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Collapses of 5-9 and 3-3 on day three have set up a close finish in Hobart Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash in Tasmania will go down to the wire on the final day after the Tigers took late wickets to roar back into favouritism. The visitors reached stumps at Bellerive Oval on Friday 8-215, needing 44 more for victory. After conceding a one-run first innings deficit, Tasmania lost their last five wickets for just nine runs to set the visitors 259 to win. Red-hot Kelly collects another Shield bag Cameron Bancroft (five) and…
NSW left to rue late collapse against fired-up Test quick Victoria v NSW | Sheffield Shield | Day 3 Scott Boland has ripped through the NSW lower order in the lead-up to the Ashes, powering Victoria to a three-day Sheffield Shield win. Boland took the last five wickets of the game on Friday at Junction Oval. Chasing 255, NSW were 0-90 and then 5-184 before Boland fired them out for 216 and Victoria won by 38 runs. Boland brilliance inspires Vics to thrilling Shield victory There was controversy on the final day – Matthew Gilkes was out to a sharp…
SALES CONUNDRUM RCB are the defending champions of the IPL, having won their first title in 2025. © Getty It is not one but two IPL franchises that are in look out for investors. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru news is already in the public domain and the buzz in the IPL landscape is that one more franchise is also looking to sell a stake, probably a minority equity. With the cost of maintaining an IPL team growing exponentially, the franchise management has been hoping for some investment, for quite some time. More current though is RCB’s search for buyers and…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Skipper Alyssa Healy hit an unbeaten 113, her second century in a row, as holders Australia booked their spot in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup with a crushing 10-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday. Healy and fellow opener Phoebe Litchfield, unbeaten on 84, hardly put a foot wrong as Australia romped home to their victory target of 199 with 25.1 overs to spare in Visakhapatnam. With a fourth win in five matches – the other was washed out – seven-time champions Australia become the first team to secure a final-four berth in the 50-over…
NSW coach issues reminder around Konstas’ (and others’) ‘baby’ cricketing experience, as Boland delivers match-winning spell Sam Konstas revived memories of his Boxing Day brilliance but the incumbent Test opener missed out on a match-winning hand as Scott Boland singlehandedly turned a tight Sheffield Shield contest at the Junction Oval. After a first-innings duck fuelled the view Marnus Labuschagne will take his spot for next month’s first Test against England, Konstas hit back with a daring fourth-innings half-century against the Boland-led Victoria attack on Friday. Ramping Konstas’ 53 revives Boxing Day memories Boland had pinned him lbw for a four-ball…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL In-form Marnus Labuschagne was Friday added to Australia’s ODI squad to face India after all-rounder Cameron Green was ruled out of the series with a side strain. Labuschagne was initially omitted for the three matches starting in Perth on Sunday. But he has slammed four domestic centuries in five innings, including two in the 50-over game, to thrust himself back into contention for the Ashes series against England and earn a white-ball reprieve. Green’s injury was diagnosed as “low grade” but Australia are not taking any chances with him ahead of the Ashes, which start in…
MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP 2026 UAE booked their berth alongside Nepal and Oman as the last three qualifiers © AFP United Arab Emirates became the 20th and final side to seal their spot for the 2026 men’s T20 World Cup after an eight-wicket win over Japan in the Asia-EAP Qualifier in Al Amerat on Thursday. Haider Ali’s 3 for 20 and a 70-run opening stand between Alishan Sharafu and Muhammad Waseem engineered UAE’s chase of 117, booking their berth alongside Nepal and Oman as the last three qualifiers for next year’s tournament in India and Sri Lanka. The hosts will…
IN FORM AND PICKED Marnus Labuschagne has four 100s in his last five domestic games. © Getty Australia all-rounder Cameron Green has been ruled out of the India ODIs with a side soreness. Marnus Labuschagne has been roped in as his replacement. This fresh injury, however, has been diagnosed as ‘low grade’ and Cricket Australia has taken the precautionary route given his importance to Australia’s Ashes plans. Green will sit out of the ODIs on October 19, 23 and 25, but is expected to feature in Western Australia’s next Sheffield Shield game that begins on October 28. The all-rounder made…
Ten years, eight months and twenty-eight days. January 19, 2015 was the last time a Bangladeshi played in the BBL. His name? Shakib Al Hasan. Arguably Bangladesh’s greatest ever cricketer has been the one and only player to fly the green and red flag in the BBL – until now. Discovered in the city of Rangpur in northwestern Bangladesh, 23-year-old Rishad Hossain has established himself as one of T20 cricket’s foremost leg-spinners. Picked up by the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL|14 Draft, Hossain withdrew from the tournament last summer due to commitments in the Bangladesh Premier League. A year on,…
NEW ZEALAND CRICKET The 61-year-old will partner head coach Rob Walter in selecting squads for all New Zealand, New Zealand A and New Zealand XI tours © Getty Former pacer Gavin Larsen has returned as New Zealand’s selection manager, taking over from Sam Wells. Larsen previously held the position between 2015 and 2023 before a stint as Performance Director at Warwickshire. The 61-year-old, who most recently worked with basketball side Nelson Giants, will partner head coach Rob Walter in selecting squads for all New Zealand, New Zealand A and New Zealand XI tours. “I feel absolutely honoured to be stepping…