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Nic Maddinson registered a rare dismissal in his first BBL game back from the fight with cancer The spotlight in Saturday’s BBL|15 fixture between Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes was already on Nic Maddinson as he returned to Big Bash cricket after a challenging battle with cancer. The Thunder batter added another angle to the storyline with a rare and selfless decision to retire in the first innings. Maddinson was batting on 30 off 26 when he walked out at the end of the 18th over with the scoreboard reading 4-161. In came Daniel Sams and hit 16 off six…
Joe Root hit a masterful century for England before a batting slump – including an abysmal dismissal for Jamie Smith dubbed one of the worst ever seen – and some sloppy bowling and fielding allowed Australia to fight back on day two of the final Ashes Test.Root turned his overnight 72 into a knock of 160 from 242 balls in Sydney – his second ton of this Ashes after hitting 138 not out in Brisbane – as the tourists made 384 all out, below the 400-plus total they would have hoped for after resuming on 211-3. Travis Head (91no off…
Just 45 overs possible on first day with Joe Root and Harry Brook putting together England’s best partnership of the series Australia’s first spinless attack in Sydney since before Federation was punished following a promising opening hour as Joe Root and Harry Brook speed-ran England onto solid footing in the final Ashes Test. Root (72no from 103 balls) and Brook (78no from 92) zoomed past their side’s previous highest partnership of the series to have the visitors 3-211 after 45 overs when bad light, and then thunderstorms, limited day one to just 45 overs. After days of speculation over how…
Joe Root and Harry Brook shared in England’s highest partnership of the series to see the tourists on top after a storm-affected first day to the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.Root (72no) and Brook (78no) each hit half centuries in an unbroken 154-run stand that led an England recovery from 57-3 to 211-3 by tea, before the final session fell foul of the weather. Root was typically calm and composed at the crease in notching his 67th Test fifty, while Brook was, typically, a touch more frenetic en route to his 15th half century. Between them, they tamed an Australian…
Joe Root and Harry Brook shared in England’s highest partnership of the series to put the tourists on top after a storm-affected first day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.Root (72no) and Brook (78no) each hit half centuries in an unbroken 154-run stand that led an England recovery from 57-3 to 211-3 by tea, before the final session fell foul of the weather. Root was typically calm and composed at the crease in notching his 67th Test fifty, while Brook was a touch more frenetic en route to his 15th half century. Score summary – Australia vs England, fifth…
The Big Bash heads up the coast as the Sixers take on the Heat at Coffs Harbour Match facts Who: Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat What: Match 24, KFC BBL|15 Where: C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour When: Monday, January 5. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, 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…
On New Year’s Day last year, Melbourne Stars arrived at the Gabba 0-5 with their campaign in disarray for the fifth BBL season in a row. Twelve months and a day later they arrived at the same ground with a chance to start 5-0 after a remarkable turnaround in 2025 that saw them win nine of 10 games.While they ultimately slipped to their first defeat of KFC BBL|15 as the Max Bryant- inspired Brisbane Heat pulled off a thrilling final-over run chase, the Stars have seemingly rediscovered their mojo that made them one of the league’s most powerful clubs (albeit…
Follow all the action from the fifth NRMA Insurance Men’s Ashes Test at the SCG Full scorecard and wicket replays here Fifth Test session times First: 10:30am – 12:30pm (11:30pm – 1:30am GMT) Second: 1:10pm – 3:10pm (2:10am – 4:10am GMT) Third: 3:30pm – 5:30pm (4:30am – 6:30am GMT) *An extra 30 minutes is available to complete daily overs 2025-26 NRMA Insurance Men’s Ashes First Test: Australia won by eight wickets Second Test: Australia won by eight wickets Third Test: Australia won by 82 runs Fourth Test: England won by four wickets Fifth Test: January 4-8: SCG,…
For stand-in captain Steve Smith, the Ashes ended once Australia retained the urn, with WTC points now the priority Australia’s focus has shifted from the Ashes to the World Test Championship as the curtain begins to come down on a lopsided home summer. The Ashes series finale begins at the SCG today, with Cricket Australia’s bean-counters desperately hoping to avoid the third two-day Test of the five-match series.Australia retained the urn by winning the third Test in Adelaide on only the series’ 11th day of cricket, with Travis Head, Alex Carey and Mitch Starc starring as the hosts outshone their…
Beau Webster recalled, Todd Murphy again misses after Steve Smith said Aussies were ‘backed into a corner’ by a green pitch Australia have pulled an unprecedented selection move for the final Ashes Test, leaving out their frontline spinner Todd Murphy and instead picking Beau Webster for his first match of the summer in Sydney. Not since 1888, when cricket was completely unrecognisable to the professional game it is today, have the Aussies neglected to play a frontline slow bowler for a Test at the SCG, once considered this country’s spin haven. But, with England winning the toss and electing to…