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The quick joins the list of Australia’s injured pacemen ahead of the white-ball series against India Sean Abbott has become the first player substituted out of a Sheffield Shield match under trial rules allowing injury replacements after hurting his hand on day one of New South Wales’ contest with Victoria in Melbourne. Abbott subbed out of Shield match with injury Abbott split the webbing on his right bowling hand after stopping a firmly struck Peter Handscomb drive during Wednesday’s second session. He was unable to complete his over and immediately walked off the field. After medicos made the judgement that…
AFG VS BAN, 2025 Mohammed Nabi scored an unbeaten 62 in his team’s win © Getty Afghanistan registered a resounding 200-run win over Bangladesh, in the third ODI between the two sides. Afghanistan bounced back from a 3-0 defeat in the T20I series to inflict a similar scoreline on Bangladesh in 50-over games. It is Afghanistan’s fifth ODI series win on the bounce. After Afghanistan posted a mammoth 293 for 9, spearheaded by Ibrahim Zadran’s 95 and Mohammad Nabi’s 37-ball 62, Bangladesh could muster only 93 as Bilal Sami picked up a five-fer. On a dry pitch, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and…
During Australia’s thrilling world-record win over India in Visakhapatnam, Ellyse Perry found herself having something of an “out-of-body experience”. Needing to prove to herself she could return to the middle to continue batting, having retired hurt on 32 with cramp, Perry had decamped to the ACA-VDCA Stadium car park to test her ability to run between the wickets – no doubt to the surprise and amusement of any passing fans not glued to the enthralling chase playing out on field.”This is not the first time on this trip I’ve taken a bit of a siesta halfway through my innings ……
Usually it’s England with the big questions ahead of an away Ashes series.Will the batting prove too brittle? Will there be enough venom in the bowling attack? Will they avoid Australia legend Glenn McGrath’s prediction of a 5-0 (always 5-0) defeat? Over the last three trips, the batting has proved too brittle and the bowling has lacked venom but England have only suffered one 5-0 loss in that time, in 2013/14 – ‘escaping’ with marginally more palatable 4-0 drubbings in 2017/18 and 2021/22. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Joe Root speaks to Sky Sports about…
Usually it’s England with the big questions ahead of an away Ashes series.Will the batting prove too brittle? Will there be enough venom in the bowling attack? Will they avoid Australia legend Glenn McGrath’s prediction of a 5-0 (always 5-0) defeat? Over the last three trips, the batting has proved too brittle and the bowling has lacked venom but England have only suffered one 5-0 loss in that time, in 2013/14 – ‘escaping’ with marginally more palatable 4-0 drubbings in 2017/18 and 2021/22. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Joe Root speaks to Sky Sports about…
Ashes war of words hots up as ex-England seamer Stuart Broad claims England will face the ‘worst’ Australia team since 2010 this summer Cummins addresses back ‘stiffness’ as Ashes nears According to former England fast bowler Stuart Broad, it is a fact that the Australian team for the upcoming Ashes is their weakest since 2010. Broad, who now works as a TV pundit and will commentat for Seven this summer, has helped crank up the “war of words” before the first Test in Perth on November 21 in response to former Australia opener David Warner predicting a 4-0 victory for…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF PAKISTAN, 2025 South Africa need 226 runs to win the first Test. © Getty With 16 wickets falling, the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa at Lahore moved at breakneck pace on Day 3. On a dry and crumbly surface, South Africa were left requiring a further 226 runs to win with 8 wickets in hand. Resuming the day on 82, Tony de Zorzi stroked his way to a composed century but fell soon after. The rest of the South African lower order failed to show any notable resistance and South Africa were bundled out…
ICC WOMENS WORLD CUP 2025 This was Sri Lanka’s second washout of the tournament © Getty Torrential rain in Colombo forced Sri Lanka and New Zealand to split points in their Women’s World Cup encounter. The result is a significant blow for New Zealand in the race to the semifinal spot given they have already lost two games in the tournament. Sri Lanka would have fancied their own chances of picking up their first win of the campaign having posted the highest total of the tournament in Colombo so far. The home side kicked things off in positive fashion after…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Spinner Noman Ali struck twice to keep Pakistan alive in the first Test as South Africa chase 277 in Lahore on Tuesday. At stumps, South Africa were 51-2 with Ryan Rickelton and Tony de Zorzi on the crease at 29 and 16, respectively. Chasing 277, Noman opened the bowling for the hosts alongside Hasan Ali. Noman got an immediate success when he bowled captain Aiden Markram (3). And a couple of overs later, he got the batter of Wiaan Mulder, who went back to the hut without troubling the scorers. Both Rickelton and de Zorzi were…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF PAKISTAN, 2025 Tony de Zorzi made 104 in South Africa’s first innings in Lahore. © Getty You’re part of a team who won their previous 10 Tests, a national record. One of your bowlers took 11 wickets in the current match. One of your batters scored a century in the first innings, and will be back at the crease when play resumes on the fourth day. You have eight wickets in hand to score 226 more runs and clinch your 11th consecutive victory. You’re on top, surely. Or at least you have an even chance of…