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After retaining the Ashes with a 4-1 series win, Mitch Starc and Steve Smith will turn their attention towards respective returns for the Sixers in BBL|15 Ashes heroes Mitch Starc and Steve Smith will return to the KFC Big Bash League for the Sydney Sixers in the coming days following Australia’s triumphant 4-1 series win over England. The pair confirmed their involvement in Australia’s post-match press conference, with a host of other Australian Ashes winners also expected to confirm their involvement in the Big Bash. Starc will feature in magenta for the first time since BBL|04 to add to his…
Jake Weatherald showed glimpses without fully cementing his spot in the Test side during the Ashes but will be hoping to hold his spot for Bangladesh’s Top End tour Tensions rise between Carse, Weatherald after DRS drama Steve Smith said Jake Weatherald did “a good job” in his first Test series as the 31-year-old eyes a fairytale home Test in Darwin mid-year in Australia’s next engagement. Having survived the latest Snicko controversy following a review for caught behind on 16, Weatherald managed 34 in Australia’s second innings at the SCG before a top edge was well caught at fine leg…
Under-pressure England head coach Brendon McCullum says he is willing to evolve his methods – but will not “rip up the script completely” if he is allowed to continue in the role following the 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia.England lost the series in just 11 days of cricket after an error-strewn first three Tests in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, with their lean preparation and aggressive style of cricket, plus a mid-series beach break in Noosa where they were pictured drinking, criticised. A two-day victory in the Boxing Day game at the MCG – England’s first Test win in Australia in…
We break down the race for the top four as BBL|15 enters the business end of the season Reigning champions Hobart Hurricanes have surged to the top of the KFC BBL|15 standings as seven teams remain in the hunt for a finals berth. With little more than a week of the regular season to go, four points separate the top seven teams in the race for a top four spot.While Sydney Thunder’s campaign is still mathematically alive with a 0.1 per cent chance of reaching the top four, they’re have been all but eliminated after securing just one win from…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details as the Hurricanes host the Strikers in Hobart Match facts Who: Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers What: Match 28, KFC BBL|15 Where: Ninja Stadium, Hobart When: Friday, January 9. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT How to watch: Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live…
Amid a Sydney Test that threw up no end of talking points, there were a couple that sat on opposite ends of the selection spectrum. With both countries now set for an extended break from Test cricket, the red-ball conversations will turn to the potential comings and goings of personnel; those futures assured and those that appear somewhat murky. And across five days at the SCG, the performances of England’s Jacob Bethell and Australia’s Beau Webster presented a couple of arguments for the perceived best way to pick players. A full decade and potentially an entire youth selection policy separates 22-year-old Bethell…
Ben Stokes said he’s not afraid to show his “ruthless” side as he looks to lead England’s recovery from their 4-1 Ashes drubbing to Australia, adding that the tourists had played “too much 3/10 cricket” over the series. England lost the series within 11 days’ play as Australia won the first three Tests in convincing fashion, before Stokes’ side claimed a consolation victory inside two days on a poor pitch in Melbourne and were edged out by five wickets in the final Test. England made Australia sweat when reducing them to 121-5 when chasing 160 on the final day in Sydney,…
Australia claim a 4-1 series scoreline after navigating sharp turn on a day five SCG pitch Australia overcame one final fury over umpiring technology and a whole lot of final-day jitters to farewell Usman Khawaja with one last Test victory, their closest of an Ashes series they have convincingly set to a 4-1 margin. Left 160 to get after an England third-innings rearguard led by Jacob Bethell’s resplendent 154, the hosts recovered from losing their fifth wicket with 39 runs still needed on a wearing SCG surface thanks to an uneasy sixth-wicket stand between Alex Carey (16no) and Cameron Green…
Australia squeaked home to a five-wicket victory over England in the fifth Ashes Test after a nervy final day in Sydney, the hosts’ dominance over the series reflected in securing a 4-1 scoreline.Set 160 to win on the final day at the SCG after England added 40 to their overnight score for the loss of their final two wickets, Australia stumbled their way to 121-5 before Alex Carey (16no) and Cameron Green (22no) ticked off the remaining 39 runs required to avoid an embarrassing final defeat. Score summary – Australia vs England, fifth Ashes Test, Sydney Cricket Ground England 384…
England The English hosted India, Bangladesh and Ireland, and travelled to the Caribbean in their preparations for the tournament. Thomas Rew is already a name well-known in English domestic circles, having already followed in the footsteps of brother James as a county cricketer, and ready to join him too as an England U19 World Cup international. Thomas missed the West Indies tour while enjoying a breakout season for Somerset, averaging 44 in domestic 50-over action, and was on the recent England Lions tour of Australia that ran parallel to English Ashes tour. Farhan Ahmed returns to the U19 World Cup…