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Steve Smith will enter the Ashes with a century and two scores above 50 for NSW, but the Blues were beaten by 300 runs by Victoria at the SCG NSW v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 Steve Smith is averaging more than 100 this summer before heading into the Ashes, but his half-century on Wednesday couldn’t save NSW from a 300-run Sheffield Shield defeat to Victoria. On a dramatic third day at the SCG where both Josh Hazlewood and Sean Abbott left the ground for hamstring scans, NSW were all out for 125 chasing 425 for victory. Hazlewood…
Beau Webster missed out with the bat in round four but was outstanding with the ball, taking a career-best eight wickets On a day where Australia’s pace stocks suffered a double injury scare, Beau Webster again proved his seamers could be more than handy in the Ashes with career-best match figures in Hobart. While scans cleared Josh Hazlewood of a right hamstring injury, fellow Test squad member Sean Abbott has been ruled out of the series opener against England with a left hamstring strain after both exited the SCG during Victoria’s second innings on Wednesday.”He (Hazlewood) literally bowled his last…
Mixed news for two of Australia’s Test squad members in Sheffield Shield match in Sydney Josh Hazlewood has been cleared of major injury and is expected to play the first Ashes Test, but Australia have ruled out fellow quick Sean Abbott after both bowlers suffered hamstring complaints on Wednesday. Test squad members Hazlewood and Abbott were both sent for medical scans after pulling up sore on day three of NSW’s Sheffield Shield game against Victoria. Australia were soon relieved to learn Hazlewood, a key member of the attack for the series opener against England in Perth in the absence of…
Alyssa Healy will make a welcome return to the magenta as the Sixers look to continue a successful start to their new era on Thursday night Alyssa Healy is set to return for Sydney Sixers’ showdown with Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday night, as she manages her latest brush with injury. Healy missed the Sixers’ tournament opener against Perth Scorchers last Sunday due to a thumb injury picked up in Australia’s ODI World Cup semi-final loss to India.The 35-year-old has been named in the Sixers’ 13-player squad to play the Hurricanes, after getting through a training session on Wednesday afternoon, and…
Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood suffered an injury scare ahead of the first Ashes Test against England from November 21, while team-mate Sean Abbott has been ruled out.Hazlewood, 34, left the field on the third day of New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield fixture against Victoria in Sydney with a hamstring issue and did not return to bowl. He did not bat either and was clearly limping while shaking hands at the end of the game following the hosts’ 300-run defeat, but a Cricket Australia statement subsequently said the seamer has been cleared of a muscle strain. Australia squad for first…
Ben Stokes shrugged off criticism from “has-beens” over England’s limited Ashes preparations, insisting this week’s in-house warm-up against the Lions will be “balls to the wall”.The three-day game at Lilac Hill from Thursday (2am UK time) is England’s sole fixture before the opening Test against Australia at Perth’s Optus Stadium from November 21, a decision that has drawn heat from the likes of former England captains Lord Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan and ex-Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy. Former Australia opener Simon Katich also told the West Australian newspaper – a publication that slammed Stokes and Joe Root with frontpage headlines…
Australia’s incumbent Test No.6 Beau Webster has taken eight wickets in Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield defeat to reigning champions South Australia Tasmania v South Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 South Australia’s Sheffield Shield defence finally has a pulse after snatching a crucial three-wicket win against Tasmania in Hobart. Needing to manufacture the highest innings of a bowler-dominated match, the reigning champions recovered from 5-88 to chase down the target of 217. Cult hero Ben Manenti was one of the heroes, scoring an unbeaten 49 from No.8. Manenti (3-26) also took the crucial wickets of Beau Webster, Tim Ward and…
With the highly-anticipated Ashes looming, England’s preparation, or lack of, for the five-Test series has been heavily scrutinised as they are set to play just one warm-up game.England will play the Lions in a three-day match starting overnight on Thursday, a striking contrast to the side’s build-up when they last won in Australia in 2010/11, when they took a much more rigorous approach. The decision has caused mixed reactions with some believing after the ODI series whitewash against New Zealand this is all England need.However there are concerns the warm-up match at Lilac Hill near Perth, against a side made…
England captain says there’s ‘nothing to be scared of’ about the challenge ahead for his team ahead of the first Test Captain Ben Stokes has strongly defended England’s unorthodox preparation for the Ashes as they aim to break a 14-year winless run in Australia. England will head into the first Test at Optus Stadium in Perth, starting on November 21, having not played a warm-up game against any Australian opposition. The tourists have settled on a three-day match against the England Lions, essentially an England A team, starting on Thursday at Lilac Hill. That decision has drawn criticism from Ashes…
Matt Renshaw responded to his non-selection in Australia’s Ashes squad with a fine century against Western Australia Renshaw makes a statement with second ton of season The lessons from previous selection misfortune have helped Queensland batter Matt Renshaw adopt a philosophical approach to being overlooked for Australia’s 15-man Ashes squad. Fresh from making his one-day international debut, the 29-year-old was considered by many to be a contender to open the batting alongside Usman Khawaja in the first Test in Perth, only to miss out when the squad was announced last Wednesday. Renshaw is no stranger to life on the selection…