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James Anderson rolled back the years with a five-wicket haul as Lancashire ended the second day of their opening County Championship match against Northamptonshire in a commanding position.England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, Lancashire’s captain in Division Two this season at the age of 43, finished with 5-64 while Tom Bailey took 3-46 to restrict Northants to 215-9, 169 runs behind. Lancashire had earlier been bowled out for 384 after resuming at the County Ground in Northampton on 346-7. Image: James Anderson and Ajeet Singh Dale both took wickets in their season opener Division Two rivals Derbyshire declared on 625-8 against Worcestershire…
After Australia’s disappointing T20 World Cup campaign, the hunt continues for a long-term replacement for the great left-armer Ben Dwarshuis says the competition will be fierce to fill the void left by Mitchell Starc’s retirement from Twenty20 internationals, as a clutch of pacers continue to jostle for a rare opening in Australia’s white-ball attack. Starc, Australia’s third-highest wicket-taker with 759 wickets across all formats, behind only Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, retired from T20 internationals in September last year. His departure has offered up a place in an Australian fast-bowling group long dominated by the great left-armer and fellow pacers…
Australian trio all play a role as Kings make it two in a row to kick of their IPL campaign Aussie Cooper Connolly has helped steer Punjab Kings to a five-wicket IPL victory over Chennai Super Kings that maintains their flying start to the new campaign. Victory means Ricky Ponting’s Punjab team, beaten finalists in 2025, have won both their opening fixtures and are top, for the moment at least, of the nascent IPL table. There was further Australian assistance from Marcus Stoinis, there at the end with an unbeaten nine, including the winning boundary, that helped see Punjab home,…
Ollie Pope’s bid to regain his England place got off to a disappointing start as under-pressure Test opener Zak Crawley fell for just nine on the opening day of the County Championship season.Pope, who was dropped after the third Test of England’s desperate 4-1 Ashes defeat over the winter, was trapped lbw for just 20 in his first match since Adelaide against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. England’s drubbing Down Under has placed extra emphasis on county performances, which have largely been disregarded in recent years, with a number of places seemingly up for grabs in the first Test of the summer…
The ECB’s player replacement trial rule has been used for the first time in County Championship history, as Essex captain Tom Westley was replaced after breaking his finger in their opening match of the season against Hampshire. Westley was forced to retire hurt on 28 after being struck on the glove by a ball from England’s Sonny Baker, and his side applied to use an injury replacement after Essex’s medical team ruled him out of the rest of the match. Umpire Steve Davis then approved Essex’s proposed change, allowing all-rounder Noah Thain to replace the No 5 in the batting…
Australia’s new era has started with a clean sweep of the Caribbean, but greater frontiers now await Sophie Molineux’s team as their minds turn to the T20 World Cup. The Aussies closed out their West Indies tour with their most clinical display of the six white-ball games, cruising to a nine-wicket win at Warner Park. It was a strong start to the post-Alyssa Healy era, albeit against a rival who, while boasting the world-class talents of Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin and Stafanie Taylor, has only ever beaten Australia a handful of times.Thursday’s final ODI also drew the curtains closed on…
Mixed fortunes for the Australians as the IPL action continued overnight In need of an imposing knock to get his high profile IPL campaign up and running, luckless Cameron Green instead endured the rough end of a run-out mix-up as Kolkata Knight Riders slipped to a second straight defeat. Yet as Green scored just two, his Australia teammate Travis Head began to look like his old rampant self as he teed off with a familiar opening blast for Sunrisers Hyderabad that sent them hurtling on their way to a handsome 65-run win at a downcast Eden Gardens on Thursday.Allrounder Green,…
Australia are eyeing a Caribbean clean sweep as a packed seven months of cricket comes to a close Lucy Hamilton has been called into the Australia XI as the tourists bowl first in pursuit of an ODI series clean sweep in St Kitts. West Indies captain Hayley Matthews won the toss and elected to set the Australians a target at Warner Park, with the hosts hunting their first win of the white-ball tour. Australia XI: Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Nicola Carey, Tahlia McGrath (c), Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton, Darcie Brown …
England Test captain Ben Stokes has urged players to push their case for an International call-up in the County Championship, calling it a “great opportunity”.Stokes is poised to miss the first month of the County Championship season with Durham as he continues to recover from facial surgery. England were thumped 4-1 by Australia in The Ashes over the winter but 34-year-old Stokes remains adamant the talent at disposal for places in the Test XI is “unquestionable”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Despite losing the Ashes comprehensively, Ben Stokes said he was determined to remain as…
Three ODI matches in Harare on Australia’s African visit loom as important with a World Cup in the country next year Australia’s one-day side will have opportunity to reassert their white-ball credentials against Zimbabwe with confirmation of a three-match ODI tour in September. Zimbabwe has consistently proven to be a thorn in the side for Australian outfits in recent times. Most recently, Australia’s T20 outfit was left chastened by a 23-run defeat to Zimbabwe at this year’s T20 World Cup in February enroute to an embarrassing group stage exit. Zimbabwe went undefeated in the group stage at that tournament, beating…