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Recent ODI retiree pays back Ricky Ponting’s faith with his eighth career T20 century and first in the USA Every ball of Maxwell’s magic T20 ton from 2018 Glenn Maxwell may have called time on his one-day international career but he’s shown his T20 brilliance remains undimmed as he hit a thrilling, landmark century in Major League Cricket. ‘Maxi’, who announced his decision to depart the international 50-over scene at the start of the month, demonstrated why he will be a key figure at the T20 World Cup next year as he became the first Australian to crash a ton…
WA off-spinner joins Todd Murphy and Matt Kuhnemann as tweakers pushing their Test cases in the UK this winter Corey Rocchiccioli is the latest fringe Australian spinner set to turn out in the County Championship this year after the Western Australian won a short-term deal with Warwickshire. Rocchiccioli, the Sheffield Shield’s leading spinner for the past two seasons, will make his county debut as he turns out for the Division Two club for four games through June and July, a stint that will coincide with the County Championship’s experiment with Kookaburra balls. The 27-year-old joins fellow off-spinner Todd Murphy (on…
Pick 1: Brisbane Heat The big question here is how much money do the Heat have in their coffers? Neither of their Test players Usman Khawaja or Marnus Labuschagne are on the league’s marquee supplementary list that clubs can use to sign CA contracted players outside of their regular 18-man roster (although Labuschagne is yet to re-sign for BBL|15). Brisbane must use one of their Platinum picks in either round 1 or 2 on pre-signing Colin Munro. That means the Heat will need to splash on a second Platinum salary to select a fresh face with pick one. Two Platinum…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Mushfiqur top-scored in Bangladesh’s first innings with 163. © AFP Bangladesh senior assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin said on Wednesday (June 18) that he is expecting Litton Das to learn from his mistakes and not repeat it further as he feels he missed the chance of scoring big against Sri Lanka in the first innings of the Test series opener in Galle. Bangladesh slipped from a commanding 458/4 to 484/9 by Stumps as they suffered a late collapse on the second evening. Litton, who looked poised to get a hundred with his controlled batting, spilled…
The Aussies will begin their 2026 T20 World Cup campaign against the side that knocked them out of the 2024 semi-final Australia will need to overcome a challenging group if they are to win a seventh ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title in England next year. Alyssa Healy’s team, whose hopes of a fourth-straight title were dashed when they made a shock semi-final exit at the hands of South Africa at last year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates, will begin their campaign against the Proteas on June 13, 2026.Australia have been placed in Group 1 alongside South Africa, India,…
Ollie Pope has held his place at No.3 for the opening match of England’s five-Test series against India with Jacob Bethell forced out of the XI England have kept faith with vice-captain Ollie Pope for the first Test against India, meaning rising star Jacob Bethell must wait for his chance. The pair were going head to head for the No.3 spot at Headingley on Friday, Bethell having made a striking impression while deputising during the New Zealand tour in December before Pope reasserted himself with a knock of 171 against Zimbabwe last month. Bethell missed that match, opting instead to…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 After recovering from a toe injury, Brydon Carse is raring to go © Getty Brydon Carse has risen to the challenges of Test cricket incredibly well, in his relatively short career in the format. With only five Test appearances so far, the fast bowler has already picked up 27 wickets and was arguably England’s best bowler on the tour of Pakistan last year. After recovering from a toe injury, he suffered back in February, the 29-year-old is raring to go. “Yeah, very excited. You know, the last couple of days, the Test squad joining up.…
The victorious squad were met at the airport by thousands of supporters before the party moved to CSA’s offices, where the red carpet was duly laid out ©AFP Feel it. It is here. The ICC Test mace, that is, which arrived in Johannesburg in pomp, circumstance and triumph on Wednesday in the giddy wake of South Africa beating Australia in the WTC final at Lord’s last week. The squad were met at the airport by thousands of supporters before the party moved to CSA’s offices, where the red carpet was duly laid out. And where the country’s sports minister, Gayton…
LEGAL DISPUTE The Kochi franchise had their agreement terminated in September 2011 © AFP The Bombay High Court has upheld the arbitration in favour of Kochi Tuskers Kerala and has asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pay the now-defunct franchise INR 538 crore. The order was passed by Justice RI Chagla, who has rejected the BCCI plea challenging the arbitration award. As per the Bar and Bench website, the order said that the Court cannot sit in appeal over the arbitrator’s findings. Rafiq Dada, part of the legal team that represented the BCCI, agreed that…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Indian pacer Harshit Rana has earned a recall to the national Test squad for the first match of the upcoming five-Test series against England, starting June 20 at Headingley. Rana, who made his Test debut in Australia last year, was part of the India A squad that played the first unofficial Test against England Lions in Canterbury. The 23-year-old took one wicket in that game and made an impact with the bat by hitting two sixes off England spinner Rehan Ahmed. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Rana has now joined…