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Healy plans to make her comeback to keeping during the ODI portion of the upcoming series with India A and has tweaked her technique behind the stumps slightly to help her ailing body. “I haven’t actually kept in a competitive game since January and that’s given me a little bit of time to tinker with a few things and make it a little bit easier on my body,” Healy said. “We’ve been taught how to wicketkeep a certain way in this country for an extended period of time, and at the end of the day it’s not overly efficient on…
England have made their spin pecking order clear during their home summer, but Nathan Lyon believes they are overlooking their best Nathan Lyon says Jack Leach remains England’s best spinner, and warned the tourists would face a “massive challenge” without him in this summer’s Ashes Test series. Leach, who played a memorable role with the bat alongside Ben Stokes’ heroics at Headingley in the 2019 Ashes, last played for England on last year’s tour of Pakistan, where he returned 16 wickets at 31.43.That was a modest return compared to Pakistan’s Moman Ali and Sajid Khan, but far outperformed Shoaib Bashir,…
Alyssa Healy will put her revamped wicketkeeping technique to the test against India A next month as she prepares for the upcoming World Cup Alyssa Healy hopes the technical tweaks she has made during Australia’s long preseason will allow her to stay on the park – and behind the stumps – throughout the upcoming ODI World Cup and home summer of cricket. The Australia captain endured a torrid run of injuries through the 2024-25 season, missing the semi-final of last year’s T20 World Cup with a foot injury, while a knee complaint ended her WBBL season prematurely.Those issues continued throughout…
It’s the second time recently that Lyon has delved into England’s state of affairs, after the veteran chimed in earlier this week to provide some thoughts on the frustrating end to the fourth Test with India in Manchester that ended in a draw. While Lyon has had plenty to say about England of late, the veteran right-armer also has his own concerns to consider after he was left out of Australia’s side for their most recent Test mtch against the West Indies in Jamaica. The reigning World Test Championship runners up opted for an all-out pace attack for the day-night…
The Australian men’s T20 side gets the chance to continue its wonderful run of form by hosting South Africa for a rare winter home series. The three-match series, to be played in Darwin and Cairns, will be followed by a three-match one-day international series and presents another chapter in the tantalising rivalry between the Aussies and the Proteas. The contest will mark the hosts’ first match in the Northern Territory in 17 years and gives both sides the opportunity to further their preparation for next year’s T20 World Cup, to be held in India and Sri Lanka from February. Including…
India’s 14-year-old prodigy will resume battle with Australia U19s in five-game series in Queensland Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who made global headlines earlier this year for his rapid IPL century, headlines the India U19 squad that will tour Australia in September. Australia’s U19s will be familiar with Suryavanshi’s abilities. Last October, when he was still listed as a 13-year-old, he pummelled Australia’s U19s for a 58-ball red-ball century in Chennai. That innings helped cement interest in his extraordinary talents as he was subsequently picked up by the Rajasthan Royals at that year’s IPL auction, then in April smashed a 35-ball IPL…
TASHKENT: Pakistan and Poland players in action during their World U-19 Volleyball Championship match at the Yunnusobod Hall and the Sport University Center on Wednesday.—courtesy FIVB LAHORE: Pakistan’s valiant campaign at the World Under-19 Volleyball Championship ended in heartbreak on Wednesday, as they succumbed to a narrow 2-3 defeat against volleyball powerhouse Poland in a fiercely contested pre-quarterfinal match. The clash, held at Yunnusobod Hall and the Sport University Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, saw Pakistan exit the title race despite a performance brimming with fight. Having topped Group ‘A’ and entered the last 16 as a threatening force, Pakistan pushed…
TORONTO: Top seeds Alexander Zverev of Germany and American Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the Canadian Open on Tuesday after both players were pushed hard by their opponents. World number three Zverev, playing in his first match since his first-round loss at Wimbledon, was far from his best but emerged with a 7-6(8/6), 6-4 win over Adam Walton under the lights in Toronto. Momentum shifted firmly in Zverev’s favour when he won a 52-shot rally in the first set tiebreak, and he sealed the win on a double fault by the Australian in the second set. “It…
FRANCE’S Leon Marchand competes in the semi-final of the 200m individual medley during the World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday.—AFP SINGAPORE: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Leon Marchand returned to the global stage with a bang on Wednesday by shattering the 200 metres individual medley world record to light up day four of the world championships in Singapore. The “French Phelps” blasted through the World Aquatics Championships Arena in one minute, 52.69 seconds in his semi-final, shaving more than 1.3 seconds off Ryan Lochte’s long-standing 1:54.00 from the 2011 event in Shanghai. “I actually cant really believe it right now,” said Marchand,…
BULAWAYO TEST [File picture] Henry picked 6 for 39 © Getty Matt Henry delivered his third-best bowling figures in Test cricket to spearhead New Zealand’s commanding start in the first Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Henry’s 6 for 39, complemented by Nathan Smith’s 3 for 20, dismantled Zimbabwe’s batting lineup as the hosts were bowled out for 149 early in the last session of Day 1. New Zealand began their reply confidently, moving to 92/0 at Stumps as Devon Conway (51*) and Will Young (41*) wiped off more than 60 percent of the deficit to round…