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Australia captain Alyssa Healy will retire following India’s upcoming tour after a trophy-laden 15-year career that has seen her win eight World Cups.The 35-year-old has scored more than 7000 runs across all three international formats with 275 dismissals since her national debut in 2010. The wicketkeeper has won the T20 World Cup six times and the ODI World Cup twice and has been the captain since the end of 2023. Healy’s records include the highest individual score in an ODI World Cup final (170 against England in 2022), the most runs in a T20 international (148 not out against Sri…

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England pair Harry Brook and Brydon Carse have been retained for the 2026 edition of The Hundred by Sunrisers Leeds.The franchise, formerly known as Northern Superchargers until a recent takeover, have also named former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori as head coach of their men’s team. Brook, England’s Test vice-captain and white-ball skipper, and Carse were both part of the recent Ashes defeat and are in the provisional squad for the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The rebranding of The Hundred outfit, who are based at Yorkshire’s Headingley home, follows the Sun Group’s 100 per cent takeover of the franchise.Nat Sciver-Brunt…

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Alyssa Healy still has a physical reaction when she casts her mind back to the 2022 ODI World Cup final in Christchurch. “I’ll never forget it,” she smiles. “Every time I talk about it, my forearms cramp just like they were in that game.”I was exhausted by the end of the night. The first beer went down like razor blades, which is unusual for me.” Healy’s arms were cramping because she had spent more than 40 overs pasting England’s bowlers all over Hagley Oval. After reaching 100 from as many balls, she went berserk, hitting 13 fours and 70 runs…

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Australia have lost their captain months out from the T20 World Cup with Alyssa Healy to draw curtains on an almost two-decade top-flight career at the end of the home summer. Healy today announced she will retire from all formats of cricket following the multi-format NRMA Insurance series against India, which concludes with the Test match at Perth’s WACA Ground from March 6. The 35-year-old, who already has a significant media presence having been part of Fox Cricket’s coverage since 2018, revealed the news on the Willow Talk podcast she co-hosts with Adam Peacock and former Australian men’s wicketkeeper Brad…

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National captain Alyssa Healy will hang up the gloves after a decorated career for both Australia and Sydney Sixers Teammates pay tribute to retiring legend Australian captain Alyssa Healy, a member of the WBBL’s Team of the Decade, has announced she will retire from all cricket at the end of the Australian summer, bringing to a close a decorated 11-year Big Bash career. Healy today confirmed she will retire from all formats of international and domestic cricket following the multi-format series against India, which concludes with the Test match at Perth’s WACA Ground from March 6.”It’s with mixed emotions that…

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Several Australian stars were firmly in the spotlight as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru claimed a big win over UP Warriorz After finishing bottom of last year’s Women’s Premier League UP Warriorz decided to refresh their squad, releasing a raft of players including Grace Harris. The Australian batter has ensured that was a decision to regret as she smashed a 40-ball 85 against her former team for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. That enabled her new employers to follow up their opening day victory over defending champions Mumbai Indians with a thumping nine-wicket win, overhauling UP’s inadequate 5-143 with 47 balls to spare…

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Vince, 34, is the all-time leading run-scorer in the Vitality Blast with 6,357 runs to his name. Since debuting in 2010, Vince has scored five centuries in the Blast and 46 fifties at an average of 35.71. Last season, he captained the Hawks to a record 11th appearance at Finals Day and scored 527 runs across the campaign, the second most for the club, with five half-centuries. James Vince said: “I’m really pleased to be back with Hampshire for another year. This club has been a massive part of my life, and I’m as motivated as ever to keep performing…

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Birmingham Phoenix have announced the signing of Alice Capsey ahead of the 2026 season of The Hundred, with the dynamic England international all-rounder joining Phoenix Women for the upcoming campaign. Capsey, 21, arrives as one of the most exciting talents in the women’s game, renowned for her aggressive batting and effective off-spin bowling. Already an established international across formats, Capsey brings a proven match-winning pedigree to the Phoenix squad as preparations continue for the upcoming Hundred campaign. Since making her England debut in 2022, Capsey has quickly become a mainstay of the national side. She has scored over 1,000 international…

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Chris Green and Nic Maddinson forged the game-winning partnership as the Sydney Thunder stunned the Melbourne Renegades at ENGIE Stadium A late Chris Green skirmish has powered BBL battlers the Sydney Thunder to a thrilling four-wicket upset defeat of the Melbourne Renegades, whose finals hopes are hanging by a thread. No.8 Green came in with the Thunder precariously placed at 6-95, having lost 3-15 in eight balls as they pursued a DLS-adjusted target of 140 at Engie Stadium. With all the pressure on his shoulders, Green bludgeoned three sixes in as many balls from Gurinder Sandhu (4-42), the Renegades’ best…

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19yo Peake stuns Scorchers with match-winning knock Hitting a last-ball six to win a prime-time game on the national stage was until recently just a backyard fantasy for the prodigiously talented Oliver Peake, a self-confessed “skinny and small kid” as he rose rapidly through the ranks of Victorian cricket. Even as he faced up to Aaron Hardie with his beloved Melbourne Renegades requiring four runs from the final ball to silence almost 30,000 parochial Scorchers fans packed into Optus Stadium last Wednesday, the size of the Perth venue’s boundaries weighed on his mind. “I was struggling to hit it off…

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