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Western Australia have defeated Tasmania by one wicket despite a magnificent 138 from Beau Webster Western Australia v Tasmania | One-Day Cup Western Australia have survived a Beau Webster blitz to edge a record-setting One-Day Cup victory by just one wicket in Perth. Struggling at 3-21 in the eighth over after being sent in at the WACA on Tuesday, Tasmania recovered to score 318, despite losing 6-25 at the end of their innings. Test allrounder Webster (138 off 122 balls) and Tim Ward (112 off 114) pounded the home attack, adding 237, the highest fourth-wicket partnership in a domestic one-day…
England Test captain Ben Stokes has undergone successful surgery on an eye injury he suffered after being struck by a cricket ball earlier this month.The 34-year-old all-rounder posted an image on his Instagram story showing his bruised and swollen right eye and cheek accompanied by the message: “May not look like it… but the surgery was a success.” Stokes revealed earlier this month that he had been hit in the face by a ball with his eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose. He captioned the picture: “You…
A major weapon for Sri Lanka and a threat to Australia has been removed with star leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga ruled out Australia have received a boost to their T20 World Cup hopes while hosts Sri Lanka will have to cope with the loss of their key spinner Wanindu Hasaranga. The 28-year-old Hasaranga, one of the most prolific wicket-takers in the T20 games, was ruled out of the rest of the tournament on Tuesday because of a hamstring problem, the International Cricket Council confirmed on Tuesday. Hasaranga had an MRI scan on Monday that showed up a serious left-hamstring tear. That’s…
Pakistan avenged their shock loss to the United States in the previous tournament with a comfortable win in Colombo Pakistan have avenged their loss to the United States at the previous T20 World Cup, easing to a 32-run win over the Associate nation in Colombo to set up a blockbuster top-of-the-table clash with India in their next match. Opener Sahibzada Farhan (73) and Babar Azam (46) set up Pakistan’s redemption after their upset loss in the 2024 encounter in Texas, the pair contributing an 81-run third-wicket partnership to anchor their side’s 9-190 after being sent in at the SSC Ground.…
Tim Seifert and Finn Allen powered the Black Caps to a record-breaking 10-wicket pummelling of the UAE after the Dutch opened their account against Namibia New Zealand openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen have rewritten the men’s T20 World Cup record books, pummelling the United Arab Emirates’ bowling attack in a stunning 10-wicket victory in Chennai. The duo chased down UAE’s competitive target of 174 with more than four overs to spare on Tuesday, their unbeaten partnership of 175 eclipsing the record for the highest stand for any wicket at the tournament.Melbourne Renegade Seifert finished unbeaten on 89 and Perth…
Ireland have their experience from the 2022 T20 World Cup on their side when they face heavyweights Australia on Wednesday Still reeling from a disappointing first-up loss to co-hosts Sri Lanka, Ireland have set their sights on beating Australia for the first time in international cricket in Wednesday’s T20 World Cup clash in Colombo. While Australia are yet to begin their campaign as the last of the 20 teams to get going in the tournament, Ireland come into the match on the back of a narrow loss to Sri Lanka at the same venue three days ago. And it’s one…
England have made one change for their second T20 World Cup group stage match against the West Indies, with Jamie Overton replacing Luke Wood.Harry Brook’s side survived a scare in their opening Group C match as they beat Nepal by just four runs. Nepal required 10 runs from the final over to pull off an upset but were only able to score five off Sam Curran as they ended on 180-6 chasing 185 in the Group C encounter at Wankhede Stadium. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this…
Mitch Marsh confirms Hobart Hurricanes paceman is available to face Ireland after recovering from a hamstring niggle Marsh ‘not surprised’ by conditions ahead of Ireland challenge Nathan Ellis has been cleared to take the field for Australia in Wednesday’s T20 World Cup opener against Ireland after completing his recovery from a hamstring injury. Captain Mitch Marsh also confirmed Tim David would sit out the Ireland clash as he returns from a hamstring strain of his own, as the Aussies take a cautious approach with their big-hitting star. David hasn’t played since Boxing Day last year when he was hurt while…
Kurtis Patterson followed his 173no from his 100th Shield game with a match-winning century for NSW in the One-Day Cup New South Wales v South Australia | One-Day Cup Kurtis Patterson’s second century from as many innings has powered NSW to a seven-wicket One-Day Cup win over South Australia at Cricket Central. In his first knock since last week’s first-class career-best innings (173no), red-hot Patterson smacked an unbeaten 104 off 110 balls as the hosts chased down South Australia’s 7-242 with six overs remaining on Tuesday. Patterson had come to the crease after NSW lost opener Sam Konstas (17 runs…
Tahlia McGrath says she is embracing Australia’s new-look leadership group as they prepare to take on newly crowned world champions India in this month’s multi-format series. McGrath will remain as vice-captain following the retirement of Alyssa Healy, with Ashleigh Gardner joining her as co-deputy under new skipper Sophie Molineux.The trio’s first challenge as a leadership group will be the three T20Is against India starting at the SCG on Sunday – a series that will be a litmus test of Australia’s 20-over game in a World Cup year. McGrath was one of three candidates interviewed to be Healy’s replacement but after…