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Australia face a wicketkeeping conundrum after Beth Mooney retired with back stiffness in Australia’s match against the Netherlands Australia have been hit with yet another injury in the T20 World Cup after Beth Mooney retired hurt while batting against the Netherlands, with third-choice ‘keeper Georgia Voll forced to take the gloves. Mooney was dominating the Dutch attack in Southampton having raced to 74 from 42 balls when she pulled up sore after 14 overs at the second drinks break. The opener-wicketkeeper immediately left the field with Australia confirming she was being assessed after reporting back stiffness. With Mooney the sole…
Australia make two changes for their historic first T20I match against the Netherlands Ashleigh Gardner has returned from an ankle injury for Australia’s T20 World Cup showdown with the Netherlands in Southampton, while quick Lucy Hamilton is making a tournament debut. Gardner missed the previous match against Bangladesh after spraining her ankle, but has made a quick recovery with Australia to bat first at the Rose Bowl after Netherlands captain Babette de Leede won the toss. Australia XI: Beth Mooney (wk), Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Alana King,…
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR ICC WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP 2026 It’s another triple-header day in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 as the chase for the four semi-final spots gets tighter. Australia will be looking to take a massive step towards one with a win over Netherlands in the opening match of the day having already beaten South Africa and Bangladesh. Netherland will be looking to cause an upset and keep their tournament hopes alive. Pakistan find themselves in a similar position with defeats in both their games so far against India and South Africa and need a…
Matt Renshaw helped steer Australia to an unassailable 2-0 lead in their T20 series in Bangladesh Big hitting Renshaw smashes new T20I best for Australia Matt Renshaw has been left celebrating what he sees as an “important innings” in his uneven international career after guiding Australia to a T20 series victory over Bangladesh in Chattogram. The 30-year-old left-hander’s unbeaten 89 off 52 balls, which rescued Australia from another poor start in the second of the three-match series, ended up being the key in his side’s seven-run victory on Friday which handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead. It came after Renshaw…
On his lush green property just a short drive north-east of Launceston, Christopher Bassano has been planting juvenile oaks. One day, well beyond his time, these three-year-old saplings will mature into grand old trees, for future generations of his family to enjoy. “Life changes,” Bassano tells cricket.com.au. “Initially, it’s all about you – and certainly there’s a level of selfishness that’s required to play professional sport. That doesn’t sit comfortably with me, but I understand that’s how it had to be – and that is how it was. “But it also means that, now in my life, most things I…
Perry on a milestone half-century, and the dangerous Dutch Across 49 T20 World Cup matches, Ellyse Perry has seen, won and achieved just about everything. But the allrounder’s milestone 50th game will offer something new: Australia’s first ever women’s T20I match against the Netherlands.Perry will bring up a half-century of T20 World Cup games in Southampton on Saturday, becoming the first player, male or female, to do so. She is one of seven women who have played in all 10 editions of the tournament, and Australia’s success across that span, winning six titles and missing the final on just two…
Ireland fall agonisingly short of a first World Cup, with veteran Bates delivering two late-innings cameos New Zealand have kept alive their slim hopes of defending the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup title by beating Ireland by four runs in a last-ball thriller. Ten dropped catches cost New Zealand their first two games against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, and they faced elimination with two group games remaining if they hadn’t beaten Ireland, who are also winless. The Kiwis recovered from 3-10 to post 6-140 on a last-ball six by Suzie Bates, the storied allrounder making her first appearance in…
Recalled batter hits impressive hundred, Matt Henry takes five and Kiwis move into box seat Henry Nicholls’ unbeaten 119 in his return match helped New Zealand establish a 352-run lead over England with seven wickets still in hand at stumps on day three of the second Test in London. Nicholls, in for the retired Kane Williamson, picked up from where his Test career left off a year ago, the 34-year-old making it hundreds in consecutive matches and combining with Rachin Ravindra (76) to add 161 in 33.3 overs as the Kiwis moved to 3-252. After Matt Henry began the day…
Defending champions New Zealand beat Ireland by four runs to keep their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup hopes alive in a thriller that went down to the final ball of the match.New Zealand legend Suzie Bates – who was sensationally called into the line-up at the last minute after all-rounder Sophie Devine fell ill on the bus to the game – closed out a resilient Ireland side in the last over to secure a vital first win of the tournament. Ireland, on the other hand, agonisingly missed out on their first World Cup win and are all but eliminated from…
Stuart Broad says the second Test is becoming England interim captain Joe Root’s “worst nightmare” with New Zealand in a dominant position against an inexperienced home side.The Black Caps closed day three at a sun-kissed Kia Oval on 252-3 in their second innings – thanks chiefly to Henry Nicholls’ 119 not out – and lead England by 353 runs. Root, standing in as skipper after Ben Stokes was omitted following the nightclub incident, has the most Test wickets in the XI, bagging 73 with his part-time spin – a stat that emphasises the greenness of the bowling attack at his…