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Marnus Labuschagne continued his push for a recall to the Australia Test team for The Ashes with a fourth hundred in five innings in domestic cricket.Labuschagne hit 159 from 197 balls for Queensland against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition, following another red-ball century (160 off 206) versus Tasmania earlier this month and two more for his state in 50-over matches. The 31-year-old was axed from Australia’s side ahead of the 3-0 sweep in West Indies across June and July, with his previous Test knocks for his country 17 and 22 in the defeat to South Africa at June’s…
Marnus Labuschagne has hit his second straight Sheffield Shield century to all but ensure he will be in Australia’s team to start the Ashes Marnus Labuschagne appears certain to return to Australia’s team for the Ashes with his fourth century in five innings making a compelling case to selectors. Fresh off posting 160 in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield, Labuschagne struck 159 for Queensland at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. His innings helped the Bulls to 6-319 when bad light forced an early stumps on day two, well ahead of South Australia’s first-innings score of 228. Marnus strengthens Test…
Jake Weatherald has sent an authoritative reminder to Australian Test selectors with a blazing innings Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Jake Weatherald may have missed his century but he landed a fresh blow in his battle for a Test debut. The Tasmania opener raced to 94 off just 99 balls on day two of the Tigers’ Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia in Hobart before he was caught in the deep. He had made 18 in the hosts’ first-innings total of 171, as no other player passed 41 on the tricky Bellerive Oval track until…
England coach Tim Southee disagrees with former fast bowler Stuart Broad’s suggestion this is the worst Australia team since 2010/11. Former paceman Broad spiced up the Ashes war of words by hitting back at former Australian opener David Warner after he launched an early sledge at the tourists on Monday. Broad declared the Baggy Greens as the “worst” team he’s seen in over a decade and that there were “question marks” hanging over the hosts given the circumstances surrounding captain Pat Cummins’ fitness.But Southee is in little doubt about what he expects from the five-match series, starting in Perth next…
England coach Tim Southee disagrees with former fast bowler Stuart Broad’s suggestion this is the worst Australia team since 2010/11. Former paceman Broad spiced up the Ashes war of words by hitting back at ex-Australia opener David Warner after he launched an early sledge at the tourists. Broad declared the Baggy Greens as the “worst” team he’s seen in over a decade and that there were “question marks” hanging over the hosts given the circumstances surrounding captain Pat Cummins’ fitness.But former New Zealand seamer Southee is in little doubt about what he expects from the five-match Ashes series, starting in…
There were runs for some Ashes contenders on the second day of the Sheffield Shield’s second round Marnus Labuschagne’s remarkable start to the domestic season continued as the Ashes aspirant strengthened his Test recall case with his fourth ton in five innings for Queensland. One of his rivals for a Test berth, Jake Weatherald, meanwhile kept his name in the conversation as he stroked his third half-century from four innings. The Tasmanian was out six short of a hundred and dearly would have loved the kind of statement innings Labuschagne put on in Adelaide. The Bulls No.3, in the mix…
Fergus O’Neill has captured another five-wicket haul giving Victoria a slim advantage over NSW Victoria v New South Wales | Sheffield Shield | Day 2 Fergus O’Neill has again shown he remains among the country’s most underrated quicks, taking five wickets to help Victoria rip through NSW in the Sheffield Shield. O’Neill took 5-26 as NSW were dismissed for 163 at Junction Oval on Thursday, before Victoria went to stumps at 5-93 and a lead of 170. The hosts had looked likely to take a far bigger advantage into the third day, when 1-72 in the final session, before a…
Kuldeep Yadav was outstanding in India’s Asia Cup win. ©Getty They may be played with the same willow and leather under largely the same set of rules, but Test cricket and T20 cricket have evolved into fundamentally different sports. While a few exceptional players have made skills transferable – like a David Warner or Yashasvi Jaiswal bringing their attacking instincts to the red-ball game, or a Jasprit Bumrah or Josh Hazlewood exporting their skills and accuracy to T20 bowling – these players remain exceptions to the rule. This divergence is most pronounced in the unforgiving art of wrist spin, where…
Bangladesh have threatened a major upset throughout the World Cup, with Australia their next target Bangladesh’s bold young players have brushed off the disappointment of their narrow defeat to South Africa, with Australia now in their sights as they eye an even bigger World Cup upset. The Tigresses suffered a final-over defeat to the Proteas in Visakhapatnam on Monday evening, with a clutch unbeaten innings from Nadine de Klerk reeling in a target of 233 with three balls remaining.De Klerk had been dropped an over earlier by teenage allrounder Shorna Akter, one of several chances in the field that went…
RANJI TROPHY 2025-26 Kishan century took Jharkhand to 307/6 © AFP Best Batting performances Andhra dominated the opening day of their contest against Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur, courtesy KS Bharat’s 142, his 11th first-class century. He added a 93-run stand with his opening partner, Abhishek Reddy, and followed it up with a mammoth 194-run partnership in the company of Shaik Rasheed, who went to stumps unbeaten on 94 as Andhra piled on 289 for 3. Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 125, his ninth first-class ton, paved the way for Jharkhand’s 307 for 6on the opening day of their clash against Tamil Nadu…