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Sydney Thunder and NSW star Hannah Darlington will take on a different role as she heads to Papua New Guinea with the Australian Women’s Indigenous team Hannah Darlington is turning a temporary setback into a chance to grow her cricketing resume, as she takes on her first coaching role. The NSW and Sydney Thunder allrounder is in Papua New Guinea this week with the Australian Women’s Indigenous team, where she is assisting head coach Alex Stewart in the inaugural PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational.The 23-year-old Kamilaroi woman has previously captained the Indigenous team on a tour to Vanuatu in 2023, but…
Los Angeles AP — The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a blockbuster deal. The Giants sent right-hander Jordan Hicks, lefty Kyle Harrison, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and minor league righty Jose Bello to the Red Sox for the 28-year-old designated hitter, who had bristled at his demotion from third base this year. The Giants were one game behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers heading into Sunday night’s matchup between the NL West rivals. San Francisco shortstop Willy Adames said on the ESPN broadcast that the team found out about 15…
Gill is India’s 37th Test captain. ©Getty In September 2024, on the eve of the Duleep Trophy as India’s domestic season stirred to life under overcast Bengaluru skies, Shubman Gill allowed himself a brief glance into the near future. A long stretch of Test cricket lay ahead, his chance to steady what had been a stop-start journey in the format. “Hopefully, after these 10 Tests end, I’ll be up to my expectations or more,” said the captain of India ‘A’. He began with a century in Chennai. Then came an accomplished 90 on a turner in Mumbai. But soon, the…
PAKISTAN’S Hannan Shahid (L) vies with Malaysia’s Shello Silverius during their FIH Nation’s Cup match at the National Stadium on Sunday.—courtesy FIH KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan and Malaysia played out a pulsating 3-3 draw in their opening fixture of the FIH Hockey Nations Cup at the National Stadium on Sunday, with the Green Shirts relinquishing a lead late in the match. Pakistan began the contest on a strong note, taking a 2-0 lead in the first quarter courtesy of goals from Nadeem Ahmad and Rehman Abdul. The visitors dominated the proceedings for much of the first three quarters, effectively denying the…
LONDON: Tatjana Maria completed her fairytale run at Queen’s Club as the German qualifier beat American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final to become the oldest winner of a WTA 500 event. The 37-year-old’s victory secured the fourth singles title of her career, and her first since 2023 on the clay in Bogota. World number 86 Maria is the first German to win a WTA 500 title since Angelique Kerber in 2018 in Sydney. In the first women’s tournament at Queen’s since 1973, Maria is the event’s first female champion since Russia’s Olga Morozova 52 years ago. When Morozova…
LONDON: South African captain Temba Bavuma poses with the World Test Championship Mace at Lord’s in a portrait released by the International Cricket Council on Sunday.—courtesy ICC LONDON: A riveting World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa went a long way to boost the sagging credentials of the five-day game, but the format of the competition is in need of a revamp, according to many of the games top observers. South Africa beat Australia by five wickets at lunch on the fourth day of a fluctuating contest at Lord’s in which the bowlers dominated the opening two days.…
See where each side travels, and who they host, during the 2025-27 WTC cycle Australia Home fixtures England: Five Tests, Nov 2025-Jan 2026 Bangladesh: Two Tests, Aug 2026 New Zealand: Four Tests, Dec 2026-Jan 2027 Away fixtures West Indies: Three Tests, Jun-Jul 2025 South Africa: Three Tests, Sep-Oct 2026 India: Five Tests, Jan-Feb 2027 A massive 22 Tests for Australia over the next two years, the most of any team. As well as the summer’s Ashes series, the Australians play Bangladesh for the first time since 2017 and South Africa in South Africa for the first…
“I was living every emotion; sketching everything that could go wrong. The mind plays weird and wonderful games.” ©Getty Shukri Conrad has beautiful eyes. They are hazel and soft, and not a lot like the rest of the straightforward, driven, feisty head coach who guided South Africa to victory in the WTC final against Australia at Lord’s on Saturday. But Conrad’s eyes are not visible as he approaches a handful of reporters standing at the boundary’s edge between the Allen Stand and the pavilion. Instead, they are hidden behind a pair of mirrored sunglasses. One of the reasons why becomes…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Kuldeep Yadav has utmost confidence that the 37th Indian Test captain is ready to do the job © Getty It has been over five months since India last played a Test. Since then, there have been multiple changes within the Indian Test ranks, primarily due to the retirements of former captain Rohit Sharma and Indian stalwart Virat Kohli during the Indian summer. The young Indian side led by Shubman Gill will be tested on English shores but Kuldeep Yadav has utmost confidence that the 37th Indian Test captain is ready to do the job. “As…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Laxman’s presence around the Indian team in London has raised some curiosity as it has coincided with the absence of head coach Gautam Gambhir © Getty VVS Laxman has been seen with and around the Indian team over the past two days, but there is nothing official about his presence in England. Various sources have offered differing accounts of his visit to England, but what is certain is that he has not been officially assigned a role in England by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). As an expert in red-ball cricket…