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County cricket is back this week and with it the opportunity for scores to be settled and claims to be staked for a place in the next iteration of England’s Test side.Seven rounds of the County Championship will be played before Ben Stokes leads out his side in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s in June and the early-season exchanges could provide a platform for some future names to show their worth. But that will also be a side-plot to the bigger picture as the 10 Division One sides begin their quest to lift the Lord’s Taverners Trophy…
Marnus Labuschagne has capped a stunning domestic summer with a clean sweep of Queensland’s men’s awards, while Kurtis Patterson has taken another step towards an international comeback with his first Steve Waugh Medal as the NSW men’s player of the season. Just days after being named player of the Sheffield Shield final, Nathan McAndrew won South Australia’s top men’s award, while Tasmanian captain Jordan Silk was crowned the Ricky Ponting Medalist as his side’s best for 2025-26.Queensland Fire captain Georgia Redmayne, NSW batter Katie Mack, SA skipper Jemma Barsby and Tasmania’s Rachel Trenaman won their state’s top women’s awards. Victoria…
The tour of the Caribbean has been a mixed one for Gardner personally, with the all-rounder sitting out two matches of the T20I series due to a hamstring concern prior to some excellent efforts with the ball during the opening two 50-over contests. The contests have also provided Gardner the perfect opportunity to gel alongside new skipper Sophie Molineux in her role as vice-captain and the 28-year-old said it had been a major positive for both her individually and her Australian teammates. “It’s been really good obviously working under Soph for the first time,” Gardner noted. “It has been a…
Ashleigh Gardner is looking to brush off her batting frustrations and regain confidence ahead of a well-earned break, as Australia aim to end their tour of the Caribbean – and a hectic seven months of cricket – on a high note. Gardner has shone with the ball in St Kitts to help Australia secure an unassailable 2-0 ODI series lead, but after a frustrating hamstring niggle sidelined her for the final two T20Is in St Vincent, has yet to make a statement with the bat.Her knocks of 12 and five have continued a lean run across all international formats in…
Charli Knott and Katie Mack will skipper the Green and Gold XIs in next week’s three-day red-ball game in Sydney Tayla Vlaeminck is set to make a long-awaited return from injury after 545 days on the sidelines in next week’s three-day ‘Green v Gold’ red-ball game in Sydney. The Victoria fast bowler, has not played at any level since she dislocated her shoulder just four balls into her sole appearance at the T20 World Cup in October 2024, is among 26 established and up-and-coming domestic players set to feature in the match at Bankstown Oval from April 8-10.Two squads of…
Georgia Voll has played down her new accolade as the world’s No.1-ranked T20 batter ahead of a crucial World Cup for Australia in England Georgia Voll’s meteoric rise from uncapped international to the world’s top-ranked T20 batter is officially the fastest by any player in almost two decades. But the 22-year-old doesn’t believe for one second she has earned the title of “world’s best” yet. Just 12 games into her T20 international career, Voll snatched the No.1 spot in the ICC world batting rankings from opening partner Beth Mooney this week. Her rise came off the back of a maiden…
With the domestic summer officially coming to a close after South Australia’s historic Sheffield Shield win, awards season is now in full swing for Big Bash clubs right around the country. Before attention very quickly turns towards the upcoming WBBL|12 and BBL|16 seasons, take a look and see who took out top honours for your club in the seasons just gone. Adelaide Strikers Laura Wolvaardt Matches: 8 | Runs: 264 | Average: 44.0 | High Score: 71* Laura Wolvaardt should pick up awards for her classical cover drives alone, however it was the sum of all parts that saw her…
Australia captain Mitch Marsh did his best to give lift off to Lucknow’s IPL season but Justin Langer’s side were outplayed by Delhi Capitals Mitch Marsh has launched his IPL season with three big sixes but a substantial defeat too as the Justin Langer-coached Lucknow Super Giants were outclassed by Delhi Capitals, succumbing to a six-wicket defeat. The Australia T20 skipper Marsh opened his campaign in promising fashion as he clouted 35 off 28 balls, and if he wasn’t motoring along at his usual strike-rate, it was only because he had to exercise some caution with wickets tumbling around him.…
England white-ball captain Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell have been cautioned but no further action is to be taken against Josh Tongue over a clash with a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand.Brook was fined £30,000 by the England and Wales Cricket Board and warned about his conduct after the incident in Wellington the night before a one-day international in November, a game England lost by two wickets as they slumped to a 3-0 series defeat. The 26-year-old had insisted he was alone but later issued a statement saying he regretted those comments and was protecting team-mates after The Telegraph reported…
Ben Duckett says there are “no excuses” for his off-field errors during the Ashes and that he is determined to become more professional in order to prolong his England career.A video emerged of Duckett seemingly drunk during England’s mid-series beach break in Noosa – one of a number of drink-related issues to blight the team this winter. On the field, Duckett averaged just 20.20 in Australia with a top score of 42 as the tourists were thumped 4-1, while he then did not play a game in England’s run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. The 31-year-old has since pulled…