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Former Australia batter Damien Martyn has been placed in an induced coma after contracting meningitis.Cricket Australia confirmed that the 54-year-old, who played 67 Test matches between between 1992 and 2006 and won two World Cups, became unwell on Boxing Day and is being treated in a Brisbane hospital.”I’m saddened to hear of Damien’s illness. The best wishes of everyone at Cricket Australia and in the wider cricket community are with him at this time,” Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg said in a statement.Martyn’s friend and former team mate Adam Gilchrist added: “He is getting the best of treatment and…
RCB and Delhi Capitals will be without their star Aussie allrounders in WPL 2026 Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland will not feature in the upcoming edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) after withdrawing from the Indian competition due to personal reasons. Leg-spinner Alana King and allrounder Charli Knott are among the replacement players in the squad changes announced ahead of the tournament’s opening on January 9. UP Warriorz’ Tara Norris is another overseas player set to skip the competition after being named in the USA’s squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier that will be played from January…
Well wishes are flowing for the 2003 World Cup winner after he was hospitalised in Brisbane with a serious illness Australia’s cricket community is rallying around Damien Martyn after the cricket great was hospitalised suddenly in Brisbane. The 54-year-old former right-handed batter is in an induced coma amid a bout of meningitis having fallen ill in recent days. “I’m saddened to hear of Damien’s illness. The best wishes of everyone at Cricket Australia and in the wider cricket community are with him at this time,” the governing body’s CEO Todd Greenberg said in a statement. Adam Gilchrist, Martyn’s close friend…
He might have thundered 34 from 16 deliveries in the Adelaide Strikers’ run chase against Brisbane Heat on Saturday night, but a place on a Big Bash list did not fall into Jerrssis Wadia’s lap. Nothing ever has. Wadia is not the archetypal pathway prodigy who has had the rails run into the life of an elite Twenty20 cricketer. Instead, this 24-year-old Mumbai-born allrounder had to grow up very quickly. Wadia first came to Australia aged 17, dabbling with the South Australia U19s and Adelaide Strikers Academy, only to return to his parents’ home in Mumbai as Covid-19 struck and…
England’s batters have taken quite the battering after numerous collapses contributed to a fourth successive Ashes series defeat in Australia.But how have the bowlers fared? Stuart Broad, England’s second‑highest Test wicket‑taker of all time and part of the squad that triumphed 3-1 Down Under in 2010/11, runs the rule over the tourists’ seamers, looking at whose stock has risen, whose England career may be over, who simply cannot take the new ball and whose body language must improve going forward… Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content,…
England’s batters have taken quite the battering after numerous collapses contributed to a fourth successive Ashes series defeat in Australia.But how have the bowlers fared? Stuart Broad, England’s second‑highest Test wicket‑taker of all time and part of the squad that triumphed 3-1 Down Under in 2010/11, runs the rule over the tourists’ seamers, looking at whose stock has risen, whose England career may be over, who simply cannot take the new ball and whose body language must improve going forward… Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content,…
Perth rarely looked troubled thanks to a phenomenal innings from their skipper before Cooper Connolly’s double strike added the finishing touches Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers | BBL|15 Ashton Turner entered one of the BBL’s unluckiest clubs as he helped revive Perth’s season in leading the Scorchers to a 71-run win over the Sydney Thunder. After coming to the wicket with the visitors 3-34 in the sixth over, Turner blasted an unbeaten 99 to take his side to 8-202 at Engie Stadium. The Thunder were then bowled out for 131 in the 18th over with a hot start from David…
The Hurricanes and Scorchers round out the BBL’s New Year’s Day double-header in Hobart Match facts Who: Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers What: Match 19, KFC BBL|15 Where: Ninja Stadium, Hobart When: Thursday, January 1. 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 the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and…
The third-placed Heat are now down to just three quicks from their original 18-man roster Pakistan star Shaheen Afridi will take no further part in Brisbane’s Heat KFC BBL|15 campaign after leaving the field with a knee complaint in their previous match. Understandably with a T20 World Cup just over five weeks away, Pakistan have taken a cautious approach with their left-arm spearhead and opted to withdraw him from the Big Bash following confirmation he had suffered a knee cartilage injury.Shaheen limped from the Gabba shortly after hurting his right knee turning to chase a ball to the boundary in…
The Renegades kick off 2026 by hosting the Sixers in their first game at Marvel Stadium for the season Match facts Who: Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers What: Match 18, KFC BBL|15 Where: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne When: Thursday, January 1. Bat flip at 3.15pm AEDT, first ball at 4pm AEDT How to watch: 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 the match: cricket.com.au, the CA…