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Gilkes stunned as Harper pulls off remarkable stumping Cameron Green’s return to bowling has hit a speed bump with the star allrounder to miss Australia’s ODI series against India with side soreness. Green’s injury has been diagnosed as “low grade” and it’s understood his absence from the three-match series is precautionary, with the 26-year-old hoping to play in Western Australia’s next Sheffield Shield match on October 28 as previously planned. Australia’s hierarchy is understandably taking a cautious approach with Green given the significance of what lies ahead this summer, with the right-hander’s return to playing as a fully-fledged allrounder crucial…
Nine of her 20 ODI wickets to date have been bowled or LBW, all with inswing ©Getty When the Madhya Pradesh Under-16 girls’ squad was announced in 2018, there were celebrations in Chhatarpur’s Sai Sports Academy followed by total confusion. Coach Rajiv Bilthare scanned the list a few times before picking up the phone. He called people at the MPCA, seeking clarification on the “selection rumour” he’d heard – and the name he couldn’t find on it: his female trainee. The authorities sent him back a copy of the squad with the name underlined a few times to make it…
Former Test batter underwent chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year Nic Maddinson has spent the majority of 2025 fighting a frightening battle with testicular cancer, with the former Test batter now looking towards a possible cricket comeback. Maddinson, who hasn’t played cricket since he was dropped from the Blues team at the back-end of last summer, underwent surgery to have a tumour removed a short time later. He then received news the cancer had spread. “Once I found out I had to have chemo, that was pretty hard to deal with,” he told Nine newspapers. “It had…
Matthew Renshaw’s previous stint in Australia’s ODI squad was so fleeting that even he couldn’t remember it at first. Called up as batting cover after several Aussie players contracted Covid during the Pakistan tour in 2022, Renshaw reckons he spent more time quarantining in the hotel in Lahore than with the actual squad.The upcoming home series against India wasn’t on his radar until recently either; he admitted he had to “Google” the three-match schedule when informed of his elevation by head selector George Bailey. But there will be no forgetting his involvement this time around, with several strong white-ball seasons…
With Georgia Wareham also on song, it was a leg-spinning masterclass against Bangladesh – which might spell trouble for England If any of England’s batters happened to flick on the World Cup action on Thursday afternoon, they may have been perturbed by what they saw. In Visakhapatnam, Australia leg-spinner Alana King – England’s tormentor throughout January’s 16-0 Ashes clean sweep – was putting on a clinic against Bangladesh, in ominous signs ahead of the fierce rivals’ showdown in Indore next Wednesday.While Alyssa Healy stole the limelight with her second century in as many matches as she led Australia to a…
Cricket opportunities for grassroots teams and aspiring players alike are set to be transformed after Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club took on a 25-year lease for the West Park facility in West Bridgford. The park, situated less than a mile from the county’s historic Trent Bridge headquarters, will become a hub for community cricket, while also providing high-quality facilities for the club’s expanded player pathway, which gives boys and girls the opportunity to progress towards a professional career. The site will help to meet growing demand for facilities caused by increased participation in the game, with children’s cricket sessions delivered for…
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, 2025 Nadine de Klerk has been at the heart of South Africa’s two thrilling chases. © Getty The Colombo weather has already robbed the tournament of three games and if forecasts are to be trusted, that list could grow when Sri Lanka face South Africa on Friday (October 17). While political undercurrents brought games to Colombo, it’s the overhead conditions that have dominated debates since in the Sri Lankan capital. Sri Lanka have already had two washouts, against Australia and New Zealand respectively, on either side of their 89-run loss to England. Their hopes of having a…
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2025 Healy struck her second consecutive century © Getty Alyssa Healy blasted her second consecutive century in the ongoing 2025 Women’s World Cup and powered Australia to a commanding 10-wicket win over Bangladesh in Visakhapatnam on Thursday as the defending champions became the first team in the tournament to book a place in the semi-finals, with two league games still to go. Chasing 199 for victory, openers Healy and Phoebe Litchfield cleaned up the runs in only 24.5 overs. Despite the one-sided nature of the contest that it eventually proved to be, it wasn’t without some fight…
NEWS IN SHORTS The new competition will have six franchises © BCCI/IPL October 17 Test Twenty, a new format, set to begin in January 2026 Six franchises – three international and three Indian – will participate in this 80-over cricket tournament In a bid to marry the T20 format as well as Tests, the One One Six Network has come up with a new format – Test Twenty – which marries the attributes of the two. An 80-over contest, played in four intervals of 20 overs each, with both sides batting twice. Legendary cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, AB de Villiers,…
Defending champions Australia reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Cricket World Cup with two matches to spare after thrashing Bangladesh by 10 wickets.Captain Alyssa Healy hit 113 not out off only 77 balls and Phoebe Litchfield 84 not out off 72 as they reached 202 without loss in reply to Bangladesh’s 198-9. Healy and Litchfield crossed the finish line in 24.5 overs, extending Australia’s unbeaten World Cup streak to 13 consecutive games.Healy’s second consecutive hundred, after scoring 142 against India at the same venue on Sunday, included 20 boundaries and was the fastest ton of this tournament.Litchfield struck 12 fours…