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Australia will make an embarrassing group-stage exit from the Men’s T20 World Cup after Zimbabwe’s match against Ireland was rained off. Defeats to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka left Australia on two points from their first three matches and needing multiple results to work in their favour for them to have any chance of reaching the Super 8s. Australia required Zimbabwe to lose to Ireland on Tuesday, but the match was abandoned without any play to see Zimbabwe earn the point required for them to secure a top-two finish in Group B. Zimbabwe move to five points from three matches, one…
Australia’s hopes of a T20 World Cup lifeline have been dashed with Zimbabwe on their way to the Super Eight ‘Play a lot’: Zimbabwe praised after latest Aussie triumph Rain has sealed Australia’s fate at the T20 World Cup with a washout on Tuesday between Zimbabwe and Ireland knocking Mitch Marsh’s men out of the tournament. Zimbabwe needed just one point from the game to progress to the Super Eight stage, and they got it courtesy of a dreary Kandy day as the grey skies set in mid-morning. The Pallekele Stadium ground staff emerged about 55 minutes after the scheduled…
Australia’s hopes of a T20 World Cup lifeline have been dashed with Zimbabwe on their way to the Super Eight ‘Play a lot’: Zimbabwe praised after latest Aussie triumph Rain has sealed Australia’s fate at the T20 World Cup with a washout on Tuesday between Zimbabwe and Ireland knocking Mitch Marsh’s men out of the tournament. Zimbabwe needed just one point from the game to progress to the Super Eight stage, and they got it courtesy of a dreary Kandy day as the grey skies set in mid-morning. The Pallekele Stadium ground staff emerged about 55 minutes after the scheduled…
Josh Philippe has scored a half century to put NSW in a strong position after a rain-ravaged second day of their Sheffield Shield match in Hobart Tasmania v New South Wales | Sheffield Shield | Day Two Australian white-ball representative Josh Philippe rediscovered his form to help NSW take control on a rain-affected second day of their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. Only 42 overs were possible in the day-night game at Ninja Stadium on Tuesday, with NSW adding 164 for the loss of two wickets. They finished at 4-302 in their first innings, a lead of 166 after Tasmania’s…
Sam Fanning fell one short of a maiden first class century for WA after Victoria captain Will Sutherland posted a ton in their Sheffield Shield match Western Australia v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day Two Sam Fanning fell heartbreakingly short of a maiden ton for Western Australia as Victoria captain Will Sutherland and Test paceman Scott Boland gave the visitors the advantage in the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA. Sutherland scored a first-class career-best 101 not out to help the Vics to 9-431, declaring immediately upon reaching his second first class ton. WA finished day two at the…
The Bulls batter scored a vital half-century to keep Queensland alive in their Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia Queensland’s Lachlan Hearne knows confidence is key to making your mark in Australian cricket. The 25-year-old, who was delisted by New South Wales after the 2022-23 summer, is eyeing the possibility of playing in a maiden first-class final with the Bulls. Currently occupying second place on the Sheffield Shield table, Hearne is hoping Queensland return to the competition’s finale for a second consecutive season, but there’s work to be done to get there.On Tuesday, the left-hand batter made a vital fifty…
A vital 90-run stand gave SA a first innings lead over the Bulls, before Queensland slumped to 3-10 at the Gabba Queensland v South Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day Two A fighting 74 from Jake Lehmann has given South Australia hope of defeating Queensland in their Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba. SA’s leading run-scorer in this season’s competition helped his side recover from 6-81 to all out 214, giving SA a lead of 29 runs over Queensland after their first innings. In reply, the Bulls ended day three at 4-110 with Lachlan Hearne (53) helping the hosts go…
Australia legend Mark Waugh has condemned the Baggy Greens’ T20 World Cup campaign as “doomed from the get-go” after a second successive tournament loss to Sri Lanka.Their eight-wicket loss in Pallekele means Australia’s fate is no longer in their own control – should 12th-ranked Ireland lose to Zimbabwe today, the 2021 champions will be knocked out in an embarrassing group-stage exit that felt unthinkable at the start of the tournament. Waugh was critical of the “baffling” choices made by Australia’s selectors, calling Steve Smith’s omission from the side an “insult” after the 36-year old’s sparkling form in the BBL prior…
Annabel Sutherland insists she will continue finding ways to take her all-round game to new heights, revealing the reason she pulled out of this year’s Women’s Premier League was to freshen up and properly prepare for Australia’s hectic upcoming schedule. Sutherland joined elite company last weekend, becoming just the fifth woman to win consecutive Belinda Clark Awards, capping off a year where the star allrounder continued her dominance in the green and gold.At 24, the Victorian already has six international hundreds to her name – one more than legendary allrounder Ellyse Perry – but said the pace at which the…
Australia won’t back down from their aggressive approach with the bat, but Georgia Wareham says greater accountability will be key as the hosts look to bounce back in Thursday’s second T20I against India. Australia’s 133 all out in Sydney on Sunday was just the second time they have been bowled out batting first in a home T20I, with Wareham top-scoring with a rapid 30 at No.6.The hosts’ attacking mindset was clear from the outset, with the run rate hovering above 8.5 for the majority of their innings, but a series of rash shots and a failure to build partnerships proved…