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When Becky Grundy signed a new contract with Western Australia in March, it signalled the start of a new chapter in the state’s quest for long-term success. Triumphs will no longer just be measured in the win-loss column, with Grundy and WA high performance manager Kade Harvey detailing their “clear and ambitious vision” to get back on track. “I think it was really clear maybe three or four years ago that we had a big shift in our list in terms of some players leaving and then bringing players in,” Grundy told cricket.com.au. “That was actually off the back of the…
Queensland are confident that the third time will be the charm as they look to put two consecutive final losses behind them. A heart-breaking 21-run loss to arch-rivals NSW in the decider last season came after the Fire had fallen by six wickets to Tasmania, the Tigers’ third-straight crown, the year before. However the playing group has largely remained unchanged, with eight of the eleven players from the 2023-24 final loss to Tasmania still on the list. Queensland v NSW | WNCL Final And the stability has given Queensland plenty of hope for the new season. It will be former…
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill have helped champions India beat Pakistan again in the Asia Cup A 105-run opening stand between Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill has helped defending champions India beat Pakistan by six wickets in their Asia Cup Super Four match, their second victory over their archrivals in the T20 tournament. Put in to bat, Pakistan set India a target of 172, which they reached with seven balls remaining on Sunday. There had been no handshake between the teams’ players yet again with the match played amid lingering tensions between the two nations in the wake of the…
ASIA CUP 2025 Abhishek Sharma smashed a 39-ball 74 © Getty Words were exchanged, tempers flared, and Pakistan’s batters showed greater resolve compared to their earlier game in the 2025 Asia Cup against India. But India’s bowlers pulled things back after the halfway mark, and Abhishek Sharma then stole the show with a whirlwind 74 off 39 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes, as India began their Super 4s campaign with a six-wicket victory in Dubai. Where was the game won? Between overs 11 and 16, Pakistan’s innings completely stalled – no boundaries, three wickets down, and only…
The highest run-scorer in BBL history has committed to the Adelaide Strikers for a fourth consecutive season ‘Lynnsanity’ is set to return to Adelaide Oval for the fourth straight summer with Chris Lynn recommitting to the Strikers for the entire KFC BBL|15 season including finals. Lynn, who hit an unbeaten century for English county Hampshire earlier this month, had been flagged as a priority re-signing by Adelaide high performance boss Simon Insley following the club’s first ever bottom of the table finish last season. Having previously signed a trio of one-year deals since parting ways with Brisbane Heat in 2022,…
Most of us Pakistan fans may not admit it, but we hope. We hope against hope when our team takes on India. Before the first ball is bowled, we tend to somehow forgo a few harsh realities and the reality that underlines all of them; India are way better. “Farq hai yaar (there’s a difference),” as my colleague put it right after Tilak Varma clattered Shaheen Afridi past deep square-leg for a four to wrap things up. “It’s a gulf in fact, a huge gulf of quality,” he concluded. His short analysis summed up Sunday’s Super Four fixture, which India…
Jordan Cox admitted he “really struggled” to cope with the injury blow that ruined his chance of a Test debut with England and was never going to let his white-ball comeback go the same way.Cox ended 10 months away from the international stage with a fiery knock of 55 to bring up his maiden international fifty as England defeated Ireland by six wickets in Malahide to win their T20 series 2-0. The 24-year-old had been inked in for the three-match Test series against New Zealand last December, only for his big moment to be dashed when he broke his thumb…
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2025 The inaugural game will be between co-hosts India and Sri Lanka © Getty The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to pay tributes to Zubeen Garg, the Assamese singer and cultural icon, who died in a scuba diving accident in Singapore recently. The memorial show will be held during the inauguration ceremony of the Women’s World Cup on September 30 in Guwahati. “There is a huge grief and tragic situation prevailing in Assam, following Zubeen’s death. Keeping in consonance with that situation, and as a person who deserves some respect, the Assam…
ENGLAND TOUR OF IRELAND 2025 Jordan Cox struck his maiden T20I fifty © Getty Led by Jordan Cox’s 35-ball 55, England cruised to a comfortable six-wicket win in the third T20I against Ireland at the Village in Dublin, and secured a 2-0 series victory. Put in to bat, Ireland got off to a quick start with Ross Adair taking apart Sonny Baker in the third over. He started the over by thumping a short delivery down the ground for a six before drilling a couple of boundaries. However, England hit back by dismissing the openers in quick succession. Once Adair…
Lancashire opener Gaby Lewis scored a superb 141 not out from 143 balls as her team became the inaugural Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup champions and inflicted a third defeat on a Hampshire side in a final in nine days.Lewis and Seren Smale (72 off 85) underpinned a successful chase of 289 at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton as Lancashire won by six wickets with nine balls to spare. Hampshire had earlier made 288-6 with Georgia Adams (77) and Maia Bouchier (66) hitting half-centuries and Lancashire seamer Grace Potts bagging 3-47. Score summary – Hampshire vs Lancashire, Women’s One…