24 matches, 28 points (13 wins, 9 losses, 2 no-results) The Dutch made a strong start to their campaign, their first League 2 tilt in the new Cricket World Cup structure, though a one-win effort in the most recent tri-series in Scotland has pulled the team in orange back towards the rest of the field. In saying that, the side have picked up points on tough overseas assignments in Nepal, Oman and Namibia, and look good value for a top four finish. Aryan Dutt’s 6/34 early in the campaign in Nepal against Namibia sent an early competition warning…
England captain Ben Stokes announced his readiness for the Ashes with six wickets on the first day of their in-house warm-up against Andrew Flintoff’s Lions in Perth.Stokes has not played since July, when he tore a shoulder muscle against India, but proved he is firmly on track for the opening Test by leading the attack at Lilac Hill. He took two wickets in each of Thursday’s three sessions as he claimed 6-52 in 16 overs as the second string reached 382-10 at stumps.Stokes has been subjected to a stream of barbs from the local media since touching down in Perth…