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Nearly a decade after making his Test bow, Matthew Renshaw will play his first one-day international for Australia on Sunday with confirmation the left-hander will debut alongside allrounder Mitch Owen in the series opener against India. Matt Short will also return to the ODI side at first-drop as Australia blood a new-look middle order against the format’s number one-ranked side in Perth. Josh Philippe will take the gloves with first-choice white-ball wicketkeeper Josh Inglis still on the mend from a calf strain, with spin-bowling allrounder Cooper Connolly also slotting into the middle order. Australia also appear to have resisted the…
England’s packed winter schedule began in underwhelming fashion as their first T20 international against New Zealand was abandoned due to persistent rain in Christchurch.With eyes already drifting toward the Ashes next month, England must first navigate a white-ball series across the Tasman Sea. Put in to bat, Harry Brook’s side struggled for fluency on a tricky surface, with only Sam Curran passing 30 as his unbeaten 49 off 35 balls rescued England from 81-5 as they posted a competitive 153-6 after 20 overs.But the weather had the final say. The heavens opened during the interval, and a reduced-overs chase was…
Cameron Green’s progress to play as an allrounder in the first Ashes Test remains on track despite being withdrawn from Australia’s ODI series against India with side soreness. National selector George Bailey confirmed in Perth on Saturday the decision to pull Green out of the three-match series was “conservative” and done to ensure he has enough time to get his body right for the first Test against England on November 21. Such is the precaution Australia’s hierarchy are taking with their star allrounder that Bailey said the injury, diagnosed as “low grade side soreness”, might only set Green’s progress back…
INDIA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 2025 Shubman Gill speaking to the media ahead of his first ODI assignment © Getty Shubman Gill’s first ODI assignment as India captain comes with a unique backdrop. He will lead a side that includes two of the most influential leaders Indian cricket has known: Rohit Sharma, the outgoing captain, and Virat Kohli, Rohit’s predecessor. It’s a rare transition phase where experience and change share the same dressing room as India take the early first steps into building towards that next ODI World Cup, still about two years away. Gill, though, is clear that nothing about…
England will have a veteran Australian bowling coach and one of the All Blacks most respected staff in their coaching set up for the Ashes England have employed a veteran Australian bowling coach and an All Blacks mental-skills guru in a bid to win their first Ashes series down under in 15 years. Almost one month out from the first Test in Perth, England officials have confirmed bowling coach David Saker will return to Brendan McCullum’s staff for this summer. A long-time assistant with both England and Australia, Saker was England’s bowling coach when they last won an Ashes series…
Mitchell Swepson claimed 10 wickets for the match to lead Queensland to a comfortable fourth-day Sheffield Shield victory over South Australia South Australia v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 Mitchell Swepson has spun Queensland to a seven-wicket win over South Australia, producing the finest match of his Sheffield Shield career in Adelaide. Swepson ran through the hosts’ tail on Saturday to have them all out for 308 in their second innings, leaving Queensland a fourth-innings chase of 139. Usman Khawaja fell for a duck and Marnus Labuschagne was lbw for 18 following his first-innings century, but Angus Lovell…
PAKISTAN T20I TRI-SERIES File Photo – Afghanistan have informed Pakistan that they will not take part in the tri-series © Afghanistan Cricket Board Afghanistan Cricket Board announced on Saturday that they have decided to withdraw from participating in the upcoming Tri-Nation T20I Series involving Pakistan, scheduled to be played in late November. Afghanistan was scheduled to travel to Pakistan to play a tri-seriesinvolving Sri Lanka and the hosts from November 17. ACB stated that they have taken the decision to postpone their scheduled tour to Pakistan in response over the tragic martyrdom of the brave cricketers from Urgun District in…
Jackson Bird seals three-run win in brief but compelling final day of action in Hobart Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 4 Tasmania have pulled off one of the tightest wins in Sheffield Shield history, taking two late wickets to claim a remarkable three-run victory over Western Australia. On a brief but thrilling final morning in Hobart, Western Australia got the margin down to within seven runs of their target of 259 with two wickets in hand. But after appearing as if he would be the hero for the visitors, left-hander Joel Curtis was adjudged lbw on…
Opener Travis Head says Australia are chasing a fast start against India in Perth on Sunday as they seek to avoid a fourth straight one-day international series defeat. To do so, Australia will have to overcome the world’s No.1-ranked ODI side who are on an eight-match winning streak at a ground where they’ve never previously won a 50-over international.The hosts have lost all three of the ODIs they’ve played at Perth Stadium and were bundled out for just 140 by the pace of Pakistan in their most recent encounter at the Burswood venue last November. The only instance where Australia…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, 2025 The South African openers got the job done in the chase. © Getty Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits stroked breezy half-centuries as South Africa comfortably chased down 121 – the revised total – in the rain-marred 20-over-a-side contest to register their fourth successive win in the ongoing Women’s World Cup, in Colombo. Vishmi Gunaratne made a good start to Sri Lanka’s innings, stroking a couple of boundaries before getting hit in the fifth over by a throw from the fielder which hurt her left knee and she had to be carried off the field. After…