Author: admin
Josh Inglis has recovered from illness to take his place in Australia’s BKT Tyres T20 series decider against South Africa at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns. With the series locked at one-all, home captain Mitch Marsh won the toss and chose to field first at the venue where Australia have never lost a men’s international. The Cazalys Stadium pitch before the third T20I // cricket.com.au Wicketkeeper Inglis is one of three changes for the Aussies with Aaron Hardie and Nathan Ellis also into the XI in place of Alex Carey, Sean Abbott and the concussed Mitch Owen. Inglis had played all…
In the end, what remained was not memory but metrics. Gill’s average. Duckett’s strike rate. Siraj’s stubborn resolve. No rivalries. No bruises. No poetry. Just a scoreboard with a smile. Yes, there were centuries to savour, spells to admire, and a finish that quickened the pulse. And yet, I write this not because of that excitement, but in spite of it because there are higher roads to the same high, and this series took the service lane. I remain stubbornly stuck in my fool’s paradise, expecting every over-staffed Test team administration to conjure a Wasim Akram, manage a Shane Warne,…
CPL 2025 Shai Hope and Ben McDermott added 115 runs in only 59 balls © Getty Led by Ben McDermott’s blazing 39-ball 75, Guyana Amazon Warriors cruised to a comfortable five-wicket win over St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots to make a winning start to their CPL 2025 campaign. Chasing 154 for victory, the visitors overhauled the target with 16 balls to spare at Warner Park. Andre Fletcher’s 41-ball 60 had powered Patriots to a strong start after being put in to bat, even as there was limited contribution from the rest of their top-order batters. Evin Lewis had to retire…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Despite the termination of the mentors’ positions, four former cricketers are still being paid their salaries. According to details, last year the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed five former national team players – Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Misbah-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, and Saqlain Mushtaq – as mentors for a new project, the Champions Cup. They were each paid a monthly salary of PKR 5 million. However, in recent months, the decision was made to discontinue the Champions Cup, meaning the mentors were no longer needed. Shoaib Malik had already resigned, but the other four former cricketers continue…
RIP Bob Simpson made his Test debut in 1957 and finished with 4869 runs at an average of 46.81 in the format © Getty Bob Simpson, the former Australian skipper, passed away on Saturday, at the age of 89. An influential figure in Australian cricket, Simpson featured in 62 Tests and as the first full-time coach of the team, helped in the re-emergence of the side in the late 1980s and 1990s, during the captaincy tenures of Allan Border and Mark Taylor. “Bob Simpson was one of the greats of Australian cricket and this is a sad day for anyone…
An iconic figure as player, captain and coach, Bob Simpson has left a lasting legacy on Australian cricket history Bob Simpson, the former Test captain and coach credited for birthing Australia’s modern-day golden era, has died aged 89 in Sydney. A pivotal figure in the dressing room during Australia’s rise to the peak of world cricket throughout the 1990s, Simpson’s legacy lasted long after he stepped away from the head coach role in 1996. A leg-spinning allrounder turned gritty opening batter and an excellent slips fielder, Simpson played 62 Tests for Australia between 1957 and 1978, scoring 4,869 runs, having…
Shukri Conrad’s empowering mantra has South Africa’s T20 side playing with freedom, according to their skipper Aiden Markram. Conrad took the reins of his country’s white-ball teams in May after his success with the red-ball side that saw them qualify for (and ultimately win) the World Test Championship final against Australia in June. Although they lost the opening BKT Tyres T20 by 17 runs, South Africa responded with a 53-run win over the hosts on Tuesday, the Rainbow Nation’s largest-ever T20 win over Australia. And Markram is expecting more from Conrad’s new crew, who have been implored to trust their…
CHITRAL: A group of women trekkers returned to Chitral city here on Friday after successfully trekking to the base camp of Terich Mir, the highest peak of Hindukush system of mountains as part of the 75-year celebrations of its first successful ascent. Arranged by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture & Tourism Authority (KPCTA) under its ‘Year of Terich Mir 2025’ initiative, the group included trekkers from all the four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad Capital Territory. Supported by 36 local porters and three local guides, the trekkers braved the difficult paths, fast-flowing water and harsh glaciers to make it to the base camp…
LONDON: Australian batting great Steve Smith is raring to go against England in the home Ashes later this year. The former skipper, who has the third-highest Test runs against England after Sir Don Bradman and Allan Border, believes England’s aggressive style of play is likely to produce an exciting contest Down Under. “I watched a lot of the series against India and it was one of the best Test series I’ve seen in a long time,” he said in an interview released by Sky Sports on Friday. “The cricket that was played by both teams was outstanding. Smith, however, doubted…
LONDON: Jacob Bethell is set to become England’s youngest international men’s cricket captain after the 21-year-old was named on Friday as skipper for next month’s T20 international series in Ireland. The talented Warwickshire all-rounder is regarded as one of the rising stars of the English game, even though he has still to score his first professional century in any format. Bethell, however, has still been appointed to lead England in a three-match T20 series against Ireland in Dublin, which will serve as part of the team’s preparations for next year’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Should all…