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The 11th edition of the WBBL will start hot on the heels of the 50-over World Cup, while the ‘Stadium Series’ will not return this season Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat will launch the Weber WBBL|11 season with a rematch of last year’s final, as the tournament gets underway with a blockbuster triple header across Brisbane and Perth. Cricket Australia has unveiled the 43-game, 35-day schedule for WBBL|11, which will begin on Sunday, November 9, and culminate with the final on Saturday, December 13. View the full schedule here The season is starting a fortnight later than usual this summer…
England shelved BazBall for survival with Joe Root ending the opening day on 99 against Jasprit Bumrah and India at Lord’s Joe Root’s patient unbeaten 99 has led England to 4-251 on an attritional and compelling first day of the third Test against India at Lord’s. With the series level at 1-1 after two high-scoring matches, England won the toss on Thursday in good batting conditions but they lost Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley cheaply and, with pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah back in their attack, India sensed a big chance. Root and Ollie Pope, however, adopted a risk-free approach, a…
Ireland’s Curtis Campher has become the first male player to take five wickets in as many deliveries.The 26-year-old matched the achievement of Zimbabwe women all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu, who bagged five in five during a domestic under-19 T20 fixture versus Eagles Women in 2024. Campher’s haul came playing for Munster Reds in their Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy win over the North-West Warriors in Dublin on Thursday.The seamer bowled Warriors’ Jared Wilson and then pinned Graham Hume lbw from the final two balls of the 12th over before completing his hat-trick in the 14th as his Ireland team-mate Andy McBrine was caught at…
Charlotte Edwards will not “panic” after England slipped to a T20 series defeat to India, with the head coach insisting the rebuild following this winter’s Ashes thrashing “will not happen overnight”.England were thumped 16-0 in Australia earlier this year, resulting in Jon Lewis being axed as coach and Edwards appointed in his place. The home summer began with six successive white-ball wins over West Indies but Edwards’ side now find themselves 3-1 down to India with one game remaining in the five-match T20I series – which will be followed by three one-day internationals.Still, the 45-year-old says being put under pressure…
There was no thunderous run-scoring on the first day of the Lord’s Test, far from it.England’s Bazballers usually career along but the rate on a sun-kissed Thursday was an old-fashioned 3.02 an over as the hosts closed on 251-4 on a slow deck after electing to bat against India. An anti-Bazball day, as Sky Sports Cricket’s’ Nasser Hussain called it on commentary. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Take a look at some bizarre scenes as a ‘loveliness’ of ladybird attacked England and India players Joe Root led the way with an unbeaten 99 from 191…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Nissanka and Kusal Mendis enroute to their 78-run stand in just 4.3 overs © Getty Kusal Mendis (73) and Pathum Nissanka (42) helped script Sri Lanka’s highest PowerPlay score in T20Is as the hosts thrashed Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pallekele on Thursday (July 10). Set a target of 155, the Sri Lankan opening pair made short work of the chase as they combined for a breathtaking stand of 78 in just 4.3 overs before being separated. Nissanka got the chase going with a hat-trick of boundaries upfront off Mohammad Saifuddin in a 14-run…
INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Root finished the day unbeaten on 99. © Getty Joe Root anchored England’s innings on a day when the batters were tested intensively throughout. Root, who crossed 3000 Test runs against India, took an old-fashioned approach of grinding it out and accumulated 99* by the end of the first day at Lord’s. Egland’s decision to bat first in the third Test proved to be a tough ask. The decision to bat was uncommon for England at home in recent times, but on a green top that had received a bit of trimming on the first…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrates the wicket of Zak Crawley © Getty England’s decision to bat first in the third Test against India at Lord’s proved to be a testing affair for the batters. The decision to bat was uncommon for England at home in recent times, but on a green top that had received a bit of trimming on the first morning, England had shown an intention to change up their plans from the previous two Tests of the series. With India’s pace attack bolstered by the return of Jasprit Bumrah, in place of Prasidh…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Joe Root acknowledges the crowd after reaching 50 © Getty England’s decision to bat first in the third Test against India at Lord’s proved to be a testing affair for the batters. The decision to bat was uncommon for England at home in recent times, but on a green top that had received a bit of trimming on the first morning, England had shown an intention to change up their plans from the previous two Tests of the series. But conditions were far from ideal for the quick-scoring template that has come to be associated…
ICC ANNUAL CONFERENCE A key point on the agenda at the ICC Annual Conference is identifying the qualification process for the LA28 Olympics. © Getty Minimum age regulations and the qualification process for the LA28 Olympics are among the key topics set to be decided at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Annual Conference next week. The annual conclave is scheduled to take place from July 17 to 20 in Singapore. The world body is understood to be considering the introduction of a minimum age requirement for players to be eligible to play international cricket. While the specific reason behind the…