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SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 2025 A ton from Brevis helped South Africa force a decider in Cairns. © Getty Tim David’s 52-ball 83 lit up the first T20I. Dewald Brevis’ 125 not out off 56 shot the lights out in the second. But the circus has moved from Darwin in the Northern Territory – where both of those games were played – to Cairns in Queensland, and that might make all the difference. The venue for the series’ deciding match comes with an interesting backstory. It will be played at Cazaly’s Stadium, which honours Roy Cazaly, a much loved…
ANTI-CORRUPTION Saman was one of the eight cricketers charged in September 2023 [File] © Getty Former Sri Lankan domestic cricketer Saliya has been banned from all cricket for five years after being found guilty of multiple breaches of the Emirates Cricket Board’s (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code during the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 League. An independent ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal, which conducted the hearing on the ECB’s behalf, ruled that Saman was involved in attempts to corrupt matches in the tournament. The ICC, appointed as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official for the event, had disrupted these attempts. Saman, one of eight people charged in…
Australia A v India A | Second one-day match Alyssa Healy took a firm step on her path back from injury, clubbing India A to all parts of a ground named after her uncle Ian, before putting in her second long stint behind the stumps in three days. Yet the Australia captain’s strong return from foot and knee issues took a back seat on Friday to her opponents’ own comeback story, theirs from what appeared a doomed run chase to seizing a narrow victory that sealed a one-day series win over Australia A. The required run-rate was spiraling towards seven-an-over…
THE MENS’ HUNDRED, 2025 Jamie Smith scored a half-century in his team’s victory © Getty Marcus Stoinis’s all-round effort (2-17 & 22-ball 35*) went in vain as London Spirit registered a clinical 21-run victory over Trent Rockets at Lord’s, on Thursday. Put in to bat, Spirit lost the in-form opener, David Warner, early. However, Jamie Smith and Kane Williamson crafted a fine 73-run partnership, off only 45 balls, to lay the foundation of Spirit’s massive total. Smith, who had taken charge with a couple of sixes in the opening set of the game, interestingly played second fiddle to Williamson in…
Aaron Hardie is no stranger to an Australian squad. In fact, he’s been picked in every white-ball squad picked this year. That includes bilateral series in Sri Lanka and the Caribbean, the Champions Trophy, while he was a late addition to the ongoing series against South Africa.And yet for all that tenure, the 26-year-old has played four of a possible 12 limited-overs matches this calendar year. On top of that, Hardie spent the entire two-month Indian Premier League on the bench for Ricky Ponting’s Punjab Kings. “A lot of people when they’ve come into the Aussie team have had that…
CPL 2025 Waqar Salamkheil returned four wickets © Getty St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots needed just 15 overs to chase down Antigua and Barbuda Falcons’ underpar total of 121 in the season opener of CPL 2025 at the Warner Park on Thursday.. Left-arm wrist spinner Waqar Salamkheil did most of the damage against the visitors, finishing with 4 for 22. Falcons’ No.3 batter Karima Gore fought a lone battle as his 61 made up half the total posted by his team as the next best individual effort was Fabian Allen’s 12. Kyle Mayers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naseem Shah turned the…
DARWIN: Half-centuries from Abdul Samad, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay and Yasir Khan followed by a combined seven wickets from the spinners powered Pakistan Shaheens to a resounding 79-run win over Bangladesh ‘A’ in the opening match of the Top End T20 Series at the TIO Stadium in Darwin on Thursday. After opting to bat first, Shaheens posted a formidable 227 for four in 20 overs. Openers Khawaja Nafay (61 off 31 balls) and Yasir Khan (62 off 40) provided a blazing 118-run stand in just 11.1 overs. Abdul Samad then played an unbeaten knock of 56 off 27 balls as he…
BALTIMORE: Michael Phelps has launched a scathing attack on USA Swimming’s leadership, with the 23-time Olympic gold medallist branding the body weak and demanding sweeping reforms after what he sees as years of organisational decline. The 40-year-old American, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 medals, delivered his broadside while revealing he might not want his four young sons competing in the sport given the current state of swimming in the United States. Phelps traced his frustrations back through his competitive career, saying he often felt that his voice went unheard, was “told to be grateful for the…
NEW DELHI: India says it will bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, seen as part of a wider push by the cricket-mad nation to host the 2036 Olympics. “Our preparations will go ahead,” Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha said after a meeting on Wednesday, according to local media. The capital New Delhi — which hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games, an event marked by construction delays, substandard infrastructure and accusations of corruption — is being considered as host city. Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha is another option. But Indian media are tipping Ahmedabad, the key city in…
UP & COMING Tanzid Hasan made his T20I debut in May 2024 © Getty Bangladesh assistant head coach Mohammad Salahuddin believes opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Parvez Hossain Emon are ready to make an impact, having tasted success at global age-level tournaments. The pair has been playing together since their Under-19 days and were key to Bangladesh’s historic ICC U-19 World Cup win – still the country’s only global trophy. As Bangladesh gears up for a three-match T20I series against the Netherlands – seen as a build-up to the Asia Cup – much of the attention will be on the…