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Doctors are hopeful of releasing former Australia batter Damien Martyn from intensive care, with the 54-year-old making a “miraculous” turnaround after being placed in an induced coma following a meningitis diagnosis.Martyn has woken from his coma and spoken to his family, with friend and former Australia team-mate Adam Gilchrist saying in a statement: “It’s been an unbelievable turn of events in the last 48 hours.”He is now able to talk and respond to treatment. He has responded extraordinarily well since coming out of the coma to the point where his family feels it’s like some sort of miracle.”It has been…
Queensland showcased their enviable depth as a depleted side was still too much for Tasmania on the WNCL resumption Tasmanian Tigers v Queensland Fire | WNCL Queensland have continued their unbeaten run in the 2025-26 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season with a 32-run win over the Tasmanian Tigers. The Bellerive Oval hosted the domestic 50-over competition’s first game back from the WBBL break on Sunday with the hosts hoping to topple the table-topping yet depleted Queensland side. But the task proved too tall for the unit missing two key members of its own in Lizelle Lee and Nicola Carey…
We have seen plenty of action throughout an Ashes series played in fast-forward – but not much in the way of frontline spin bowling. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Spreaker cookies. To view…
We have seen plenty of action throughout an Ashes series played in fast-forward – but not much in the way of frontline spin bowling. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Spreaker cookies. To view…
Well wishes are flowing for the 2003 World Cup winner after he was hospitalised in Brisbane with a serious illness Damien Martyn has made a “miraculous turnaround” since coming out of an induced coma while suffering a bout of meningitis, Adam Gilchrist has said. The global cricket community rallied around the 54-year-old former Australia batter as news broke of his health battle, but is now expected to be moved out of the intensive care unit at the Gold Coast University Hospital. “It’s been an unbelievable turn of events in the last 48 hours,” Gilchrist said in a statement on Sunday…
Australia v England | Fifth Ashes Test | Day One Spin legend Dan Vettori insists his craft will one day return to being a Test weapon in Australia as he defended the call for the Ashes hosts to pick an all-seam attack for the third time this series. With Nathan Lyon missing with injury, the Aussies neglected to pick a frontline spin bowler in a Sydney Test for the first time since 1888. The SCG, which once provided dry, dusty wickets spinners dream of bowling on, has increasingly favoured seamers over recent years. “That’s the thing. It’s history – it’s…
We have a new winner of England’s worst dismissal of this Ashes series. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Spreaker cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Spreaker…
Harry Brook admitted he is in the midst of a battle against short-pitched bowling after surviving a notable scare during day one of the fifth Ashes Test as he helped England off to a strong start in Sydney.Brook struck an unbeaten 78 to see the tourists to 211-3 on a rain-reduced first day at the SCG, sharing in a 154-run partnership alongside Joe Root (72no), which the pair will resume on the second morning. It represents Brook’s highest score of what has been a disappointing series for the No 2-ranked Test batsman in the world, averaging just 33.14 prior to…
Brook living dangerous with attacking fifty For two-and-a-half hours across the middle of today’s fifth Ashes Test in Sydney, the world’s top two ranked Test batters dominated the stage. Joe Root and Harry Brook. England’s ultimate middle-order one-two punch, that ideal combination of control and chaos, rollicking along at a run rate of 4.81 for an unbroken stand of 154 as the SCG pitch baked, Australia’s bowlers began to tire, and Steve Smith gnawed at his fingernails. Watching on, the visitors’ supporter base must have felt trapped somewhere between pleasure and pain. For this is how it was supposed to…
Sir Alastair Cook says there has been “zero contact” with England regarding a possible role on the coaching staff – but that he would like to work with the side at “some stage in my life”.Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton wrote in The Times and then discussed on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast how the former England captain could be a good fit to work as assistant coach under current boss Brendon McCullum following the Ashes series defeat. Cook, speaking in his role as a pundit for TNT Sports, said on Sunday during day one of the fifth Test in Sydney:…